Local Waters
Hampton Beach & Harbor
Hampton, NH · about 30 min from Portsmouth (typical, off-peak)
The NH striper beach you can actually walk onto from a lot.
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
- State park and harbor lots. Summer fees and full lots.
- Walk in
- Minutes from the main lots to sand and the harbor mouth.
- Wading
- Sand and jetty rocks. Harbor current at the inlet.
- Usual window
- Moving water at the harbor mouth. Hard east wind is a no.
- Thursday conditions
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SW 2 mph around dawn. Fine to go.
- Sky
- 🌧️ 82° rain
- Sun and moon
- Rise 6:01 · 🌕 Full moon · Set 7:28
- Wind at dawn
- SW 2 mph offshore · Mostly Sunny · 65°F
- Wind later
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- dawn: SW 2 mph
- 10am: S 5 mph
- 2pm: S 9 mph
- dusk: S 7 mph
- Tide
- Low 5:24 am (0.4 ft) · High 11:38 am (8.4 ft) · Low 5:29 pm (0.9 ft) · High 11:43 pm (9.3 ft) Best moving water is the three hours into 11:38 am high. · Fort Point, NH
- A setup that belongs here
- 8-wt, Clouser, sand-eel.
- Notes
- Short public coast. NH salt license required even if you bought Mass.
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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.