My name is actually Phil, JobB is just an internet homage to coach Hall. lol Tough question to answer. When the lake comes back up, you have to believe that all the woody cover on the shoreline will be a real boon to bass, crappie, etc. That's great. It may, however, have an adverse affect on the second story or cool water fishery. Stripers and walleye will do best in a deep, cool infertile lake. All the new plants will undoubtedly increase the fertility. The added fertility will in turn consume more O2 and we've seen what happens to stripers when the O2 is depleted.

My best guess is that when the lake returns to normal levels, we will notice very improved striper fishing within two years. We are stockpiling a ton of 23 in. fish that should grow to decent fish in a couple of years. However, I think it will be a long time before we get back to the trophy fishery Lake Cumberland was before the drawdown. Fingers crossed.