csullivan,
Here's a request of you...
I hope you will spend some time doing your own "survey" of the lake before you call in for an electro-survey. Fish it, observe it carefully, seine if you think that is necessary....learn it and listen to what the lake tells you.
I'm a minority here (maybe a minority of one), but I do not believe that electro-surveys tell you anything which you can not determine for yourself....at much less expense and much less trauma to your lake. However, if you are not interested in or have the time to do your own survey, i.e. fish, observe, observe, fish, then by all means call in the experts.
In my electro-survey, I learned that they only shock up 10 to 20% of the bass...any more than that and you run the risk of killing fish. They do not get deep water fish, although in your lake that may not be a concern.
For example, I caught a 5 pound bass this weekend that was not in the spring survey. You can determine the health of the bass very readily by running relative weights...same for BG.
Again, mine is a minority opinion and is based strictly on my own personal experience. I will never electro-survey again, but it does have its place in certain cases.
