I'm gonna head over to the hooch around GA 400 this Saturday and Sunday. I've never fished a river and am kinda curious what advice y'all might have about fishing such a shallow river (5-8 ft in that area).

I've looked at a few inlets and plan on floating down and trying a variety of baits along the bank and around laydowns. In case it rains, I'm gonna bring some chicken liver for cats under a bridge. 

Best bass fishing is in Bull Sluice just downstream from the  Roswell Road bridge. Not the best time to fish there by any means but if I was going this time of year I would fish nothing but a black and blue jig for bass.

Good deal, I was thinking about floating down from Azalea park that way. Would you recommend up against the bank like I was thinking or is there possibly some grass out in the middle I should try to find?

If you go down the lake towards the dam there is a big rock bluff wall on the left side of the lake with deep water up against it. You can't really miss it and it is way down closer to the dam than the ramp. Thats the only place I would fish in winter for bass myself. Just pitch a jig right up against the rocks and let it drop down the wall. There are a few more banks down that way that the channel runs up against that might be ok. The water will be real cold. To give you an example of how different that lake is, most of the bass there don't spawn until June and sometimes July. This time of year the trout or perch might bite much better.