As I understand, they have a date to drop to winter pool and a date to hold to summer. They've been letting it rip for weeks other than yesterday. It's been dropping consistently 1/2 ft or more a day for a while now. If it rains, they have to hold back.

The last three years have been abnormally wet in the fall.

The corps are quick to tell you the lake is for flood control. Fishing has little to do with decision making unfortunately.