Flooded River

[crayon7]

Has anyone ever fished freshly flooded rivers anytime?? We went yesterday to a spot and the river was about 3-4 feet fuller than the previous week. Current was strong as crap and as soon as your lure hit the water it was being taken for a ride. My question is if anyone has ever had success fishing the waters when they are like this and if so what were you using?? God Bless

[JuniorFisherJJ08]

I fish the ohio river for smallies while flooded.   I always try to find a spot where the water is nto rushing fast, and around some cover.  It there are stumps fish the side that isnt breaking the current.  The fish will bunch up in these areas to get away from the current.  You better be good at casting ;-)

[Gorgebassman]

I see this a few times a year and your best bet is to find the same cover you were fishing when it was low and fish the down current side. For example I have a place on the river where I fish almost every day and is a good producer most the time it is in slack water. When the river rises the tree is still there but the current has moved in past it but I still fish the down stream side because the bass are still using it as cover but the log on the down stream side is still slack. The same thing happens with other cover weedbeds, rock piles and so on just fish the slack water on the down current side.

[jomatty]

i generally stay away from the rivers around here when they are flooded.  not so much because of the current but because they get so muddy.  when i do fish them i fish dark colored jig n pigs and colorado spinnerbaits