Well it has been raining for 4 days straight here in central Florida and we finally had a break today so I went out to my usual spot that produces a TON of bass.

Today I went out. Very cloudy and overcast. The water temp has droped maybe 2 degrees and a bit more stain. The water level has raised through the canal around 7 inches and there is a slight current from the rainfall through the canal.

I tried a Senko watermellon red sparkle, I tried a black with green sparkle brush hog, and I tried a chartuse spinner bait.

Fished for 2 hours and only had 1 bite and I think it was a gar.

Can someone please tell me what the hell is going on? Did they move deeper? Did they move into shallow by the banks?

I have a feeling they have eaten ALOT from all the rain storms and are full?

HELP!!! :'( :'( :'(

Had some good fishing here in Jax today fishing the shallow grass lines. 5" watermelon senko and watermelon seed baby bush hogs.

Had no luck in deeper water.

Was still raining  a bit today.

Generally speaking, as the water rises and lowers, so do the bass.  In particular, bass often move into ultra-shallow water as soon as they are able - especially if the water is muddy.  

Given you were throwing productive lures without any bites, it would seem you weren't in the right location and depth.  If the water muddied up considerably, then throw lures that give off lots of vibration.

Here's a few articles that should help you out:

http://www.bassresource.com/fishing/after_the_rain.html

http://www.bassresource.com/fishing/rain.html

http://www.bassresource.com/fishing/bass_fishing_muddy_water.html

http://www.bassresource.com/fishing/cold_front.html

http://www.bassresource.com/fishing/post_front.html

Thanks Glenn.

Had some good fishing here in Jax today fishing the shallow grass lines. 5" watermelon senko and watermelon seed baby bush hogs.

Had no luck in deeper water.

Was still raining a bit today.

We had no luck deep either around the kissimmee area! We absolutely killed em in the shallow lili pads though. No other piece of cover produced a single bite all day but the pads.

The spot I fish is a canal maybe 10 feet max. All through are logs and by shore, heavy bushes.

They wouldnt hit a THING! Tried shollow and deep. I seriously think that alot had fallen in the water and they are kinda full. Either that or I really suck lol

For that kind of cover i would definitely try flippin/pitchin a worm man! That way you are looking for that reaction strike so it doesn't matter if they are full or not. Start shallow and head out deeper(although i don't think they are too deep).

The grass produced more numbers for me but I lost a huge fish in the pads and my buddy caught a nice 5-6 lb fish out of the pads.

All of the fish were caught right on the edge of the grass/pads though.

That's fishin!

Happens every year about this time when the rains come, I fish for what is hot now and we have a very strong bite.  Average fish is about 6#, many much bigger.

Well you think a slow presentation is better or faster?

Just a bit of speculation. No hard data to back it up. Just what seems, to me, to be a reasonable explanation.

Heavy rains wash a lot of stuff into ponds, lakes, waterways, etc. Along with this "stuff" has to be a plethora of bugs, insects, worms, and so forth.

It seems to me that this is a natural occurrence. As such, fish would be programmed to take advantage of this smorgasbord presented by mother nature.

One of the areas I lobstered late summer and into the fall was Cox ledge, about 25 miles south of MA/RI. There was a dependable "run" of lobsters at that time.

These were, for the most part, new shell lobsters.

The accepted theory was that the lobsters moved onto the ledge in the late summer, since they were rarely caught there at any other time of year.

Cox ledge is covered with "horse mussels". These were huge mussels, some longer than six inches. When old lines and nets got caught up in the lobster gear, they were covered with these huge mussels.

There is also an area closer to shore in the area of Brown's ledge, called "The mussel ridges". The only lobsters caught in any number from them were also, primarily, new shell lobsters. The same theory held sway for that area.

The lobsters moved in, then left.

Funny thing was, lobsters were never caught in the waters around this area as they supposedly migrated onto these bottoms. They suddenly appeared there, as if by magic.

My argument goes like this. The lobsters had a readily available source of food on Cox and the mussel ridges. But when they shed, there is a period of time they are unable to feed on the mussels because they are not capable of cracking the mussels open, and must seek other food.

Baited lobster traps offer this other food source to the lobsters, so they will enter the traps at this stage of developing their new shells.

One other bit of evidence, that tells me there is a resident population of lobsters in these areas.

When I first started fishing on Cox, the average lobster weighed over two pounds. Over a period of ten years or more, that average size declined to a pound and a quarter, as fishing pressure increased.

The average size of an inshore lobster, until they increased the gauge size, was just over a pound. The accepted scientific theory, not fishermen's speculation is that nearly all legal size lobsters are caught up in coastal waters.

When they shed, the next year class attains legal size.

Coastal lobsters, unlike their offshore brethren do not migrate. Studies have shown that once an inshore lobster establishes itself on the bottom, it spends its entire life within a short distance of it burrow.

In areas of Buzzards Bay, tagged lobsters have been observed by divers in studies to inhabit the same home, just as we do.

While considered scavengers, lobsters actively hunt food. They can detect buried shellfish, and will excavate them. They can also catch fish. In a pinch, they will become vegetarians.

They only scavenge, like seagulls, as a last resort.

Contrary to urban legend, fresh bait will catch more lobsters that the stuff that stinks.

They will grab the easiest available meal, as will the largemouth bass.

When mother nature provides a banquet, they will not strike out of hunger.

Think about how we feel after gorging ourselves during the holidays. Nothing like sitting down in front of the television, or grabbing a nap, after we make pigs of ourselves.