The PSD of bluegill collected by electrofishing in the present survey was 40. Balanced bluegill populations have PSDs which range from 20 to 40. Out of a possible 40 points, the current bluegill fishery at Westwood scored 24 which ranks it as a good bluegill fishery. In 1997, the bluegill fishery scored excellent with 32 points and good in 1995 with 25 points. A total of 122 redear sunfish was sampled that collectively weighed 27.24 pounds.
Redear abundance is the highest ever observed at the lake.
Lengths of redear ranged from 3.6 to 11.0 inches with the average fish measuring 6.6 inches. Over 89 percent of the redear sunfish collected were six inches or longer. As in the past, redear are growing well above normal. All year classes of redear from 1993 to 1998 were collected. However, the dominant year class, by far, was spawned in 1997.