Rhode Island Fishing Regulations

Rhode Island Regs 2006

 

SPECIES

Bag limit / Minimum Size

American Eel 50 fish - 6 inch minimum
Black Sea Bass 25 fish - 12 inch minimum
(no closed season)
Bluefish 10 fish - No minimum size
(no closed season)
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
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)

Winter Flounder
Special note:
All of Narragansett Bay is closed
(section 11.19, RI fish regs)
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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