DEM Announces Free Fishing Days Saturday, Sunday
![[CREDIT: RIDEM] RI DEM's Tommy Thompson collects a few rainbow trout the agency will use to stock five state ponds for the 2018 Free Fishing Weekend.](https://e8dgfhu6pow.exactdn.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/05/DEM-Trout-Stocking-140x140.png?strip=all&lossy=1&ssl=1)
The Rhode Island Department of Environmental Management (DEM)’s annual Free Fishing Days are this Saturday and Sunday, allowing Rhode Islanders and visitors to the state to fish in fresh waters without a fishing license or trout conservation stamp.