Local Waters
Lamprey River (Newmarket)
Newmarket / Durham, NH · about 25 min from Portsmouth (typical, off-peak)
A real freshwater option if you drove up for salt and the wind is wrong.
Salt River / stream Lake / pond Shop (desk) Guide only Parking Stay State access Private — ask first
Around now
Most likely in this drive this week. Not a guarantee — confirm the official rule.
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Smallmouth bass
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Trout
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Sunfish and crappie
Also worth a thought: Largemouth bass, Chain pickerel.
- Season
- NH general-law streams are open Jan 1–Oct 15. Wild trout streams close Labor Day. Confirm the digest for this water. Official rule
- License
- New Hampshire freshwater license
- Park
- Town parks and signed conservation lots. Stay off posted private.
- Walk in
- Short walks from public parks to the bank.
- Wading
- Small river. Trees. Knee-deep in normal water.
- Usual window
- Spring stocking and cool mornings. Summer gets skinny.
- Wednesday conditions
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SW 2 mph around dawn. Fine to go.
- Sky
- ⛅ 81° partly
- Sun and moon
- Rise 6:00 · 🌔 Waxing gibbous · Set 7:31
- Wind at dawn
- SW 2 mph · Mostly Clear · 58°F
- Wind later
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- dawn: SW 2 mph
- 10am: SW 1 mph
- 2pm: W 2 mph
- dusk: WNW 5 mph
- Flow
- 14 cfs · 0.78 ft · 5:15 pm · LAMPREY RIVER NEAR NEWMARKET, NH · USGS gauge
- A setup that belongs here
- 4- or 5-wt, nymphs and small dries.
- Notes
- Seacoast NH trout stream. Open through Oct 15 unless a special says otherwise.
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.