Rich, that was a great article in your blog.
Interesting you mention Saugatuck Res., on an electroshocking trip there a few years ago for walleye we had a half dozen bass and they were all large in the 4 or 5 pound range but extremely healthy and fat. Like a teenage high school football player that you can picture growing into a 300lb. defensive tackle these bass just looked like they had a lot more growing to do. That said, we never got many bass, just a few big ones.