Opening day for trout fishing in Rhode Island is usually mid-April. Licenses are required for anglers 15 years of age and older. Licenses many be purchased at Rhode Island’s city halls and town halls and many local bait and retail shops or online at the Licensing and Registration web page of the Rhode Island Department of Environmental Management.
Rhode Island residents are not required to have a license for saltwater fishing unless they wish to sell the catch. Out-of-state residents must have a license to shellfish in Rhode Island waters; also, they are forbidden to take lobster. For more information contact the Rhode Island Department of Environmental Management at 401-789-3094.
Beavertail Road Jamestown, RI, 02835 Phone: 401-423-9941
Park with rocky shores, tide pools, salt water fishing, walking, picnicking, lighthouse
Route 14 Bristol, RI, 02809 Phone: 401-253-7482
Beautiful park along Narragansett Bay; walking trails; picnicking; playfields
On Bullock's Cove, off Metropolitan Park Drive Barrington, RI Phone: 401-253-7482
Ocean Drive Newport, RI, 02840 Phone: 401-847-2400
Sanctuary Road (Route 1) Charlestown, RI, 02813 Phone: 401-364-8910
Large forested park with freshwater pond; lots of camping in woods; water sports; boat ramp
End of West Beach Road, off Post Road / Route 1 Charlestown, RI Phone:
Bridge Street and Nooseneack Hill road Richmond, RI Phone:
Trims Pond New Shoreham (Block Island), RI, 02807 Phone:
Off Ocean Avenue just west of Prices Neck Road Newport, RI Phone:
Beach Avenue Block Island, RI Phone:
Off Plainfield Pike (Route 14) Coventry, RI Phone:
Off Route 146 Lincoln, RI Phone:
West end of Charlestown Beach Road Charlestown, RI Phone:
Barber's Pond Road, off Route 2 South Kingstown, RI Phone:
Off Seapowet Avenue Tiverton, RI Phone:
Bluffhead Road Little Compton, RI Phone:
Route 1A just off Route 1 Charlestown, RI Phone: 401-364-1222
Pond swimming, fishing; playground, fields, nature center, Frisbee golf
Van Zandt Avenue and Washington Street Newport, RI Phone:
Gladys Casrr Bolhouse Road Newport, RI Phone:
off Old Stafford Road Tiverton, RI Phone:
at Freebody and Bayview drives Jamestown, RI Phone:
end of Barker Avenue Warren, RI Phone:
Off Annawamscutt Drive Bristol, RI Phone:
at Jackson Schoolhouse and Widow Smith roads Glocester, RI Phone:
Off Ocean Avenue Narragansett, RI Phone:
Middle Bridge Road Narragansett, RI Phone:
