Local Waters
Rocky Neck & Wonson Cove
Gloucester, MA · about 60 min from Portsmouth (typical, off-peak)
The inner-harbor fly corner people mean by Rocky Neck.
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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Striped bass
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Bluefish
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False albacore
- 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
- Rocky Neck Park / Wonson Cove public lot. Small. Do not block resident streets.
- Walk in
- 1–5 minutes to public rocks and the cove.
- Wading
- Ledge and harbor edge. Slippery weed.
- Usual window
- Incoming around the rocks. Skip a hard onshore.
- Sunday conditions
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NE 5 mph around dawn. Fine to go.
- Sky
- ⚡ 74° storm
- Sun and moon
- Rise 5:56 · 🌔 Waxing gibbous · Set 7:34
- Wind at dawn
- NE 5 mph offshore · Patchy Drizzle · 65°F
- Wind later
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- dawn: NE 5 mph
- 10am: E 6 mph
- 2pm: E 7 mph
- dusk: E 5 mph
- Tide
- Low 2:22 am (1.4 ft) · High 8:41 am (7.3 ft) · Low 2:26 pm (2.2 ft) · High 8:52 pm (8.5 ft) Best moving water is the three hours into 8:41 am high. · Gloucester Harbor
- A setup that belongs here
- 8-wt, crab or small baitfish along the granite.
- Notes
- City park water. Gallery streets are not overflow parking. Confirm MassWildlife / DMF.
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.
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.