Fishermen Fear Crawfish at Risk With Morganza Spillway Opening

By Paris Flannigan, WBRZ-TV 2, Baton Rouge

With the Morganza Spillway scheduled to open this weekend, local fishermen are worried about the effects it may have on trapping crawfish. Mitch Collier catches between thirty to forty sacks of crawfish during a normal season, but this year is a little different. "Usually this time of year, last year, the crawfish were running good but now they are not doing nothing," Collier said.