Anglers flocked to ponds, lakes and rivers throughout Rhode Island last weekend for the opening of the state’s freshwater fishing season. According to an article on EastBayRI.com, the state’s Department of Environmental Management had set the stage by stocking...

As you read this, state fish-hatchery personnel are busily stocking trout in lakes, ponds, rivers and streams throughout New England. To find out what’s involved in the process, I wrangled a personal tour of the Sandwich Fish Hatchery in...