Local Waters

← Around Somerville

Lake / pond Open — RI trout season

Bowdish Reservoir

Bowdish Reservoir, RI · about 80 min from Somerville (typical, off-peak)

Official public lot from the state access map. Confirm the sign on site and the current rule. We have not written a full card for this water yet.

Salt River / stream Lake / pond Shop (desk) Guide only Parking Stay State access Private — ask first

Season
Opening day is usually the second Saturday in April. Trout stamp required. Confirm DEM. Official rule
License
Rhode Island freshwater license
Park
Bowdish Reservoir DEM access
Tuesday conditions

SW 5 mph around dawn. Fine to go.

Sky
⛅ 73° partly
Sun and moon
Rise 6:04 · 🌔 Waxing gibbous · Set 7:34
Wind at dawn
SW 5 mph · Sunny · 61°F
Wind later
  • dawn: SW 5 mph
  • 10am: SW 5 mph
  • 2pm: SW 10 mph
  • dusk: SW 10 mph
Notes
Official public access. Confirm RI regulations.
Maps Call shop

Log this trip

Private. On this phone, and in your test book if you signed in on Journal.

SW 5 mph · Sunny

How did it go

Pictures only — no video.

Opens a map. Locate finds you, then tap to drop or drag the pin. Private — not the public map.

Shops

Bear's Den Fly Fishing Co.

34 Robert W Boyden Rd, Taunton, MA 02780
Tue–Sat 12pm–6pm

Full shop for the South Shore, Taunton River country, and Cape day trips.

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Guides

Shop desks, plus a few independents who fish public water. We do not take a cut. Call them.

No desk pinned yet. Ask the shop above who they trust here.

If this isn’t the day