Yes, it is waterfront property and I have began to feed. I do not understand the survey. I'm sure it depends where on the lake it was taken, how far out and how long they spend. I have caught quite a few bluegills bigger than what was mentioned in the survey. Overall the fish numbers seem low. It looks like they also did one in 94 and it shows a walleye and a northern were caught.
There seems to be plenty of habitat especially after last year when a windstorm basically took out all of the trees placing many in the water.
I have been talking to the DNR to remove or reduce the 14" minimum on bass, they have done so on multiple other lakes in the area.
Hmm, I think that could be a problem, too. Too much habitat can actually be a bad thing, because it allows more fingerlings to survive by escaping predation. In your case, there aren't any predators that will eat a baby bass more than a couple inches. The Bluegill and Crappie can eat the small ones, but once they reach maybe 2 inches, the LMB are fairly safe. I think Tracy's idea makes sense, add some Musky or maybe even some Pike again, and should improve both the bass fishing and give a new, large predator that should thrive on the abundant, small LMB.