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Braveviper,
My experience has been, that when the gates are open and they are pulling water from the lake, the bite is very tough. There are exceptions of course to this rule of thumb, but in general the bass get lockjaw during this period.

A good thing to do is go fishing with your camera and photograph all those points and any stumps, logs, brushpiles, humps and the like for when the lake returns to pool level. You will then have a whole new set of hotspots and the bass will be waiting.