Draining ponds and lakes

[davedave]

A local estate pond near to me has just been drained to about half of its original depth for irrigation. I popped down there the other day and found it like that, to be honest its a pretty useless place to fish normally but i found it even worse than normal and didn't get a single bite in the afternoon i was down there so went home. What im wondering is, would a pond or lake with half of its water gone be easier to fish as the fish would be obviously more concentrated in the water, or harder as the water left would heat up quicker in this weather so im guessing the fish would retreat to the deepest areas and not feed??

 

So basically, a semi-drained still water, easier or harder to fish???? Thanks