State bestows angler awards.

• Position: Sports

Who are the top fishermen in the state? Mark Mohan of Pembroke and Jake Souza of Berkeley were just named Adult and Youth Anglers of the Year, respectively, by MassWildlife.

Also just announced were the Freshwater Gold Pin award winners who caught the state's heaviest fish in 2013.

There was no exaggerating any of these catches. All had to be certified officially. Overall, this list is valuable not only to reveal our most successful fishermen, but also to highlight the special waters that produced our largest fish.

Largemouth bass, 9 pounds, 8 ounces, Little Long Pond, Plymouth, by Phillip Strassel, Plymouth; smallmouth bass, 6 pounds, 1 ounce, Mystic Lake, Barnstable, by Jeff Capute, Centerville; bullhead, 2 pounds, 8 ounces, Furnace Pond, Pembroke, by Mark Mohan Jr., Pembroke; carp, 40 pounds, 2 ounces, Connecticut River, Holyoke, by Shane Emerson, Greenfield; channel catfish, 13 pounds, 9 ounces, Connecticut River, Springfield, by Nicholas Eastman, Springfield; white catfish, 7 pounds, 14 ounces, Mashpee-Wakeby Pond, Mashpee, by Eddie Lemieux, Acushnet; crappie, 3 pounds, 1 ounces, Singletary Lake, Millbury, by Brian Cofske, Oxford.

Also, white perch, 3 pounds, Wachusett Reservoir, West Boylston, by John Keating, Carlisle; yellow perch, 2 pounds, 4 ounces, Glen Echo Lake, Charlton, by Wayne Andrews, Holden; chain pickerel, 6 pounds, 7 ounces, Wequaquet Lake, Barnstable, by Capute; northern pike, 24 pounds, 5 ounces, Wequaquet Lake, Barnstable, by Capute; broodstock salmon, 10 pounds, 6 ounces, Cliff Pond, Brewster, by Jake Howarth, Brewster; landlocked salmon, 6 pounds, 5 ounces, Quabbin Reservoir, by John MacGeachey, Rutland; American shad, 5 pounds, 5 ounces, Connecticut River, Holyoke, by Philip Lees, Westfield.

Also, sunfish, 1 pound, 8 ounces, Ashunet Pond, Falmouth, by Todd Matera, Palmer; brook trout, 3 pounds, 7 ounces, Peters Pond, Sandwich, by Wilton Gray III, Lakeville; brown trout, 11 pounds, 4 ounces, Onota Lake, Pittsfield, by Richard Garhartt, Berlin, N.Y.; lake trout, 17 pounds, 9 ounces, Quabbin Reservoir, by Jason Grigas, Ware; rainbow trout, 6 pounds, 11 ounces, Stillwater River, West Boylston, by Mark Mohan Jr., Pembroke; tiger trout, 3 pounds, 12 ounces, Upper Lagoon Pond, Oak Bluffs, by Rich Roy, Vineyard Haven; walleye, 7 pounds, 14 ounces, Connecticut River, Montague, by Edward Brozo, Bernardston.

Under-18 anglers were also awarded gold pins, including John Hannam of Rutland, who won three of them. Some of the...