Local Waters
Good Harbor Beach
Gloucester, MA · about 55 min from Somerville (typical, off-peak)
Gloucester's named public beach. Cape Ann schoolies from a city lot, not a private cut.
Salt River / stream Lake / pond Shop (desk) Guide only Parking Stay State access Private — ask first
- Season
- Harvest is year-round on paper (28" to under 31", one fish). Schoolies are the usual fly fish here in season. Confirm current DMF rules. Official rule
- License
- Massachusetts saltwater permit
- Park
- City of Gloucester Good Harbor Beach public lot (Witham Street). Summer fee. Not a resident-only sticker beach.
- Walk in
- 2–10 minutes from the lot to public sand and the salt-island bar at low tide.
- Wading
- Open beach. Bar toward Salt Island on a dropping tide. Wash on the open sand.
- Usual window
- Moving water, first light. Hard east wind is a slog.
- Tuesday conditions
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W 2 mph around dawn. Fine to go.
- Sky
- ⛅ 88° partly
- Sun and moon
- Rise 5:58 · 🌔 Waxing gibbous · Set 7:31
- Wind at dawn
- W 2 mph offshore · Partly Cloudy · 55°F
- Wind later
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- dawn: W 2 mph
- 10am: 0 mph
- 2pm: E 1 mph
- dusk: N 5 mph
- Tide
- Low 4:05 am (1.1 ft) · High 10:22 am (7.6 ft) · Low 4:07 pm (1.8 ft) · High 10:28 pm (8.9 ft) Best moving water is the three hours into 10:22 am high. · Gloucester Harbor (Good Harbor lags — sketch)
- A setup that belongs here
- 8-wt, Clouser, sand-eel.
- Notes
- City public beach. Summer parking rules. Stay off closed dune rope. Confirm MassWildlife / DMF.
Summer fee lot fills. If it is closed or posted, leave. Do not walk a drowning tide to Salt Island.
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Shops
Guides
Shop desks, plus a few independents who fish public water. We do not take a cut. Call them.
Concord Outfitters — book a day
Concord, MA · wade / shore · Half or full day — ask the shop
Good for: MetroWest rivers and ponds, first local trout day
Shop desk, not a scraped independent. Call them; they put you with someone they trust.