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Es un gran día para pescar en el muelle.

Es un gran día para pescar en el muelle.
It is a great day to fish at the pier.
From Lesson 310:Proportional comparisons (cuanto más… más)·Spanish (Spain)

Questions & Answers about Es un gran día para pescar en el muelle.

Why is it gran día instead of grande día?
The adjective grande drops its final -de and becomes gran whenever it comes directly before a singular noun, masculine or feminine. Placing it before the noun also shifts the meaning: un gran día means a "great" day, while un día grande would mean a "big" or "large" day.
Why do we use para here instead of por?
We use para to express purpose or intention. Whenever you want to say "in order to [do something]" or express what something is meant for, use para. Here, it tells us the purpose of the great day: to fish.
In English we might say "a great day for fishing". Why isn't it para pescando?
In Spanish, whenever a verb directly follows a preposition (like para, por, de, or en), it must remain in the infinitive form (pescar). You should never use the gerund (the -ando or -iendo form) immediately after a preposition.
The word muelle means "pier" here, but does it have another common meaning?
Yes, besides "pier" or "dock", un muelle is also the Spanish word for a "spring" (like a metal coil or a mattress spring).

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