We did our survey last weekend. I am waiting on the report, but we defiantly have a greater then 5 to 1 Redear to LMB ratio. I have graphed my bass fishing data and the survey data. I get a very good correlation between my 2008 fishing data and the 2008 Electrofishing survey. Except the survey sampled the smaller fish that we do not catch.
I think catch data is a good way to keep track of your LMB population and it is a lot cheaper. It is a little work keeping track of everything but in the end I think it is worth it. It was definitely a good experience ridding on the survey boat. But I don't think we will need an additional electrofishing survey for a while.
Here is my 2008 fishing data broken into a 1" distribution. 
Here is the 2008 Electrofishing Survey broken into a 1" distribution 
Here is my 2008 Relative Weight graph. The 2008 fishing data is the black dots and the 2008 Electrofishinging survey is the red dots. 
