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Middle Harbor Shoreline Park and Pier — Oakland

Public Access Area — Fishing License Required Talk about a hidden park and pier! This is one of those areas that is mostly utilized by locals because it is basically surrounded and hidden by the Port of Oakland. Unless you are a local you may…

Sheridan Observation Point Pier aka Dayglo Pier — Richmond — Gone But Not Forgotten

Early in the 21st Century I began to get reports on the “dayglo pier” in Richmond, which, as I understood it, was not a public pier. In response0, I did not include it in Pier Fishing In California, 2nd Edition. Later I found out that it…

Barbara & Jay Vincent Park and Pier — Richmond

Public Access Area — Status Unclear — Fishing License May Be Required One day while checking out the new and improved waterfront area in Richmond, I ran across the Barbara and Jay Vincent Park—and this small pier. At least it’s a wannabe-pier since it sits…

Fortman Marina Pier— Alameda

Public Access Area — Status Unclear — Fishing License May Be Required It’s unclear the purpose of this pier. Probably it was built simply as a place for rest and as a place to watch the life on the estuary. A constant navy of ships…

Executive Inn Pier — Oakland

Public Access Area — Status Unclear — Fishing License May Be Required When I first visited and fished this pier, I called it the Bayside Hotel Pier — and then they changed the name of the hotel so it became the Executive Inn Pier. Since…

Greenwood Cove Pier — Tiburon

Public Access Area — Status Unclear — Fishing License May Be Required Even as a writer there are some places you hesitate to write about, and this is one of those spots. The pier is small and more of a viewing structure to relax and…

Shelter Point Pier — Mill Valley

Public Access Area — Status Unclear — Fishing License May Be Required Why, one might ask, would a person come to this pier when the Elephant Rock Pier and Paradise Park Pier are just a short distance away and both see much better fishing? Good…

Arrowhead Marsh Pier — Oakland

Public Pier — No Fishing License required What’cha see? That grammatically incorrect greeting was directed at three gentlemen who were intently staring into the water from a small bridge that almost adjoins the Arrowhead Marsh Pier, one of the two piers located in the Martin…

Estuary Park Pier — Oakland

Public Pier — No Fishing License Required Visiting this pier (and park) at times reminds me of one of the lessons that was drilled into my head while taking my organizational development classes in college: (to simplify) the greater the difference between the espoused theory…

Franklin D. Roosevelt Pier — Oakland — Gone But Not Forgotten

Franklin D. Roosevelt Fishing Pier — Closed But Not Forgotten For about ten years I lived in the East Bay community of Pinole. During that time I learned to appreciate and respect the town of Oakland, a town that seemed to get little positive publicity…