Fishing Piers Archives - Page 11 of 15 - Pier Fishing in California

Santa Monica Pier

Public Pier — No Fishing License Required The angling piers of California are unique. At Redondo you find a little shop at the entrance with long rods and tackle to rent, and not far away the bait man, ready to provide clams, small fish, or…

Shelter Island Pier — San Diego

Public Pier — No Fishing License Required In the summer of 1963 I moved from Costa Mesa to San Diego. The first place I fished was the Shelter Island Pier and I thought I had entered Nirvana, Utopia, or perhaps Canaan, but instead of milk…

Cayucos Pier

Public Pier — No Fishing License Required Don’t believe everything you read. On a visit to Hearst Castle I had read that the fishing at Cayucos was generally poor—and so, I avoided it for years. I would drive right by the town as I headed…

Stillwater Cove Pier aka Matthew & Mimi Jenkins Pier — Pebble Beach

Public Pier — No Fishing License Required The Stillwater Cove Pier sits, in my opinion, in one of the most beautiful settings of any California pier. The water is that of Carmel Bay, the shoreline is that of scenic Pebble Beach. It’s a beautiful small…

Morro Bay South T-Pier

Public Pier — No Fishing License Required Sitting just a few hundred yards south of the North T-Pier, the South T-Pier is slightly larger and seems to be seeing an increasing proportion of the local pier anglers choose it as home. Perhaps this is due…

Benicia Ninth Street Pier

Public Access Area — Status Unclear — Fishing License May Be Required This small pier (only 125 foot long) adjoins the public launching ramp at the foot of Ninth Street in Benicia. When the ramp was built in 1976, someone with a little foresight decided…

City of Benicia Fishing Pier

Public Pier — No Fishing License Required The memories that I have from my first visit to this pier illustrate or symbolize the dual nature of this area. Shortly after I arrived, a trio of huge, majestic Canadian Geese swam by the pier and then…

Antioch Marina Pier

Public Pier — Freshwater — Fishing License Required One day as I walking up the ramp that leads to the pier I was greeted by a powerful, baritone voice singing out “Welcome to the Cable Pier!” Turned out it was a large, African-American gentleman who…

Antioch Bridge Pier aka Antioch/Oakley Regional Shoreline Pier

Public Pier — Freshwater — Fishing License Required Most commonly called the Antioch Bridge Pier, this is the most heavily visited pier in the Pittsburg-Antioch area. As usual, the reason for the pier’s popularity is that it yields a good number of fish, in fact…

Stearns Wharf — Santa Barbara

Public Pier — No Fishing License Required What’s with these travel writers anyway? Santa Barbara seems to get more than its fair share of articles in newspapers and travel magazines and I guess that’s natural for a city that officially calls itself “America’s Riviera.” Still,…