15 RI Ponds, Lakes Getting Stocked With Rainbow, Brook Trout For Veterans Day Fishing

RHODE ISLAND — In honor of veterans who like to enjoy their Veterans Day with a little fishing, the Rhode Island Department of Environmental Management (DEM) is stocking 15 ponds and lakes across the state with rainbow and brook trout.

Several thousand rainbow and brook trout will be stocked in selected areas, DEM officials said.

"Stocking fish in popular water bodies is a gesture by which DEM honors Rhode Island veterans for their service, sacrifice, and duty done," DEM Director Terry Gray said. "We hope many veterans will get outside and drop a line in the water this weekend."

DEM will stock the following bodies of water:

• Barber Pond, South Kingstown
• Carbuncle Pond, Coventry (wheelchair accessible)
• Meadow Brook Pond, Richmond
• Olney Pond, Lincoln State Park, Lincoln (wheelchair accessible)
• Peck Pond, Burrillville
• Roundtop Ponds, Burrillville
• Shippee Sawmill Pond, Foster
• Simmons Mill Pond, Little Compton
• Silver Spring Lake, North Kingstown (wheelchair accessible)
• Stafford Pond, Tiverton
• Tarkiln Pond, Burrillville, North Smithfield
• Tucker Pond, South Kingstown
• Watchaug Pond, Charlestown
• Willet Pond, East Providence
• Wyoming Pond, Hopkinton, Richmond.

Cyanobacteria alerts may prevent stocking in some ponds and lakes.

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.

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