Local Waters
Isinglass River
Rochester / Barrington, NH · about 35 min from Portsmouth (typical, off-peak)
A seacoast trout stream with a named town park.
Salt River / stream Lake / pond Shop (desk) Guide only Parking Stay State access Private — ask first
- Season
- NH general-law streams are open Jan 1–Oct 15. Wild trout streams close Labor Day. Confirm the digest for this water. Official rule
- License
- New Hampshire freshwater license
- Park
- Isinglass River Park cartop in Rochester. Gonic Trails walk-in nearby.
- Walk in
- Short walk from the signed public lot.
- Wading
- Confirm the bank and flow before you step in.
- Usual window
- Confirm the digest for this week.
- 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 7:33
- Wind at dawn
- SW 6 mph · 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
- Flow
- 3.2 cfs · 2.58 ft · 70°F water · 1:15 pm · ISINGLASS R AT ROCHESTER NECK RD, NR DOVER, NH · USGS gauge
- A setup that belongs here
- 5- or 6-wt unless the water is bigger.
- Notes
- NHFG special from Route 125 to the Cocheco. Winter C&R artificials. Confirm the digest.
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.
No desk pinned yet. Ask the shop above who they trust here.