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Have Trout Left Oil Scene?
By Steve Wright, OutdoorChannel.com
VENICE, La. — As fantastic as redfishing continues to be in southern Louisiana, prospects for catching speckled trout have just as stunningly diminished. If any fisheries biologists know why, they aren't saying.
"I have not seen one speckled trout on a spawning bed since the (BP Deepwater Horizon) oil spill," said Ryan Lambert, who owns Cajun Fishing Adventures.
"Since the oil spill, our trout are gone," said Mike Frenette, who owns Venice's Redfish Lodge. "When I tell you they're gone, they're gone.
"I used to could go and catch five- to seven-pound speckled trout religiously. This year I haven't caught a...