[quote name='WCAK' post='6564' date='Apr 27 2006, 12:09 AM']Hello All
My son and I are planning a squid fishing trip to RI. This is the first time squid fishing and I have two questions. What are the license requirements for squid fishing in the state of RI. And the second question is can anyone provide some hints on where to fish. We will be in the Point Judith pond area.
Thanks[/quote]
You don't need a license as this is a non-regulated "fish" for lack of a better term. You do need squid jigs. You can get them at bait shops and stores that carry salt-water gear, as well as the internet. Yo-Zuri makes the better ones. Get a couple of different colors. Then rig it up with an egg sinker and watch what everyone else does. I have never jigged for squid in the Point Judith area but my nephew has in the past and has gone off of the fishing docks in Galillee. There are signs posted to keep out people except fisherman but at night they don't enforce it. I have fished for stripers there and have parked right at the docks withour bother. Most of us go to the Goat Island causeway in Newport. But I am looking for other spots myself.
Good Luck
My son and I are planning a squid fishing trip to RI. This is the first time squid fishing and I have two questions. What are the license requirements for squid fishing in the state of RI. And the second question is can anyone provide some hints on where to fish. We will be in the Point Judith pond area.
Thanks[/quote]
You don't need a license as this is a non-regulated "fish" for lack of a better term. You do need squid jigs. You can get them at bait shops and stores that carry salt-water gear, as well as the internet. Yo-Zuri makes the better ones. Get a couple of different colors. Then rig it up with an egg sinker and watch what everyone else does. I have never jigged for squid in the Point Judith area but my nephew has in the past and has gone off of the fishing docks in Galillee. There are signs posted to keep out people except fisherman but at night they don't enforce it. I have fished for stripers there and have parked right at the docks withour bother. Most of us go to the Goat Island causeway in Newport. But I am looking for other spots myself.
Good Luck