03-30-2004, 05:01 AM
Rhode Island
State record: 10 pounds 6 ounces, Nick Finamore, 5/23/91, Carbuncle Lake
Best water: Watchaug Pond, Charleston, Burlingame campground. “We’ve had a stocking program the last few years, and we’ve caught some nice fish there.” —Phil Edwards, senior fisheries biologist, Rhode Island Division of Fish and Wildlife
Contact: Burlingame State Park, 401-322-8910
Sleeper: Wilson’s Reservoir. “It gets some attention, but off in the woods on the northern end is some nice, isolated fishing.”
Contact: RIDFW, 401-222-6800
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State record: 10 pounds 6 ounces, Nick Finamore, 5/23/91, Carbuncle Lake
Best water: Watchaug Pond, Charleston, Burlingame campground. “We’ve had a stocking program the last few years, and we’ve caught some nice fish there.” —Phil Edwards, senior fisheries biologist, Rhode Island Division of Fish and Wildlife
Contact: Burlingame State Park, 401-322-8910
Sleeper: Wilson’s Reservoir. “It gets some attention, but off in the woods on the northern end is some nice, isolated fishing.”
Contact: RIDFW, 401-222-6800
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