Best bets for trophy pike, pickerel, and tiger muskellunge in Massachusetts
Find waterbodies that consistently produce trophy-sized pike. This list was compiled using records from MassWildlife’s Freshwater Sportfishing Awards Program
Chain pickerel
| Waterbody | Town |
| Lovells Pond | Barnstable |
| Middle Pond | Barnstable |
| Wequaquet Lake | Barnstable |
| Buckley-Dunton Lake | Becket |
| Great Herring Pond | Bourne/Plymouth |
| Greenland Pond | Brewster |
| Quaboag Pond | Brookfield |
| Sampson Pond | Carver |
| Robbins Pond | East Bridgewater |
| Great Pond | Eastham |
| Herring Pond | Eastham |
| Muddy Pond | Eastham |
| Monponsett Ponds | Halifax |
| Herring River Reservoir | Harwich |
| Norwich Pond | Huntington |
| Long Pond | Lakeville |
| Laurel Lake | Lee |
| Long Pond | Littleton |
| Mashpee-Wakeby Pond | Mashpee |
| Lake Buel | Monterey |
| Garfield Lake | Monterey |
| Otis Reservoir | Otis |
| Onota Lake | Pittsfield |
| Pontoosuc Lake | Pittsfield |
| Billington Sea | Plymouth |
| Long Pond | Plymouth |
| White Island Pond | Plymouth |
| Richmond Pond | Richmond |
| Snipatuit Pond | Rochester |
| Long Pond | Rutland |
| Shawme Lake Lower & Upper | Sandwich |
| Stockbridge Bowl | Stockbridge |
| Agawam River/Agawam Mill Pond | Wareham |
| Glen Charlie Pond | Wareham |
| Heard Pond | Wayland |
| Webster Lake | Webster |
| Long Pond | Yarmouth |
| Connecticut River |
Northern pike
| Waterbody | Town |
| Wequaquet Lake | Barnstable |
| East Brimfield Reservoir | Brimfield |
| Quaboag/Quacumquasit Ponds | Brookfield |
| Cheshire Reservoir | Cheshire |
| Hamilton Reservoir | Holland |
| Holland Pond | Holland |
| Buel Lake | Monterey |
| Housatonic River/Woods Pond | NA/Lenoxdale |
| Onota Lake | Pittsfield |
| Pontoosuc Lake | Pittsfield |
| Quinsigamond Lake/Flint Pond | Shrewsbury |
| Concord River | |
| Connecticut River |
Tiger muskellunge
| Waterbody | Town |
| Spy Pond | Arlington |
| Housatonic River/Woods Pond | Lenox/Lee |
| Pontoosuc Lake | Pittsfield |
| Quinsigamond Lake/Flint Pond | Shrewsbury |
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