Massachusetts Fishing Records

Fish - Weight - Place - Name of Record Holder - Date

American Shad 11 lbs 4 oz Connecticut River Bob Thibodo 1986

Atlantic Salmon 22 lbs 15 oz Lake Mattawa Donald Savoy 1997

Black Crappie 4 lbs 10 oz Jakes Pond James Crowley 1980

Brook Trout 6 lbs 4 oz Otis Reservoir Thomas Laptew 1968

Brown Trout 19 lbs 10 oz Wachusett Reservoir Dana Deblois 1966

Bullhead 4 lbs 10 oz Forest Lake Robert Coffill 2005

Bullhead 3 lbs 8 oz Stiles Reservoir Roger Aziz Jr. 1985

Carp 44 lbs 2 oz Connecticut River Roger Pyzocha 1993

Chain Pickerel 9 lbs 5 oz Laurel Lake Mrs. James Martin 1954

Channel Catfish 26 lbs 8 oz Ashfield Lake Dana Dodge 1989

Lake Trout 24 lbs 0 oz Wachusett Reservoir Michael Sienkiewicz 2004

Largemouth Bass 15 lbs 8 oz Sampson Pond Walter Bolonis 1975

Northern Pike 35 lbs 0 oz South Pond Don Greenwood Jr. 1988

Rainbow Trout 13 lbs 13 oz Wachusett Reservoir Jeffrey Greco 1999

Smallmouth Bass 8 lbs 2 oz Wachusett Reservoir Barbara Sasen 1991

Sunfish 2 lbs 1 oz South Athol Pond Heather Bulger 1982

Tiger Muskellunge 27 lbs 0 oz Pontoosuc Lake James Lambert 2001

Tiger Trout 9 lbs 7 oz Peters Pond Michael Shelton 2004

Walleye 11 lbs 0 oz Quabbin Reservoir Robert Methot 1975

White Catfish 9 lbs 3 oz Baddacook Pond Michael Payne 1987

White Perch 3 lbs 2 oz Wachusett Reservoir Ray Richford 1994

Yellow Perch 2 lbs 12 oz South Watuppa Pond James OConner 1979