If I were to fish a stretch of creek near a big river, I'd look for the closest hole along a cut bank with heavy wood cover. If current is light, I'd use no larger than 1 oz of weight on the end of the line with a circle hook tied about 24 inches up the line. I'd take a green sunfish about 4 inches long, scale the bottom half of each side of the fish (this is very important)and toss it close to the wood cover.