Local Waters
Scituate Harbor & shore
Scituate, MA · about 45 min from Somerville (typical, off-peak)
South Shore schoolies without committing to the Canal.
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 harbor and public beach lots. Some fill early in summer.
- Walk in
- A few minutes from harbor lots to rocks and sand.
- Wading
- Harbor edges and open beach. Slippery granite.
- Usual window
- Dawn incoming. Wind off the water is kinder than a hard easterly.
- Thursday conditions
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SW 2 mph around dawn. Fine to go.
- Sky
- 🌧️ 83° rain
- Sun and moon
- Rise 6:02 · 🌕 Full moon · Set 7:27
- Wind at dawn
- SW 2 mph offshore · Mostly Sunny · 65°F
- Wind later
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- dawn: SW 2 mph
- 10am: SW 3 mph
- 2pm: S 8 mph
- dusk: S 7 mph
- Tide
- Low 5:24 am (0.5 ft) · High 11:37 am (9.2 ft) · Low 5:33 pm (1.0 ft) · High 11:45 pm (10.2 ft) Best moving water is the three hours into 11:37 am high. · Boston (South Shore timing differs — use as a sketch)
- A setup that belongs here
- 8-wt, small baitfish, crab if you see them picking.
- Notes
- Public town water. Stay off private docks and club beaches.
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.
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.