Not sure myself Brosborough, I've only been to this lake 3 times in 15 years , but I've caught fish every time, as for the draw down I'm sure you'll be able to launch at Hise Hill because you launch directly into the Pettit Jean river as for any other launches I don't know, I plan on making another trip down there when the draw down is complete just to look around and see just how the channel runs through this lake it's very hard to navigate at full pool this will help in the future