Most lakes have a healthy population of bream, and concentrations of fish are usually easy to locate this time of year. Lake Crockett near Honey Grove is an often-overlooked bream fishing hot spot that I discovered with my uncle many years ago. Shad remain tough to catch on the lake, but Bridges says live shiners 3-4 inches are in good supply at the Tackle Box and stripers are readily taking the baits. Some of the better ledges to fish are from the Willis Bridge up to TI point. With the schools of roving stripers, it's tough to mark a large concentration on sonar.
Bridges suggests first locating the steep submerged dropoffs.
When a few fish show up on sonar, drop anchor and position the boat on the top of the ledge. When the baits get down, and a fish or two are caught, more stripers have been moving in to feed. On very windy days, Bridge suggests fishing creek ledges back in sheltered coves. The bite has been best in the afternoon from 2 p.m. until dark, but morning trips are also productive. It's often necessary to fish until mid-morning to catch a good box of fish.