Crabbing in Lake Ponchartrain

Not sure how true this is but I have heard since the MRGO was closed the crabbing in the lake has gone down hill. The flow in and out of the lake has changed and the major migration route has been blocked. Salinity in the lake is also lower than in past years. This is info from people who fish the lake. No link.

When I was a kid (late 1950's) we shrimped along the steps on the lakefront in the summer. We kept the freezer full of shrimp. Used to be lots of crabs and fish. And there was thick eel grass all along the south shore from the NewOrleans airport to the trestles. We used to go at night for soft sell crabs and all the camps had the large floating cages used to hold crabs until they became busters. I used to drag my minnow net through the eel grass and catch hundreds of pipe fish for my aquarium. That was all pre-MRGO. Things might get better with the lake becoming more brackish.