I dont know why or how, but after the spawn is over and summer starts it seems the water gets FULL of shorts. I know it happens here every year. I have always looked at it as a good thing cause that shows me what a bright future I have in the years to come. Catching quality fish can still be done all during the summer but you gotta go find some larger fish instead of staying in the "dink hole" and change your fishing methods some to get bit. I would assume it's the same for your areas too. The original post made me think about what I see so much around here...people fishing the same way every day, in the same waters every day without changing a thing and now grumbling because all they can catch are short fish.