Lamprey River (Newmarket)
Newmarket / Durham, NH · about 25 min from Portsmouth (typical, off-peak)
A real freshwater option if you drove up for salt and the wind is wrong.
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
- Town parks and signed conservation lots. Stay off posted private.
- Walk in
- Short walks from public parks to the bank.
- Wading
- Small river. Trees. Knee-deep in normal water.
- Usual window
- Spring stocking and cool mornings. Summer gets skinny.
- Tuesday conditions
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W 2 mph around dawn. Fine to go.
- Sky
- ⛅ 78° partly
- Sun and moon
- Rise 5:59 · 🌔 Waxing gibbous · Set 7:33
- Wind at dawn
- W 2 mph · Sunny · 54°F
- Wind later
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- dawn: W 2 mph
- 10am: W 6 mph
- 2pm: W 8 mph
- dusk: W 6 mph
- Flow
- 13 cfs · 0.76 ft · 1:15 am · LAMPREY RIVER NEAR NEWMARKET, NH · USGS gauge
- A setup that belongs here
- 4- or 5-wt, nymphs and small dries.
- Notes
- Seacoast NH trout stream. Open through Oct 15 unless a special says otherwise.
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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.