I do believe bait numbers are down some due to the two bad year classes but not as drastic as the trawls show. When the trawls changed from 10 minute to 5 minute trawls, I believe you can not compare that data anymore. Once it changed to 5 minute trawls, you should only compare data to 5 minute trawl data IMO. We did see a good amount of bait all over this summer. I can remember in the 90's and it was a miracle to see a bait cloud on a trip. If you did, the bait ball was covered with fish on the graph. We saw huge bait clouds and marked nothing on them at times this summer.