word is it will return to normal (historical levels) summer pool , as stated above the projected date is sometime 2014. if/when they do raise it back up it will take time to once again "re-learn" the lake and the patterns. the stump beds and drops that i have been fishing for the last 3 years are usually in 15-20 foot of water july-sept, when the water comes back up they will be 40-50 ft deep.....too hard for me to catch fish that deep consistently....so i dread the water coming back up but thats just my humble opinion.
i do know there are more shad in this lake right now thani can remember in the last umpteen years