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Rhode Island Fishing Regulations |
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Rhode Island Regs 2006
SPECIES
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Bag limit / Minimum Size
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| American Eel |
50 fish - 6 inch minimum |
| Black Sea Bass |
25 fish - 12 inch minimum
(no closed season)
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| Bluefish |
10 fish - No minimum size
(no closed season)
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| Cod |
20 inch minimum
no bag limit |
Fluke
(Summer Flounder) |
April 1 to December 31
17.5 inch minimum size
7 fish per day bag limit |
| Haddock |
19 inch minimum
no bag limit |
| Pollock |
19 inch minimum
no bag limit |
| Scup |
Shore and Private Boat
10.5 inch minimum - 25 fish per day
June 1 to Oct 31
Party and Charter Boat
June 1 - Aug 31 - 25 fish
Sept 1 - Oct 31 - 60 fish
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| Striped Bass |
2 fish - 28 inch minimum
(no closed season) |
| Tautog |
16 inch minimum
SPLIT SEASON
May 1 to May 31 (3 fish/day)
June 1 - 30 (closed)
July 1 to October 14 (3 fish/day)
October 15 to December 31 (10 fish/day) |
Weakfish
(squeteague) |
16 inch minimum
10 fish per day bag limit
(no closed season)
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Winter Flounder
Special note:
All of Narragansett Bay is closed
(section 11.19, RI fish regs)
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4 fish - 12 inch minimum
Season: 1
April 22 to May 21
Season: 2
September 30 to October 29 |
This information is extracted from the Rhode Island DEM web site, here...
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