Seasonally, especially in the late winter months, anglers will land some pileperch, blackperch (locally called pogies), white seaperch, and a variety of other perch. The main fish sought, depending on season, are striped bass, California halibut, sharks, rays, jacksmelt, white croaker (kingfish), starry flounder, and white sturgeon. Inshore, concrete blocks protect the shoreline and will attract some perch and striped bass. The bottom here is primarily mud with some grass and the concrete pilings themselves have little growth of fish attracting barnacles or mussel. As for the fishing, it can be really good at times and really dead at others but it is a pier that can reward regulars who know the tricks some good sized fish. The park facilities themselves, the surrounding area, and the weather, have made it a favorite pier, one that Bay Area pier rats have judge to be most family friendly pier in the bay (and not a bad place for a date). Mount Tiburon sits to the south, blocks much of the normal Bay Area wind, and provides visitors to this park some of the best waterfront climate in the Bay Area. The pier and park sit on the northerly side of the expensive Tiburon Peninsula. Although water is fairly shallow it’s an area rich in fishing heritage, especially in the fall when boaters try for salmon (and to some extent stripers and sturgeon) off of the now non-existent California City. 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). Today’s concrete pier, one that is 302-foot-long with a t-shaped 194-foot-long end, replaced that pier. A wooden pier, first built by the Navy in WWII was renovated and turned into a recreational pier to be used by Marin County in 1963. This pier is located in Paradise Beach County Park, a 19-acre park that contains large lawn areas, picnic facilities, and a small beach. Luckily both have attributes that justify the names even though there is considerable difference between this San Francisco Bay pier and its SoCal cousin. Paradise? Living up to that name can be tough both for this pier and the other California pier that carries the name-the Paradise Cove Pier in Malibu.
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