High Water Smallmouth Bass Fishing

High water smallmouth bass

One of my favorite fishing waters are the churning currents of the Susquehanna River. The Susquehanna river boasts some of the best fishing in the country, but when the river is on the rise the smallies run for cover, as well as most anglers. Many will lay down their gear until water levels return to normal or head to less favorable fishing holes.

If your the type of fisherman that refuses to do any bass fishing without a boat you might want to find some other article to read. When water levels go up on the Susquehanna or many other rivers for that matter boating is impossible, unless you are some sort of daredevil with a death wish!

At this time will seek out easier waters, many times hugging pockets of water near the rivers crest, more times than not they will seek out tributaries along the river and run up them in search of food and calmer waters. One tributary and also one of my secret little hot spots is normally a trickle of water that empties into the river, but when the water levels in the main river go up, its waters push up into   this tributary turning it into a deep channel the length of about one mile long. For some reason many bass fishermen overlook areas like this when many times a condition like this will offer up some A+ fishing, not to mention all the other species of fish that are running up into these calmer waters.What you essentially end up with is a stretch of rivers worth of clustered up in a rather small channel of water ready to be caught!

So the next time your favorite bass fishing river is on the rise, don't run for cover, break out a map and find some tributaries, drop the bass boat and start fishing some backed up waters.

A simple but sweet fishing tip Ive been taking advantage of for years!

Tight lines all!