For the most part, the paper looks good. Let me point out a couple minor errors.

"White crappie would certainly make use of the American Waterweed, as they lay their eggs on aquatic plants." -White crappies are actually substrate nesters with the males guarding the nest. They do not scatter their eggs on vegetation like many other species do, such as the golden shiner. They are like the largemouth bass and warmouth you mentioned.

"Bullhead catfish breed in a similar fashion, requiring aquatic plants." -Bullhead catfish dig out crevice nests, usually under a log or rock and lays their eggs in that crevice.

A couple things I am not so sure about...

"One of the possible reasons for the decline of these fish, besides overfishing, is lack of suitable prey items. A controversial eradication of the lake's shad population in the 90's corresponded (but may or may not have caused) with the decline of these three species." -All three species mentioned, white crappie, bullhead and warmouth are usually not desirable species in a medium sized lake. So their decline may in fact be a good thing.

"A 2008 study by the University of Toronto showed that by releasing larger fish, the amount of fish a lake is able to produce is increased. Not only do larger fish spawn more successfully and in larger broods, but the selective pressure on smaller fish helps the lake to keep producing larger and larger fish." -I am not sure this study pertains to McNeely Lake. I think the biggest issue this lake is facing is heavy pressure on its fish by angling due to its proximity to a large population area. Slot limits are probably the best method to use to allow some fish to reach trophy size but to limit stockpiling of fish just below the legal size limit which often occurs with a simple size limit. Fertilization of the lake should also be undertaken to allow a larger biomass of fish in the lake. Many of the public fishing lakes in my area are fertilized by our Fish and Game agency because of the high fishing pressure our lakes receive because of our proximity to high population areas.

In most public fishing lakes, the addition of numerous forage species other than Lepomis (ie, bluegill, redear sunfish, etc) is not needed. Bass can grow to quality sizes in lakes where shad and other non Lepomis forage species are not present or low in numbers. As is the case with McNeely Lake, the bass feed mostly on bluegill and crayfish.

From reading about the lake, it appears that McNeely Lake has a fairly rocky substrate with some stump fields. If there was a desire to add alternative non-Lepomis species as forage. Based on the limited information I was able to gather about the lake on-line, these would be my recommendation:

Golden Shiner
Spotfin Shiner
Spottail Shiner
Bluntnose minnow
Banded Killifish

These species compete with bluegill and other sunfish species much less(the reason the shad were originally removed from the lake), all are adapted to medium sized lakes with a rocky substrate and can tolerate moderate predation from predatory fish.

Hope this helps...