New Sign up for MyNews Receive headline news, full articles and breaking news via the Web or wireless device. Bream have just started moving onto beds on popular bream lakes such as Toledo Bend and Caddo. Most of the spawning takes place in water 18 inches to 4 feet. Fishing can be as simple as dunking bits of night crawlers or crickets under a floater to using small popping bugs with a fly rod. The non-stop action provided by these little scrappers makes them ideal fish for younger fishermen.
Polarized sunglasses are very helpful in spotting the dished-out spawning nests made by bream.
If fishing from a boat, make sure and avoid spooking the fish by getting too close. 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.