Local Waters
Nantasket Beach (Hull)
Hull, MA · about 65 hours from Bend (typical, off-peak)
The South Shore DCR beach. A Hull session without guessing a private lot.
Salt River / stream Lake / pond Shop (desk) Guide only Parking Stay State access Private — ask first
- Season
- Harvest is year-round on paper (28" to under 31", one fish). Schoolies are the usual fly fish here in season. Confirm current DMF rules. Official rule
- License
- Massachusetts saltwater permit
- Park
- DCR Nantasket Beach Reservation lots along Nantasket Avenue. Summer fees; fills on hot days.
- Walk in
- 1–8 minutes from the reservation lots to public sand and the rocky ends.
- Wading
- Open beach. Jetty rock at the ends. Watch the wash.
- Usual window
- Dawn incoming. East wind is a no.
- Tuesday conditions
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W 5 mph around dawn. Fine to go.
- Sky
- 🌧️ 76° rain
- Sun and moon
- Rise 6:00 · 🌔 Waxing gibbous · Set 7:31
- Wind at dawn
- W 5 mph offshore · Sunny · 60°F
- Wind later
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- dawn: W 5 mph
- 10am: SW 10 mph
- 2pm: SW 10 mph
- dusk: SW 10 mph
- Tide
- Low 4:12 am (1.2 ft) · High 10:24 am (8.4 ft) · Low 4:14 pm (1.7 ft) · High 10:30 pm (9.7 ft) Best moving water is the three hours into 10:24 am high. · Nantasket Beach, Weir River
- A setup that belongs here
- 8-wt, Clouser, sand-eel.
- Notes
- DCR reservation. Stay off private seawalls. Confirm MassWildlife / DMF.
Log this trip
Stays on this phone only. Nobody else sees it.
Shops
Guides
Shop desks, plus a few independents who fish public water. We do not take a cut. Call them.
Bear's Den — salt and South Shore
Taunton, MA · shore / wade · Half or full day — ask the shop
Good for: First striper from the beach or Canal, South Shore
Book through the shop. We do not take the money.