Sunil, a 1994 UNL fisheries class estimated the BG population to be 8,654 with a 95% confidence interval of 520 to 18,236. The wide spread in the confidence interval is due to very low recapture rates of BG whose fins they clipped. This survey was also done after two years with lower than normal densities of weeds which helped the bass out eat their food source, meaning the BG population was way lower than normal at the time of the survey. At the time of the survey all of the LMB were skinny and big headed. Maybe Dr. Willis can explain this wide spread confidence interval better than I can but basically the estimate they made is not at all accurate.
