Fish in the Bay – Other Critters in South SF Bay. July/Aug 2026.
July/August report – All the other critters. This is a follow-up to the “Bad Mollusk” report to cover some of...
July/August report – All the other critters. This is a follow-up to the “Bad Mollusk” report to cover some of...
July/August report – Part1: Corbula Clam disaster in Lower South Bay (LSB). Corbula Clams are found at all locations we...
We returned to Lower South Bay (LSB) for June trawls. This was a relatively relaxed month with only two days...
This is a small summary of our May trawling results in San Francisco Bay: 4 sites in San Pablo Bay...
This is a “North Bay Addendum” to the April 2026 report. With support from the Wetlands Regional Monitoring Program (WRMP),...
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...
After several visits to San Pablo Bay in the north, we returned to Lower South Bay marshes in early June. ...
Extra Baby Fish Month! It happened again. Every once in a while, we see a bigger goby baby boom in...
Part 2 of the April report. 1. Corbula Clams. The main stem of Coyote Creek between UCoy2 and Coy1...
Spring is here – technically it arrived on March 20th. Returning warmth is slowly awakening the marshes … just in...
As often happens, there was no room for discussion about bottom fishes and bugs in Part 1 of the March...
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...
Longfin Smelt Broodstock trawls continued over numerous days through January, February, and even into the first weeks of March. I...
I accompanied the UC Davis crew on a “Longfin Smelt Broodstock” trawling expedition in north San Francisco Bay in December...
This is the rest of the February report – Fishes, bugs, plus a few other items that didn’t fit into...
Good news? Or Bad News? Shad population explosion has spilled over into February. January counts broke previous records: 533 American...
This second part covers additional fishes and bugs that were not included in the January report. 1. Colorful Clupeiforms. Wintertime...
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. ...
October was a hot weekend. Air temperature was beastly. Water temperatures in October were close to 2 degrees C warmer...
September report continued … 1. Gobies & Sculpin. Something odd is happening in Goby World. All numbers were down compared...
A belated September report … The overall raw fish count increased, but this was not good news. Almost 50% of...
Once again, fish totals were low in August. We presume this is the lingering El Nino effect. Hopefully, a flip...
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...
I suppose we could call this the “slow summer” or maybe the “warm summer.” Fish counts remain low compared to...
This is part 2 of the June report. – These are additional observations that couldn’t be squeezed into the initial...