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...
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...
January 2025 was a very disappointing month for Longfin Smelt. Longfin spawning season started well enough. November and December numbers...
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...
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...
A slightly belated report from August trawls. At the time of this report, we were not yet aware of Red...
The first spawning-ready Longfin Smelt of the 2021/22 spawning season have been detected. This typically happens in December, but only...
Happy New Year 2022. I am thinking about 2021 in review, but at the same time, I am still catching...
Trawl map. The results from October trawls were a mix of good and bad news on several levels. Bay-side...
Operation Guadalupe trawl stations. Operation Guadalupe. Continued. For this third and last installment, we surveyed the upstream tidal end of...
Trawl map. We are continuing to experience a very good Anchovy year. The 2021 total is on track to possibly...
Trawl map. November trawls confirmed that winter arrived in Lower South Bay: Total fish counts dropped from over 7,900 in...
Trawl map annotated with Anchovies and Silversides. Anchovy spawning locations are circled in pink. Two major trends continued in October: ...
Trawl map annotated with Anchovies and Silversides. Anchovy spawning locations are circled in pink. Anchovies continue to spawn in September! ...
Trawl map. Bay-side stations trawling results. Upstream of Railroad Bridge. Our July trawling weekend was quite an experience. ...
I did not join the September trawls, so the photo record is a little sparse. It was an interesting month...
March fish report: Atmospheric rivers and freshwater flushing continue to influence critters in the Bay. I am coming to the...
