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Eureka Boardwalk

Eureka Boardwalk

Antioch Marina Pier

Antioch Marina Pier

Newport Pier — McFadden Wharf

Newport Pier — McFadden Wharf

Candlestick Point Park Piers — San Francisco

Candlestick Point Park Piers — San Francisco

Pismo Beach Pier

Pismo Beach Pier

Pine Avenue Pier #1 — Long Beach — Gone But Not Forgotten

With the loss of the Magnolia Avenue Pier, a new pier in Long Beach was needed. In response, Long Beach would build the original Pine Avenue Pier, the first municipally owned pier on the Pacific Coast. The pier was also the first purchase made by…
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Magnolia Avenue Pier — Long Beach — Gone But Not Forgotten

In the 1870s, 4,000 acres of the local Rancho Los Cerritos (mainly used to raise sheep) was sold to William E. Willmore, who subdivided the land in hopes of forming a new community, one he would name after himself—Willmore City. Unfortunately for him, the real…
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Rainbow Pier — Long Beach — Gone But Not Forgotten

Every March sees the Fred Hall Show in Long Beach, a huge event filled with a plethora of booths and vendors offering merchandise and dreams that should be able to fill the cravings of every visiting angler. The sheer size of the show can be…
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Long Wharf — Oakland Pier — Gone But Not Forgotten

The Long Wharf as seen from Goat Island, now called Yerba Buena Island The Oakland Long Wharf also later known as the Oakland Pier and South Pacific (SP) Mole was an 11,000-foot long railroad wharf and ferry pier in Oakland, one of the most important…
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Capistrano Beach Pier — Gone But Not Forgotten

For many years a large pier was located on the sandy seashore between Dana Point and San Clemente. It was the Capistrano Beach Pier, a pier built in 1929 by Edward (Ned) Doheny Jr. and the Capistrano Beach Company.    The wooden pier was 1,180 foot…
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Red Rock Marina Pier — Richmond — Gone But Not Forgotten

The marina and pier were located just left of the bridge in this picture. Piers can be seen poking out from the shoreline. One of the most interesting components of the pier building process in California has been the utilization of previously built structures. This…
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Center Pier — Carquinez Bridge — Gone But Not Forgotten

When I lived in the East Bay in Pinole in the1970s, one of the piers I frequently fished was the Dowrelio Pier in Crockett, a pier that was often good for striped bass and one that always offered the possibility of a sturgeon. The pier,…
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Ellen Browning Scripps Memorial Pier — San Diego — No Fishing Allowed

Frustration thy name is the Ellen Browning Memorial Pier. One of my long-time goals has been to fish from every California piers (or at least as many as possible) so a visit on 2009 to the pier was both great and frustrating. Hashem, a friend…
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Miller Park Pier — Marshall — Gone But Not Forgotten

On November 29, 1954 the Wildlife Conservation Board, part of the California Department of Fish and Game, allocated $5,500 for the development of Miller Park at Nick’s Cove on Tomales Bay, a park designed for fishing access. That fund was inadequate and basically nothing happened…
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Hotel del Coronado Pier — Gone But Not Forgotten

Although piers and wharves have lined Coronado’s bayside shoreline over the years, the most famous pier at Coronado was the oceanfront pier that sat adjacent to the iconic Hotel del Coronado for over a third of a century. Hotel guests and people who stayed at…
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