Fishing Merit Badge

Fishing Safety

First Aid - Hook Removal

Know Your Equipment

Fly Rod

Baitcasting Rod

Spinning Rod

Trolling Rod

Bait & Lures

Improved Clinch Knot

Palomar Knot

Double Surgeons Loop Knot

Blood (Barrel) Knot

Dropper Loop Knot

Scout Codes of Ethics

The Outdoor Code

As an American, I will do my best

to -

• Be clean in my outdoor

manners. 

• Be careful with fire.

• Be considerate in the outdoors.

• Be conservation minded.

Know the Regulations!!

State Rhode Island Connecticut New York

Black Sea Bass

13" minimum 15 fish

June 15 - Dec 31

13" minimum • 15 fish

June 15 - Dec 31

13" minimum 15 fish

June 15 - Dec 31

Bluefish

no min size* 15 fish no closed season

no min size* 10 fish no closed season

no min size for

first 10 fish, 12” for next 5 fish

no closed season

Cod

22" minimum

10 fish no closed season

22" minimum

10 fish no closed season

22 minimum

10 fish no closed season

Fluke

18.5" minimum

8 fish May 1 - Dec 31

18" minimum

5 fish May 15-Oct 31

19.5" minimum

4 fish May 1 - Sept 30

Scup

10.5" minimum

20 fish May 24 to Sept 25

10.5" minimum

20 fish May 1 to Dec 31

10.5" minimum 20 fish

May 1 to Dec 31

Striped Bass

28" minimum

2 fish no closed season

28" minimum

2 fish no closed season

28" minimum 1 fish 28-40” 1 fish > 40”

Apr 15 – Dec 15

Tautog

16" minimum April 15 to May 31 • 3 fish June 1 to July 31 • closed Aug1 to Oct 14* 3 fish Oct 15 to Dec 15*6 fish max of 10 fish per boat

16" minimum

Apr 1 to Apr 30 • 2 fish May 1 to June 30 • closed July 1 to Aug 31 • 2 fish Oct 10 to Dec 6 * 4 fish

16" minimum

*4 fish Oct 8 – Dec 4

Weakfish

16" minimum

1 fish no closed season

16" minimum

1 fish no closed season

16" minimum

1 fish no closed season

2012 Freshwater Fisheries Minimum Sizes & Possession Limits

Fish Season Creel

Limit**

Minimum Size

Trout 4/14 - 11/30 5 none

12/1 - 2/28 2 none

Atlantic Salmon CLOSED

Domestic (landlocked) Atlantic Salmon 4/9 - 2/28 2 15"

Northern Pike No Closed Season

2 24"

Chain Pickerel No Closed Season

5 14"

Largemouth & Smallmouth Bass No Closed Season

5 12"

American Eel No Closed

Season 50 6"

River Herring (Alewives, Blueback herring, Shad & Smelt

CLOSED

All Other Freshwater Fish No Closed

Season None None

Striped Bass No Closed Season

2 28"

** Creel Limit - Number of fish per person per day

Practice Conservation

Catch & Release what you can’t

eat!!

Cooking the Catch