Local Waters
Herring Cove Beach
Provincetown, MA · about 68 hours from Eugene (typical, off-peak)
The Provincetown bay beach fly fishers name when Race Point is a gale — NPS lot on Herring Cove.
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
- Cape Cod National Seashore Herring Cove Beach lots on Province Lands Road, Provincetown. Federal fee. Race Point is the ocean pin — this is the bay-side lot.
- Walk in
- A minute from the NPS lots to public bay sand. Hatches Harbor is a longer walk north.
- Wading
- Bay beach. Gentler than Race Point. Tide and wind still count.
- Usual window
- Moving water. West wind can wreck it. Confirm MassWildlife / DMF.
- Saturday conditions
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W 2 mph around dawn. Fine to go.
- Sky
- ☀️ 83° fair
- Sun and moon
- Rise 5:55 · 🌔 Waxing gibbous · Set 7:33
- Wind at dawn
- W 2 mph onshore · Patchy Smoke · 58°F
- Wind later
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- dawn: W 2 mph
- 10am: W 2 mph
- 2pm: W 2 mph
- dusk: W 13 mph
- Tide
- Low 1:33 am (1.5 ft) · High 7:46 am (7.7 ft) · Low 1:40 pm (2.2 ft) · High 7:58 pm (8.9 ft) Best moving water is the three hours into 7:46 am high. · Provincetown
- A setup that belongs here
- 8-wt, sand-eel, Clouser.
- Notes
- National Seashore. Confirm MassWildlife / DMF.
Federal fee. If the lot is full, do not park the Province Lands bike trails.
Log this trip
Stays on this phone only. Nobody else sees it.
Shops
Guides
Shop desks, plus a few independents who fish public water. We do not take a cut. Call them.
Bear's Den — salt and South Shore
Taunton, MA · shore / wade · Half or full day — ask the shop
Good for: First striper from the beach or Canal, South Shore
Book through the shop. We do not take the money.