You don't need a license to fish off a pier
Anyone 16 years and older must have a fishing license to take any kind of fish, mollusk, invertebrate or crustacean in California, except for persons angling from a public pier for non-commercial purposes in ocean or bay waters. P.s. this is California State law. Dont know where skeet got his info.
No without a license you can only fish on man made structures surrounded by 3 bodys of water
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