How are you approaching it?  We have had some pretty serious rains in the midwest recently.  The prespawn bite was starting to pick up with waters in the mid 50's, but recent rains and cold temps are probably going to back them off.  What do you think and how are you going to adjust your fishing?  

I've been wondering the same thing. I drove past one of my go-to ponds a couple days ago and it was completely flooded, looked more like a lake! Do you think this affects the bass getting ready to spawn? In the past, I have found bass up super shallow when it floods on areas where there isn't normally water, but the water temps were around 65-70 at that time. Definitely curious to see what others have to say on this, great post!

Turkey Lake in Orlando was one of my primary lake I fished during the spawn this year. It is a lake I know well. This year due to the 100 year rains we received in December, the lake was several feet higher than normal during the February/March months. 

 

The normal spawning grounds the bass have used have used for the last few years were barren. There are two coves that are usually only about half a foot to a foot deep with some clean sandy bottoms. This was the location the bass made there beds in for the spawn. With the higher water levels, this area was similar depth to the normal spawning grounds. 

Our lakes here in central Illinois are all extremely high.  Our water temps keep going up and down between 53 and 59.  My buddy placed 4th and 5th in his last two tournaments by catching bass in 1-4ft of water.  They are not bedding but most of them are very shallow.  I have also caught them in 2ft or less.  He and I suspect that the time of year makes the bass want warmer water and the shallows are the warmest place right now.  No one is catching a lot of bass though.  

They're still going to be around shallow cover. Some are going to push up even shallower into the newly flooded stuff, some are going to sit on the old shoreline. Our lakes are flooded and still rising right now in KS. I caught 15-20 after work this morning on the old shoreline mostly with a jerkbait fished very quickly and a few on a buzzbait in the flooded stuff. 

Have your water temps dropped?  

I once saw a tip from G-man. He said in rising water in the spring to find somewhere you can get all the way to the bank, then fish the isolated cover. It stuck with me and has really worked for me. Instead of fishing acres and acres of submerged timber, I'll spend time finding the bank and fishing whatever cover I can find there, might be a picknic table or someones gardenia bush. This one tip has really helped my confidence in really high water.