Public Pier — No Fishing License Required The Berkeley Pier is closed for renovation and no one seems to know when or if it will be reopened. If a survey had been done over the past twenty-five years as to the most visited pier in…
Public Pier — No Fishing License Required I was fishing on the pier one mid-August day (with no luck) when a lady came up and asked how the fishing was. I said I hadn’t had a bite. She was attractive and wearing a dress that…
Public Pier — No Fishing License Required I should have been there (but I wasn’t). The date was July 2, 1966, the official opening day for the Ocean Beach Pier. Included in the 7,000 people who crowded the pier that day were local politicians, city…
Public Pier — No Fishing License Required Almost every pier in the state has a special memory for me. Some of the memories are of social gatherings, some are of great days fishing, and a couple are because of specific fish I caught at the…
Public Pier — No Fishing License Required This pier, together with the other piers along this stretch of coast, provides both recreational fishing and a relief from the summer heat for those who come over from the hot Central Valley (and the summertime influx of…