Here's an article that states that the Utah DNR is using tiger muskie "effectively" to control overpopulated panfish and rough fish populations in the state's reservoirs - it mentions specifically one lake in which the perch were overpopulated and averaged 5-7" before the introduction of the muskie, and now average 9-11":

http://www.utahoutdoors.com/pages/tigerfacts.htm

This article from the NY DNR mentions that pike help control smaller fish species:

http://www.dec.ny.gov/animals/7034.html

This article from a muskie club mentions how muskie help control rough and stunted fish populations, and also cites studies by the MI and WI DNRs that I couldn't read (this computer doesn't have Adobe so I could only read the first page, as HTML) that found positive effects on all other species in every lake studied that had muskie:

http://www.dec.ny.gov/animals/7034.html

Here's an article that cites a study in Idaho in which muskie were successfully used to thin overpopulated brook trout, and the remaining brook trout grew larger - the article repeatedly states that muskie are being used effectively to thin overpopulated fish populations:

http://www.hilakers.org/pages/issues1.html

Here's an article about a lake (Deadman's Basin, several lakes are mentioned in the document) in Montana into which muskie were stocked to thin overpopulated suckers - it notes that the rainbow trout in the lake have benefitted greatly, having increased "significantly" in size:

http://docs.google.com/viewer?a=v&q=cach...r3yla5Xh2dip7vQ


A member of this forum mentioned to me a few months ago that he used to fish a public lake years ago that was badly overpopulated with green sunfish; the state DNR stocked muskie, and it transformed the lake such that anglers began catching good-sized bass, trout, and bluegill. I had very much the same experience when I stocked northern pike into a three-acre pond. I would just tell your HOA that several state DNRs regularly
stock muskie and pike to thin overpopulated fish species ranging from trout to rough fish to panfish to bass. If they like small bass, encourage them to leave the lake the way it is; if they prefer catching larger ones, you're going to have to do something to thin them out. That means either catching and removing at least 150 lbs. of bass a year, every year, or dealing with the problem in some other way. The major benefit of stocking muskie over just harvesting bass is that it has been shown (and even cited in PB magazine) that quality bluegill size can be maintained with the stocking of pike or muskie to thin small bass, whereas just harvesting the bass will invariably result in overpopulated bluegill (especially where you live) which means much smaller bluegill.