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 – 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 – 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...
September 2024 Part 2: Goby Faces, Halibut Eyes, Clupeiform Colors, etc.
September report continued … 1. Gobies & Sculpin. Something odd is happening in Goby World. All numbers were down compared...
Fish in the Bay – July 2024, El Nino Summer Doldrums.
I suppose we could call this the “slow summer” or maybe the “warm summer.” Fish counts remain low compared to...
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 – 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 – 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 – 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 – 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 – August 2022, RED TIDE ALERT!
Folks, the Red Tide continues to sweep across portions of North and Central San Francisco Bay. Areas affected by dark...
Fish in the Bay – Special Report: Green Water, 6-7 Aug 2022.
This is a Fish in the Bay special report to document observations of water color in Lower South San Francisco...
Fish in the Bay – July 2022, Palaemon Shrimp take over.
Record-breaking Palaemon Shrimp month: almost 13,000 were caught in July. The previous record monthly catch was in November 2021 when...
Fish in the Bay – June 2022, Record Anchovies and Gobies!
The fishes are now solidly in their summertime regime: Anchovies, Gobies, baby Sharks, and Bat Rays. Cool water fishes have...
Fish in the Bay – May 2022: Big Baby Fish Month!
As reported last month, the early April trawls captured “Traditional Baby Fish Month.” But with only 721 babies, it was...
Fish in the Bay – April 2022, Part 1: Traditional Baby Fish Month?
Long-time readers will know that April is “Baby Fish Month” in Lower South SF Bay. Larvae of gobies and a...
Fish in the Bay – February/March 2022 Supplemental Report: Gobies, Shrimp, etc.
SF Bay fishes are very active in winter through spring. Charismatic pelagic fishes like Longfin Smelt, Anchovies, Herring, Topsmelt, and...
Fish in the Bay – July 2021: Anchovy & Goby Season – Crangon Disappeared!
Trawl map. Good News! The summer 2021 Anchovy spawn continues. And, we found more bryozoan reef and two new interesting...
Fish in the Bay – June 2021: Summer Fishes.
Trawl map. June Trawls. The summertime Anchovy spawn commenced in June: see previous Anchovy Alert blog post – http://www.ogfishlab.com/2021/06/05/fish-in-the-bay-june-2021-anchovy-alert-spawning-anchovies-have-returned-to-lower-south-san-francisco-bay/. This...
Fish in the Bay – May 2021: Finishing off the La Nina spring.
Trawl map. May Trawls. May is typically a low-fish transition month between “Baby Fish Month” of April and summertime Anchovies. ...
Fish in the Bay – April 2021: More baby fish.
Trawl map. April is “Baby Fish Month.” We caught almost 1,900 unidentifiable baby fish. Most of these tiny babies were...
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