Thanks everyone! The LMB are catch and release only. I remove 300-400 adult BG and 200-300 crappie a year for the frying pan. There are no dropoffs in the lake just a gentle slope from the 3 creeks to the deepest point. So the timber is in an inch to 8 feet of water. The deepest water was probably more than 5 feet before the lake was raised, but I don't know how much sediment has come in. The main creek (over a mile long) has mutiple beaver dams close to the lake which I think helps a little with the sediment. One of the creeks isn't very long and I see a lot of erosion along it. But that corner of the lake along with the creek is on state property. The flow of water thru the lake is constant except in the summer. On heavy rains I have seen the water right at the emergency spillway height. That's probably 40 acre feet of water on top of the 24 inch outflow pipe. My neighbor is the son of the previous owner. He told me that he has seen it go over the emergency spillway several times. The beavers have built up mud and sticks around the riser up to the water level and keep trying to raise the water even higher. I remove mud and sticks about once a month.

I would like to try grass carp but afraid they would go out thru the spillway.

I have fished about 1000 hrs. in the last 3 years in this lake and have only caught one greenie. I have netted 6 of them at night from the edges.

I'll try trot lines for the bullhead, no flatheads.

Will HSB or Channels do well in this lake?

As this lake is probably in the best part of the cycle. Should I do nothing (other than the trot lines) and just wait for the cycle to end, drain, cleanout, and restock?