Size, Season & Possession Limits
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Size, Season and Possession Limits |
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Species |
Minimum Size |
Open Season |
Possession Limit |
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American Eel |
9" |
Open year round |
25 eels/person/day or |
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Black Sea Bass (shore and private) |
16" |
May 16 - Dec. 31 |
3 fish/person/day |
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Black Sea Bass (party and charter) |
16" |
May 16 - Aug. 31 |
4 fish/person/day |
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Sept. 1 - Dec. 31 |
6 fish/person/day |
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Bluefish (shore and private / rental boat) |
No minimum |
Open year round |
5 fish/person/day |
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Bluefish (party and charter) |
No minimum |
Open year round |
7 fish/person/day |
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River Herring (alewives and blueback herring) & American Shad |
Prohibited Species |
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Scup (private / rental boat) |
11" |
May 1 - Dec. 31 |
30 fish/person/day |
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Scup (shore) |
9.5" |
May 1 - Dec. 31 |
30 fish/person/day |
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Scup (party and charter) |
11" |
May 1 - Aug. 31 |
30 fish/person/day |
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Sept. 1 - Oct. 31 |
40 fish/person/day |
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Nov. 1 - Dec. 31 |
30 fish/person/day |
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Striped Bass |
Slot Limit: Minimum Size 28" Maximum Size <31" |
Open year round |
1 fish/person/day within the slot limit |
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Summer Flounder (general) |
19" |
April 1 - Dec. 31 |
6 fish/person/day |
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Summer Flounder Special Shore Areas: While fishing from shore at India Point Park in Providence; Conimicut Park in Warwick; Rocky Point, Warwick; Stone Bridge in Tiverton; East and West Walls (Harbor of Refuge), Narragansett; Fort Wetherill, Jamestown; and Fort Adams, Newport; anglers may possess up to 2 summer flounder 17 inches or greater in length as part of their fish possession limit. The remaining fish must be 19 inches or larger. |
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Tautog (Blackfish) |
16" Max 1 fish >21" |
Apr. 1 - May 31 |
3 fish/person/day |
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June 1 - July 31 |
CLOSED |
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Aug. 1 - Oct. 14 |
3 fish/person/day |
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Oct. 15 - Dec. 31 |
5 fish/person/day |
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Weakfish (Squeteague) |
16" |
Open year round |
1 fish/person/day |
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Winter Flounder *** (Blackback) |
12" |
Mar. 1 - Dec. 31 |
2 fish/person/day |
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The harvesting or possession of winter flounder is prohibited in Narragansett Bay north of the COLREGS line, as well as in the Harbor of Refuge, Point Judith Pond, and Potter Pond. |
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