I did a float fishing trip last fall and had a blast. After trying various baits for the first part of the day and concentrating on slack water with minor to fair success, I finally figured out that the best thing to do was to put a grub on a jig head, using a spinning outfit, and let the bait drift along, a cast out from, and parallel to the boat in the swifter moving water. I was getting bit on just about every cast for the rest of the day. Look for hits especially where the current meets up with a back current and as the curent takes the jig behind a rock.

I will definitely be going back, its beautiful there and it was fun for me to take a fishing trip without rigging up the big boat and heading out on big water. I will also take nothing more than 2 spinning outfits, jig heads, curly tail grubs(natural colors), maybe some tubes, a few small topwaters and a couple small carankbaits.

As for line, you dont want to lose fish but on the other hand, you want to be able to break off when you get hung up. I'd probably use an abraision resistant mono of 10 lbs, but if I had 8 or 12 that would be OK.

Mine was a fall trip, but I think the above works in the spring as well. Good Luck.