Local Waters
Wingaersheek Beach
Gloucester, MA · about 55 min from Portsmouth (typical, off-peak)
The Ipswich Bay Gloucester sand SurfTalk still names — city lot, not a private lane on the Annisquam.
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
- City of Gloucester Wingaersheek Beach lot on Atlantic Street. Summer fee; fills. Not the Good Harbor city lot.
- Walk in
- A few minutes from the Atlantic Street lot to public sand and the Annisquam mouth.
- Wading
- Hard sand and a pushing tide. Bars at low.
- Usual window
- Moving water. Confirm MassWildlife / DMF.
- Wednesday conditions
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W 5 mph around dawn. Fine to go.
- Sky
- ⛅ 76° partly
- Sun and moon
- Rise 6:00 · 🌔 Waxing gibbous · Set 7:29
- Wind at dawn
- W 5 mph alongshore · Sunny · 60°F
- Wind later
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- dawn: W 5 mph
- 10am: W 5 mph
- 2pm: S 5 mph
- dusk: SW 5 mph
- Tide
- Low 4:47 am (0.9 ft) · High 11:02 am (7.9 ft) · Low 4:50 pm (1.5 ft) · High 11:09 pm (9.1 ft) Best moving water is the three hours into 11:02 am high. · Gloucester Harbor (Wingaersheek lags — sketch)
- A setup that belongs here
- 8-wt, Clouser, crab, sand-eel.
- Notes
- City beach. Confirm MassWildlife / DMF.
Summer fee and a small lot. If it is full, fish Good Harbor — do not park the neighborhood.
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.