Local Waters
Rockport Back Beach
Rockport, MA · about 55 min from Portsmouth (typical, off-peak)
Public Rockport sand with a parking lot, not a private club cove.
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
- Town lots at Front Beach / Back Beach on Beach Street. Summer meters and full weekends.
- Walk in
- A few minutes from the street lots to public sand and granite.
- Wading
- Short beach and rocky ends. Wash on the open side.
- Usual window
- Dawn incoming. Easterly 15+ is a beating.
- Sunday conditions
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NE 5 mph around dawn. Fine to go.
- Sky
- ⚡ 74° storm
- Sun and moon
- Rise 5:56 · 🌔 Waxing gibbous · Set 7:34
- Wind at dawn
- NE 5 mph onshore · Cloudy · 65°F
- Wind later
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- dawn: NE 5 mph
- 10am: E 6 mph
- 2pm: E 7 mph
- dusk: E 5 mph
- Tide
- Low 2:21 am (1.3 ft) · High 8:40 am (7.1 ft) · Low 2:25 pm (2.1 ft) · High 8:50 pm (8.4 ft) Best moving water is the three hours into 8:40 am high. · Rockport
- A setup that belongs here
- 8-wt, sand-eel, Clouser.
- Notes
- Town beaches. Stay off the headland houses. Confirm MassWildlife / DMF.
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.
Concord Outfitters — book a day
Concord, MA · wade / shore · Half or full day — ask the shop
Good for: MetroWest rivers and ponds, first local trout day
Shop desk, not a scraped independent. Call them; they put you with someone they trust.