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,...
Fish in the Bay – July 2023, Special Report: Marsh Plants in the restored Garden of Eden.
Summer is when the marsh turns greenest. I have not blogged enough about plants. 1. Oasis & Bass Sanctuary at...
Fish in the Bay – June 2023, Is Summer here yet?
More baby fishes showed up in June! This included 60 baby Longfin Smelt and 178 baby Starry Flounder which is...
Fish in the Bay – May 2023, Extra Baby Fish Month.
More baby fish showed up in May. For want of a better term, this was an “Extra Baby Fish Month.”...
Fish in the Bay – April 2023, Traditional Baby Fish Month
April is “Traditional Baby Fish Month.” The tradition is fairly new in Lower South San Francisco Bay. New for us,...
Fish in the Bay – March 2023, Freshwater Flushing & Spawning Fishes!
Atmospheric rivers and rainwater flushing continued through March. This extended rainy season is a very welcome change after at least...
Fish in the Bay – February 2023, Freshwater Flushing Continues.
Cold rain continued to fall as Atmospheric Rivers blew in from the ocean throughout January and February, and even through...
Fish in the Bay – January 2023, Part 2 – The Rest of the Fishes.
Part 2 of the January report covers all the other interesting fishes and bugs. Seven atmospheric river storms that swept...
Fish in the Bay – January 2023, Part 1 – Atmospheric River Blowout.
Heavy cold rain drenched us on January 14th and 15th. We were under at least the sixth Atmospheric River that...
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