Fishing a Tough River

[Rodman_Rob]

I'm hardly a newbie when it comes to bass fishing, often times fishing nearly a thousand hours a year, but figured I'd post this in hear anyway. The Oklawaha River is only a few miles away from me and just recently I've started fishing it more often (due to rising gas prices and its close vicinity). Problem is, its a Spring fed river, has clear water in the northern portion, muddy water in the southern, and stained in the reservoir. Its a long winding river with plenty of structure last 2 years of hurricanes have put a ton of trees in the water, most of the shoreline is roots, lots of structure, lots of cover, lots of dropoffs, lots of deep water, lots of points, lots of 180 degree bends, lots of cliffs, some open water, lots of laydowns, lots of lilly pads, lots of eddys, bridges, dams, creeks, etc. Being spring fed, it has a fairly strong current and maintains a fairly consistent temp of 72 near the springs and only slightly warmer further away from the springs. Because the river has as much stucture/cover as it does, makes it a very difficult river to fish. Not only is there a multitude of trees over and under the water to get hung up on, but add a strong current and it makes it that much harder to fish. So tell me, where would you try when its sunny, cloudy, or rainy? Its in Florida so its always hot. Interested to read your suggestions. To give you an idea how much cover/structure this river has, it owns about a tacklebox or 2 of my lures, lol.