Fishing Piers Archives - Page 14 of 15 - Pier Fishing in California

Avila Beach Pier

Public Pier — No Fishing License Required (Currently closed and probably destined to be closed until at least 2020) Every oceanfront pier in California has, at one time or another, had to be rebuilt or at least in great part repaired and renovated. Winter storms…

Dana Point Harbor Fishing Pier

Public Pier — No Fishing License Required If you’re looking for a place to take the kids fishing, this small pier is a great place to start. The pier is located in the pleasant setting of Dana Harbor and close to the pier sits a…

Point Pinole Pier — Richmond

Public Pier — No Fishing License Required I guess I should have a T-shirt for this pier that would say, “I Was There On Opening Day — 1977.” But it really doesn’t seem like a big deal today. What is relevant is that I fished…

Candlestick Point Park Piers — San Francisco

Public Piers — No Fishing License Required Nearby stood the stadium that made this point infamous — Candlestick Park (OOPS! 3Com Park at Candlestick Point) — “The Stick.” Why infamous? Because of the fog and the cold, blustery, hurricane-like winds that could whip through the…

Fort Point Pier — San Francisco

Public Pier — No Fishing License Required A quote from a Golden Gate National Recreation Area brochure perhaps best sums up the diversity offered by this magnificent area: “Golden Gate National Recreation Area is a park that begins where the Pacific Ocean meets San Francisco…

Port Hueneme Pier

Public Pier — No Fishing License Required This somewhat out-of-the-way pier is located in the pleasant Port Hueneme Beach Park. It has a weird zigzag shape, is made of wood, and presents, on clear days, a view of the not-too-distant Santa Cruz and Anacapa Islands.…

Elephant Rock Pier — Tiburon

Public Pier — No Fishing License Required When opened in the early 1960s, this pier was “dedicated to all girls and boys under 16 years of age who love to fish.” In fact, no one was supposed to fish on the pier who was over…

Port San Luis Pier (Harford Pier) — Avila Beach

Public Pier — No Fishing License Required Just up the road from the Avila Beach Pier sits the Port San Luis Pier, a pier with a different environment and a totally different feeling. The Avila Beach Pier looks and feels like a southern California “beach”…

Huntington Beach Pier

Public Pier — No Fishing License Required “Surf City, U.S.A,” that’s what the town and locals like to call Huntington Beach (and the city went to court battling Santa Cruz for the use of the name). It’s appropriate given the steady stream of surfers to…

Gaviota Pier

Public Pier — No Fishing License Required Closed since 2014 — Awaiting repair and/or reconstruction. A prime example (perhaps the perfect example) of government inefficency. For years there have been promises of repair and reopening but as the end of 2021 nothing has happened. Back…