My first smallie over 5 ponds came out of there many moons ago. Not that many years ago it had good numbers of both smallmouth and largemouth in the 1 1/4 to 2 pound class. But about 10 years ago, I think it was, they started a weed killing program and it hasn't been the same since. My opinion, no weed cover, no ambush cover for bass to feed on the forage in the lake, and thereby slow growth rate?
Who knows, with the lake being down the growth of native weed may be good, and there may be a number of good years as long as the lake association doesn't kill them again. Then again it may be a couple of years before we can get in there again.