Ventura Pier
Ventura · near Ventura · Los Angeles / SoCal
Fishing
At a glance
- Difficulty
- beginner
- Best season
- Year-round · barred surfperch spring
Permits and booking
- Licence required
- No
- Licence detail
- NO LICENSE needed — public ocean pier. One of California's oldest wooden piers, known for excellent barred surfperch fishing in the surf zone. Parking, cleaning stations nearby.
What is here
- Features
- No license required · Excellent barred surfperch · Historic 1872 wooden pier · Channel Islands views
Worth knowing
- Dogs
- Not permitted
- Good for a first timer
- Yes
Fishing detail
- Water type
- pier-jetty
- Water
- salt
- Methods
- Bait · Surf casting · Sabiki
- Boat
- shore
- Target species
- Surfperch (excellent) · Corbina & croaker · Halibut · Mackerel
- Intl tip
- No license needed. Barred surfperch are the highlight — fish light tackle close in, best in spring. Also corbina, halibut, and mackerel. The historic wooden pier has great Channel Islands views. Combine with the Ventura beaches and harbor. Beginner-friendly.
The guide
The Ventura Pier, one of California's oldest wooden piers (dating to 1872), reaches over a productive surf zone that makes it o…
In the Guidebook
Everything above is yours for free. The written guide to Ventura Pier — what it is actually like, and what we would tell a friend before they went — comes with the Guidebook.
Getting there
- Coordinates
- 34.274, -119.29