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Fish in the Bay – 10-11 March 2018 UC Davis Trawls – English Sole & Herring are back!

I went out with the UC Davis / Jim Hobbs fish researchers on March 10th.  This is my belated report. ...

Fish in the Bay – 17-18 February 2018 UC Davis Trawls – A Blustery Day.

Hello everyone.  I am now a retired guy, and this is my first fish email from the retired side.  Family...

Fish in the Bay – 10 February 2018 UC Davis – Larval Smelt Survey, in search of Longfin Spawn.

Today, I joined Jim Hobbs for one of his Larval Smelt Surveys. This is a different kind of survey commissioned...

Fish in the Bay – 14 January 2018 UC Davis Trawl – Longfin Smelt WITH EGGS!

Happy belated New Year! … The UC Davis / Hobbs crew surveyed Alviso area sloughs and marshes on 13 &...

Fish in the Bay – 2 December 2017 UC Davis Trawl – Part 1: King Tide Weekend; The Fish

Hi Folks.  UC Davis fish researchers returned to trawl the first weekend of December.  I joined them on the Saturday...

Fish in the Bay – by James Ervin

Fish in the Bay – by James Ervin

19 November UC Davis Trawl – Part 1: May the Flush be with us.  Hello everyone.  I spent nice sunny,...

Fish in the Bay – 2 September 2017 UC Davis trawl – American Shad & Bat Rays

A fishing update:  I went with the Hobbs crew on the deeper water Bay side on 2 September.  It is...

Fish in the Bay – 6 August 2017 UC Davis trawl – A good year for Starry Flounder

A short August update.  I rode with the UC Davis crew on 6 August on the Artesian/Upper Coyote Creek side....

Fish in the Bay UPDATE — Green water & the proper trawling invocation

RE: Fish in the Bay – 9 July 2017 UC Davis trawl – Green Water & Low DO Folks, Shortly...

Fish in the Bay – 9 July 2017 UC Davis trawl – Green Water & Low DO

A July update on fish trawling…  I was out with Hobbs and the UC Davis crew on 9 July on...

Little Fish in Big Trouble: The Bay Delta’s Longfin Smelt

Little Fish in Big Trouble: The Bay Delta’s Longfin Smelt

Longfin Smelt, is a small pelagic forage “baitfish” that was once one of the most abundant fishes in the San...

Fish in the Bay – 7 May 2017 UC Davis trawl – Sharks can’t tolerate fresh water but lots of other critters like it!

Folks, regarding those sharks …  Shark die-off in San Francisco Bay is trending in the news: http://kron4.com/2017/04/13/troubling-trend-dead-sharks-washing-up-on-bay-area-shorelines/ http://www.sfgate.com/bayarea/article/Hundreds-of-dead-sharks-washing-up-on-Bay-Area-11119620.php http://abcnews.go.com/US/wireStory/hundreds-leopard-sharks-dying-san-francisco-bay-47252080 The...

Fish in the Bay – 9 April 2017 UC Davis Trawl – Longfin Smelt Spawn

I rode again with the UC Davis / Dr. Jim Hobbs fish monitoring survey on Sunday, April 9th.   For...

Fish in the Bay – 6 November 2016 UC Davis trawl – the upstream run

Report from Sunday trawling.  UC Davis Sunday trawls motor through waters east of the railroad bridge. Fresher water fish and...

Fish in the Bay – 1 October 2016 UC Davis trawl – Sharks!

I joined UC Davis / Dr. Jim Hobbs fish monitoring survey on October 1st for the Saturday run.  As explained...

Fish in the Bay – 7 August 2016 UC Davis trawl – Stickleback are up. Staghorns are down.

Hello again folks, I don’t normally go out fishing with the UC Davis / Jim Hobbs crew so frequently, but...

A New Haven for the Leopard Shark

A New Haven for the Leopard Shark

by Alessandra Bergamin on April 17, 2014 It is early morning at Eden Landing Ecological Reserve and in a pond designated as E9 by the managers of the South Bay Salt Pond Restoration Project, the water is cold and still. A leopard shark, around three feet long with distinct black and brown bands and spots mottled across a steel-gray body, rests on the pond’s silty floor. There is no real agenda for the day except, of course, to eat, but for one of the largest predators in the San Francisco Bay that shouldn’t be too much of a challenge. So the shark can afford to wait for the water to warm and the tide to come in before it starts its day.

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