Local Waters
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
Around now
Most likely in this drive this week. Not a guarantee — confirm the official rule.
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Trout
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Smallmouth bass
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Chain pickerel
- Season
- Lakes and ponds are generally open year-round in MA. Spring and fall stocking are why people actually go. 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.
- Saturday conditions
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NW 15 mph.
- Sky
- 🌧️ 50° rain
- Sun and moon
- Rise 7:02 · 🌒 Waxing crescent · Set 6:05
- Wind at dawn
- NW 15 mph · Slight Chance Rain Showers · 49°F
- Wind later
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- dawn: NW 15 mph
- 10am: NW 16 mph
- 2pm: NW 16 mph
- dusk: NW 13 mph
- A setup that belongs here
- 5-wt stillwater or 4-wt below the dam.
- Notes
- Named Army Corps recreation area. Confirm MassWildlife.
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.
No desk pinned yet. Ask the shop above who they trust here.