11/07/2022 | Press release | Distributed by Public on 11/07/2022 15:56
Published on Monday, November 07, 2022
PROVIDENCE, RI - The Rhode Island Department of Environmental Management (DEM) is conducting a special trout and salmon stocking in advance of Veterans Day in honor of our veterans. Rainbow trout and Sebago Atlantic salmon will be stocked in eight ponds and lakes starting Wednesday, Nov. 9, and continuing through Thursday, Nov. 10. Cyanobacteria alerts will prevent stocking in some ponds and lakes.
"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 will get outside and drop a line in the water this weekend."
DEM will stock the following waterbodies:
Daily stocking updates will be available each afternoon. For more information on daily stocking, please visit DEM's website at dem.ri.gov/fishingor DEM Division of Fish and Wildlife's Outreach and Education Facebookpage. Please note that Carbuncle Pond, Coventry, will not be stocked for this weekend.
A 2022 fishing license is required for anglers 15 and older and a Trout Conservation Stamp is required to keep or possess trout. Trout Stamps are not required for minors under 15, persons over 65, persons with 100% disability, landowners fishing from property on which they are domiciled, possessing trout taken from a lake or pond that shares a border with Rhode Island, or privately owned trout from privately-owned ponds. Fishing licenses can be purchased online on DEM'S Rhode Island Outdoors (RIO)portal.
DEM would like to remind anglers of following Freshwater Regulations:
The following activities are prohibited:
Information about stocked freshwaters, size, and creel limits for all freshwater fish species is available in the 2022-23 Freshwater Fishing Abstract, or by calling DEM's Great Swamp Field Office at 789-0281. For more information on DEM programs and services, visit www.dem.ri.gov. Follow DEM on Facebook,DEM's Outdoor Education on Facebook, Twitter (@RhodeIslandDEM), or Instagram (@RhodeIslandDEM).