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Frenchtown Brook is a public river in Kent County and Washington County, Rhode Island, managed by State of Rhode Island (public / navigable water). You can fish it on a Rhode Island inland fishing licence; bank access is at RI DEM boat launches, Trout Management Area parking areas and bridge crossings. Rhode Island has no blanket streambed-access law; away from a public access point, wading or bank fishing may cross private property, so check current signage or ask permission. Public access confirmed via public-trust river.
A Rhode Island warmwater river — smallmouth and largemouth bass, chain pickerel and yellow perch, with public access at an RI DEM fishing/boating access point.
It runs roughly 6 miles through the West Bay region. Anglers here mostly fish for smallmouth bass, largemouth bass, chain pickerel, yellow perch. Live flow and gauge height come from the Hunt R 250 Ft Ds Fry Brk At Frenchtown, Ri USGS station shown below. The nearest other mapped waters on PiscaMaps are Mawney Brook and Scrabbletown Brook.
Species from PiscaMaps water-type profiles, RI DEM trout-stocking records and hand research.
Night fishing: No statewide night-fishing closure in Rhode Island on inland freshwater; Scituate Reservoir has its own posted access hours under the Providence Water permit program.
Boats: Most Rhode Island rivers (the Pawtuxet, Woonasquatucket, Moshassuck, Ten Mile and Pawcatuck) are waded or floated by canoe or kayak; only the lower, tidal reaches of the Providence, Pawtuxet and Pawcatuck rivers take a larger boat.
Bank & bivvy camping: You can fish this river on a Rhode Island freshwater fishing licence; bank and wading access is at RI DEM access points and bridge crossings — check current DEM signage for any water, as bank ownership and access rights vary by reach.
Tackle: Statewide bass and pickerel limits are generous; trout limits and any special artificial-lures-only water follow the current DEM freshwater fishing abstract for this specific water.
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Live from USGS gauge 01116905 — Hunt R 250 Ft Ds Fry Brk At Frenchtown, Ri. Full gauge data →
Anyone 15 or older needs a Rhode Island freshwater fishing licence — the resident annual is about $21, the non-resident annual about $36, with cheaper short-term non-resident options also sold. A separate saltwater licence (RISAL, free to register) is needed for tidal/coastal species. Residents 65 and older and anyone under 15 fish free. Buy from RI DEM at dem.ri.gov. A Rhode Island freshwater fishing licence covers this river under the state's public-trust doctrine for navigable water.
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