Handicapped Facilities: Handicapped parking and restrooms. The pier surface is wood and cement and the rail height is 36 inches. Access to the pier is from the public parking lot and then up a number of stairs (which are steep) or Handicap Accessible at the pier entrance off the main road.
Location: 34.273743998389165 N. Latitude, 119.29143905639648 W. Longitude.
How To Get There: From Highway 101 take the Seaward Drive exit west to Harbor Drive, turn right and follow it to the pier.
Management: California Department of Parks and Recreation.
Is there a fish count off of pier? Is its always open?
Handicap access off the main road. Where delivery’ are made. But what about free handicap parking at, to, and for the public pier? I’m bound to a wheelchair. Can i still roll out to the end of the pier comfortably, and without the risk of my wheels becoming stuck risking my chair and me injury buy tipping over? No, because the once present planking that simulated a smooth side walk was removed. The only available FREE HANDICAP PARKING, measures in distance 600+ feet thats equivalent to the length of 2 football fields. And yet look at all that space on the main road to the pier entrance fenced off. True be told, the pier and a wheelchair bounded fishing lover are a very dangerous combonation.
Sorry to hear that Michael. Sounds like things have gone from bad to worse.
I’ve fished the Ventura Pier numerous times several years back, a great pier for sharks, one of the best,and also there are lots of exotic oddball species that frequently show up too, which always keeps things interesting. Fishing the surf area was also usually excellent also, lots of decent size perch and yellowfin croaker as well as quite a few spotfins, which are almost never seen this far north. Overall its a great fishing pier on most days.
I forgot to mention in my last comment that as good as the fishing is on Ventura Pier for Sharks and surf dwelling species its not a very good pier for pelagics (mackerel etc) probably because the water there is usually kind of murky on most days. Its also not a good pier for halibut for some reason. Only saw 1 or 2 short size halibut in all the times I’ve fished there.
Is Ventura pier open for fishing 24 hours?