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...
The Shaduary Shad population explosion ended by early March. Only a small remnant of stragglers remained in the area. Unfortunately,...
This is a third and final report on 2025 Longfin Smelt Broodstock Trawls. I was not present at most of...
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...
Happy New Year! This post mainly focuses on the latest return migration of spawning Longfin Smelt – a now an...
Merry Fishmas everyone! I fell horribly behind in my fish reporting, so I am combining Fishmas with the November blog. ...
A belated September report … The overall raw fish count increased, but this was not good news. Almost 50% of...
This is a special report to consolidate recent observations and discoveries regarding light refracting-properties we see so often in Clupeiform...
This second part of the July report covers some additional random items. Spawning Anchovy sex ratio Water Color Update for...
This is part two of the April report. Part one covered “Baby Fish Month” which mainly pertains to the April...
As of March, we were still experiencing a welcome extended rainy spring. In theory, the additional rainwater flushing should be...
Part 2 of the January 2024 report: 1. Green water & some reddish fish in Artesian Slough. Clear green water...
This is a pelagic fish holiday special. Longfin Smelt and Pacific Herring have arrived in preparation for mid-winter spawning. Young...
This report covers additional observations from October. Musculista senhousia, aka “Asian Date Mussels,” or Arcuatula senhousia, have been showing up...
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...
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.”...
Cold rain continued to fall as Atmospheric Rivers blew in from the ocean throughout January and February, and even through...
The disastrous San Francisco Bay Red Tide of August 2022 is now fading into memory. The most crushing long-lasting effect...
A slightly belated report from August trawls. At the time of this report, we were not yet aware of Red...
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