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Oyster River is a public river in Strafford County and Rockingham County, New Hampshire, managed by State of New Hampshire (public / navigable water). You can fish it on a New Hampshire fishing licence; bank access is at bridge crossings, NHFG access points and public parks. New Hampshire riverbeds are private property up to the ordinary high-water mark except on a few federally-declared-navigable reaches, so wading or bank fishing away from a public access point needs the landowner's permission. Public access confirmed via public-trust river.
A New Hampshire warmwater river or large brook — smallmouth and largemouth bass, chain pickerel, yellow perch and carp. Wade or paddle; access at NH GRANIT-listed public sites and bridge crossings.
It runs roughly 10 miles through the Seacoast region. Anglers here mostly fish for smallmouth bass, largemouth bass, chain pickerel, yellow perch; common carp are also on record. Live flow and gauge height come from the Oyster River Near Durham, Nh USGS station shown below. The nearest other mapped waters on PiscaMaps are Durham Reservoir and Beards Creek.
Species from PiscaMaps water-type profiles, NHFG trout designations and hand research.
Night fishing: New Hampshire allows fishing 24 hours a day on most waters; some designated trout ponds are restricted to daylight hours seasonally — check the current NHFG fishing digest for this water.
Boats: Most New Hampshire rivers (the Pemigewasset, Contoocook, Androscoggin, Saco and the White Mountains trout streams) are waded or floated by canoe, kayak or drift boat; the Merrimack and Connecticut rivers take larger boats in their lower, wider reaches.
Bank & bivvy camping: You can fish this river on a New Hampshire fishing licence; bank and wading access is at NH GRANIT-listed public access sites, bridge crossings and public parks — check current signage for any water, as bank ownership and access rights vary by reach.
Tackle: Statewide bass limit is usually 4 (with a closed season in spring on some waters); trout limits vary by water and many streams are catch-and-release or artificial-lures-only; pickerel, perch and horned pout are generous. Check the current NHFG fishing digest for this specific water.
Boat ramps: 1 mapped — Put-in.
Source: OpenStreetMap contributors.
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Live from USGS gauge 01073000 — Oyster River Near Durham, Nh. Full gauge data →
Anyone 16 or older needs a New Hampshire fishing licence — the resident annual is about $45, the non-resident annual about $73, with non-resident 1-day (~$14) and 7-day (~$47) licences also sold. New Hampshire residents 68 and older need no licence. Buy from NH Fish and Game at wildlife.nh.gov. A New Hampshire fishing licence covers this river under the state's public-trust doctrine for navigable waters.
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