Local Waters
Rockport Back Beach
Rockport, MA · about 55 min from Portsmouth (typical, off-peak)
Public Rockport sand with a parking lot, not a private club 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
- Town lots at Front Beach / Back Beach on Beach Street. Summer meters and full weekends.
- Walk in
- A few minutes from the street lots to public sand and granite.
- Wading
- Short beach and rocky ends. Wash on the open side.
- Usual window
- Dawn incoming. Easterly 15+ is a beating.
- Tuesday conditions
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W 5 mph around dawn. Fine to go.
- Sky
- 🌧️ 76° rain
- Sun and moon
- Rise 5:58 · 🌔 Waxing gibbous · Set 7:31
- Wind at dawn
- W 5 mph offshore · Sunny · 60°F
- Wind later
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- dawn: W 5 mph
- 10am: SW 10 mph
- 2pm: SW 10 mph
- dusk: SW 10 mph
- Tide
- Low 4:04 am (1.0 ft) · High 10:19 am (7.5 ft) · Low 4:05 pm (1.7 ft) · High 10:25 pm (8.8 ft) Best moving water is the three hours into 10:19 am high. · Rockport
- A setup that belongs here
- 8-wt, sand-eel, Clouser.
- Notes
- Town beaches. Stay off the headland houses. Confirm MassWildlife / DMF.
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Shops
Guides
Shop desks, plus a few independents who fish public water. We do not take a cut. Call them.
Concord Outfitters — book a day
Concord, MA · wade / shore · Half or full day — ask the shop
Good for: MetroWest rivers and ponds, first local trout day
Shop desk, not a scraped independent. Call them; they put you with someone they trust.