#Paradise beach california license#

The exception is small shinerperch that can be far too numerous during the summer and fall months. Overall though, this pier generally isn’t as productive for perch as piers in rockier areas like Sausalito. Seasonally, generally in the late spring, one may also catch a few of the larger pileperch, rubberlip seaperch, blackperch (locally called pogies), white seaperch, striped seaperch, rainbow seaperch, and even a few redtail surfperch.

The main fish sought, depending on season, are starry flounder, California halibut, sharks, rays, jacksmelt, white croaker (kingfish), striped bass and white sturgeon (when the herring are spawning).Īll of these are common to these waters. Inshore, concrete blocks protect the shoreline and may attract some perch in the winter and spring. The bottom here is primarily mud with some grass and the concrete pilings themselves have little growth of fish attracting barnacles or mussel. The pier itself is 302-foot-long and has a 194-foot t-shaped end. Although water is fairly shallow and results are usually only fair, it is an area rich in fishing heritage, especially in the fall when boaters try for salmon (and to some extent stripers and sturgeon) off of California City, a city which no longer is seen on maps but which sat just down from this park. Chauncey and around the corner from the Romberg Tiburon Center (once the site of the Tiburon Marine Laboratory, and then its successor, the National Marine Fisheries Service). The pier fronts on Paradise Cove, the cove that runs from Point Chauncey to Ring Point (today’s Paradise Cay, but formerly California City Point). Still later, in 1980, a new concrete pier was built and it appears today to be in very good shape.Įnvironment. Later, the county acquired the land for a park and that pier was renovated and turned into a recreational pier. The Navy in World War II built a wooden pier here. The pier is located in Paradise Beach County Park, a 19-acre park that contains large lawn areas, picnic facilities, and a small beach. 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.

#Paradise beach california license#

Public Pier - No Fishing License Required