Well, the water was BEYOND high but there were a bunch of people fishing for catties. I saw a bunch of fish surfacing out in the open where the fast current pulled off into the calm but I'm pretty sure they were carp. I didn't get a single bite. 

Either use super dark or super bright colors. Mass and vubration may help but dont under estimate a trick worm.

Fish will rely on sound/movement/vibration

Have fun they still bite plenty.

The only thing I found that impacts the fishing would be the muddy waters after the rain. A super clear pond near us turned about red brown after a 24 hour rain spell.

It's luckily supposed to slowly drop within the next few days so hopefully I can get back out here and land em.

The water came up into the bushes and I tried for the life of me to get something over them but no dice

a bad day out fishing is better than a good day at home.

Black/blue chatterbait run tight to bank and cover works for me

I was fishing in those exact same conditions this year and got my first pike over 3 ft, and a 5 lb LMB. Granted I fished 10-15 days in those conditions with no luck but that one day having a few nice fish made it all worth it (using a spinner bait PBJ color from Sieberts). Could also change up what you're fishing for. When  I couldn't get a bass to bite I went down low and caught some cats, and if you're really bored break out the heavy gear and find a school of carp. 99% of my tackle box and gear is meant for bass fishing but sometimes when bass fishing isn't working for you it's time to catch something. Heck I even have a few fishing spots (ponds) where the kids always catch around 50-100 panfish mixed with baby lmb, stocked rainbow/brook trout etc so I will fish deep and hope to catch the parents while I watch them reel in a ton of fish and that to me is just as fun as reeling in a 7 lb hawg.

Ive been doin' it for over 40 years! Every since my old man took me out there near the stream that ran near-by my house. Boy we used to fly fish down stream but when it was pourin buckets on a Saturday we would still go right down there and catch us some panfish and what-not & we did this like clock-work! Heck I betya I caught d**n near equal to the amt of fish I got during the pleasant hours! I mostly used live worms and threw em into spots where the rain wasnt beating so hard! We had some cover. Now if you dont I still say you can throw some nice spinning lures out there and make sure there dark! The stories I could tell.. But you want me to keep it short- yes you can most definiately get yourself some nice fish in the rain so long as the river ain't actin' up and the wind's playing nice! Take care!

 

- Rog