Sakonnet area ponds stocked with trout

Posted 5/21/21

The Department of Environmental Management (DEM) is stocking numerous ponds across Rhode Island with brook, rainbow and brown trout and landlocked (Sebago) Atlantic salmon in advance of Memorial Day …

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Sakonnet area ponds stocked with trout

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The Department of Environmental Management (DEM) is stocking numerous ponds across Rhode Island with brook, rainbow and brown trout and landlocked (Sebago) Atlantic salmon in advance of Memorial Day weekend – a popular time for recreational fishing.  

 Beginning Friday, May 21, the following East Bay waters were to receive a supplementary spring stocking of hatchery-raised trout and salmon:

● Eight Rod Farm Pond, Tiverton

● Melville Ponds, Portsmouth

● Simmons Mill Pond, Little Compton

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