Shelter Island Pier
San Diego Bay · near San Diego · San Diego
Fishing
At a glance
- Difficulty
- beginner
- Best season
- Year-round · bass & halibut warm months
Permits and booking
- Licence required
- No
- Licence detail
- NO LICENSE needed — public bay pier. Free parking, lighted for night fishing, fish-cleaning stations. One of San Diego Bay's best pier spots, known for the rare pier-caught bonefish.
What is here
- Features
- No license required (public pier) · Bay bass, halibut & mackerel · Rare pier-caught bonefish · Lighted for night fishing
Worth knowing
- Dogs
- Not permitted
- Good for a first timer
- Yes
Fishing detail
- Water type
- pier-jetty
- Water
- salt
- Methods
- Bait · Sabiki
- Boat
- shore
- Target species
- Spotted bay bass · Halibut · Bonefish (yes, in SD Bay) · Mackerel & croaker
- Intl tip
- No license needed (public pier). Free parking, lights for night fishing, cleaning stations. Spotted bay bass and halibut are the targets; Sabiki rigs load up on mackerel for bait or fun. Great for kids and beginners. Combine with Point Loma and the SD Bay waterfront.
The guide
Shelter Island Pier reaches into San Diego Bay's productive waters and needs no fishing license — like all California public oc…
In the Guidebook
Everything above is yours for free. The written guide to Shelter Island Pier — what it is actually like, and what we would tell a friend before they went — comes with the Guidebook.
Getting there
- Coordinates
- 32.71, -117.228