Blackstone River

Fishing, stocking, and current conditions

Stocked April to October in 2026: trout, 2 plants in all. A USGS gauge reports from this water, so the conditions card on this page is live.

Rhode Island · see it on the national map

last stocked Oct 2 21 days ago

flow 97% of seasonal normal

best window 9:44-11:44 pm solunar major today

Water right now 1.18 ft gage height flow 515 cfs, about normal for Oct 23 USGS gauge 01113895 (BLACKSTONE R AT ROOSEVELT ST AT PAWTUCKET RI) · read 8:15 pm this evening

2 stockings 2026

The year here

stocked last 7 days announced ahead · tap a tick for details

What swims here

Trout 2 stockings

Stocking record 2026

Agency feed checked today.

Date	Species	Size	Fish	Status
Apr 21	Trout	catchable		completed
Oct 2	Trout	catchable		completed

When to fish Blackstone River

	Major periods (~2 h)	Minor periods (~1 h)
Today	9:22-11:22 am and 9:44-11:44 pm	3:37-4:37 am and 3:54-4:54 pm
Tomorrow	10:07 am-12:07 pm and 10:32 pm-12:32 am	4:47-5:47 am and 4:17-5:17 pm

Moon: waxing gibbous, 92% lit. These are solunar periods, the traditional feeding-time theory: majors around the moon's transit overhead and underfoot, minors around moonrise and moonset. Theory, not a measurement. Times are Eastern Time (EDT).

What the record actually says

Stocked 21 days ago (Oct 2)
Flow near normal for the season

Computed this evening, Oct 23 · Rhode Island fishing forecast

Gear for this water

Stocked within the last three weeks: fish are still bunched near the release points and keyed on familiar smells.

For the trout (trout stocked 2 times here in 2026, moving water)

Small jerkbaits	floating minnows in the 2 to 3 inch class for the deeper bends
Waders or wet-wading boots	stocked stream fish stack in the obvious pools; getting to the next one is the edge
Light spinning rod	5 to 6.5 ft light or ultralight; short rods cast under branches

Suggestions follow from what the state actually stocks here and what kind of water it is, nothing else. No sponsored placements.

Nearby stocked waters

The closest waters with stocking pages of their own, straight-line miles from this one.

Water	Distance	Most recent
Olney Pond	2.7 mi	Oct 2
Old Grist Mill Pond - Seekonk MA	4.8 mi	Mar 20
Burrs Pond - Seekonk MA	4.9 mi	Mar 20
Bungay River - Attleboro MA	6.8 mi	Apr 17
Falls Pond - North Attleborough MA	7.0 mi	Sep 29

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Records from Rhode Island DEM (official page). Placement from USGS GNIS. Schedules change without notice. Seasons, limits, and licenses: Rhode Island fishing regulations.