In clear water, try running it about a foot to a foot and a half off the structure or right on it in stained or murky water. If stained or colored, put it right in the structure. They will also be feeding on crappies that have a little blue to them. Try the Nutbush and Little Nutbush areas and the big flat past the 'S' curve in Grassy Creek that produces year-round. Stripers at Kerr will also look for blueback herring.
Live bait is best, but trolling redfins is a mainstay.
Chunking large bucktails to surface-feeding fish is exciting. Keep a rod ready with one at all times on Kerr. Striper fishing on live shad should be good in Falls Lake. Try the mouths of creeks such as Horse Creek and Barton's Creek in the lower part of the lake down to the dam. If the lake is being drawn down this also provides some moving water.