some of the fisherman but as a result of this stuff, one-third of the lake is now shut down to fishing so he is worrying about his own job. knew there are tar balls in the lake, how may that affect your job somewhere. >> can't get live bait in. so that's pretty much where we make our money from is live bait. >> reporter: because they shut down the commercial fishing? >> from the highway and bridge back to lake born and back through hopedale and out into the gulf pretty much is all shut down. >> reporter: but then there are also people, tony, who aren't necessarily as alarmed. jarrett's father said, yes, this is a huge deal, but at the same time, look, oil is big business down here along the gulf coast. here is jeff cochran. >> yeah, they're around. hopefully they'll eventually degrade over time. they don't seem to be that bad.