Fish in the Bay – June 2024, Part 2. Gobies, Pipefish, & Bugs.
This is part 2 of the June report. – These are additional observations that couldn’t be squeezed into the initial...
Fish in the Bay – June 2024, El Nino Watch.
El Nino officially ended in May, but effects on fishes linger. Overall fish totals remain low – with one...
Fish in the Bay – May 2024, El Nino?
Relatively few fish overall. May totals were generally not the lowest ever, but these numbers were reminiscent of low fish...
Fish in the Bay – April 2024, Part 2, Every Fish has a Season.
This is part two of the April report. Part one covered “Baby Fish Month” which mainly pertains to the April...
Fish in the Bay – April 2024, Traditional Baby Fish Month.
Once again, it is that time of year: Baby Fish Month! Hundreds to thousands of tiny baby “unidentified” gobies traditionally...
Fish in the Bay – March 2024, Spring Flush Continues.
As of March, we were still experiencing a welcome extended rainy spring. In theory, the additional rainwater flushing should be...
Fish in the Bay – February 2024, Part2. Freshwater Flush, continued.
This is part two of the February blog. The February flush and the resulting salinity drop scattered most of our...
Fish in the Bay – February 2024, Freshwater Flush & a Later Red Tide.
February trawls were conducted on 10 and 11 February just after two atmospheric rivers dumped a good amount of rain. ...
Fish in the Bay – January 2024, Part 2 – A January food chain.
Part 2 of the January 2024 report: 1. Green water & some reddish fish in Artesian Slough. Clear green water...
Fish in the Bay – January 2024 – Longfin New Year!
Our first trawls of the new year were fairly spectacular for a mid-January: 731 Longfin Smelt. – This month alone...
Fish in the Bay – December 2023 – Merry Fishmas!
This is a pelagic fish holiday special. Longfin Smelt and Pacific Herring have arrived in preparation for mid-winter spawning. Young...
Fish in the Bay – November 2023, Part 3 – Bat Rays to the Rescue?
We caught 36 Bat Rays in November. It was unexpected to see so many this late in the year. With...
Fish in the Bay – November 2023, Part 2 – Micro World.
Sami and Janai loading the net on Saturday morning. For this second part of the November report, Janai gave us...
Fish in the Bay – November 2023, Cool season.
Winter fishes arrive as weather cools. This creates a complicated picture in November. Many summertime fishes linger as Longfins, Herring,...
Fish in the Bay – October 2023, Part 2: Musculista Explosion, Green Water, & Big Brown Birds.
This report covers additional observations from October. Musculista senhousia, aka “Asian Date Mussels,” or Arcuatula senhousia, have been showing up...
Fish in the Bay – October 2023, Fall Begins.
Several October spoilers were given in the previous post. Much more remains to be reported. We will only cover a...
Fish in the Bay – September 2023, Summer’s End.
A belated September fish report: I missed September trawls, but Sami, Niko, and Janai sent me some photos. I got...
Fish in the Bay – August 2023, Starry, Starry Summer!
The big story for August is that another 464 baby Starries were caught. When added to all the Starries caught...
Fish in the Bay – August 2023 Highlights: Shimos, Anchovies, & Blackbirds in the Bulrush marsh.
In August, the fish populations finally transitioned to a more typical summertime assemblage of Anchovies and Gobies. However, a...
Fish in the Bay – July 2023, Record Starry Year
Record Starry Year! As reported earlier, the year-to-date Starry count had already exceeded the previous record year as of June,...
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