From what I've seen, the Canal run is in tough shape. Other than the first scouts I saw a week ago, it's been very sparse, at least during the day. One guy on FFSW says he's seeing tons of them coming thru at night and thinks they've adapted to avoid daylight predation from birds. I hope he's right, because without a good strong run, the bass won't stick around very long.
There are very few dead ones along the bottom, and that also isn't cause for hope--unless the gulls and herons are picking them as fast as they die.