Tidal water has no streamflow gauge. Tide predictions, water level and water temperature from the nearest NOAA stations are in the readings below.
The Sakonnet River is a saltwater flats in Rhode Island, listed as Agency-named saltwater fishing water by U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service.
U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service lists 4 species, including bluefish, scup and striped bass. 2 guides and 2 shops nearby are listed here.
Sakonnet River is a saltwater flats in Rhode Island.
Start from the agency's public access map. Nothing on this page grants or implies access: check the agency map, posted signs and landowner permission before you fish.
Nothing on this page grants or implies access.
Shops and guides within 40 miles
Map of Sakonnet River: gauges, shops and guides
Map of Sakonnet River, and shops and guides with an exact address within 40 miles.
Restrooms within 2 miles of Sakonnet River in a straight line, nearest first, with what anglers found when they went. The map says a restroom is there, not whether it is clean or open today.
Map of the restroom near Sakonnet River
Skip the map; every place is in the list belowMap of 1 restroom near Sakonnet River, numbered as in the list, with the water’s point marked.
Not rated yet — be the first to tell other anglers if it's clean.
Mapped on OpenStreetMap · see or fix it on the map
Restroom locations and map details: © OpenStreetMap contributors, Open Database License, read Oct 24, 2026. Ratings, answers and photos are members' own; who shared them is never shown, and every photo is reviewed before it appears. Visits older than 18 months no longer count. Distances are straight-line miles, not driving. Nothing here grants access to private land. Community guidelines.
Agency-named saltwater fishing waterRepresentative photo · not Sachuest Bay
Designated trout waterRepresentative photo · not Adamsville BrookThe Eightmile River at Lyme, Connecticut. Photo: John Phelan, CC BY 4.0, via Wikimedia Commons Not Adamsville Brook.
Rhode Island · about 8 mi
Agency-named saltwater fishing waterRepresentative photo · not Narragansett BaySunset over the Brewster flats on Cape Cod Bay. Photo: PapaDunes, CC BY-SA 2.0, via Wikimedia Commons Not Narragansett Bay.
Rhode Island · about 9 mi
Agency-named saltwater fishing waterRepresentative photo · not Point Judith PondLewis Bay, Hyannis, opening onto Nantucket Sound. Photo: EgorovaSvetlana, CC BY-SA 4.0, via Wikimedia Commons Not Point Judith Pond.
Rhode Island · about 15 mi
Agency-named saltwater fishing waterRepresentative photo · not Point Judith Harbor of RefugeSouth Monomoy Island from the top of Monomoy Lighthouse, Monomoy National Wildlife Refuge. Photo: U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service, Northeast Region, public domain, via Wikimedia Commons Not Point Judith Harbor of Refuge.
Rhode Island · about 16 mi
Designated trout waterRepresentative photo · not Hunt RiverThe Salmon River above the Comstock Bridge, Connecticut. Photo: H. Morrow Long, CC BY-SA 3.0, via Wikimedia Commons Not Hunt River.
Rhode Island · about 17 mi
Seasons, limits, special regulations and closures for each reach are on the agency pages below. Read them before you go.
Each comes from the agency's own published list; where the list names a reach it is quoted. A designation applies to the listed reach, not necessarily the whole water. Listed in the finder under saltwater.
On the Sachuest Point National Wildlife Refuge: Fishing list (U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service, read 2026-10-24). All waters with this designation
Listings marked Unclaimed are built from open map records and the business's own website: confirm licensing, rates, dates and hours directly.
Portsmouth, RI · 9 mi
Saltwater & ocean charters · Beginners & lessons
Nearby
The species the agency lists here; presence varies by reach and season.
Listed by the state agency
Species guide
Striped bass (Morone saxatilis), illustration by Duane Raver for the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service. Photo: Duane Raver, U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service, public domain, via Wikimedia Commons
None of our destination hubs is within 40 miles in a straight line. The trip planner builds a trip around the water itself: the guides and shops listed within 40 miles of it, its gauges and its nearest towns and airports.
No hub within 40 miles
A saltwater flats fly-fishing checklist: a 9 ft 8 weight rod, sealed-drag reel, tropical line, fluorocarbon leaders and shrimp/crab flies, plus sun protection and flats booties, with estimated prices and where to buy.
9′ rod, 8 weight, sealed-drag reel, tropical floating line · Bonefish, redfish, permit and other flats species
Open the checklistSight casting, the strip set and sun on the water.
Public YouTube videos from established channels, chosen by us to support this page. Not sponsored; the creators are not affiliated with Legendary Fly Gear.
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Not a statement of access, fish presence or conditions.
A water page organises discovery. It does not assert public access, legal access, current fish presence, guide availability or fishing conditions.
Flows, gauge statistics and flood stages come from USGS and the National Weather Service when the page is shown; tides from NOAA CO-OPS. Regulations, stocking, species and season statements link to the agency that publishes them; this page copies only the species names and the quoted sentences. Guide and shop listings come from the Legendary directories. Position: the point for “Sakonnet River” (stream) in the USGS Geographic Names Information System. Water type is our own classification.
Tide predictions predictions for NOAA station Sakonnet (8450768), 1.6 miles from this water in a straight line. Times are local time at the station; heights in feet above mean lower low water.
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Sat, Nov 7
Predictions are astronomical tide tables; wind and pressure move real water levels. Station predictions page
Observed Nov 5, 6:54 PM EST at Newport (6 mi)
Checked Nov 5, 6:59 PM EST; observations refresh at most every 15 minutes and predictions daily. Conditions change: re-check before you go. This is general guidance, not a fishing forecast, a safety guarantee or a statement about access.
Agency-named saltwater fishing waterRepresentative photo · not Sachuest BayDesignated trout waterRepresentative photo · not Adamsville BrookThe Eightmile River at Lyme, Connecticut. Photo: John Phelan, CC BY 4.0, via Wikimedia Commons Not Adamsville Brook.
Agency-named saltwater fishing waterRepresentative photo · not Narragansett BaySunset over the Brewster flats on Cape Cod Bay. Photo: PapaDunes, CC BY-SA 2.0, via Wikimedia Commons Not Narragansett Bay.
Rhode Island · about 9 mi
Agency-named saltwater fishing waterRepresentative photo · not Point Judith PondLewis Bay, Hyannis, opening onto Nantucket Sound. Photo: EgorovaSvetlana, CC BY-SA 4.0, via Wikimedia Commons Not Point Judith Pond.
Rhode Island · about 15 mi
Agency-named saltwater fishing waterRepresentative photo · not Point Judith Harbor of RefugeSouth Monomoy Island from the top of Monomoy Lighthouse, Monomoy National Wildlife Refuge. Photo: U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service, Northeast Region, public domain, via Wikimedia Commons Not Point Judith Harbor of Refuge.
Rhode Island · about 16 mi
Designated trout waterRepresentative photo · not Hunt RiverThe Salmon River above the Comstock Bridge, Connecticut. Photo: H. Morrow Long, CC BY-SA 3.0, via Wikimedia Commons Not Hunt River.
