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...
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 – Special Report: Lower South Bay Broodstock Trawls, Jan 2025 – Return to Oz.
Longfin Smelt Broodstock trawls continued over numerous days through January, February, and even into the first weeks of March. I...
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 – 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 – 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...
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 – 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 – 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 – 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 – December 2022 – Rain & Brown Water
We trawled in cold and intermittent rain on December 10th and 11th. This seasonal weather change is a very good...
Fish in the Bay – May 2022, Part 2: Leopard Shark Baby Boom.
These are additional notes from the May trawls. As always, there are so many critters to discuss and so little...
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 – March 2022: A Crazy & mixed up month!
March was an unusual month that we still have not completely figured out. We are in the start of a...
Fish in the Bay – February 2022: Another Record Catch.
February was another great month if you like small pelagic bait fishes. … And, who doesn’t? The February Longfin Smelt...
Fish in the Bay – December 2021: End of the first Dry La Nina Year.
2021 was a very good year in Lower South SF Bay (LSB) – for most fishes. Many records were broken,...
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...
Fish in the Bay – March 2021: La Nina Baby Fish Bomb.
Trawl map. We caught a lot of baby fish in March; more shrimp than normal as well. The Pacific Ocean...
Fish in the Bay – February 2021: Tales from the Coral Reef and the Spawning Ground.
Trawl map. Good news, a new season of spawning fish arrived! Read on. Bay-side stations trawling results. Rare, odd-ball...
Fish in the Bay – January 2021, Part 2: La Nina Skies; shrimp, parasites, and more.
Sunrise near station Coy4 on January 30th, 2021 I had some odds-and-ends left to report from the January trawls. Beautiful...
Fish in the Bay – December 2020: The Longfin Chronicles, Part 2.
Longfin trawl results from December 27th& 28th. Longfin Smelt Broodstock Collection. Operation “Save Our Smelt” 2020/21 continued through the last...
Fish in the Bay – March 2020: Spring Spawns – Part 1
I am social-isolating and self-sheltering to maximum extent possible. Yet another naturally-mutated virus popped up and potentially threatens to mow...
Fish in the Bay – February 2020: Comb Jelly Explosion!
No rain = fewer fish! An unseasonable winter dry spell continues. Lower South Bay continues to get saltier. Based on...
Fish in the Bay – January 2020: Part 2, More Winter Bugs & Fishes.
Full Moon and perihelion. As mentioned in Part 1, we were experiencing the second or third highest-high tide of the...
Fish in the Bay – December 2019: Part 1, Rains bring Mysids and other critters.
December trawls: Jon Kuntz was on lines and net duty. Happy New Year! I am catching up on December reporting. ...
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