Local Waters
Squamscott River (Chapman's Landing)
Stratham, NH · about 25 min from Portsmouth (typical, off-peak)
The best signed Great Bay tributary ramp for a shore/cartop day.
Salt River / stream Lake / pond Shop (desk) Guide only Parking Stay State access Private — ask first
- Season
- Same ASMFC slot as Mass (28" to under 31", one fish). NH residents need the NH salt license — a Mass permit does not cover Hampton. Confirm NHFG. Official rule
- License
- New Hampshire saltwater license
- Park
- NHFG Chapman's Landing trailer ramp on Route 108. Ample lot. Usable at all tides.
- Walk in
- Minutes from the lot to public marsh and ramp shore.
- Wading
- Estuary mud and current.
- Usual window
- Moving water. All-tide ramp is the point.
- Tuesday conditions
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SW 6 mph around dawn. Fine to go.
- Sky
- ⛅ 80° partly
- Sun and moon
- Rise 5:59 · 🌔 Waxing gibbous · Set 7:32
- Wind at dawn
- SW 6 mph offshore · Sunny · 62°F
- Wind later
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- dawn: SW 6 mph
- 10am: W 8 mph
- 2pm: W 10 mph
- dusk: W 9 mph
- Tide
- Low 4:07 am (0.9 ft) · High 10:21 am (7.7 ft) · Low 4:08 pm (1.5 ft) · High 10:24 pm (9.0 ft) Best moving water is the three hours into 10:21 am high. · Fort Point, NH
- A setup that belongs here
- 8-wt, small baitfish.
- Notes
- NHFG coastal site 38. Salt license. Stay in the state lot.
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.
Eldredge Bros. — seacoast
Cape Neddick, ME · shore / wade · Half or full day — ask the shop
Good for: York, Hampton, first Maine striper, seacoast trout
The southern Maine / NH seacoast desk. Call before you hire anyone off Instagram.