Monday, November 26, 2018Wednesday, November 21, 2018

Clips and Codes: How Many Central Valley Salmon Come from Hatcheries?

Every year, hundreds of thousands of adult Chinook salmon race upstream to their spawning grounds in the tributaries and mainstems of the Sacramento and San Joaquin rivers. Read More…

Friday, November 9, 2018Thursday, November 8, 2018

Photo Friday: Measuring Up

We don't often install a fish trap on the Stanislaus weir, but when we do it's a great chance to get a close-up look at some migrating Read More…

Wednesday, October 3, 2018Friday, September 28, 2018

Preparing for the Spectacle of Spawning

The end of a quiet and restful summer quickly becomes a hustle and bustle at our FISHBIO shop in Oakdale during the fall season. Not only is Read More…

Wednesday, January 17, 2018Tuesday, January 16, 2018

Kokanee Carcass Concludes a Season of Oddballs

We’ve had four out of five Pacific salmon species visit us on the Stanislaus River in the last few months during a rather remarkable monitoring season. In Read More…

Wednesday, January 10, 2018Thursday, January 11, 2018

Southern humpy

It’s been a season for unexpected salmon sightings in the San Joaquin Basin. We recently reported on the chum salmon we spotted migrating up the Tuolumne River. Read More…

Friday, May 26, 2017Friday, May 26, 2017

Photo Friday: Bit of a Jam

The high flows coming out of New Melones reservoir in recent weeks have transformed the Stanislaus River in ways not seen since the start of the drought. Read More…

Wednesday, March 15, 2017Tuesday, March 7, 2017

Bridge to the Past

Knights Ferry is small community 11 miles east of Oakdale that, like the many foothill towns in California, grew out of a need to support the population Read More…

Monday, January 23, 2017Monday, January 23, 2017

Learning from Carcasses and Final Fish Counts

What can you learn from a dead fish? Surprisingly, a lot. Dead salmon are a common sight this time of year, as adult fall-run Chinook salmon perish Read More…

Tuesday, January 17, 2017Tuesday, January 17, 2017

Fall pulse flows prompt limited response from salmon – New Publication

It’s no secret that salmon need water, but just how much water brings them the most benefit and when is often a subject of debate. A new Read More…

Monday, August 15, 2016Monday, August 15, 2016

Rainbow Trout Hit Hard by Hot Water

The Stanislaus River is home to one of the largest populations of rainbow trout in California’s Central Valley, but a new report shows the fish have suffered Read More…