Salt Fish should be around

Nantasket Beach (Hull)

Hull, MA · about 1½ hours from Portsmouth (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

Around now

Most likely in this drive this week. Not a guarantee — confirm the official rule.

Striped bass
Bluefish
False albacore

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.

Sunday conditions

S 3 mph around dawn. Fine to go.

Sky: ⛅ 83° partly
Sun and moon: Rise 5:58 · 🌔 Waxing gibbous · Set 7:34
Wind at dawn: S 3 mph alongshore · Partly Cloudy · 59°F
Wind later: dawn: S 3 mph

10am: W 1 mph

2pm: NW 3 mph

dusk: N 6 mph
Tide: Low 2:30 am (1.6 ft) · High 8:44 am (7.8 ft) · Low 2:32 pm (2.3 ft) · High 8:53 pm (9.1 ft) Best moving water is the three hours into 8:44 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.

Maps Call shop

Log this trip

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

Shops

Bear's Den Fly Fishing Co.

34 Robert W Boyden Rd, Taunton, MA 02780
Tue–Sat 12pm–6pm

Full shop for the South Shore, Taunton River country, and Cape day trips.

Call Website

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.