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. ...
After several visits to San Pablo Bay in the north, we returned to Lower South Bay marshes in early June. ...
This is part 2 of a 4-part San Pablo Bay series. The UC Davis Otolith Geochemistry & Fish Ecology Lab...
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...
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...
This second part covers additional fishes and bugs that were not included in the January report. 1. Colorful Clupeiforms. Wintertime...
October was a hot weekend. Air temperature was beastly. Water temperatures in October were close to 2 degrees C warmer...
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...
Atmospheric rivers and rainwater flushing continued through March. This extended rainy season is a very welcome change after at least...
The fishes are now solidly in their summertime regime: Anchovies, Gobies, baby Sharks, and Bat Rays. Cool water fishes have...
SF Bay fishes are very active in winter through spring. Charismatic pelagic fishes like Longfin Smelt, Anchovies, Herring, Topsmelt, and...
Longfin trawl results from December 20th. Operation “Save Our Smelt” 2020/21 has begun. This is the third year that researchers have...
Trawl map. November trawls confirmed that winter arrived in Lower South Bay: Total fish counts dropped from over 7,900 in...
Hello again. This is a bit of an “odds and ends” clean up post. I was unable to join the...
Trawl map. Full Moon and perihelion. The Moon set at sunrise as we launched on Saturday. The combination of full...
Some additional December observations and 2019 end of year clean up. Fish & Bug Matrix: Six good years of comparable...
Happy Thanksgiving! BE THANKFUL FOR THE RAIN. Cool-season rains were long overdue when we trawled on 9-10 November. The fish...
I joined the UC Davis trawls on both days of this October’s trawling weekend. … Fish are on the move! ...
It was another mixed-up weekend in July owing to extreme summer tides and some rough afternoon weather that preempted trawling...
Hello folks. I joined Jim Hobbs and the UC Davis trawling surveys on Saturday, June 1st. It was a crazy...
I joined the UC Davis / Hobbs Lab for a regular set of Otter Trawls on May 5th. Last week’s...
Happy April! I trawled with the Hobbs team twice this month, so far: Otter trawls conducted on 6 April, and...
March fish report: Atmospheric rivers and freshwater flushing continue to influence critters in the Bay. I am coming to the...