Local Waters
Squamscott River (Chapman's Landing)
Stratham, NH · about 25 min from Portsmouth (typical, off-peak)
The best signed Great Bay tributary ramp for a shore/cartop day.
Salt River / stream Lake / pond Shop (desk) Guide only Parking Stay State access Private — ask first
- Season
- Same ASMFC slot as Mass (28" to under 31", one fish). NH residents need the NH salt license — a Mass permit does not cover Hampton. Confirm NHFG. Official rule
- License
- New Hampshire saltwater license
- Park
- NHFG Chapman's Landing trailer ramp on Route 108. Ample lot. Usable at all tides.
- Walk in
- Minutes from the lot to public marsh and ramp shore.
- Wading
- Estuary mud and current.
- Usual window
- Moving water. All-tide ramp is the point.
- Tuesday conditions
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W 5 mph around dawn. Fine to go.
- Sky
- 🌧️ 76° rain
- Sun and moon
- Rise 5:59 · 🌔 Waxing gibbous · Set 7:32
- Wind at dawn
- W 5 mph offshore · Sunny · 60°F
- Wind later
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- dawn: W 5 mph
- 10am: SW 10 mph
- 2pm: SW 10 mph
- dusk: SW 10 mph
- Tide
- Low 4:07 am (0.9 ft) · High 10:21 am (7.7 ft) · Low 4:08 pm (1.5 ft) · High 10:24 pm (9.0 ft) Best moving water is the three hours into 10:21 am high. · Fort Point, NH
- A setup that belongs here
- 8-wt, small baitfish.
- Notes
- NHFG coastal site 38. Salt license. Stay in the state lot.
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Shops
Guides
Shop desks, plus a few independents who fish public water. We do not take a cut. Call them.
Eldredge Bros. — seacoast
Cape Neddick, ME · shore / wade · Half or full day — ask the shop
Good for: York, Hampton, first Maine striper, seacoast trout
The southern Maine / NH seacoast desk. Call before you hire anyone off Instagram.