Everyone needs to look at this

[Speckmeister]

"Big lake used to be fresh water back before the days of the ship channel"

Yahh, when I was a youngster I used to fish at Holly Beach and Constance Beach. The trout fishing eventually moved into the jetties once saltwater invaded, and we followed the fish there. Later on as the saltwater went into the areas beyond the ship channel . . . then we began fishing the lake. I went to a boarding school and college later in the 60s-70s, and when I returned Big Lake was a haven for trout.

Now we have fine trout and reds all the way upwards to Prien Lake and Lake Charles in the fall.

But then again, I don't want to go back to the Holly Beach "good old days". If this happens as the plan spells out - - - there will be much pain and anguish although the experts will say that's the only way we can restore our coast.