Biggest fish ever caught in Massachusetts

Biggest fish ever caught in Massachusetts

Source: wwlp

7/25/2022

In 2012, Shane Felch caught a 46 pound, 5 ounce carp from Quinsigamond Lake in Shrewsbury. According to MassWildlife, this is the state’s largest freshwater fish ever caught and recorded.

The record of biggest freshwater fish ever caught goes as far back as 1966 when Dana Deblois caught a 19 pound, 10 ounce brown trout in the Wachusett Reservoir in Worcester County. As for western Massachusetts, the biggest fish ever caught and recorded was a 27 pound tiger muskellunge in 2001, caught by James Lambert. Here are the records for largest freshwater fish ever caught in the Commonwealth.

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News Id		Source	Stamp	country
2626	Астраханские дети выпустили 125 тысяч осетрят	Рыболовство	2022-09-15	RU
2627	Влияние погоды на клев	Охотники.ру	2022-09-12	RU
2628	These hideous little bugs are invading California and biting people’s feet	bg	2022-09-03	US
2629	Oregon angler has caught more than 1,000 different species of fish	opb	2022-08-28	US
2630	A fish out of water: Conservation Officer comments on 'curious' incident on the beach	discoverweyburn	2022-08-29	CA
2631	Kiwi Angler Catches Massive 30.31-Pound Potential Line Class World Record Rainbow Trout	fieldandstream	2022-08-29	NZ
2632	Half of fish tested in an Amazon river have unsafe levels of mercury	newscientist	2022-08-31	BZ
2633	Illegal fishing, worker abuse claims leave a bad taste for Bumble Bee Seafood	mongabay	2022-09-02	TW
2634	Ghostly sea creature which is almost totally transparent drags fish to their doom	mirror	2022-08-11	MX
2635	Blue-green mouth fish found in New Mexico lake	msn	2022-08-26	MX
2636	Urgent action on climate change needed to rebuild fish stocks	ctv news	2022-09-04	CA
2637	Irish researchers study evolutionary potential of Atlantic salmon	The Fish Site	2022-09-07	IR
2638	Lice rules to change for ASC-certified salmon farms	The Fish Site	2022-09-06	CA
2639	Recreational fishing in La. under attack, Landry says	americanpress	2022-08-25	US
2640	Fisheries dept says noose tightened around fishermen indulging in LED fishing and other banned practices	digitalgoa	2022-08-23	IN
2641	Monster fish eludes capture as Chinese city	msn	2022-08-25	CN
2642	Mark McGowan defends WA recreational fishing ban	The West Australian	2022-08-21	AU
2643	Biggest fish ever caught in Massachusetts	wwlp	2022-07-25	US
2644	Chicopee man catches record size fish in Connecticut	wpri	2022-08-23	US
2645	Monster cannibal fish in French rivers, but no threat to humans	connexion france	2022-08-22	FR
2646	Okanagan First Nation fishery celebrates record return of sockeye salmon	msn	2022-09-04	CA
2647	AI-enabled fish gate filters invasive salmon out of Norwegian waterways	newatlas	2022-08-26	NO
2648	Poles hold “marches of mourning” for poisoned Oder river while anglers mobilise to save fish	notesfrompoland	2022-08-23	PL
2649	One of the World’s Rarest Fish Swims Upside Down While Hunting	fieldandstream	2022-08-25	DM
2650	US army builds electric barrier of death to stop rampaging fish destroying Great Lakes	dailystar	2022-08-26	US

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