High water fish move like a rocket up river and don't stop, the darker the water the faster they seem to run. Have caught silvers 6 inches off the bank in water like that. Big, bold, smelly and noisy drives em crazy as the schools fly by. If you figure it this way you will catch fish in high water: Where were you standing in lower water, that is where I should fish now, remembering those dry channels and drop offs on the gravel bar will get you into high water fish.