If I am fishing the main river I usually will fish a carolina rig or football jig on the outside bends that have rock. Normally both of these will be in green pump. if the water is clear and black neon if it is stained or muddy. I will also use a pop-r in these same places. Right now there a lot of small shad so a 1.0 square bill has been working also. If I head up one of the creeks it's hard to beat flipping and pitching either a jig or beaver style bait. Like before usually green pump or black. Seems like the beaver baits have been a little better for me lately. Whatever your stengths are fish them and remember three things when fishing a river current current current.