Local Waters
Isles of Shoals
Rye, NH · about 25 min from Portsmouth (typical, off-peak)
Seacoast forums name the Shoals. You need a boat.
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
- No public walk-in lot on the islands. Boat only from Rye Harbor / Portsmouth. Town/state harbors on the mainland are the parking. Listed so testers know it is a named place, not a secret.
- Walk in
- Short walk from the signed access.
- Wading
- Confirm flow before you step in.
- Usual window
- Confirm the current rule for this week.
- Monday conditions
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SW 1 mph around dawn. Fine to go.
- Sky
- 🌧️ 76° rain
- Sun and moon
- Rise 5:57 · 🌔 Waxing gibbous · Set 7:33
- Wind at dawn
- SW 1 mph · Mostly Sunny · 57°F
- Wind later
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- dawn: SW 1 mph
- 10am: SW 5 mph
- 2pm: SW 8 mph
- dusk: SW 6 mph
- A setup that belongs here
- 9-wt.
- Notes
- Boat water. Park at Rye Harbor State Park and go by water. Confirm NH salt regs.
Islands are boat-only. No public fishing lot on Star Island from this app.
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.
No desk pinned yet. Ask the shop above who they trust here.