Help with steelhead research on the Guadalupe River

Guys

Ok, some of you probably know me.  Been a while since I've been active on the cite.  I've been part of NCKA from just about the very beginning, but my research has kinda dominated any of my fishing time.  I have some research projects in South San Francisco Bay that I could use some volunteers for .  I have posted in the past on this and then dropped the ball.  One project I have coming up in the next month is monitoring steelhead in the Guadalupe River in and around downtown San Jose....yes there a juvenile steelhead, believe it or not.  We will be doing a variety of things including back-pack e-fishing, checking a trap for fish and doing routine maintenance on an antenna that can read tags, like the microchips we put in our pets.  The antennas would need to be checked daily and batteries changed out.  This will be some interesting work and hopefully fun.  If your interested in volunteering, send me an e-mail [email protected].

Another thing I could use your help with is lodging and storage of me and a couple of my staff.  The project will be starting at the end of the month, and we would need to be in South Bay almost daily.  The project is sorely underfunded and so we don't have funds to cover motel costs.  Anyone in the San Jose area that could put us up, or has any kind of storage space, and RV or what not, that would be super appreciated.  There will be some fishing opportunities associated with the estuary portion of the research.  We will be monitoring Alviso Slough in conjunction with the Steelhead project and also doing a study on Leopard Sharks.  Hook and line has turned out to be the best way to sample the sharks so I could use some anglers.  We will be tagging the sharks as well, so you can't eat them.  So if you have a place for use, a garage space to store some field gear or would like to volunteer let me know.  Later in the summer Chuck-E and I may organize a shark derby to catch tagged fish, so stay tuned. 

Thanks guys,

Jim

Please keep my name around for the shark related stuff.

~Bill

What is the time frame for the field research?

Wish I could help put up your staff but I'm a family of 4 + 2 dogs crammed into 2/1 700 sq/ft cell.  Plenty of people here in the south bay though.  Hopefully some can help out.

I've seen adult steelhead in the Guadalupe. And have a few articles about chinook using the river (originally posted in the SJ Merc).
Sounds like a cool project, Jim. Will you post your findings here once complete? Because I'd definitely be interested in learning more.

I used to follow the Guadalupe Chinook stories when I lived in SJ in the early 90's.  Incredible to think of the challenges of an urban king!

Cool stuff - wish I was closer. 

Nice to see you, Hobbs.   

Hey Jim. I'd be interested in helping you out. Sounds fun. I'm 3 miles from
Alviso but have a small condo with very limited parking. Will this be a weekend thing or a weekday ? I'm avail
Weekends. I can host 1-2 people and you can park at my nearby office. Which has security. And I can shuttle you since there is no parking here where I live.