MassWildlife Will Allow Kids To Stock Trout During School Vacation

WORCESTER, MA — If you're looking to do something fishy over the school vacation week in Massachusetts, MassWildlife has something for you.

The state agency will hold six trout-stocking events in the state during the vacation week. Kids on vacation — or any member of the public — can attend to learn about the fresh water ecosystem, and dump some buckets of fish into local waterways.

Each spring, the state adds about 500,000 different types of trout to dozens of lakes, ponds and rivers across the Massachusetts. Fishing season runs year-round in some form, but the wider trout season got underway on April 1. Find information about where you can fish and how to get a license on the Fish and Game website.

Here are the trout stocking events coming up over school vacation week:

April 19: There will be two stocking events in Plymouth: 10 a.m. at the Long Pond Boat Ramp off Clark Road; 11 a.m. at the Little Pond Boat Launch on Morton Park Road.

April 20: Lake Quinsigamond, Worcester: 11 a.m. at Regatta Point in Quinsigamond State Park at 10 Lake Avenue North in Worcester.

April 21: Onota Lake, Pittsfield: 1:30 p.m. at Burbank Park on Lakeway Drive in Pittsfield.

April 21: Hampton Ponds, Westfield: 11 a.m. the Hampton Ponds Boat Ramp located off Old Apremont Way in Westfield.

April 22: Horn Pond, Woburn: 1 p.m. at the Horn Pond Boat Ramp off Lake Avenue.