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Rhode Island

Freshwater Fishing

Freshwater Fishing

Commonly Caught Fish Species

AMERICAN EEL

Anguilla rostrata

BROWN BULLHEAD

Ameiurus nebulosus

BLACK CRAPPIE

Pomoxis nigromaculatus

BLUEGILL

Lepomis macrochirus

BROOK TROUT

Salvelinus fontinalis

BROWN TROUT

Salmo trutta

CHAIN PICKEREL

Esox niger

COMMON CARP

Cyprinus carpio

GOLDEN SHINER

Notemigonus crysoleucas

LARGEMOUTH BASS

Micropterus salmoides

NORTHERN PIKE

Esox lucius

PUMPKINSEED

Lepmis gibbosus

RAINBOW TROUT

Oncorhynchus mykiss

REDBREAST SUNFISH

Lepomis auritus

SMALLMOUTH BASS

Micropterus dolomieu

WHITE CATFISH

Ameiurus catus

WHITE PERCH

Morone americana

YELLOW PERCH

Perca flavescens

Illustrations by Robert Jon Golder