PROVIDENCE, R.I. (WPRI) — Local anglers may have a better shot at catching rainbow and brook trout starting on Friday. The Rhode Island Department of Environmental Management (DEM) will be stocking 25 waterways with trout ahead of the holiday weekend. ALSO READ: 70-inch Tarpon caught off Rhode Island coast Anglers over 15 years old must have a 2024 fishing license. The DEM said a Trout Conservation Stamp is also required to keep trout. The following waterbodies will be stocked with fish: Alton Pond, Richmond Barber Pond, South Kingstown Barberville to Wyoming Pond, Richmond, Hopkinton Blackstone River, Lincoln Bradford Fishing Area, Westerly Browning Mill Pond, Exeter Carbuncle Pond, Coventry Carolina Trout Pond, Richmond 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 Olney Pond, Lincoln State Park, Lincoln 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 Willet Pond, East Providence Woodville, Richmond, Hopkinton Some waterways that were stocked with trout in previous years will not be restocked due to potentially harmful algae blooms, according to the DEM. Daily stocking updates will be available each afternoon. To review regulations or buy a fishing license, click here. Close Thanks for signing up! Watch for us in your inbox. Subscribe Now Daily Roundup SIGN UP NOW