50% is getting better, but it still has a way to go. When we were there Tuesday we caught around 33 fish with 22 keepers so what you saw is about what we saw. I suspect the problem was loss of an age class due to something like lake level fluctuation or some other situation. Hopefully whatever caused the problem is past and Tellico is on the way up. Personally I don't think TVA has fishermen and fish population on their radar screen, but that is just my feeling. Glad you had a good day and thanks for the posting.