"swanezy" said:
Will, I know they mentioned before that they use these surveys to determine if they will continue stocking certain waters, but how serious is that statement if nothing is reported by the general public?

Very serious. I'm often surprised how often it comes up that they assume a lake isn't being fished or they don't think the population is doing well because they don't get any feedback. It's especially important because they simply don't have the time/money to conduct regular surveys and the data from our survey may be the only data they have to make a decision.