IF YOU COMPARE THE FLOW RATE TO DRAWDOWN AS THE LAKE HAS FILLED IN THERE IS QUITE A BIT OF INCREASE . THE LAKE IS NOT NEAR AS DEEP AS IT ONCE WAS . IT WOULD STAND TO REASON THERE IS LESS DEEP WATER UP THE LAKE THAN WHEN IT WAS BUILT . SO AS COLD WEATHER DRIVES THEM DEEP, GUESS WHERE THAT IS . HEARD THIS EXPLAINED AT A BASS MEETING YEARS AGO AS TO WHY THE DROP OFF IN SHAD SUPPLY AT SARDIS . THIS WAS A DEPT. WILDLIFE FISHERIES BIOLOGIST ADDRESSING THE DECLINE IN BASS SURVIVAL / GROWTH 25 YEARS AGO .