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...
As of March, we were still experiencing a welcome extended rainy spring. In theory, the additional rainwater flushing should be...
This is part two of the February blog. The February flush and the resulting salinity drop scattered most of our...
February trawls were conducted on 10 and 11 February just after two atmospheric rivers dumped a good amount of rain. ...
Part 2 of the January 2024 report: 1. Green water & some reddish fish in Artesian Slough. Clear green water...
Our first trawls of the new year were fairly spectacular for a mid-January: 731 Longfin Smelt. – This month alone...
This is a pelagic fish holiday special. Longfin Smelt and Pacific Herring have arrived in preparation for mid-winter spawning. Young...
We caught 36 Bat Rays in November. It was unexpected to see so many this late in the year. With...
Sami and Janai loading the net on Saturday morning. For this second part of the November report, Janai gave us...
Winter fishes arrive as weather cools. This creates a complicated picture in November. Many summertime fishes linger as Longfins, Herring,...
This report covers additional observations from October. Musculista senhousia, aka “Asian Date Mussels,” or Arcuatula senhousia, have been showing up...
Several October spoilers were given in the previous post. Much more remains to be reported. We will only cover a...
A belated September fish report: I missed September trawls, but Sami, Niko, and Janai sent me some photos. I got...
The big story for August is that another 464 baby Starries were caught. When added to all the Starries caught...
In August, the fish populations finally transitioned to a more typical summertime assemblage of Anchovies and Gobies. However, a...
Summer is when the marsh turns greenest. I have not blogged enough about plants. 1. Oasis & Bass Sanctuary at...
More baby fishes showed up in June! This included 60 baby Longfin Smelt and 178 baby Starry Flounder which is...
More baby fish showed up in May. For want of a better term, this was an “Extra Baby Fish Month.”...
April is “Traditional Baby Fish Month.” The tradition is fairly new in Lower South San Francisco Bay. New for us,...
Cold rain continued to fall as Atmospheric Rivers blew in from the ocean throughout January and February, and even through...
Part 2 of the January report covers all the other interesting fishes and bugs. Seven atmospheric river storms that swept...
Heavy cold rain drenched us on January 14th and 15th. We were under at least the sixth Atmospheric River that...
We trawled in cold and intermittent rain on December 10th and 11th. This seasonal weather change is a very good...
What caused H. akashiwo to bloom into a red tide frenzy in San Francisco Bay last summer? Another bloom like...
The disastrous San Francisco Bay Red Tide of August 2022 is now fading into memory. The most crushing long-lasting effect...
In response to concerns about fish kills from the July-September Red Tides in Central and South San Francisco Bay, I...
This is a follow-up post regarding Harmful Algal Blooms (HABs) and the recent H. akashiwo red tide in San Francisco...
A slightly belated report from August trawls. At the time of this report, we were not yet aware of Red...
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