RI Stocks 24 Waterways With Trout

A Rhode Island Fish and Wildlife crew member releases trout into a local lake as part of the state’s seasonal fish stocking program. Photo/Rhode Island Fish and Wildlife.

Trout splash into the water during Rhode Island Fish and Wildlife’s seasonal stocking program.” Photo/Rhode Island Fish and Wildlife.

The trout fishing in Rhode Island is about to level up.

Officials with the Rhode Island Department of Environmental Management (DEM) are currently stocking trout in waterways throughout the state.

DEM crews began stocking brook and rainbow trout in selected areas on Friday, October 17, and will continue through Thursday, October 23.

Officials said some previously stocked ponds and lakes cannot be stocked due to cyanobacteria alerts.

The following areas will be stocked:

♦Alton Pond, Richmond

♦Barber Pond, South Kingstown

♦Blackstone River, Lincoln

♦Bradford Fishing Area, Westerly

♦Browning Mill Pond, Exeter

♦Carbuncle Pond, Coventry

♦Carolina Trout Pond, Richmond

A freshly stocked rainbow trout from Rhode Island Fish and Wildlife’s seasonal stocking program. Photo/Rhode Island Fish and Wildlife.

♦Cronan Landing, Richmond

♦Eight Rod Farm Pond, Tiverton

♦Grantville to Rt. 95, Hopkinton

♦Hope Valley Fishing Area, Hopkinton

♦Kings Factory Bridge, Charlestown

♦Lower Shannock, Charlestown

♦Meadow Brook Pond, Richmond

♦Wood River from Rt. 165 to Barberville, Exeter, Hopkinton

♦Round Top Ponds, Burrillville

♦Shippee Sawmill Pond, Foster

♦Silver Spring Lake, North Kingstown

♦Spring Grove Pond, Glocester

♦Stafford Pond, Tiverton

♦Upper Pawtuxet, (Hope), Scituate

♦Upper Melville (Thurston Gray Pond)

♦Willet Pond, East Providence

♦Woodville, Richmond, Hopkinton

A 2025 fishing license is required for anglers 15 years of age and older. To keep trout, a Trout Conservation Stamp is required, unless it’s from a lake or pond bordering Rhode Island. Licenses and stamps are available on DEM’s Rhode Island Outdoors portal.