Lake / pond Open — early or late only

Merrymeeting Lake

New Durham, NH · about 65 min from Portsmouth (typical, off-peak)

A clear salmon and lake-trout lake with a state ramp.

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

NHFG Merrymeeting Lake trailer ramp. Town beach is separate.

Walk in

Short walk from the signed public lot.

Wading

Confirm the bank and flow before you step in.

Usual window

Confirm the digest for this week.

Friday conditions

Weather is not in yet.

A setup that belongs here

5- or 6-wt unless the water is bigger.

Notes

Specials. No personal watercraft in Elly Cove. Confirm NHFG.

Maps Call shop

Log this trip

Private. On this phone, and in your test book if you signed in on Journal.

2888 White Mountain Hwy, North Conway, NH 03860
Call — mountain hours

The independent Whites shop. Saco and the neighborhood streams.

Call Website

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.