Local Waters
Great Bay (Hilton Park)
Dover, NH · about 85 min from Portland (typical, off-peak)
The public Great Bay / Piscataqua park you can actually park at.
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
- Hilton Park state lot on Dover Point. Ramp is not usable at low tide. Shore fishing from the park.
- Walk in
- Minutes from the park lot to both bays.
- Wading
- Current. Mud at low tide. Watch boat wake.
- Usual window
- Moving water. Hard east wind is a no.
- Monday conditions
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W 3 mph around dawn. Fine to go.
- Sky
- ⛅ 75° partly
- Sun and moon
- Rise 5:57 · 🌔 Waxing gibbous · Set 7:34
- Wind at dawn
- W 3 mph offshore · Sunny · 58°F
- Wind later
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- dawn: W 3 mph
- 10am: W 7 mph
- 2pm: W 9 mph
- dusk: W 7 mph
- Tide
- Low 3:21 am (1.1 ft) · High 9:35 am (7.4 ft) · Low 3:21 pm (1.8 ft) · High 9:40 pm (8.7 ft) Best moving water is the three hours into 9:35 am high. · Fort Point, NH
- A setup that belongs here
- 8-wt, Clouser, crab.
- Notes
- NHFG coastal site 30. Salt license. Ramp fails at low tide; the park shore still fishes.
Log this trip
Private. On this phone, and in your test book if you signed in on Journal.
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.