Personally speaking, I hemmed and hawed and delayed implementing the nuclear option for 2 years. Then i decided to bite the bullet and breach the dam, rotenone the lake, dig out sediment to give me depth in shallow areas, build up the back of my levee 5:1, add structure, add contouring with dozers and track hoes, put landscape fabric and rock on the levee, add lots of lime to the lake bed, then add new fish. I'm SOOOO happy I did it. After one year of adding CNBG, RES, FHM, GSH plus AquaMax I'm catching fish bigger than I used to catch out of a 50-year-old lake. My bass were 2" apiece and added last June and now they are pushing a pound and look like footballs. For me, starting from scratch was the best thing to do.
