PROVIDENCE, R.I. (WPRI) — Local anglers may have a better shot at catching rainbow and brook trout starting on Friday.
The Rhode Island Department of Environmental Management (DEM) will be stocking 25 waterways with trout ahead of the holiday weekend.
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Anglers over 15 years old must have a 2024 fishing license. The DEM said a Trout Conservation Stamp is also required to keep trout.
The following waterbodies will be stocked with fish:
- 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