The Rhode Island Department of Environmental Management (DEM) conducted a special round of trout and salmon stocking in advance of Veterans Day in honor of our veterans. Rainbow trout, brook trout, Sebago Atlantic salmon were stocked in 16 ponds and lakes between November 2 and 7.
“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 got outside to wet a line this weekend.”
DEM stocked following waterbodies:
- Barber Pond, South Kingstown.
- Carolina Trout Pond, Richmond.
- Frosty Hollow Pond, Exeter.
- Meadowbrook Pond, Richmond.
- Olney Pond, Lincoln.
- Peck Pond, Burrillville.
- Roaring Brook, Exeter.
- Round Top Ponds, Burrillville.
- Simmons Mill Pond, Little Compton.
- Stafford Pond, Tiverton.
- Tarkiln Pond, Burrillville.
- Tucker Pond, South Kingstown.
- Watchaug Pond, Charlestown.
- Willet Pond, East Providence.
Daily stocking updates are always available on DEM’s Division of Fish and Wildlife’s Facebook Page and at www.dem.ri.gov/fishing, or you can 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.
