how does rising water effect the bass?  the local lake here has come up like 3-5 feet in the last 2 days due to tons of rain...i am a bank fisherman and now i cant even access the docks and other spots i normally fish....will the fish move into the newly flodded grass and other cover?  or will they still be out in the deeper water like nothing happened?  any advice is appreciated

Thanks

Cliff

Absolutely.  When the water rises, so do the fish.  When it drops,....so do the fish.

This doesn't mean that they will DEFINITELY be at the bases of the bushes though.  That all depends on the terrain of the edges, if they are not appealing, high or low, the bass won't use them.  Flats that HAD 1-2 ft on them before,however, may now hold much more bass than before.  

Moves the fish shallow & scatters them out  

LBH right on the money as usual the bass follow the water!

My lake is having the exact opposite problem, its about 5 feet LOW!!  Losing about 2" of depth a day!! (I fish it alot and have markers set to measure depth).

This has really fongoolied the fishing, but they are there, just gotta move around some to find em.

Recon

Well, maybe...

One of my best trips of all time was in June, 2002 at Bull Shoals. The lake had been flooded after the trees had fully leafed. There is a legal agreement involving certain farm land in the White River flood plain. The point is, the Corps of Engineers raised the level of the lake more than thirty feet in thirty days!

When I arrived for my outing, guys were leaving...NOBODY, including the guides, had caught a single fish on the lake all week. I met with my guide, Tim "Hot Dawg" Curtis the evening before we were scheduled to fish to express my concerns (there is always a trout option below the dam). Dawg just smiled and said, "I'll see ya early, let's meet at 5:00 AM."

Everyone was fishing the flooded grass and in the trees. My guy puts me out in what appered to be the middle of the lake and started casting. For two and a-half days I don't think we ever went fifteen minutes without "Fish On!" We were targeting smallmouth, but also caught just about every other species native to the region. The fish were staging on and around the "normal" bank and submerged live trees that just a week ago had defined the shoreline. The fish did not follow the water, they stayed with the structure and the locations they knew.

This has really fongoolied the fishing, but they are there, just gotta move around some to find em.

FONGOOLIED  ;D ;D ;D  I just learned my new word for the day!