I'm just wondering if you could conclude something about a lake's bass population from what you observe about the sunfish. Hope this post makes sense.

For example, if a lake has a lot of big sunfish, you might think that the bass keep the sunfish population thinned out, so the survivors have a chance to get big.

But, if a lake has a large number of small sunfish, stunted perhaps. Would you think that the lake's bass population might not enough to keep the sunfish in check?

BTW, my sunfish sampling device is a size 8 gurgle pop (of course, bass like that, too).