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Fish in the Bay – July Aug 2025, Bair Island = Mystery Island.

Bair Island, a restored marshland off the shores of Redwood City and San Carlos, is the latest new area we...

Fish in the Bay – June 2025, Return to Lower South Bay (LSB).

After several visits to San Pablo Bay in the north, we returned to Lower South Bay marshes in early June. ...

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 – 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...

September 2024 Part 2: Goby Faces, Halibut Eyes, Clupeiform Colors, etc.

September report continued … 1. Gobies & Sculpin. Something odd is happening in Goby World.  All numbers were down compared...

Fish in the Bay – July 2024, Part 2. Anchovy Colors & Spawning Behavior.

This second part of the July report covers some additional random items. Spawning Anchovy sex ratio Water Color Update for...

Fish in the Bay – November 2023, Part 2 – Micro World.

Sami and Janai loading the net on Saturday morning. For this second part of the November report, Janai gave us...