where to fish in spring flood

[fish-n-geek]

We were staring at the flooded creek behind my parents' house the other night and trying to figure out where the fish are holed up. Normally, this creek is three to five feet wide and about a foot deep, with occassional holes six feet or so deep. You can find fish holding on stumps and similar structure as the creek zig zags through marsh and dry land.

In the spring, the winding narrow creek becomes a hundred foot wide straight shot over all the marsh land. The "channel" is four or five feet deep at this point. Where do the fish go when the current is flying like this? I'm guessing you still look for trees or points of land that will create pockets out of the current. Is this water even worth fishing before it starts to drop?

The early trout season is open (WI), so I've been thinking about giving it a shot, but am not sure where to start.

-rus-

[Aquaman01]

That's a great question and I'll just give a semi-educated guess at it.

When the flow is up on bigger rivers, anyway, most of the smallmouth go shallower - to within a couple of feet of the bank. I think this behavior is like you said - getting out of the main flow.

That's all I got.

[T-water]

Also remember that water temp will be key. The fish will start to get more activve once the water warms. Good news is it'll probablt be better to sleep in and wait for the sun to warm the water in the afternoon. I wouldn't expect the water will last long.