Torpedo Wharf (Fort Point Pier)
The Presidio, San Francisco · near San Francisco · SF Bay Area
Fishing
At a glance
- Difficulty
- beginner
- Best season
- Stripers summer–fall; crab & kingfish fall–winter; jacksmelt year-round
Permits and booking
- Licence required
- No
- Licence detail
- No license needed — public pier in the Golden Gate NRA, directly beneath the Golden Gate Bridge beside Fort Point. Strong currents through the Gate; use enough weight.
What is here
- Features
- No license required · Fish directly under the Golden Gate Bridge · Striped bass & crabbing · Iconic Presidio setting
Worth knowing
- Dogs
- Allowed
- Good for a first timer
- Yes
Fishing detail
- Water type
- pier-jetty
- Water
- salt
- Methods
- Bait · Sabiki · Crab nets
- Boat
- shore
- Target species
- Striped bass · White croaker (kingfish) · Dungeness & rock crab · Jacksmelt
- Intl tip
- No license needed. Bait for striped bass on the tide, Sabikis for kingfish and jacksmelt, hoop nets for crab in season. Strong currents rip through the Gate — use enough weight.
The guide
Torpedo Wharf, jutting into the bay beside historic Fort Point directly beneath the Golden Gate Bridge, may be the most scenic …
In the Guidebook
Everything above is yours for free. The written guide to Torpedo Wharf (Fort Point Pier) — what it is actually like, and what we would tell a friend before they went — comes with the Guidebook.
Getting there
- Coordinates
- 37.808, -122.466