Fish in the Bay – April 2025, Part 2. Corbula Attack, Gobies, Bottom Fishes, & Tides!
Part 2 of the April report. 1. Corbula Clams. The main stem of Coyote Creek between UCoy2 and Coy1...
Part 2 of the April report. 1. Corbula Clams. The main stem of Coyote Creek between UCoy2 and Coy1...
This is a third and final report on 2025 Longfin Smelt Broodstock Trawls. I was not present at most of...
Longfin Smelt Broodstock trawls continued over numerous days through January, February, and even into the first weeks of March. I...
Good news? Or Bad News? Shad population explosion has spilled over into February. January counts broke previous records: 533 American...
January 2025 was a very disappointing month for Longfin Smelt. Longfin spawning season started well enough. November and December numbers...
Merry Fishmas everyone! I fell horribly behind in my fish reporting, so I am combining Fishmas with the November blog. ...
October was a hot weekend. Air temperature was beastly. Water temperatures in October were close to 2 degrees C warmer...
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...
Part 2 of the January 2024 report: 1. Green water & some reddish fish in Artesian Slough. Clear green water...
Winter fishes arrive as weather cools. This creates a complicated picture in November. Many summertime fishes linger as Longfins, Herring,...
April is “Traditional Baby Fish Month.” The tradition is fairly new in Lower South San Francisco Bay. New for us,...
We trawled in cold and intermittent rain on December 10th and 11th. This seasonal weather change is a very good...
The disastrous San Francisco Bay Red Tide of August 2022 is now fading into memory. The most crushing long-lasting effect...
As we are all now aware, single-celled phytoplankton called “Heterosigma akashiwo” bloomed into a dark reddish-brown stain across much of...
These are additional notes from the May trawls. As always, there are so many critters to discuss and so little...
As reported last month, the early April trawls captured “Traditional Baby Fish Month.” But with only 721 babies, it was...
Long-time readers will know that April is “Baby Fish Month” in Lower South SF Bay. Larvae of gobies and a...
March was an unusual month that we still have not completely figured out. We are in the start of a...
February was another great month if you like small pelagic bait fishes. … And, who doesn’t? The February Longfin Smelt...
Good News! Our streak of phenomenal finfish production continues. This time last year, we were marveling over the uncharacteristic boost...
Happy New Year 2022. I am thinking about 2021 in review, but at the same time, I am still catching...
Trawl map. April is “Baby Fish Month.” We caught almost 1,900 unidentifiable baby fish. Most of these tiny babies were...
Trawl map. We caught a lot of baby fish in March; more shrimp than normal as well. The Pacific Ocean...
Longfin trawl results from December 20th. Operation “Save Our Smelt” 2020/21 has begun. This is the third year that researchers have...
Trawl map. A Longfin Smelt “Alert” was posted earlier concerning egg-bearing Longfins we caught in December. This post addresses all...
Trawl map annotated with Anchovies and Silversides. Anchovy spawning locations are circled in pink. Anchovies continue to spawn in September! ...
This is part 2 from our latest trawling weekend, 5 & 6 October. See previous post for datasheets. Bay Study. ...
Hi everyone. The UC Davis/Hobbs Lab team was back again for March otter trawls in Lower South Bay this past...
