Coronado Beach
F. B. Rabbeth is one of the anglers who fishes from the pier, and yesterday morning he landed, after a half-hour’s battle, a jewfish weighing seventy-four pounds. —Los Angeles Times, June 9, 1899
Coronado Beach
Hotel Del Coronado, Sept. 19—Fishing off the pier has been excellent for the past day or two and this morning the line of fishers on the pier were kept busy pulling in the kingfish, yellowfin and mackerel which took their bait almost as soon as it was dropped in. Several large halibut were also caught. —Los Angeles Times, September 20, 1899
Coronado Beach
Hotel Del Coronado, Sept. 21.—Yesterday an angler from San Diego caught, besides an unusually good string of small fish, a forty-pound yellowtail. Desirous of keeping his catch fresh he had them suspended from the pier into the water by a line. Just before he started home he happened to look down and saw an immense shark come up, snap the line and make off with the whole catch. —Los Angeles Times, September 22, 1899
Coronado Beach
Hotel Del Coronado, Oct. 11.—Pier fishing yesterday was the finest for several months past. The storm at sea evidently stirred up the finny tribe to action. Those fishing estimate that there were at least two thousand fish landed on the pier Tuesday. Beach residents carried them away in quantities. There were fish for the pet seals and sea birds too, and then a great number remained on the pier. Among the varieties caught were pompano, perch, young mackerel, croaker and smelt. —Los Angeles Times, October 12, 1899
That same year would see a report that the jetty was to be extended another 400 feet in length as well as news of a new pier.
Coronado Beach
Hotel Del Coronado, Aug. 28.—Riprap work that has been in progress at the Hotel del Coronado pier since early in the spring, has at last been completed, guard and fishing accommodations have been replaced, and the pier is again a favorite resort for fishing parties and sightseers. —Los Angeles Times, August 29, 1900
New Pier Landing
Hotel Del Coronado, Oct. 18.—A force of men was put to work this morning building a landing at the end of the 1200-foot pier, near Hotel del Coronado. Since the completion of the pier extension much larger boats can make a landing at the pier. It is to accommodate such that a second landing will be built. The first landing at the center of the pier will be retained for use by small craft. —Los Angeles Times, October 19, 1900
The new and larger pier quickly yielded good results.
Fine Pier Fishing
Hotel Del Coronado, October 29.—Yesterday was a great day for pier fishing. The big landing stage just completed at the Hotel del Coronado pier extension makes a fine place to fish from, and Sunday found the 1200-foot pier well occupied by fishing and picnic parties. Mullet spearing is one of the greatest attractions for sportsmen just now, as these fish are running in numbers.—Los Angeles Times, October 30, 1900
However, few reports show up after 1900. Apparently storms and damage continued and the advertising/publicity/news by the hotel may have also been discontinued. A report in 1904 reflected once again damage and a rebuild.
Old Pier A Memory
Hotel Del Coronado, Jan. 31.—A year ago the old pier, extending into the ocean was wrecked by a heavy storm. Since then about 1200 feet of the frame work of the pier has been allowed to stand. Now it is being taken away, removing all traces of the old structure. The new pier is very popular with the fishermen. —Los Angeles Times, February 1, 1904
Even so, the new pier was also washed out during the punishing storms of January and February 1905.
Orders have been placed with the Sweetwater quarry for several thousand tons of rock to be used in the rebuilding of the breakwater in front of the big hotel at Coronado. The pier protected the hotel during the recent heavy storms, but several breaches were made in it and the top rocks were somewhat leveled. —Los Angeles Herald, March 26, 1905
Yet another pier soon replaced it, and that pier, like its predecessors, had to be periodically rebuilt due to storm damage. Fishing remained good.
Land Big Jewfish
John D. Spreckles and Frank Boach, the latter a mining man of Cripple Creek, while fishing off the pier at Coronado yesterday, landed a mammoth jewfish, weighing 198 pounds. Mr. Spreckles used a gaff and the battle while it lasted was fierce and exciting. A large crowd on the pier watched the struggle. —Los Angeles Times, October 11, 1908
Coronado Pier Is Mecca of Anglers
The long pier, extending out over the ocean from the Hotel del Coronado grounds, is a popular place for fishermen who do not care to venture out to sea. Frequent catches of game fish are recorded. Crowds frequent the pier daily at all seasons of the year. —San Francisco Chronicle, December 5, 1919
Nevertheless, it appears that damage from storms in 1925, perhaps combined with a changing culture, seemed to bring an end to the pier since it was decided it would not be rebuilt.
One of the best fishing piers in the state as far as fishing would now just be history.
Video — An excellent video about the Hotel del Coronado itself and its history:
https://www.pbs.org/video/san-diego-historic-places-hotel-del-coronado/