I stopped by Sunday afternoon before the last round of strong storms. I was surprised because the water, at least on the lower dam end of the lake looked pretty good. Right when I left for home those strong storms can through and dumped another 1+inches of rain and by Monday morning the lake went up about 4.5'. I drive over EF River below the dam every day and they are pulling the lake pretty hard and the water does have some color but it doesn't look horrible. There was a rowing regatta going on last week but it ended on Sunday so the whole lake is open again.
It's been a pretty tough bite lately but it's probably has more to do with the yo-yoing water levels than anything else.
If ya decide to come over this way and want a current lake check before coming just let me know. I'm only 5 minutes away and can stop by before or after work almost everyday.