Local Waters
Scituate Harbor & shore
Scituate, MA · about 45 min from Somerville (typical, off-peak)
South Shore schoolies without committing to the Canal.
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 harbor and public beach lots. Some fill early in summer.
- Walk in
- A few minutes from harbor lots to rocks and sand.
- Wading
- Harbor edges and open beach. Slippery granite.
- Usual window
- Dawn incoming. Wind off the water is kinder than a hard easterly.
- Sunday conditions
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SW 5 mph around dawn. Fine to go.
- Sky
- ⛅ 83° partly
- Sun and moon
- Rise 5:57 · 🌔 Waxing gibbous · Set 7:33
- Wind at dawn
- SW 5 mph offshore · Mostly Clear · 51°F
- Wind later
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- dawn: SW 5 mph
- 10am: SW 3 mph
- 2pm: N 1 mph
- dusk: N 5 mph
- Tide
- Low 2:23 am (1.7 ft) · High 8:38 am (7.9 ft) · Low 2:25 pm (2.3 ft) · High 8:47 pm (9.2 ft) Best moving water is the three hours into 8:38 am high. · Boston (South Shore timing differs — use as a sketch)
- A setup that belongs here
- 8-wt, small baitfish, crab if you see them picking.
- Notes
- Public town water. Stay off private docks and club beaches.
Log this trip
Stays on this phone only. Nobody else sees it.
Shops
Guides
Shop desks, plus a few independents who fish public water. We do not take a cut. Call them.
Bear's Den — salt and South Shore
Taunton, MA · shore / wade · Half or full day — ask the shop
Good for: First striper from the beach or Canal, South Shore
Book through the shop. We do not take the money.