Lake / pond Open — early or late only

Lake Massabesic

Auburn / Manchester, NH · about 60 min from Portsmouth (typical, off-peak)

The pond a Nashua or Manchester person can reach before work stories start.

Salt River / stream Lake / pond Shop (desk) Guide only Parking Stay State access Private — ask first

Season

Legal. Trout sink. Dawn is the trip. Official rule

License

New Hampshire freshwater license

Park

Public access and town lots. This is Manchester drinking water — follow posted shore rules.

Walk in

Short walks to signed public shore.

Wading

Shore fishing. No wandering into closed watershed land.

Usual window

Opens the fourth Saturday in April. Dawn in summer.

Saturday conditions

W 2 mph around dawn. Fine to go.

Sky: ☀️ 83° fair
Sun and moon: Rise 5:58 · 🌔 Waxing gibbous · Set 7:39
Wind at dawn: W 2 mph · Patchy Smoke · 58°F
Wind later: dawn: W 2 mph

10am: W 2 mph

2pm: W 2 mph

dusk: W 13 mph

A setup that belongs here

5- or 6-wt, streamers and poppers.

Notes

Big public lake next to Manchester. Treat posted watershed signs as law.

Drinking-water lake. If a stretch is posted, leave.

Maps Call shop

Log this trip

Stays on this phone only. Nobody else sees it.

Shops

Eldredge Bros. Fly Shop

1480 US Route 1, Cape Neddick, ME 03902
Call or check the site — seasonal hours

The southern Maine / NH seacoast fly shop. Call before a first York or Hampton trip.

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Evening Sun Fly Shop

55 Groton St, Pepperell, MA 01463
Wed–Fri 4–7:30pm, Sat 9am–5pm, Sun 9am–2:30pm

Home shop for the Nissitissit and northern I-495 streams. Evening hours help if you work a day job.

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Guides

Shop desks, plus a few independents who fish public water. We do not take a cut. Call them.

Evening Sun — Nissitissit and 495

Pepperell, MA · wade · Ask the shop — evening hours help if you work

Good for: Small fly-only water, northern I-495

Home shop for the Nissitissit. They know who should be on that stretch.