Local Waters
Browning Mill Pond
Exeter, RI · about 64 hours from Maupin (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.
- Friday conditions
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S 1 mph around dawn. Fine to go.
- Sky
- ⚡ 82° storm
- Sun and moon
- Rise 6:07 · 🌕 Full moon · Set 7:28
- Wind at dawn
- S 1 mph · Slight Chance Rain Showers · 61°F
- Wind later
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- dawn: S 1 mph
- 10am: S 2 mph
- 2pm: SW 5 mph
- dusk: SW 3 mph
- Next dawn (Saturday)
- Weather is not in yet.
- A setup that belongs here
- 5- or 6-wt unless the water is bigger.
- Notes
- DEM / Arcadia Management Area. Designated trout water. Confirm DEM.
Overnight plan: Friday evening and Saturday 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
Private. On this phone, and in your test book if you signed in on Journal.
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.