I don't think there's any real 'fix' for not planting trout. You just have to think about it logically. There's a big population of 4 to 13lb bass at Margarita that have become big in large part because of the trout plants.

Now there are no more trout plants. The bass aren't going to just die, but they are going to be a lot hungrier. 1-2 years from now you'll start to see big framed fish that don't have the classic Santa Margarita football look to them. Fishing may still be pretty good, but people will be disappointed to find that they are catching 5 pounders that should be 7 or 8 pounders.

Hopefully some additional compromises are worked out, or the EIRs are completed to get to the point where they plant trout again in the lake. I've said before and will say again that I think the Center for Biological diversity is misguided in advocating the stopping of trout plants at lakes like Santa Margarita - because all of the bass, herons, ospreys, and cormorants that have relied on trout as their food source in the past will now be switching over to anything else they can.

Anything else certainly includes red-legged frogs - one of the main species they are trying to protect. To me this is common sense. Others may disagree. Those that disagree should spend more time outdoors checking out reality!