High water tips

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I was out on Beebe and Buffalo over the 4th weekend and the water was very high on both lakes. I caught very few fish on either lake.

What the effects of high water is on fishing?
What tactics can be used to successfully catch in high water situations?

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[Navigator]

Here are some that work for me:
Bulk up on the size of your lures, add rattles or use baits that rattle (ie rattle traps), if there is a creek coming into the lake - fish it, if cover floods (trees & brush) fish it and use bright lures if the water turns dingy.

Just a few ideas to try. Nav

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Jon Navratil
Navigator Guide Service
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Serving Central MN rivers & lakes

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Nav,
Thanks for the tips. Hopefully I can get out this week and I will post a reply on my results.

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[Navigator]

Oh Yeah...if you are fishing Buffalo, think REAL shallow for bass, pike and even walleyes. I've caught them in less than 2' of water on that lake, especially when it turns murky. Nav

[Aquaman01]

I second the tip on fishing inflows. As the water level in a 'stillwater' (lake, pond, etc.) rises from ALL it's tributaries (creek, river, spring, swamp, channel), it will sometimes swap water with any flowing inlet. This can set up a dandy little bug/bait/predator system at that location. I've seen current backing UP the creek from a stillwater during these times. My boy & I hit 4 species at one location a couple of weeks ago in all spots in the column over the course of 90 minutes.

Oh, I observed this on the same body of water you fished. That spot is very Deer to my heart, and not far - as the Crow flies.

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[Borch]

That's a tough one to figure out Auquaman.

Can you help him out a bit more?

[Guest]

I have luck a lot of times in stirred up water using dark lures. If you have ever used an underwater camera you will see what is meant by dark lures for dark water... The dark lure really shows up good in murky water (contrary to what one would think). I like to use a black worm for bass in that situation... That is also a great bait for night fishing bass. Otherwise as Navigator mentioned use louder lures, traps, rattles, etc. A wider, slower wobble can sometimes be good in these situations, but you need to experiment... For eyes I like either a larger colorado blade if it is really stirred up on a live bait rig, or a plain hook w/ glow beads. I also really like orange for dingy water crankbait or pike/musky fishing.

[jeffyo45]

Was out on Beebe last night and the water was up into people's yards. We caught 15 bass and 4 norts in 3 1/2 hours. All were caught in 5 foot of water or less. We caught all fish on either yellow and orange or green spinnerbaits (bass preferred yellow norts preferred green). Couldn't buy a bite on anything else. In the murky churned up water the more vibration/wobble/noise you can make the better. I have found that spot someone referred to deer to my heart as well.