Pier Fishing & Crabbing in San Francisco Bay Area
California Fishing
Mar 28, 2023 02:47:33 #
Yes, you would need to have a fish license when fishing from a beach. Public fishing piers are about the only places that allow fishing with out a fishing license.
Mar 28, 2023 11:16:54 #
DanV
Loc: Pollock Pines
Milanda wrote:
This information is golden. You definitely know the area of where I speak. I need to hustle over to Fort Point pier. Any advice on bait? What do the Halibut like? I keep using shrimp. I use old chicken for me crab net. I have never been great at using lures or little plastic thing of a joggers.
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If you catch the smaller sized perch around 4" use them for bait , use whole and alive on a 3 way leader . Hold your pole or be right next to it , I've caught sharks and stripers there that hit fast and hard , if your not watching your pole closely you can loose it . There is another pier across the Gate at Ft. Baker that can be good also , but I prefer the Presidio .
Mar 28, 2023 14:33:22 #
Milanda wrote:
I would love to get the inside track on where to fish and drop my crab nets in the San Francisco Bay Area. The weather is improving and I need get out and start catching me dinner. Time to drop a line.
Milanda, I’ve only fished from a boat using both nets and pots, best bait for me has always been fish carcasses (left over from rock fish fishing), squid and herring. The squid and herring can be purchased frozen at a bait shop. Not the cheapest, but the dungies love the squid and herring. Happy hunting!
Mar 28, 2023 14:45:45 #
Remember Melanda. I can’t stress this enough! You are not allowed to knowingly catch and possess any Dungeness crabs while crabbing in San Francisco Bay, east of the Golden Gate Bridge. It is a major fine! If caught in possession Game wardens will issue u a ticket and seize all your gear and you can lose your fishing privileges. So if u happen to catch them in your crab net release them asap!
Mar 28, 2023 15:01:29 #
Milanda wrote:
I am always fishing from a municipal pier.
I would highly recommend this site...
https://www.pierfishing.com/category/piers/san-francisco-bay-area/
PapaD
Mar 28, 2023 15:32:09 #
DanV wrote:
If you catch the smaller sized perch around 4" use them for bait , use whole and alive on a 3 way leader . Hold your pole or be right next to it , I've caught sharks and stripers there that hit fast and hard , if your not watching your pole closely you can loose it . There is another pier across the Gate at Ft. Baker that can be good also , but I prefer the Presidio .
U are so right! I’ve seen a guy lose his rod at the presidio pier after a fish pulled it right off the pier and into the bay. OUCH!
Mar 28, 2023 19:28:54 #
Still above water wrote:
U are so right! I’ve seen a guy lose his rod at the presidio pier after a fish pulled it right off the pier and into the bay. OUCH!
I use a lanyard on all of my rods. You never know when you might unexpectedly hook a big ray or sturgeon or unusually large striper (see picture).
My nephew's PB--caught on the San Joaquin upstream of Airport bridge
Mar 28, 2023 20:11:07 #
Mar 28, 2023 20:24:47 #
Jeremy wrote:
.Is it illegal for Non-Residents to Crab in San Francisco Bay?
There's nothing in the regs that says that you have to be a resident in order to fish from the piers. (For a list of piers, scroll up to my previous post.)
If you're not on a public pier, you will need a license.
See the cut and paste below...
When recreationally fishing from a "public pier" in ocean or bay waters, a fishing license is not required. Public piers have a specific definition in Section 1.88 of Title 14, California Code of Regulations (CCR)(opens in new tab). Public piers must be connected to the shoreline, allow for free, unrestricted public access, and have been built or currently function for the primary purpose of fishing.
Publicly owned jetties and breakwaters may also be "public piers" but, in addition, must form the most seaward protective boundary of an ocean harbor. Jetties and other structures that are not the most seaward boundary are not public piers.
Even though a fishing license is not required on a public pier, all other regulations (including minimum size, bag limits, report cards, and seasons) apply while fishing from a public pier. Additionally, only two rods and lines, handlines, or nets, traps, or other appliances used to take crabs may be used per person on a public pier (CCR Title 14, Section 28.65(b)).
Mar 28, 2023 23:23:48 #
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