Local Waters

← Around Portsmouth

Lake / pond Open — early or late only

Lake Garfield

Monterey, MA · about 4 hours from Portsmouth (typical, off-peak)

Official public lot from the state access map. Confirm the sign on site and the current rule. We have not written a full card for this water yet.

Salt River / stream Lake / pond Shop (desk) Guide only Parking Stay State access Private — ask first

Season
Legal. Trout sink; warmwater still eats. Dawn is the trip. Official rule
License
Massachusetts freshwater license
Park
12 Car
Wednesday conditions

SW 2 mph around dawn. Fine to go.

Sky
⛅ 87° partly
Sun and moon
Rise 6:11 · 🌔 Waxing gibbous · Set 7:39
Wind at dawn
SW 2 mph · Partly Cloudy · 63°F
Wind later
  • dawn: SW 2 mph
  • 10am: SW 1 mph
  • 2pm: W 2 mph
  • dusk: W 7 mph
Notes
Official public access. Confirm MA regulations.
Maps Call shop

Log this trip

Private. On this phone, and in your test book if you signed in on Journal.

SW 2 mph · Partly Cloudy

How did it go

Pictures only — no video.

Opens a map, finds you, then tap to drop or drag the pin. Private — not the public map.

Shops

Orvis Manchester

4180 Main St, Manchester Center, VT 05255
Call the store

The Battenkill door. Lessons and a full fly counter.

Call Website

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.

If this isn’t the day