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
3276	Record 21.57 pound tautog caught off Newport	johnstonsunrise	2021-11-19	US
3277	A tiny Alaska town is split over a goldmine. At stake is a way of life	theguardian	2021-06-22	US
3278	Fish captured 'smoking cigarette' on camera saved before gobbling the entire thing	dailystar	2021-09-27	UK
3279	Zombie plant a threat to fish and even swimmers	CBC News	2021-09-07	CA
3280	Canada seeks to claw back $25M in COVID relief from thousands of fishers	CBC News	2021-11-14	CA
3281	Man fishing for trout off W.Va. bridge charged, fined, Natural Resources Police say	wchstv	2021-11-05	US
3282	Huge cod washes up on Gold Coast beach after losing battle with shark	9news	2021-11-05	AU
3283	Lone French fisherman left adrift in UK-France fishing spat	thepublicsradio	2021-11-05	UK
3284	Biologists have giant questions about monster fish in upper Snake River	The Post Register	2021-11-01	US
3285	JAWS OF HELL Terrifying alien-like beast with extending jaw that impales its prey freaks out Reddit	the-sun	2021-11-04	AU
3286	FGCU researchers say dead fish from red tide can be turned into natural fertilizer	abcaction news	2021-11-05	US
3287	Unique fish released in 2005 is caught again in Georgia river. How much did it grow?	modbee	2021-11-08	US
3288	Fisherman’s ‘full-on tug of war’ results in fish of a lifetime	usatoday	2021-11-02	US
3289	Swimming into the twilight zone: The wonders of the lantern fish	CBC News	2021-10-30	CA
3290	Pandemic-fuelled wave of illegal fishing boats prompts call to divert Border Force resources	ABC Kimberley	2021-10-27	AU
3291	‘Plastic fishing’ is a creative way to clean up our beaches and ocean	local10	2021-10-27	US
3292	Maine lobsterman scores 1-in-100 million catch: an ultra-rare cotton candy lobster	foxnews	2021-11-10	US
3293	When fish ingest plastic, the impacts are complicated	earth.com	2021-10-28	SZ
3294	WA fish researchers use tiny sensors and other tech to save salmon	kxly	2021-10-29	US
3295	Pineapple skin diet shown to boost growth and immune system of tilapia	newatlas	2021-10-25	RU
3296	На Ямале добыто более девяти тысяч тонн рыбы	korabel	2021-11-05	RU
3297	Производство семги и форели достигло объемов "выпавшего" импорта	korabel	2021-11-12	RU
3298	Новый НИС сдадут в 2026 году	korabel	2021-11-12	RU
3299	France detains UK boat as spat over fishing rights escalates	CNN	2021-10-29	UK
3300	Studying sturgeon: Biologists have giant questions about monster fish in upper Snake River	idahostatejournal	2021-10-22	US

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