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Rhode Island 2011 Recreational Fishing Regulations (updated June /2011)

 

 

 

Bluefish
Minimum length:   None
Daily creel limit: 15 fish per angler
    (Including "snappers")
Season:  Open Year Round

 

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Blackfish (Tautog)
Minimum length:   16 inches
Season:  Open  April 15 - May 31 3 fish

June 1st - July 1st closed

August 1st - October 14  3 fish

October 15 - December 15  6 fish

THERE IS A 10 fish LIMIT PER VESSELL PER DAY

 

 

                                           
                            

                                           

tautog image

Summer Flounder (Fluke)
Minimum length:  18.5 inches
Daily creel limit:  7 Fish per Angler
Season:  Open May 1 - December 31

 

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Striped Bass 
Minimum length:  28 inches
Daily creel limit:  2 fish per angler
Season:  Open Year Round

 

striped bass illustration

Weakfish (Sea Trout)  
Minimum length:   16 inches
Daily creel limit:  1 fish
Season:  Open Year Round

 

weakfish illustration

Scup (Porgy) 
Minimum length:  10 1/2 inches
Daily creel limit:  10 fish per angler
Season:  Open May 24 - Sept 26

Party and Charter boat rules:

Minimum length 11"  May 24 - Sept 26  Daily Creel 10fish            

Septmeber 7 - October 11   40 fish

 

Scup (Porgy)

Black Sea Bass* 
Minimum length: 13 inches
Daily creel limit:  12 fish per angler
Season:  July 11 - December 31
                

*
Top Tail Fin Filament (Tendril) not 
   included in Minimum Length measurement

Black Sea Bass