Local Waters
Great Bay (Hilton Park)
Dover, NH · about 15 min from Portsmouth (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.
- Wednesday conditions
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W 5 mph around dawn. Fine to go.
- Sky
- ⛅ 76° partly
- Sun and moon
- Rise 6:00 · 🌔 Waxing gibbous · Set 7:30
- Wind at dawn
- W 5 mph offshore · Sunny · 60°F
- Wind later
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- dawn: W 5 mph
- 10am: W 5 mph
- 2pm: S 5 mph
- dusk: SW 5 mph
- Tide
- Low 4:48 am (0.6 ft) · High 11:01 am (8.0 ft) · Low 4:50 pm (1.2 ft) · High 11:05 pm (9.2 ft) Best moving water is the three hours into 11:01 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.