Photos: Chesapeake's rising water

Near the mouth of the Susquehanna River, the ramp and marina at Havre de Grace is slowly being over taken by the rising water.

High, muddy water flooded many boat docks in Bush Creek.

Nearby is Flying Point Park, the planned site for the launch of the HUK Bassmaster Elite at the Upper Chesapeake Bay presented by Mossy Oak Fishing.

Anglers launching at Flying Point Park would have had to wade to their boats due to high water.

Flood waters inundated parks along the bay.

One of the reasons for postponing the event was the navigational hazards caused by trees and other flotsam.

An old boat in Bush Creek that normally sits almost completely above the water, but water levels have soared because of torrential rainfall along the East Coast.

Low ridges have been covered with water flowing into Chesapeake Bay.

Anglers normally can idle beneath the Pulaski Highway Bridge over Bush Creek to fish pads and other cover, but waters were within 3 feet of the bottom of the bridge today. And the tide had fallen about 6 inches.

A falling tide and torrential rainfall combined to make navigation dangerous, resulting in the postponement of the 2018 Huk Bassmaster Elite Series at Upper Chesapeake Bay presented by Mossy Oak Fishing.

Flood waters covered bank grass in Bush Creek, providing much more cover in which bass can hide. Anglers reported tough fishing during practice as the high, muddy water moved into Chesapeake Bay.

Current flow around flooded docks was high today, as a falling tide pulled water and debris from areas normally high and dry.

Anglers, including 2015 Chesapeake Bay Elite Series winner, were preparing to head home after the postponement of the 2018 event.

Water levels in Bush Creek were high enough for water patrol to worry their radar would touch the bottom of the railway bridge.

This navigational marker stands at least 10 feet above the water surface under normal water conditions. Today there was less than 5 feet to the osprey nest on the platform.

Miles of debris piled up along current lines in Chesapeake Bay when we reached Romney Creek.

Visible obstructions can be dangerous, but debris floating just below waterâs surface are particularly hazardous.

Our boat driver, B.A.S.S. life member Greg Ledwell, holds up the back of a chair drifting down the Chesapeake Bay. We saw a lot of such debris swept from areas normally high and dry.

The only sign of this large tree floating down Chesapeake Bay was a small limb. This illustrates the dangers of running the waterway following days of torrential rains.

Greg Ledwell holds up a large piece of plastic that was found floating just below the waterâs surface in Chesapeake Bay.

Huge grass lines were formed across Chesapeake Bay, and they were packed with logs, telephone poles and trees.

Even the gas pumps arenât immune to going under in this area.

This is near the famed Susquehanna Flats where many of the anglers were expecting to compete. Before you can get to the flats, though there are bogs of log jams spilling out of the river.

These tangled wads of wood and debris would gather up in a spot as they washed into the bay and then disperse into a thousand fragments.

From the Havre de Grace side of the flats, the debris looked like a minefield of floaters.

Looking back toward Flying Point, where the even was scheduled to take off from, the minefield appeared endless.

Closer to the mouth of the river, this root wad, attached to a huge tree, was slowly working its way toward the flat.

The current was strong enough that it was making t he marker buoys sway.

Commuters on the Amtrak train crossing the Susquehanna could see chocolate stained water and debris rushing under them.

Much of the debris was big trees, root wads and limbs rolling out of the river and into Chesapeake Bay.

This tree was still moving from the river and across the flat at 10 a.m., Thursday morning