The horseshoe pier in King Harbor is one of the most reliable bait-fish platforms in the South Bay. Pacific mackerel, bonito, and queenfish school around the bait receivers; calicos and the odd halibut show on the bottom. It is a different fishery from the open-coast Hermosa and Manhattan piers just up the sand — calmer water, more harbor structure, more night lights.
CDFW public pier in the horseshoe of King Harbor.
Redondo Beach Pier is on the CDFW public-pier list. Two-rod limit. Breakwater is listed separately.
Size limits, bag limits, seasons, and MPA rules are set by CDFW and can change in-season. Public-pier license exceptions (CCR 1.88) apply only on qualifying structures — not on the beach next to them. This is an independent site and is not affiliated with CDFW.