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Fish in the Bay – September 2024. Upstream Invasions.

A belated September report … The overall raw fish count increased, but this was not good news.  Almost 50% of...

Fish in the Bay – July 2024, El Nino Summer Doldrums.

I suppose we could call this the “slow summer” or maybe the “warm summer.”  Fish counts remain low compared to...

Fish in the Bay – October 2023, Part 2: Musculista Explosion, Green Water, & Big Brown Birds.

This report covers additional observations from October. Musculista senhousia, aka “Asian Date Mussels,” or Arcuatula senhousia, have been showing up...

Fish in the Bay – July 2023, Record Starry Year

Record Starry Year!  As reported earlier, the year-to-date Starry count had already exceeded the previous record year as of June,...

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 – November 2022 – Sturgeon Alert!

The disastrous San Francisco Bay Red Tide of August 2022 is now fading into memory.  The most crushing long-lasting effect...

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 – November 2021: Winter Fish Transition.

Happy New Year 2022. I am thinking about 2021 in review, but at the same time, I am still catching...