In honor of Veterans Day, the Rhode Island Department of Environmental Management (DEM) will stock ponds across the state with thousands of Rainbow and Brook Trout, providing a special fishing opportunity for veterans and residents alike. The stocking will begin Wednesday, Nov. 6, and continue through Friday, Nov. 8, in select waterbodies, some of which are wheelchair accessible.
“Stocking fish in popular waterbodies is a gesture by which DEM honors Rhode Island veterans for their service, sacrifice, and duty done,” said DEM Director Terry Gray. “We hope many veterans will get outside and drop a line in the water this weekend.”
Anglers can look forward to finding the freshly stocked trout at the following locations:
- Barber Pond, South Kingstown
- Carbuncle Pond, Coventry – Wheelchair Accessible
- Meadow Brook Pond, Richmond
- Olney Pond, Lincoln State Park, Lincoln – Wheelchair Accessible
- Peck Pond, Burrillville
- Roundtop Ponds, Burrillville
- Shippee Sawmill Pond, Foster
- Simmons Mill Pond, Little Compton
- Silver Spring Lake, North Kingstown – Wheelchair Accessible
- Stafford Pond, Tiverton
- Tarkiln Pond, Burrillville, North Smithfield
- Tucker Pond, South Kingstown
- Watchaug Pond, Charlestown
- Willet Pond, East Providence
- Wyoming Pond, Hopkinton, Richmond