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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…

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…

Alice Street Pier — Oakland

Public Access Area — Status Unclear — Fishing License May Be Required My first fishing trip to this small pier was on a fairly balmy, shirtsleeve weather kind of day in early January. Boat traffic was minimal, most of the nearby trees were void of…

Paradise Beach Pier — Tiburon

Public Pier — No Fishing License Required This is another of the Marin County piers that on a day-to-day basis offer only so so fishing but which, because of it’s other facilities and surroundings, is a place visitor’s return to cheerfully time after time. The…

Marin Rod & Gun Club Pier aka Camiccia Family Memorial Pier — San Rafael

Private Pier — Fishing License Required There was a time, and it seems more and more like an ancient time, when hunting and fishing was practiced by a majority of the population. Every family seemed to have a fishing rod sitting in the closet or…