Quax,
No, I haven't been down that far south in over 27 years. I stay up north. Point is, they don't have to pull gates on Government, or Upper Vallier, or Bear Bayou, or T Island to drain LVallier. The levee's and gates are there to control each separately, when they want to. I do know that I'm going to have a hard time understanding why my favorite area to hunt is dry, if, due to neglect (for whatever reason) Game and Fish has allowed it to be so. If they're having a hard time keeping the levees intact, then fine boats for jumping them.