Flatlander - A fish note, channel catfish when they get larger they loose their spots. I've seen many 2-3 pounders with no spots.
Nick is right, even stunted bgill are good bass food. Bgill would be stunted only because some competing small fish are eating all the bgill sized food (insect larvae&adults, invetebrates and larger zooplankton.
How is your friend defining stunted bluegill?
Is he sure that they are stunted & not just young bgill with the potential to grow bigger & reproduce given time or more food?
I'm pretty sure Bob will tell him to add some larger bgill (maybe coppernose)to produce more forage for the overall fishery. Reason of adding large bgill is so bass won't eat them before they reproduce. If this guy is taking out all the small bgill that really are not stunted, he may be defeating his purpose of creating more forage fish for all those the predators.
As a 2nd thought & real possible situation is since a stream feeds this sm. lake maybe the stunted bgill are actually green sunfish. G. sunfish & some other sunfishes are prevalant in streams esp sm. streams. Can your buddy tell the difference between the two fish (g. sunfish and bgill)? It's important that he knows the difference. Green sunfish often stay smallish, are agressive and many fishermen consider them stunted bluegills. Maybe that's why all his bgill are stunted they are just green sunfish or some other sunfish which often don't get big, however some types are prolific. All small sunfishes are still good bass food. In fact smaller bass (8-14") prefer green sunfish over bgill since g sunfish have a more slender body and are easier to swallow.
Definately keep removing predators like he is doing until bass start getting fatter bellies.

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