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With the start of the new year, another cycle begins anew that is eagerly awaited by sport anglers. Forming a vital food base like our anchovies, herring migrate into the bay. First they come in small unpredictable spurts, but once the buildup gets too big for the dam to hold back, huge schools of these […]

I can’t think of a better way to end the season and begin the holiday festivities by sitting down with family and friends and having a hot steaming plate of freshly boiled Dungeness crab.
Indigenous to the San Francisco coastline and bay, this crusty bottom curmudgeon prefers a sandy floor plan from just outside the surf […]

Do you feel like you’re ready to go into deep hibernation after indulging on too many holiday sweets? Most of us fit into that category and once you get into the couch potato mode its hard to get motivated for anything. But for those interested in losing calories, and reinvigorating the soul, I can’t think […]

Having a solid foundation and proper footwork are essential in many sports and without it an individual cannot execute the task properly. Whether swinging on a moving target with a shotgun, or putting the fly on a distant target, without firm footwork it cannot be done, and the same holds true when you have to […]

Just as seasonal rains rejuvenate the land sparking new growth and thus benefiting local wildlife, heavy rains and flooding jumpstarts life on San Pablo Bay. Besides flushing the bay clean the additional push of freshwater acts as a huge conveyor belt and hitching on for a free ride is the ancient white sturgeon. If the […]