Local Waters
Hampton Beach & Harbor
Hampton, NH · about 30 min from Portsmouth (typical, off-peak)
The NH striper beach you can actually walk onto from a lot.
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
- State park and harbor lots. Summer fees and full lots.
- Walk in
- Minutes from the main lots to sand and the harbor mouth.
- Wading
- Sand and jetty rocks. Harbor current at the inlet.
- Usual window
- Moving water at the harbor mouth. Hard east wind is a no.
- Friday conditions
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Wind ? mph.
- Sky
- ⛅ 80° partly
- Sun and moon
- Rise 6:02 · 🌕 Full moon · Set 7:27
- Wind at dawn
- 0 mph · Partly Cloudy · 45°F
- Wind later
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- dawn: 0 mph
- 10am: 0 mph
- 2pm: NE 1 mph
- dusk: NW 5 mph
- Tide
- Low 5:59 am (0.2 ft) · High 12:12 pm (8.7 ft) · Low 6:07 pm (0.6 ft) Best moving water is the three hours into 12:12 pm high. · Fort Point, NH
- A setup that belongs here
- 8-wt, Clouser, sand-eel.
- Notes
- Short public coast. NH salt license required even if you bought Mass.
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.