Sportfishing Records
Rhode Island
Freshwater Fishing
RI Sportfishing Records 2017 – Freshwater
| Species | Weight | Length | Date | Location | Angler |
| Smallmouth Bass | 5 lbs. 15 oz. | 22.5″ | 9/77 | Wash Pond | B. Ferris – Wakefield, RI |
| Largemouth Bass | 11 lbs. 3.2 oz. | 25″ | 4/16 | Johnson’s Pond | B. Migliore – Sterling, CT |
| Bluegill | 2 lbs. 1 oz. | 12″ | 8/87 | — | C. Rizzo – Pascoag, RI |
| Pumpkinseed | 12.5 oz. | 10″ | 5/01 | Indian Lake | J. Hall – Wakefield, RI |
| Black Crappie | 3 lbs. | 15″ | 7/76 | Watchaug Pond | R. Sevegny – Pawtucket, RI |
| Yellow Perch | 2 lbs. 4 oz. | 13.5″ | 2/87 | Pascoag Reservoir | D. LaRochelle – Glendale, RI |
| White Perch | 2 lbs. 0.25 oz. | 15.5″ | 12/09 | Narrow River | P. Warner – Narragansett, RI |
| Carp | 32 lbs. 8 oz. | 37″ | 6/01 | Tiogue Lake | S. Wasilewski – Hope Valley, RI |
| Brown Bullhead | 9.44 lbs. | 18.5″ | 8/98 | — | H. Laramee – Cumberland, RI |
| White Catfish | 16 lbs. 12 oz. | 33″ | 8/94 | Tiogue Lake | L. Angell – Coventry, RI |
| Chain Pickerel | 6 lbs. 14 oz. | 27.75″ | 8/05 | Beach Pond | T. Egan – Hope Valley, RI |
| Northern Pike | 35 lbs. | 47.5″ | 10/87 | Hundred Acre Pond | D. LaRose – Coventry, RI |
| Brook Trout | 3 lbs. 12 oz. | 21″ | 10/84 | Wyoming Pond | R. Boucher, Jr. – Warwick, RI |
| Brown Trout | 7 lbs. 9 oz. | 26″ | 4/00 | Wallum Lake | R. Groleau – Blackstone, MA |
| Rainbow Trout | 11 lbs. | — | 4/91 | Pawcatuck River | M. Wencek – Wakefield, RI |
| Atlantic Salmon Domestic, stocked (landlocked) | 21 lbs. 9 oz. | 41″ | 1/04 | Barber Pond | R. Maldonis – Arlington, MA |
RI Sportfishing Records 2017 – Saltwater
| Species | Weight | Length | Date | Location | Angler |
| Sea Bass | 8 lbs. 7.25 oz. | 26″ | 10/81 | Block Island | K. McDuffie – Pascoag, RI |
| Striped Bass | 77 lbs. 6.4 oz | 52″ | 6/11 | Block Island | P. Vican – E. Greenwich, RI |
| Bluefish | 26 lbs. | 39″ | 8/81 | — | D. Deziel – Woonsocket, RI |
| Bonito | 13 lbs. | — | 10/95 | Westerly | R. Gliottone – Exeter, RI |
| Cod | 71 lbs. | — | 6/65 | — | M. Deciantis – Warwick, RI |
| Summer Flounder | 17 lbs. 8 oz. | — | 1962 | Narrow River | G. Farmer – Warwick, RI |
| Winter Flounder | 6 lbs. 7 oz. | 23″ | 8/90 | Galilee | A. Pearson – Cranston, RI |
| King Mackerel | 12 lbs. 3 oz. | 40″ | 8/00 | Point Judith | A. Camilleri – Chester, CT |
| Atlantic Mackerel | OPEN | ||||
| Pollack | 28 lbs. 8 oz. | — | 5/95 | — | A. Jacobs – Lincoln, RI |
| Scup | 5 lbs. | 20.25″ | 10/90 | — | J. Yurwitz – Block Island, RI |
| American Shad (Closed) | 6 lbs. 8 oz. | 25″ | 4/85 | Runnins River | W. Socha – Warren, RI |
| Hickory Shad | 2 lbs. 11 oz. | 20” | 11/89 | Narrow River | M. Pickering – Lincoln, RI |
| Blue Shark | 431 lbs. 2 oz. | 12’6″ | 11/06 | Cox Ledge | G. Gross – Fairfield, NJ |
| Mako Shark | 718 lbs. | 10’6″ | 6/93 | S. Block Island | W. Alessi – Boston, MA |
| Swordfish | 434 lbs. | 13’6″ | 8/11 | Hydro. Canyon | L. DeFusco – W. Warwick, RI |
| Squeteague | 16 lbs. 8.72 oz. | 36″ | 5/07 | Greenwich Bay | R. Moeller – N. Kingstown, RI |
| Tautog | 21 lbs. 4 oz. | — | 11/54 | Jamestown | C.W. Sunquist |
| Bluefin Tuna | 1142 lbs. | — | 9/71 | Block Island | J. Dempsey |
| Yellowfin Tuna | 265 lbs. | 6′ | 10/97 | The Dip | R. Hughes – Arlington, MA |
| White Marlin | 125 lbs. | 8′ 0.5″ | 8/87 | S. Block Island | J. Luty, Sr. – Preston, CT |