The Rhode Island Department of Environmental Management (DEM) is stocking 25 selected waterways with brook and rainbow trout in advance of the upcoming holiday weekend, beginning Friday, Oct. 4, and continuing through Thursday, Oct. 10.
The stocking will take place from Oct. 4 to Oct. 10, the DEM said. Due to cyanobacteria alerts, DEM is not stocking some ponds and lakes that it stocked in previous years. The following areas will be stocked with Rainbow and Brook trout:
– Alton Pond, Richmond
– Barber Pond, South Kingstown
– Barberville to Wyoming Pond, Richmond, Hopkinton
– Blackstone River, Lincoln
– Bradford Fishing Area, Westerly.
– Browning Mill Pond, Exeter.
– Carbuncle Pond, Coventry.
– Carolina Trout Pond, Richmond.
– Cronan Landing, Richmond.
– Eight Rod Farm Pond, Tiverton.
– Grantville to Rt. 95, Hopkinton.
– Hope Valley Fishing Area, Hopkinton.
– Kings Factory Bridge, Charlestown
– Lower Shannock, Charlestown
– Meadow Brook Pond, Richmond.
– Olney Pond, Lincoln State Park, Lincoln.
– Rt. 165 to Barberville, Exeter, Hopkinton.
– Round Top Ponds, Burrillville.
– Shippee Sawmill Pond, Foster.
– Silver Spring Lake, North Kingstown.
– Spring Grove Pond, Glocester.
– Stafford Pond, Tiverton.
– Upper Pawtuxet, (Hope), Scituate.
– Willet Pond, East Providence.
– Woodville, Richmond, Hopkinton.
Stocking updates are available on the DEM website and social media pages. The DEM also reminds anglers that licenses are required for anyone over the age of 15 and that a conservation stamp is needed for anyone looking to take trout home.
The daily creel and possession limit for trout and salmon are five fish, of which only two can be salmon, from April 13 to Nov. 30. From Dec. 1 to Feb. 28, that limit is two trout and/or salmon, with two allowed to be salmon. The minimum size for trout in all waters is eight inches and 11 inches for land-locked salmon.
Felt soled boots are not allowed on any freshwater in the state. The DEM also reminded people to not enter or exit a state boat ramp with any vegetation attached to boats, motors, trailers, or equipment to prevent the spread of invasive species.
Anyone looking for more information on fishing in Rhode Island can visit the DEM website here.
Generative artificial intelligence (AI) assisted a What’sUpNewp journalist with the reporting included in this story.
