re: Louisiana's Specks Five Years Later--a fishing guides take on impact of BP spill

Actually.... the stock assessment that was completed last year by LWF stated the opposite.

Louisiana speckled trout in good shape

With the internet these days, everyone has the ability to voice their concern or displeasure over everything, including their inability to catch speckled trout. Last year was a tough year. The severe winter put a hurt on the traditional "summertime" speckled trout fishing. This caused a huge social media freakout - centered around lowering the trout limits because of BP Oil. Fortunately, our state fisheries biologists use scientific data to establish our size and creel limits. This data shows no issue with the trout population - therefore there is no need to change the limits. I fully believe that you'll see an excellent trout season this year because of the relatively mild winter and lack of pressure from last year.