I live on the Lake straight across from General Burnside State Park, so that property would be very close to me. If interested give me a shout and I can assist you in any way I can. I live here full time and some areas are better than others as mentioned already.
I like it here but I do more striper fishing than bass on this lake. I do my bass fishing in Lake Erie and Lake St. Claire which is phenomenal so I just striper fish here. There are more tournaments let out at Burnside Island than most other ramps so there is a lot of bass released right here so there is a lot of bass in the area. Whether resident, newly resident or holding until headed back to where they were caught from there are a lot of bass in the area.

And yes the water going up will make a big difference in bass population in near future plus the water is a lot cleaner. It has not gotten anywhere near as muddy with the recent rain as it had in the past. Majority of your banks are back to rock banks instead of mud banks so the water stays green instead of muddy brown when it rains now. Next spring the remainder 25% or so of mudd banks will be back to rock banks as well when they do the final fill up.