DEM Stocking 25 Waterways with Brook and Rainbow Trout for the Columbus Day Holiday Weekend
The following areas will be stocked from Thursday, Sept. 28 through Friday, Oct. 6, 2023, with Rainbow and Brook trout:
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Barber Pond, South Kingstown.
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Barberville to Wyoming Pond, Richmond, Hopkinton.
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Blackstone River, Lincoln.
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Bradford Fishing Area, Westerly.
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Breakheart Pond, Exeter.
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Browning Mill Pond, Exeter.
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Carbuncle Pond, Coventry.
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Carolina Trout Pond, Richmond.
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Cronan Landing, Richmond.
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Eight Rod Farm Pond, Tiverton.
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Grantville to Rt. 95, Hopkinton.
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Hope Valley Fishing Area, Hopkinton.
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Kings Factory Bridge, Charlestown.
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Lower Shannock, Charlestown.
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Meadow Brook Pond, Richmond.
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Olney Pond, Lincoln State Park, Lincoln.
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Rt. 165 to Barberville, Exeter, Hopkinton.
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Round Top Ponds, Burrillville.
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Shippee Sawmill Pond, Foster.
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Silver Spring Lake, North Kingstown.
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Spring Grove Pond, Glocester.
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Stafford Pond, Tiverton.
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Upper Pawtuxet, (Hope), Scituate.
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Willet Pond, East Providence.
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Woodville, Richmond, Hopkinton.
Daily
stocking updates will be available each afternoon. Please visit DEM's Division of Fish and Wildlife's Facebook Page,
visit www.dem.ri.gov/fishing, or call 401-789-0281 or
401-539-0019 for more information on stocking.
A 2023
fishing license is required for anglers 15 years of age and older and a Trout
Conservation Stamp is required to keep or possess a trout. Trout Stamps are not
required for persons possessing trout taken from a lake or pond that shares a
border with Rhode Island. Fishing licenses can be purchased online on
DEM’s Rhode Island Outdoors (RIO) portal.
DEM
would like to remind anglers of following changes in the Freshwater Regulations:
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The daily creel and possession limit for trout and/or
salmon is five fish, of which only two can be salmon, from April 8, 2023
through Nov. 30, 2023; and two trout and/or salmon, of which only two can be
salmon from Dec. 1, 2023 - Feb. 29, 2024.
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The creel and possession limit for trout taken in the Wood
River, between RT. 165 Check Station and Barberville Dam at Arcadia Road, is
two fish from the second Saturday in May through the last day of Feb. That
portion of the Falls River, from the bridge at Austin Farm Road to the bridge
at Brook Trail, is a catch and release area.
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The portion of the confluence of the Beaver River and the
Pawcatuck River, upstream to New London Turnpike, is designated as a catch and
release area.
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The daily creel limit for landlocked Atlantic Salmon is two
fish per day, statewide until Feb. 29, 2024, which must be part of the overall five
fish limit for trout and salmon.
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There is an 8-inch minimum size for any trout caught in any
state waters. The minimum size limit for domestic (landlocked) Atlantic salmon
is 11 inches.
The
following activities are prohibited:
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The use of external felt soled or any natural or synthetic
porous material capable of absorbing water in any freshwaters in Rhode Island
is strictly prohibited. This
includes any waters shared with adjacent states in which Rhode Island fishing
regulations apply.
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It is prohibited to enter or exit a state boat
ramp with any vegetation attached to any type of boats, motors, boat trailers,
or any other conveyance or equipment in order to curtail the spread of invasive aquatic plants.
Information
about stocked freshwaters, size and creel limits for all freshwater fish
species is available in the 2023-24 Freshwater Fishing Abstract,
or by calling DEM's Great Swamp Field Office at 401-789-0281, or DEM’s Aquatic
Resource Education office at 401-539-0019.
For
more information on DEM programs and services, visit www.dem.ri.gov.
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Outdoor Education Page on Facebook, Twitter
(@RhodeIslandDEM), or Instagram (@RhodeIslandDEM).