What would happen if the only thing done was to control the coon-tail?
Just curious as that would be what most people would do without the rest of the management you recommend.
I would hypothesize the bass would go on a feeding frenzy, and the BG supplies would drop quickly to an instability point with a bad predator/prey relationship. Then there would be a lot of hungry bass until they were culled, but a lot more of them would need to be removed than your recommendations above. It would then be a long road to recovery.
