Are you ready for opening day of fishing season? ( RI )

DEM stocks

80,000 trout

in waterways

Get those flies, worms, lures and other fishing gear ready. Fishing season opens on Saturday, April 10, at 6 a.m.

Officials of the state Department of Environmental Management's Division of Fish & Wildlife said it is expected that in excess of 20,000 first day anglers will line the shores and waterways of ponds, streams and rivers throughout the state on opening day to try their luck.

They'll have plenty of targets. DEM has stocked waterways with 80,000 hatchery-raised brook, brown and rainbow trout with an average individual weight of one and one-half pounds, up from 60,000 that were placed in waterways last season.

Cass Pond in Woonsocket and Slater Park Pond in Pawtucket will be open for children only for the first two days of the fishing season. A fishing derby for children in Woonsocket is being held at Cass Pond on opening day.

A 2010 fishing license is required for anglers 15 years of age and older wishing to catch fish. Fishing licenses and the Trout Conservation Stamp are available and both can be obtained at any city or town clerk's office or authorized agent such as bait and tackle shops and Benny's.

License fees remain at $18 for Rhode Island residents and current members of the Armed Forces, $33 for a combination hunting and fishing license, $35 for non-residents, and $16 for a tourist three-consecutive-day license. Anglers over 65 must have a license, which for them is free, but do not need a trout stamp. The license is also free for anyone with a 100 percent disability.

The following area locations have been stocked with trout by DEM:

Burrillville - Branch River, Chepachet River, Clear River, Lapham Pond, Peck Pond, Round Top Brook, Round Top Ponds, Tarkiln Pond and Wallum Lake.

Cumberland - Abbott Run Brook, Blackstone River, Silvy's Brook and Silvy's Pond.

Foster - Dolly Cole Brook, Foster Green Acres Pond, Hopkins Mill Pond, Shippee Saw Mill Pond, Ponaganset River and Winsor Brook.

Glocester - Chepachet River, Peeptoad Brook and Spring Grove Pond.

Lincoln - Aldrich Brook (Butterfly Pond), Blackstone River, Manville Memorial Park Pond, Olney Pond and Upper Rochambeau Pond.

North Providence - Geneva Brook and Pond.

North Smithfield - Tarkiln Pond.

Scituate - Dexter Pond and Pawtuxet River Hope Mill Dam.

Smithfield - Mowry Pond and Woonasquatucket River.

Pawtucket - Slater Park Pond.

Woonsocket - Cass Pond, Sylvester's Pond and Harris River.

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