Be sure to tell Jeff hello and that you are an active Pond Bosser. Tell him thanks for giving Dave Willis the SMB info. Be sure to tell him exactly what you want. He is a very good biologist and a good listener and can give you a good plan. Ask questions and watch and ask what he is seeing to draw the conclusions. Be sure to tell him what was stocked and when.

I did not think you were insulting them . I knew what you were going to say because I have been around them for years. What you described is not
unusual.

Let us know how things go. Take some pics and post them. We can go over the plan as it unfolds.