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-Feb 2025 – Pictures at an Exhibition, A Fish Opera.
This is a third and final report on 2025 Longfin Smelt Broodstock Trawls. I was not present at most of...
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...
Fish in the Bay – February 2025. Shaduary Continues.
Good news? Or Bad News? Shad population explosion has spilled over into February. January counts broke previous records: 533 American...
Fish in the Bay – January 2025. Crappie Shaduary!
January 2025 was a very disappointing month for Longfin Smelt. Longfin spawning season started well enough. November and December numbers...
Fish in the Bay – Merry Fishmas, 2024!
Merry Fishmas everyone! I fell horribly behind in my fish reporting, so I am combining Fishmas with the November blog. ...
Fish in the Bay – October 2024, Hot October – Invasions Continue.
October was a hot weekend. Air temperature was beastly. Water temperatures in October were close to 2 degrees C warmer...
Fish in the Bay – March 2024, Spring Flush Continues.
As of March, we were still experiencing a welcome extended rainy spring. In theory, the additional rainwater flushing should be...
Fish in the Bay – February 2024, Part2. Freshwater Flush, continued.
This is part two of the February blog. The February flush and the resulting salinity drop scattered most of our...
Fish in the Bay – January 2024, Part 2 – A January food chain.
Part 2 of the January 2024 report: 1. Green water & some reddish fish in Artesian Slough. Clear green water...
Fish in the Bay – December 2023 – Merry Fishmas!
This is a pelagic fish holiday special. Longfin Smelt and Pacific Herring have arrived in preparation for mid-winter spawning. Young...
Fish in the Bay – November 2023, Cool season.
Winter fishes arrive as weather cools. This creates a complicated picture in November. Many summertime fishes linger as Longfins, Herring,...
Fish in the Bay – April 2023, Traditional Baby Fish Month
April is “Traditional Baby Fish Month.” The tradition is fairly new in Lower South San Francisco Bay. New for us,...
Fish in the Bay – December 2022 – Rain & Brown Water
We trawled in cold and intermittent rain on December 10th and 11th. This seasonal weather change is a very good...
Fish in the Bay – Special Report: Understanding H. akashiwo & the Red Tide. What Does This Strange Organism Want?
What caused H. akashiwo to bloom into a red tide frenzy in San Francisco Bay last summer? Another bloom like...
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 – September 2022, Red Tide Emergency Trawls.
As we are all now aware, single-celled phytoplankton called “Heterosigma akashiwo” bloomed into a dark reddish-brown stain across much of...
Fish in the Bay – August 2022, RED TIDE ALERT!
Folks, the Red Tide continues to sweep across portions of North and Central San Francisco Bay. Areas affected by dark...
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 – May 2022: Big Baby Fish Month!
As reported last month, the early April trawls captured “Traditional Baby Fish Month.” But with only 721 babies, it was...
Fish in the Bay – April 2022, Part 1: Traditional Baby Fish Month?
Long-time readers will know that April is “Baby Fish Month” in Lower South SF Bay. Larvae of gobies and a...
Fish in the Bay – March 2022: A Crazy & mixed up month!
March was an unusual month that we still have not completely figured out. We are in the start of a...
Fish in the Bay – February 2022: Another Record Catch.
February was another great month if you like small pelagic bait fishes. … And, who doesn’t? The February Longfin Smelt...
Fish in the Bay – January 2022: Anchovies and Longfins, yes! But, no Crangon brooding.
Good News! Our streak of phenomenal finfish production continues. This time last year, we were marveling over the uncharacteristic boost...
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...
Fish in the Bay – April 2021: More baby fish.
Trawl map. April is “Baby Fish Month.” We caught almost 1,900 unidentifiable baby fish. Most of these tiny babies were...
Fish in the Bay – March 2021: La Nina Baby Fish Bomb.
Trawl map. We caught a lot of baby fish in March; more shrimp than normal as well. The Pacific Ocean...
Fish in the Bay – January 2020: The Longfin Chronicles, Part 3.
Longfin trawl results from January 2nd & 3rd. Operation “Save Our Smelt” 2020/21, week three. By this point, over 100...
Fish in the Bay – December 2020: The Longfin Chronicles, part 1.
Longfin trawl results from December 20th. Operation “Save Our Smelt” 2020/21 has begun. This is the third year that researchers have...
Fish in the Bay – December 2020: Anchovy Rebound & Blue Fish.
Trawl map. A Longfin Smelt “Alert” was posted earlier concerning egg-bearing Longfins we caught in December. This post addresses all...
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