Falls River
The rule for this water, with the receipt.
Special regulations for Falls River, Exeter, from the bridge at Austin Farm Road, Exeter, downstream approximately two (2) miles to the bridge off Brook Trail, Exeter, as the state words them
RI County · River · RI
The rules for this water, verbatimOfficial text
Straight from RI's official regulations. Rules in force today lead; out-of-season rows are dimmed. Nothing is paraphrased. Not legal advice: verify the posted rules at the water.
- trout, salmon, or charrGear artificial lures equipped with a single barbless hook or single barbed hook that has been crimpedAll fish caught shall be returned to the water immediately. Possession of any trout, salmon, or charr while fishing in this Section is prima facie evidence of violation.
Statewide base layerParsed
These defaults apply where the rules above do not modify them.
- Season
- Not captured yet - consult the statewide regulations
- Gear
- Not captured yet - consult the statewide regulations
- Bait
- Not captured yet - consult the statewide regulations
- Poles
- Not captured yet - consult the statewide regulations
Where the verbatim rules above name a species, season, or limit, they replace the rows below. Each row is tagged with the layer it comes from.
| Species | Daily limit | Size | |
|---|---|---|---|
trout or charr | See size | min. eight inches (8”), measured from the tip of the snout to the tip of the tail | Statewide |
northern pike | two (2) fish | min. twenty-four inches (24”) (measured from the tip of the snout to the end of the tail) | Statewide |
chain pickerel | five (5) fish | min. fourteen inches (14”) (measured from the tip of the snout to the end of the tail) | Statewide |
black bass (largemouth and smallmouth bass) | five (5) fish, either singularly or in aggregate | min. twelve inches (12”) (measured from the tip of the snout to the end of the tail) | Statewide |
American eel (Anguilla rostrata) | twenty-five (25) fish per day, per person | min. nine inches (9”) (measured from the tip of the snout to the end of the tail) | Statewide |
How this answer was assembled
- StatewideStatewide river rules are the base layer: default season, gear, bait, and limits.
- This waterSpecial rules written for this exact water replace the statewide defaults where they speak.
- Emergency orderEmergency orders in effect today override everything else. They sync quietly when the phone has coverage and never lock you out of the app.
Where this stretch begins and ends
This water is not yet drawn on the map. Its rules are captured and receipted; the geometry ledger records exactly why it is not drawn (an ambiguous name match or a gap in the source data), and it will never ship as a guess. Each rule above describes in the state's own words where it applies, and those written descriptions are the authoritative boundaries.
What are you fishing for here?Advice
Pick from the species named in Falls River's rules. Setups are checked against the gear rules in force today, and your picks are remembered on this device only. These are rule-aware suggestions, not a claim about what is biting; advice, not law, and the rules above govern.
Receipts
Local services near Falls River
Tackle shops, guides, and boat launches that serve this water will appear here - a separate lane below the rules, so a local business can reach you without ever getting between you and the regulation.
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