New Coastside 2 Bait & Tackle

Great shop with nice staff. Picked up a nice locally made crab snare, much better than the stuff that was at the other chain stores.

I’ve been a returning customer here for more than 10 years, this place has not changed at all. The guy behind the counter is still super friendly and a decent guy to deal with. I always manage to buy something at this bait & tackle place every time I come here. Glad to see this place is still in business.

This place is a local gem of Pacifica. The owner Mark is nice guy who is more then willing to spend some time with you to make sure you get the proper stuff. Also he has have very fair prices. Don’t wast your time with big 5 or Dick’s. Mark’s advice and gear will make you a more successful fisherman or woman!

Went to this shop yesterday because we decided to go crabbing for the first time. So when you first walk in its a little overwhelming with the amount of stuff that is packed in that little store! But the man working behind the counter (I wish got his name now) was a great help!
He set us up with all the gear we needed to start crabbing. Everything came out to under $ 65. This included the 9 ft pole, fishing line, 1 lb fresh bait, crab measure, snare and swivel. The fishing pole itself was $ 50 which I am told is a pretty decent price.

You can find anything for fishing here!
The guy working here is super friendly, great prices!
I came to buy a rod holder but there are so many other things here that I had to buy more than just a rod holder :-)!

Very convenient store with all fishing equipments at a reasonal price! Thanks to the trap I bought here, I caught my first dungeness crab today! Would highly recommend anyone to come here if you need anything.

Great little shop — very crowed with everything being carried. Gentleman working counter was very friendly.

A great shop with every possible thing you need for fishing. However, it was the customer service that impressed me more than anything else. I’ve been to the shop several times and left impressed every time. Today the store owner waited for me for 15 minutes after their normal closing time. I called before getting there and said I’d be there by 5:05, I got there at 5:15 and found him waiting for me there. Great customer service!!!

I come to Pacifica about once a month to fish off the pier and this is my very first stop every time I come into town. The guy that works here is super friendly and seems to remember us every time we come into his shop. He has a great selection of fishing gear including rods, reels, crab nets and snares, weights, hooks, and lures. The shop owner is always able to give me the scoop on what is biting out at the pier and he always gives me recommendations about which bait is best for what we’re trying to catch. I usually spend about $ 10 on a shrimp/​squid combo and I’m set for a day of fishing.
One odd note — the owner has a note on the door about how he’s trying to clean up his act and would prefer if it you don’t use curse words in his store. I can respect that and try to take a break from my usual cursing like a sailor while I buy my bait. A little self control every now and then is a good thing!
The next time you come to Pacifica for some fishing at the pier, make this your first stop. Keep mom and pop shops like this alive!

Mark is the owner/​operator of this one man show and I have never seen him angry, even when some jerks shoplifted a bunch of Sabiki rigs and some other guys broke the tip off a 300 buck rod and left. I have seen him go out of his way to help folks and Mark went thru the trouble of packaging and mailing out some tackle to Brooklyn for a me. I could Amazon everything or I can continue to trade with Mark. I get a better feeling and better conversation from Mark than opening a package from Amazon or
. Markie wins.

Friendly, knowledgeable staff willing to help out the newbies as well as the regulars… wide selection of goods on hand!

Prices are a bit more than internet (no surprise) but friendly service, advice, and of course being right close to the pier and open at 7am is pretty nice.

Good selection of all things fishing. I’ve never received any great tips or advice from the guy that runs the place, but it does have all you will need to get out there and fish.

The shop is nice and well stocked, but what really stood out for me was the owner– I have to give him massive props. I showed up two hours after the store had closed in order to buy crab bait. I guess he heard me yelling angrily at myself outside his store, because he opened the door with a smile on his face and welcomed me in. In addition to selling me bait, he also gave me really helpful advice (apparently squid is far better bait than chicken and it won’t attract the sea lions!). that I might not have picked up otherwise. A genuine shop with a genuine owner. You don’t get those too much these days.

Super friendly owner. I came here on a day when the shop was closed but he still opened up his shop and turn on the lights just for me so I can pick up my crab snares here. Reasonable prices. I would recommend this shop to anyone who needs some «last minute» supplies while fishing/​crabbing at Pacifica Pier.

Very friendly owner! Thank you! I will visit this tackle shop every weekend during summer!

Simple bait shop, super friendly owner who will give you all of the gear, bait, and advice you need to catch whatever you are fishing for. I got some really nice rods and reels here for a great deal. Hes always got all kinds of things on sale for really cheap too, really good prices here. Much cheaper than the other Pacifica bait shop. So if your looking to catch fish, crabs or whatever go here and ask the owner and he will help set you up and you will catch fish!
gone fishin!

Went crabbing with my friends and stopped by. Besides the helpful advice, pointing us to the right bait, getting us to purchase a couple more pieces of equipment than we had actually planned, it was a nice experience. Imagine my surprise when, walking through the poles, crab traps, hooks, lures, lines, and boom, there’s a beautiful new 24″ iMac. The things you find.
We bought a/​b $ 40 worth of stuff, and felt empowered as we left the store to go get us some crab. Ended up catching nothing. Probably should of spent the money buying some crab at a restaurant, but it’s about the memories, right. We didn’t catch nothing, but that wasn’t Coastside’s fault. We were a bunch of city dwelling wannabes wearing cargo pants, munching on chips, lugging our lawn chairs, and wearing Oakley sunglasses.

The man there, I’m assuming that he’s the owner, was very friendly and helpful. He steered us away from getting chicken as our bait b/​c sea lions will start coming after it. Instead we got squid and mackeral to bait our crab nets.
Prices are reasonable and you’ll find everything you need for your crabbing trip there.
My only complaint is that the baits were all frozen solid. I know it’s to keep them longer, but when you’re out on the pier with nothing but freezing water to «thaw» the bait… it can be a bit of an annoyance.

Worms
Shad
Shrimp
Oh my.
So faced with the daunting task of introducing my man to the trials and tribulations of Pier fishing, we ran to Sports Authority when it opened and purchased the necessary rods and reel to prepare us for the tougher surf and undertow.
In addition, we needed bait.
Now, a little background. I grew up around fish and fishing. Hooking the bait was second nature, I had no problem setting leeches on hooks on my trips back to Wisconsin for Muskie. Or carefully threading the hook through shad for our Salmon charters out of Emeryville.
However, I’ve always had a fear of Blood worms (when you cut them, they literally bleed, hence the name) or in this instance, Pile Worms (these suckers have two menacing pincers that pounce out of their mouths like vampire hooks) but the only place I knew of that sold live Grass Shrimp bait was in Vallejo and that was out of the question.
After obtaining directions from a friendly local driving a huge souped up Mustang with a possible tunnel-​ram intake jutting out of the hood like some huge parasitic steel object, we made it to this local bait shop.
Packed is a good word to describe the amount of items stored here. For the avid sportsmen, everything from hooks, pails, sinkers and frozen bait and live bait. He did not carry live Grass Shrimp, but I did order a dozen Pile Worms as well as a bag of frozen Grass Shrimp.
If you know exactly what you want, this is the shop for you.
If you don’t know what you need, this is the shop that will tell you what you need.
At least I know where to get those little crawly suckers the next time we are here.