Todd, I agree with you totally. There is no one "right" way but rather, we are developing many different management options. Most of our thinking is based on raising big LMB. In this case, the most important requirement is a good forage base.
Not everyone wants to raise big LMB or other species. Many people just want a place to go on the weekend, fish and maybe eat a few. Now we have a totally different situation.
Single species of predators now become a very realistic option. The upside is that this is a very simple form of management that is hard to get wrong. The downside of this option is that the amount of fish a lake can support with just one species of predator is limited. However, that might not matter. Adding a feeder increases the amount of fish that can be raised in a lake. Species that might fit into this type of management are CC, HSB, trout, LMB and SMB.
