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...
Longfin Smelt Broodstock trawls continued over numerous days through January, February, and even into the first weeks of March. I...
This is the rest of the February report – Fishes, bugs, plus a few other items that didn’t fit into...
Winter fishes arrive as weather cools. This creates a complicated picture in November. Many summertime fishes linger as Longfins, Herring,...
Part 2 of the January report covers all the other interesting fishes and bugs. Seven atmospheric river storms that swept...
We trawled in cold and intermittent rain on December 10th and 11th. This seasonal weather change is a very good...
March was an unusual month that we still have not completely figured out. We are in the start of a...
February was another great month if you like small pelagic bait fishes. … And, who doesn’t? The February Longfin Smelt...
Happy New Year 2022. I am thinking about 2021 in review, but at the same time, I am still catching...
Trawl map. Good news, a new season of spawning fish arrived! Read on. Bay-side stations trawling results. Rare, odd-ball...
Sunrise near station Coy4 on January 30th, 2021 I had some odds-and-ends left to report from the January trawls. Beautiful...
Longfin trawl results from December 27th& 28th. Longfin Smelt Broodstock Collection. Operation “Save Our Smelt” 2020/21 continued through the last...
No rain = fewer fish! An unseasonable winter dry spell continues. Lower South Bay continues to get saltier. Based on...
Full Moon and perihelion. As mentioned in Part 1, we were experiencing the second or third highest-high tide of the...
I joined the UC Davis / Hobbs Lab for a regular set of Otter Trawls on May 5th. Last week’s...
March fish report: Atmospheric rivers and freshwater flushing continue to influence critters in the Bay. I am coming to the...
