Well with a week off from school, me and my friends are looking to fish any open water we see. As of right now the only open water we can find is a river, which I have only fished once but know it has fish. Its about 50 feet across, stained water, water temp is just above 35, outside temp is around 40. The depth of the area I will be fishing is between 5-8 feet. I will be fishing from the shore so what types of things should I look to cast too and what do you think I should use. There is some isolated brush along the shore. I was thinking retrieving jerkbaits really slow and crawling a jig slowly across the bottom. Any tips?