Fish in the Bay – Marine Heatwave Watch – May 2026.
This is a small summary of our May trawling results in San Francisco Bay: 4 sites in San Pablo Bay...
This is a small summary of our May trawling results in San Francisco Bay: 4 sites in San Pablo Bay...
Once again, it is April. Time for another “Traditional Baby Fish Month.” – Yes, we invented this April tradition and...
March Madness! We are back in Lower South Bay (LSB). Actually, we continue to return to LSB every month, but...
Merry Fishmas! This is a small update from Longfin Smelt Broodstock trawls that the UC Davis crew has been conducting...
As often happens, there was no room for discussion about bottom fishes and bugs in Part 1 of the March...
Longfin Smelt Broodstock trawls continued over numerous days through January, February, and even into the first weeks of March. I...
This is the rest of the February report – Fishes, bugs, plus a few other items that didn’t fit into...
This second part covers additional fishes and bugs that were not included in the January report. 1. Colorful Clupeiforms. Wintertime...
This is part 2 of the June report. – These are additional observations that couldn’t be squeezed into the initial...
Relatively few fish overall. May totals were generally not the lowest ever, but these numbers were reminiscent of low fish...
Once again, it is that time of year: Baby Fish Month! Hundreds to thousands of tiny baby “unidentified” gobies traditionally...
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...
Our first trawls of the new year were fairly spectacular for a mid-January: 731 Longfin Smelt. – This month alone...
Sami and Janai loading the net on Saturday morning. For this second part of the November report, Janai gave us...
This report covers additional observations from October. Musculista senhousia, aka “Asian Date Mussels,” or Arcuatula senhousia, have been showing up...
The big story for August is that another 464 baby Starries were caught. When added to all the Starries caught...
Record Starry Year! As reported earlier, the year-to-date Starry count had already exceeded the previous record year as of June,...
More baby fishes showed up in June! This included 60 baby Longfin Smelt and 178 baby Starry Flounder which is...
April is “Traditional Baby Fish Month.” The tradition is fairly new in Lower South San Francisco Bay. New for us,...
Atmospheric rivers and rainwater flushing continued through March. This extended rainy season is a very welcome change after at least...
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...
We trawled in cold and intermittent rain on December 10th and 11th. This seasonal weather change is a very good...
By Luca Sartori, California State Maritime Academy Class of 2025. https://www.csum.edu/ Editor’s note: Luca is spending his summer internship developing...
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...
SF Bay fishes are very active in winter through spring. Charismatic pelagic fishes like Longfin Smelt, Anchovies, Herring, Topsmelt, and...
Good News! Our streak of phenomenal finfish production continues. This time last year, we were marveling over the uncharacteristic boost...