Local Waters
Smith & Sayles Reservoir
Smith & Sayles Reservoir, RI · about 63 hours from Maupin (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
- Smith & Sayles Reservoir DEM access
- Saturday conditions
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S 5 mph around dawn. Fine to go.
- Sky
- ☀️ 85° fair
- Sun and moon
- Rise 6:01 · 🌔 Waxing gibbous · Set 7:38
- Wind at dawn
- S 5 mph · Patchy Smoke · 62°F
- Wind later
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- dawn: S 5 mph
- 10am: SW 6 mph
- 2pm: SW 8 mph
- dusk: SW 9 mph
- Next dawn (Sunday)
- SW 5 mph around dawn. Fine to go. · SW 5 mph
- Notes
- Official public access. Confirm RI regulations.
Overnight plan: Saturday evening and Sunday dawn. Book two nights if you want the morning. Drive time is to the stay, then a few minutes to the water.
Log this trip
Stays on this phone only. Nobody else sees it.
Shops
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.