Local Waters
Halibut Point State Park
Rockport, MA · about 50 min from Portsmouth (typical, off-peak)
Public ledge water on Cape Ann when you want rocks, not a swim beach.
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
- DCR Halibut Point lot on Gott Avenue. Fee in season.
- Walk in
- 8–15 minutes on park paths to the quarry and ocean ledges.
- Wading
- Granite ledges. No casual wading. Swell decides.
- Usual window
- Dropping or incoming with a manageable swell. Do not fish a storm surge.
- Tuesday conditions
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Wind ? mph.
- Sky
- ⛅ 93° partly
- Sun and moon
- Rise 5:58 · 🌔 Waxing gibbous · Set 7:31
- Wind at dawn
- 0 mph · Mostly Clear · 64°F
- Wind later
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- dawn: 0 mph
- 10am: 0 mph
- 2pm: 0 mph
- dusk: N 1 mph
- Tide
- Low 4:04 am (1.0 ft) · High 10:19 am (7.5 ft) · Low 4:05 pm (1.7 ft) · High 10:25 pm (8.8 ft) Best moving water is the three hours into 10:19 am high. · Rockport
- A setup that belongs here
- 8- or 9-wt, crab, closer baitfish along the rocks.
- Notes
- State park. Stay on public paths and the marked shore. Confirm MassWildlife / DMF.
Ledge, swell, and a long walk back. If the ocean is standing up, skip it.
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.
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.