I wish I could post some of my structure photos but I just can't figure out how. A lot of great ideas in that thread, I may use a few.
You say some ideas are not well though out. What are your ideas?
I'll toss mine out there. And in order.
First, put as much forage cover in as possible. It has close to no downside, and to get the right sized forage in there, a sustained population, you will need it.
Two, start culling out the stunted and emaciated LMB. On a pond/lake like that, you should be able to catch them all day long. Culling the slot bass. Very good story in this month's Pond Boss mag titled After Work Quantity.
Three, start a mid sized forage fish planting program. Some will say tilapia, but I don't think they would be self sustaining there. I'm thinking more BG. Many, many more.
I work with a few HA's and in this economy they all have one thing in common, little or no money. And an ongoing huge aversion to risk. If I make structure, it has to be inexpensive. Or leftovers from another project. But it is important to do one and two first, because 3 is going to cost you unless you have a local pond ready to donate a lot of BG to you. If you start planting them before the slot bass are thinned and especially before they have cover you will just be feeding the bass. Sadly I have done that. Good Luck to you. If you were not a zillion miles away I would volunteer to catch those bass and remove them.
