Gotcha1... Yes I do live close to Smith (5 Minutes to launch) I fish it multiple times a week. For me, the size and numbers have gotten better every year for the past 5 years that I've been fishing consistently. The blue backs were introduced around 10 years ago, so thus far I have seen no negative effects. Maybe that will change, but maybe it will not. I've researched this issue because the bluebacks have changed the way you have to fish the lake, but I have not found any fisheries to have hard evidence that the fishing has been hurt since the introduction of bluebacks. Again, most have not had the bluebacks in the systems to sample long term effects; so there are still plenty of questions to be answered. But as I said earlier regarding Smith, it is now to late to remove them so all I can do is enjoy the fishing an wait; childish as that may be.