Point Pinole Pier
Richmond (San Pablo Bay) · near Richmond · SF Bay Area
Fishing
At a glance
- Difficulty
- beginner
- Best season
- Stripers spring–fall; sturgeon winter–spring; sharks summer–fall
Permits and booking
- Licence required
- No
- Licence detail
- No license needed — public pier reaching 1,225 ft into San Pablo Bay (EBRPD). Sturgeon are catch-and-release only. A shuttle runs to the pier; park hours ~7am–7pm; parking/shuttle fees.
What is here
- Features
- No license required · 1,225-ft pier into San Pablo Bay · Striped bass & sturgeon country · Leopard sharks & kingfish
Worth knowing
- Dogs
- Allowed
- Good for a first timer
- Yes
Fishing detail
- Water type
- pier-jetty
- Water
- brackish
- Methods
- Bait · Sabiki
- Boat
- shore
- Target species
- Striped bass · White sturgeon (catch & release) · Leopard shark · Kingfish (white croaker)
- Intl tip
- No license needed. Stripers spring–fall, catch-and-release sturgeon in winter (heavy tackle, barbless), sharks and kingfish year-round. A shuttle runs out to the pier — check park hours.
The guide
Point Pinole Pier reaches a quarter-mile into San Pablo Bay from a wild regional shoreline north of Richmond — and as a public …
In the Guidebook
Everything above is yours for free. The written guide to Point Pinole Pier — what it is actually like, and what we would tell a friend before they went — comes with the Guidebook.
Getting there
- Coordinates
- 37.998, -122.365