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October 5, 2007

Warm, dry conditions delay trout stocking

PROVIDENCE --The unusually warm and dry start to fall may set back Rhode Island trout fishermen a bit.

The Department of Environmental Management says it has been forced to delay trout stocking because the water is too warm and too low in most rivers and lakes.

Only the Wood River, with its cool water and rapid flow, has been stocked before the Columbus Day weekend.

The agency says it still expects some 20 other rivers and lakes to be stocked with about 10,000 trout before the end of October.

Temperatures in much of Rhode Island are expected to once again top 80 degrees today.

Forecasters say a cooling trend will begin on Sunday and next week should feel more like fall.

-- The Associated Press

Posted by Brandie Jefferson  at 7:27 AM | Permalink

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