Local Waters

← Around Portsmouth

Lake / pond Open — early or late only

Tully Lake / Tully River

Royalston, MA · about 2 hours from Portsmouth (typical, off-peak)

The Millers-country USACE lot MassWildlife stocking lists still name.

Salt River / stream Lake / pond Shop (desk) Guide only Parking Stay State access Private — ask first

Season
Legal. Trout sink; warmwater still eats. Dawn is the trip. Official rule
License
Massachusetts freshwater license
Park
USACE Tully Lake Recreation Area lots off Doane Hill Rd, Royalston / Athol. Corps day-use. Tully River below the dam is the stream water.
Walk in
Short from the Corps lot to the lake and the river below.
Wading
Lake shore and a small river below the dam.
Usual window
Stocked trout in season. Confirm MassWildlife.
Thursday conditions

WNW 2 mph around dawn. Fine to go.

Sky
⛅ 76° partly
Sun and moon
Rise 6:07 · 🌕 Full moon · Set 7:34
Wind at dawn
WNW 2 mph · Partly Cloudy · 58°F
Wind later
  • dawn: WNW 2 mph
  • 10am: SW 2 mph
  • 2pm: NW 3 mph
  • dusk: NW 5 mph
A setup that belongs here
5-wt stillwater or 4-wt below the dam.
Notes
Named Army Corps recreation area. Confirm MassWildlife.
Maps Call shop

Log this trip

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

WNW 2 mph · Partly Cloudy

How did it go

Pictures only — no video.

Opens a map. Locate finds you, then tap to drop or drag the pin. Private — not the public map.

Shops

Concord Outfitters

113 Commonwealth Ave, Concord, MA 01742
Mon–Fri 10am–6pm (confirm before you go)

The MetroWest / Concord River shop. Call before a first trip on the Concord or Sudbury.

Call Website

Guides

Shop desks, plus a few independents who fish public water. We do not take a cut. Call them.

No desk pinned yet. Ask the shop above who they trust here.

If this isn’t the day