Local Waters
Browning Mill Pond
Exeter, RI · about 64 hours from Bend (typical, off-peak)
The named Arcadia pond with a signed state lot.
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
- Arcadia Management Area Browning Mill Pond Recreation Area lot on Arcadia Road. Official DEM pin 41.55616, -71.68592.
- Walk in
- Short walk from the signed public lot.
- Wading
- Confirm the bank and flow before you step in.
- Usual window
- Confirm the digest for this week.
- Saturday conditions
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W 2 mph around dawn. Fine to go.
- Sky
- ☀️ 83° fair
- Sun and moon
- Rise 6:01 · 🌔 Waxing gibbous · Set 7:38
- Wind at dawn
- W 2 mph · Patchy Smoke · 58°F
- Wind later
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- dawn: W 2 mph
- 10am: W 2 mph
- 2pm: W 2 mph
- dusk: W 13 mph
- A setup that belongs here
- 5- or 6-wt unless the water is bigger.
- Notes
- DEM / Arcadia Management Area. Designated trout water. Confirm DEM.
Log this trip
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Shops
Guides
Shop desks, plus a few independents who fish public water. We do not take a cut. Call them.
The Saltwater Edge — book a day
Newport, RI · shore / boat · Half or full day
Good for: First RI striper from public shore
Shop desk for Narragansett Bay and the south shore.