I'd say you are on target although it is difficult to truly assess things based on a single year. Growth rates seem pretty good.
Have you witnessed any spawns of CNBG or FHM? Those forage fish getting established would be an indicator of a replenishing forage base, which I'd suffice to say should be the goal right now because it will ultimately get you where you want to be.
As I said in my first post, I saw hundreds, and hundreds of CNBG spawning beds last summer. I haven't really looked this year. I also might mention that I put a few hundred pieces of cut up PVC pipe in shallow water for the FHM to spawn in, but I don't know how to tell if they have used them.
