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Lake Athens
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04/16/16 01:34 AM
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Joined: Feb 2008
Posts: 646
ripnlip
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There has been a lot of fibbing going on about lake Athens being a good lake lately. The lake is small and smelly. Little to no grass, flat banks cover pretty much 95% of the lake, dink central. A good day out there is about like fishing white rock lake from the bank. I would not waste my time if I were y'all. Just giving you a heads up before you make that long torturous drive to Athens. Probably should just go to fork!
RIP - N - LIP
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Re: Lake Athens
[Re: ripnlip]
#11545589
04/16/16 01:46 AM
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Joined: Jan 2015
Posts: 1,725
Chris_K
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Re: Lake Athens
[Re: ripnlip]
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04/16/16 02:04 AM
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Joined: Feb 2013
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Frank the Tank
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It won't work, everyone sacks 38 lbs on Athens.
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Re: Lake Athens
[Re: ripnlip]
#11545665
04/16/16 02:14 AM
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ripnlip
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There is also some neon orange and green liquid coming from the pump station discharge. Scary.
RIP - N - LIP
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Re: Lake Athens
[Re: ripnlip]
#11545703
04/16/16 02:27 AM
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361V
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Padding your post count? :-)
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Re: Lake Athens
[Re: ripnlip]
#11545713
04/16/16 02:32 AM
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ripnlip
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Is there prize for number of posts? If so I'd like some TFF hand sanitizer for having to touch those creepy Athens bass.
RIP - N - LIP
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Re: Lake Athens
[Re: ripnlip]
#11546325
04/16/16 04:04 PM
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Joined: Oct 2013
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z7x374
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Little to no grass....uhhhh where? Theres grass everywhere out there. Sounds like a Nutman post to slow the traffic going out there lol
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Re: Lake Athens
[Re: ripnlip]
#11546998
04/16/16 11:39 PM
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Joined: Mar 2006
Posts: 429
chunkin
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Yea I was out there last Monday. A lot of bright circles in the shallows somethings wrong with that lake
walter louis besst
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Re: Lake Athens
[Re: ripnlip]
#11549384
04/18/16 03:06 AM
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Joined: Dec 2003
Posts: 3,493
meP2too
TFF Team Angler
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There has been a lot of fibbing going on about lake Athens being a good lake lately. The lake is small and smelly. Little to no grass, flat banks cover pretty much 95% of the lake, dink central. A good day out there is about like fishing white rock lake from the bank. I would not waste my time if I were y'all. Just giving you a heads up before you make that long torturous drive to Athens. Probably should just go to fork! If you can't catch bass at White Rock you might try another hobby.
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Re: Lake Athens
[Re: ripnlip]
#11549753
04/18/16 01:24 PM
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Joined: Oct 2013
Posts: 2,578
UTDmiller
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But all you have to do is drive around that lake and fish jump in the boat!
John Miller
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Re: Lake Athens
[Re: meP2too]
#11549891
04/18/16 02:29 PM
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Joined: Aug 2003
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Ranger1
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There has been a lot of fibbing going on about lake Athens being a good lake lately. The lake is small and smelly. Little to no grass, flat banks cover pretty much 95% of the lake, dink central. A good day out there is about like fishing white rock lake from the bank. I would not waste my time if I were y'all. Just giving you a heads up before you make that long torturous drive to Athens. Probably should just go to fork! If you can't catch bass at White Rock you might try another hobby. I was going to say if you can't catch fish on Athens, you need to change hobbies. By far the easiest lake in Texas to fish.
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Re: Lake Athens
[Re: ripnlip]
#11549897
04/18/16 02:31 PM
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Posts: 38,587
Frank the Tank
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Yep. Everyone sacks 35-38 lbs every time out. It's as easy as it gets. Just throw a line, they bite everything every cast.
Jesus loves all of us
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Re: Lake Athens
[Re: ripnlip]
#11550082
04/18/16 03:52 PM
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Joined: Apr 2007
Posts: 366
fishinlance
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So is lake closed yet with all this rain
Last edited by fishinlance; 04/18/16 03:54 PM.
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Re: Lake Athens
[Re: ripnlip]
#11550585
04/18/16 07:28 PM
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Joined: Dec 2013
Posts: 87
Fishing man88
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I've went to Athens once and fished a tournament, and even for it being my first time on the lake I caught a 5 Fish LIMIT!!!! It's an awesome fishery
Last edited by Fishing man88; 04/18/16 07:28 PM.
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Re: Lake Athens
[Re: ripnlip]
#11550599
04/18/16 07:37 PM
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Joined: Jan 2004
Posts: 148
PlanoScott
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Best Spring Lake in Texas. The only problem is you have to know how to fish it. If you do, then a bad day is 50 bass and good day is 80 bass.
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