Fish in the Bay – July Aug 2025, Bair Island = Mystery Island.

Bair Island, a restored marshland off the shores of Redwood City and San Carlos, is the latest new area we...

Fish in the Bay – June 2025, Return to Lower South Bay (LSB).

After several visits to San Pablo Bay in the north, we returned to Lower South Bay marshes in early June. ...

Fish in the Bay – May/June 2025, WRMP San Pablo Bay Trawls, Part 4 – Wildcat & San Pablo Marshes.

Part 4 of the San Pablo Bay Trawls.  This is the fourth and final installment of our first round of...

Fish in the Bay – May 2025, WRMP San Pablo Bay Trawls, Part 3 – Gallinas Creek to Hamilton Wetlands.

This is part 3 of the San Pablo Bay series.  We continue our journey around San Pablo Bay. This time...

Fish in the Bay – May 2025, WRMP San Pablo Bay Trawls, Part 2 – Petaluma River.

This is part 2 of a 4-part San Pablo Bay series. The UC Davis Otolith Geochemistry & Fish Ecology Lab...

Fish in the Bay – May 2025, WRMP San Pablo Bay Trawls, Part 1.

New WRMP San Pablo Bay trawls.  The UC Davis OGFL crew performed fish assessments of restored marsh areas around San...

Fish in the Bay – May 2025, Extra Baby Fish Month

Extra Baby Fish Month!  It happened again.  Every once in a while, we see a bigger goby baby boom in...

“Take Me Out for a Trawl Day” – In the Shadow of the Gantry

The WRMP trawl team celebrates a smooth day on the water at Alviso Marsh with some fine tunes & marshified...

Fish in the Bay – May 2025, WRMP Eden Landing Survey #2

The UC Davis OGFL crew performed their second fish assessment of the Eden Landing Ecological Reserve in early May.  They...

Fish in the Bay – April 2025, Part 2. Corbula Attack, Gobies, Bottom Fishes, & Tides!

Part 2 of the April report.   1. Corbula Clams. The main stem of Coyote Creek between UCoy2 and Coy1...

Fish in the Bay – April 2025, Traditional Baby Fish Month.

Spring is here – technically it arrived on March 20th.  Returning warmth is slowly awakening the marshes … just in...

Fish in the Bay – April 2025: WRMP – Eden Landing Trawls.

The UC Davis OGFL lab was contracted by the Wetlands Regional Monitoring Program (WRMP) to perform fish monitoring surveys at...

Fish in the Bay – March 2025, Part2. Bottom fishes & bugs

As often happens, there was no room for discussion about bottom fishes and bugs in Part 1 of the March...

Fish in the Bay – March 2025. Baby Fishes & Interesting Oddballs

The Shaduary Shad population explosion ended by early March.  Only a small remnant of stragglers remained in the area.  Unfortunately,...

Fish in the Bay – Special Report: Lower South Bay Broodstock Trawls, Jan-Feb 2025 – Pictures at an Exhibition, A Fish Opera.

This is a third and final report on 2025 Longfin Smelt Broodstock Trawls.  I was not present at most of...

Fish in the Bay – Special Report: Lower South Bay Broodstock Trawls, Jan 2025 – Return to Oz.

Longfin Smelt Broodstock trawls continued over numerous days through January, February, and even into the first weeks of March.  I...

Fish in the Bay – Special Report: Suisun Bay Broodstock Trawls, December 2024.

I accompanied the UC Davis crew on a “Longfin Smelt Broodstock” trawling expedition in north San Francisco Bay in December...

Fish in the Bay – February 2025, Part 2. Bottom Fishes & Bugs in the Valley of the Heart’s Delight.

This is the rest of the February report – Fishes, bugs, plus a few other items that didn’t fit into...

Fish in the Bay – February 2025. Shaduary Continues.

Good news? Or Bad News?  Shad population explosion has spilled over into February.  January counts broke previous records: 533 American...

Fish in the Bay – January 2025 Part 2. Other Bugs & Fishes.

This second part covers additional fishes and bugs that were not included in the January report.   1. Colorful Clupeiforms.  Wintertime...

Fish in the Bay – January 2025. Crappie Shaduary!

January 2025 was a very disappointing month for Longfin Smelt.  Longfin spawning season started well enough.  November and December numbers...