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Originally Posted by MathGeek

The fish don't disappear because there isn't bait flowing in from the weirs, they just redistribute themselves to find the available forage. Sure, closing the weirs may reduce the available food by 10-20%, but there are plenty of mullet, pinfish, and croaker in the lake.

Do you really think the trout disappear when the shrimp population declines? But different forage requires different fishing approaches. The fish are all still there, either in the lake or in the near shore Gulf, you just have to figure out how to catch them.

Stop blaming the government for your inability to find the trout, and start praying for rain if you want the weirs open more days out of the year. There were plenty of trout in May and June, and they were growing fast, well fed, and healthy. If the food has slowed since July, they should be easy to catch (since they are hungrier) once you find them.

Makes sense to me.