Sunday, March 22, 2009

RI Begins Stocking 67,000 Trout in Advance of April 11 Opening

The Department of Environmental Management's Division of Fish & Wildlife announces that the 2009 trout and general freshwater fishing season will begin at 6 a.m. on Saturday, April 11. More than 20,000 anglers are expected to turn out at dawn on opening day.

Approximately 67,000 two-year-old hatchery raised brook, brown, and rainbow trout with an individual weight of one and a half pounds are being stocked by Division staff in more than 100 ponds and streams for opening day.

Rest of the report:
http://www.dem.ri.gov/news/2009/pr/0319091.htm

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