40 RI Ponds, Rivers, Lakes Stocked With Trout For Fishing Season

RHODE ISLAND — It seems fishing season is off to a busy start in Rhode Island.

Just two weeks after the Department of Environmental Management stocked more than 100 state ponds and lakes with over 60,000 trout, state officials are adding fish to more than 40 more freshwater bodies.

The following ponds, rivers and lakes were stocked:

• Ashville Pond and River, Hopkinton
• A.L. Mowry Pond, Smithfield
• Barber Pond, South Kingstown
• Breakheart Pond, Exeter
• Browning Mill Pond, Exeter
• Blackstone River, Cumberland and Lincoln
• Brushy Brook, Hopkinton
• Carbuncle Pond, Coventry
• Carolina Trout Pond, Richmond
• Chepachet River, Glocester and Burrillville
• Deep Pond, Exeter
• Falls and Flat River, Exeter and West Greenwich
• Foster Green Acres, Foster
• Frenchtown Park, East Greenwich
• Frosty Hollow Children's Pond, Exeter
• Lloyd Kenney Children's Pond- Hopkinton
• Harris River, Woonsocket
• Hunt River, East Greenwich and North Kingstown
• Kings Factory, Charlestown
• Meadowbrook Pond and river access, Richmond
• Moossup River, Coventry
• Melville (Upper) Pond, Portsmouth
• Olney Pond, Lincoln Woods State Park, Lincoln
• Pawcatuck River (Bradford, Richmond Landing, Shannock), Hopkinton, Richmond, Charlestown, Westerly
• Pawtuxet River, North and South, Scituate, Cranston, Coventry, West Warwick
• Peck Pond, Burrillville
• Ponaganset River, Foster
• Roaring Brook, and ponds, Exeter
• Roundtop Ponds and Brook, Burrillville
• Silver Spring Lake, North Kingstown
• Simmons Mill Pond, Little Compton
• Spring Grove Pond, Glocester
• Shippee Sawmill Pond, Foster
• Stafford Pond, Tiverton
• Tiverton Trout Pond, Tiverton
• Upper Rochambeau Pond, Lincoln
• Willett Pond, East Providence
• Wood River (Alton, Rt. 165 Check Station, Barberville, KG Ranch Rd., Grantville Rt. 95, Dam and Park, Woodville), Exeter, Hopkinton, Richmond
• Wyoming Pond, Hopkinton and Richmond The Wood River section of Rt. 165 check station to Barberville was stocked on April 14. A complete list of stocked waters can be found on our website.

Go for the gold

To celebrate the return of fishing season, state officials are rewarding fishing enthusiasts for their first catch.

Anglers who catch a golden rainbow trout before May 8 will be eligible to receive a golden trout pin. All you have to do is take a picture and send it to dem.fishri@dem.ri.gov.
Submissions need to be received no later than May 9 to be eligible for the pin.

An updated fishing license is required for all anglers 15 and older. DEM officials also said a trout conservation stamp is required for anyone wishing to keep a trout or to fish in a catch-and-release or "fly-fishing only" area. More fishing rules and regulations can be found here.

Fishing licenses can be purchased online through DEM's portal.