Pacifica Pier News

Fantastic new virtual tours of the pier from Eli Poblitz of Bay Area Virtual Realty.

The coast: Phoned one of the tackle shops in Pacifica that keeps tabs on the various happenings at the pier, and the news was somewhat less than thrilling. Very few Dungeness and very little of anything else. In terms of fish, there are kingfish and there are bullheads coming up on the shrimp- and pile worm-baited hooks. In fact, the fishing for bullheads is going fairly well, to the extent that many of the horned little fish are kept and brought north and east, to be used as striped bass bait in the delta. And crab … The guy on the phone knew of a guy who landed five Dungies the other morning, all brought in by way of a squid-laced snare rig. Otherwise, the catch is closer to one or none for a day of trying. Worse still, there are crabbers baiting their rings with chicken, which, oddly enough, seems to just beg the sea lions to move in, which more or less shuts down all the other fishing. Nothing else, time on the pier is bound to be interesting.

E-mail Brian Hoffman at bhoffman@sfchronicle.com.

SFGATE

PACIFICA: There have been a lot of crabbers at the pier and results have been fair. The water has been on the rough side but when it’s calm, the crabbing is best. There is a decent perch bite from the beaches on blood and pile worms. (650) 355-8303
Tim Goode/ Contra Costa Times

Recommends Pacifica Pier as the only shore based location from which to catch Dungeness Crab when the season opens November 1st. Link at SFGate.

Pacifica Pier now has a page on Yelp.

Pacifica angling icon Joe Jimno died Monday. Mr. Jimno owned and operated the bait and tack store, Rusty Hook, for the past 11 years after a 20-year run on the Pacifica Pier. A memorial service will be July 16 at 1 p.m at the American Legion Hall in Rockaway. 650-355-8303.

POLICE are looking for suspects who tried to rob a Pacifica man while he was walking along Beach Boulevard one recent evening. The victim told officials he was walking at about 8:30 p.m. Aug. 11 when five people, four young men and a woman, confronted him. One subject demanded money while another brandished a knife. The assailants pushed the man against the handrail while they rifled through his pockets. They then walked north toward the pier. The suspects are described as African American, 18-20 years old, wearing dark colored and baggy clothing. Anyone with information about the crime is encouraged to call the Pacifica Police Department at 738-7314.

The vandals who pried up concrete benches from the Pacifica Pier and possibly tossed them over the side into the ocean cost the city nearly $6,000. That’s the estimated cost to replace the benches, which were discovered missing July 20. The culprits also pried up a steel plate from the floor of the pier.

From the Pacifica Tribune Police Beat.