The top 50 piers for species of fish...

Ken Jones

Administrator
Staff member
#1
Pier Fish Species — Statewide Piers
(Fish and Game Surveys, Ken Jones catches, PFIC reports, PFIC Facebook reports, and Misc. Reports)
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The latest figures:

Newport Pier — 72
Balboa Pier (Newport Beach) — 70
Ocean Beach Pier (San Diego) [closed]— 69
Goleta Pier — 69
Santa Cruz Wharf — 68
Oceanside Pier — 65
Hermosa Beach Pier — 65
San Clemente Pier — 64
Imperial Beach Pier — 62
Seal Beach Pier — 61

11. Berkeley Pier [closed] — 60
Belmont Veterans Memorial Pier (Long Beach) — 59
Capitola Wharf — 56
Cabrillo Beach Pier (San Pedro) — 54
Shelter Island Pier (San Diego) — 54
Crystal Pier (San Diego) — 53
Huntington Beach Pier — 53
Santa Monica Pier — 52
Stearns Wharf (Santa Barbara) — 51
Redondo Beach Pier — 51

21. San Francisco Muni Pier [closed] — 50
Redondo Sportfishing Pier — 48
Ventura Pier — 48
Pacifica Pier [closed] — 48
Manhattan Beach Pier — 47
Gaviota Pier [closed] — 46
Monterey Wharf #2 — 45
Venice Fishing Pier — 45
Cabrillo Mole (Avalon, Catalina Island) — 43 — No Fish & Game survey data just my catch numbers and PFIC Posts — Probably far higher
Malibu Pier — 43

31. Avila Pier [closed] — 43
Port San Luis Pier (Avila) — 42
Cayucos Pier — 42
Dana Harbor Pier (Dana Point)— 41
Ferry Landing Pier (Coronado/San Diego) —39
Pismo Beach Pier — 39
Seacliff State Beach Pier (Aptos) [closed] — 37
Monterey Coast Guard Pier — 36
Morro Bay, North T-Pier — 34
Trinidad Pier — 33

41. Morro Bay South T-Pier — 32 — No DF&G survey numbers, just my personal catch numbers & PFIC post — probably a higher figure.
Elephant Rock Pier (Tiburon) — 32
Long Beach Finger Piers — 31
Green Pleasure Pier (Avalon, Catalina Island) — 30+ — No Fish & Game survey data, just my catch numbers and PFIC Posts — Probably far understated
Fort Baker Pier (Sausalito)— 30
Citizen’s Dock (Crescent City) — 30
Oceanside Harbor Pier — 29
Embarcadero Marina Pier (San Diego) — 28
Port Hueneme Pier — 28
Paradise Cove Pier (Malibu) — 27