Fishing near Portsmouth in Rockingham County, NH

3.51 Rating based on 44 Reviews
  • Most Caught Species: Tiger Trout, Largemouth Bass, Common Carp, Atlantic Mackerel, Pollock, Striped Bass
  • # of fishing spots within 25 miles: 71
  • # of reports within 25 miles: 81
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Tugboats near Portsmouth

Tugboats

There are great places all around this area for kayaking and canoeing...saw several people during lunch at the Oar House kayaking by.
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bass number 2 near Portsmouth

bass number 2

Cast out to the current running along the cement pylons of some industrial building.
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Top Fishing Spots near Portsmouth

Portsmouth Harbor
Portsmouth Harbor

Avg. Rating: 4.5
# Reviews: 2
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Portsmouth Harbor
Portsmouth Harbor

Avg. Rating: 0
# Reviews:
Views: 207

Little Harbor
Little Harbor

Avg. Rating: 0
# Reviews:
Views: 636

Martin Road Pond / Southern Maine Fish & Game Pond.
Martin Road Pond / Southern Maine Fish & Game Pond.

Avg. Rating: 0
# Reviews:
Views: 679

Dead Duck Landing & Boat Launch
Dead Duck Landing & Boat Launch

Avg. Rating: 0
# Reviews:
Views: 3040

Rye Harbor
Rye Harbor

Avg. Rating: 3
# Reviews: 1
Views: 1014

Portsmouth Area Fish Species

Recent Portsmouth Fishing Reports

striper Fishing Report Jul 02, 2008

striper

Pisc river -

we have been out 3 times and caught every time on live mackerel

all were between 21 and 24...

Avg. Rating: 4
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Bait Fish Fishing Report Jul 29, 2009

Bait Fish

2KR BUOY -

chummin for bait fish
Put in at Traip Academy and left dock at 3:30pm Put chum in at 4:00 and were in Mackerel within 30 minutes....

Avg. Rating: 3
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Blue Fish on a nice day finally! Fishing Report Jul 29, 2009

Blue Fish on a nice day finally!

Pisc mouth -

Caught a nice blue live linning a mac off of White Island. Fantastic evening weather wise! ...

Avg. Rating: 4
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Created by: sandfish
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Commercial Striper Fishing Fishing Report Jul 14, 2011

Commercial Striper Fishing

MA/NH/ME coast -

Went out on my buddy's boat for stripers. He has a commercial permit in mass so we were right on the NH border throwing live mackerel and chummin...

Avg. Rating: 5
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Fishing with A Fishing Report Jun 01, 2011

Fishing with A

Batchelders Pond, hampton nh -

kid trip...

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lamprey river 2010 Fishing Report Apr 20, 2010

lamprey river 2010

durham nh -

packers falls...

Avg. Rating: 4
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Baits and Tackle used near Portsmouth

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  • Live linning a mackerel
    I did not weigh it or measure it! I just wanted to get it back in the water as soon as possible before it ate my fingers! It was the biggest blue I ever caught though.
  • Caught the big one on a bass assasin rubber shad! Arkansas color.
  • rubber worms worked the best
  • Watermelon Dinger
  • Wacky rigged 4" senkos

    White
  • Calms - 26" ,and a 15"
  • Just good old chunk bait! Fresh Mac's.
  • Clams or seaworms
  • Strike King Black Spinnerbait
  • Cut clams on the bottom.

Live Bait (Other) Check Prices

  • Mackerel
  • Fresh live mackeral
  • fishing bottom with hand dug worms
  • Mackerel on a baitrunner.
  • Clams

Creature Check Prices

  • Berkley Havoc Pit Boss

Tube Check Prices

  • 1/4oz white tube jig/ watermelon and and red flake 1/4oz tube jig

Topwater Bait Check Prices

  • Bone Zara spook

Lizard Check Prices

  • hit while sinking

Jerk Bait Check Prices

  • Caffiene Shad

Spinnerbait / Buzzbait Check Prices

  • tried a few different lures b4 this one none was working...small spinnerbait
  • Giant white double bladed buzzbait
  • Dark Colors

Casting & Trolling Spoon Check Prices

Stick Bait Check Prices

In-Line Spinner Check Prices

  • a couple of types of different of single hook only lures
  • Mepps #6 Bronze and Orange

Saltwater Jig Check Prices

  • cast masters and diamond jig
  • Giant swedish pimple
  • Non-Keeper

Nymph Check Prices

  • Gold bead head Prince black

Worm Check Prices

  • green/white senko , rigged weedless with a 1/0 hook
  • Green/white Senko rigged weedless with a 1/0 red hook
  • Texas + wacky senkos Black yellow or blue flake and Sidewinder worm blk/red flake
  • Wacky-rigged yum dinger
  • wacky-rigged yum dinger
  • Tried Yums And Yamamotos...
    White/Gray,Purple/Black,Tan/Brown,BladeDancer...Finally, old faithful,Watermelon 7"...

Plastic Swimbait Check Prices

  • Dark senko texas rigged

Soft Baits Check Prices

Hard Swimbait Check Prices

Jigs Check Prices

  • silver,green skirt
  • Jig/Teaser - 20" and a 15"
  • 7lber, 5lber, and a couple shorties

Crankbait Check Prices

  • Koppers Live Target Rainbow Smelt
  • Strike King 2.5 sexy shad,Seaguar InvizX Fluorocarbon 10lb
  • Strike King sexy shad 2.5
  • #3 crank bait dark colored
  • and senkos too
  • dark colored with red
    Strike king #3

Bass Jig Check Prices

  • Brown jig with a black n blue trailer. Chigger craw
  • bucky's/sluggos/worms

Casting & Trolling Spoon;22 Check Prices

  • I was chucking a copper colored Thomas spoon

Lipless Bait Check Prices

  • Srike King 3/4 oz red eyed shad,gold black back.7' mojo bass -st.croix crank rod with Seaguar InvizX Fluorocarbon 10lb.Stop and rip out of surmerged grass.

Nightcrawler Check Prices

  • #8 hook with some weight 8-10 inches up on the line
  • half a nightcrawler on a 2 way spinner trolling at#5 back towards boat launch

Herring Check Prices

  • chunks

Saltwater Baits Check Prices

  • Calms
  • Calms - One was about 17", and the Big one was about 30" around 8 or 9 pounds
  • Clams
    1st was 25"
    2nd was 20"
  • Calms - All Between 10"-12"
  • Calms - 20" and a 8"or 9"
  • Calms - 25" and a 18"
  • Clams

Jigging Spoon Check Prices

Blade Bait Check Prices

  • Micro King
    Caffiene Shad
  • micro King

Live Baits Check Prices

Other Check Prices

  • just some good old rainbow paste
  • clams
  • Clam
  • clam
  • Bread
  • berkley gulp nightcrawler powerbait
  • clams for bait, catching doubles all day
  • shiners, p-bait, worms, small spinners,spoons u name it
  • Maple-Banana Maize
    Pescaviva sweet corn
    Chicks
    Dat Food Boilies Scopex

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