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 The best crappie lake in Texas?
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01/01/15 04:28 PM
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I have had folks tell me that lake Mineral Wells is the 4th top rated lake in Texas for crappie. What lakes are considered numbers 1,2 and 3?
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Re: The best crappie lake in Texas?
[Re: Allfish]
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01/01/15 04:34 PM
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Stucky76
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Mineral Wells is a good little crappie lake but those folks obviously haven't been to Texoma, Cedar Creek, Pines, Fork or Palestine. Those are my top 5 not in any particular order for big crappie.
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Re: The best crappie lake in Texas?
[Re: Stucky76]
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01/01/15 04:59 PM
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SheCrappieKilla
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Mineral Wells is a good little crappie lake but those folks obviously haven't been to Texoma, Cedar Creek, Pines, Fork or Palestine. Those are my top 5 not in any particular order for big crappie. What is considered a Big Crappie?
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Re: The best crappie lake in Texas?
[Re: Stucky76]
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01/01/15 05:32 PM
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rockhopper
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Mineral Wells is a good little crappie lake but those folks obviously haven't been to Texoma, Cedar Creek, Pines, Fork or Palestine. Those are my top 5 not in any particular order for big crappie. You accidently left out Bridgeport.
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Re: The best crappie lake in Texas?
[Re: SheCrappieKilla]
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01/01/15 05:44 PM
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moonriver
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In Texoma, you need to use bass lures to catch crappies.  Mineral Wells is a good little crappie lake but those folks obviously haven't been to Texoma, Cedar Creek, Pines, Fork or Palestine. Those are my top 5 not in any particular order for big crappie. What is considered a Big Crappie?
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Re: The best crappie lake in Texas?
[Re: Allfish]
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01/01/15 05:47 PM
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SlabHappy
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I think the best crappie lake is the one you know and know where to track the crappie at. I am not so sure one lake is really that much better than the next.
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Re: The best crappie lake in Texas?
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01/01/15 09:04 PM
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JimmyA
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Re: The best crappie lake in Texas?
[Re: SheCrappieKilla]
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01/01/15 09:35 PM
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Mineral Wells is a good little crappie lake but those folks obviously haven't been to Texoma, Cedar Creek, Pines, Fork or Palestine. Those are my top 5 not in any particular order for big crappie. What is considered a Big Crappie? I would say 2 pounds. For me that is a Big Crappie but something that I can catch 1 or 2 of in a week. I don't know if any Texas lakes have consistently produced 3 pound crappie.
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Re: The best crappie lake in Texas?
[Re: SheCrappieKilla]
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01/02/15 02:38 AM
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Stucky76
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Mineral Wells is a good little crappie lake but those folks obviously haven't been to Texoma, Cedar Creek, Pines, Fork or Palestine. Those are my top 5 not in any particular order for big crappie. What is considered a Big Crappie? The chance to catch a 3 pounder but can catch 2 pounders pretty consistently.
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Re: The best crappie lake in Texas?
[Re: rockhopper]
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01/02/15 02:39 AM
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Stucky76
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Mineral Wells is a good little crappie lake but those folks obviously haven't been to Texoma, Cedar Creek, Pines, Fork or Palestine. Those are my top 5 not in any particular order for big crappie. You accidently left out Bridgeport. Larry, Bridgeport is an excellent crappie lake and love the clear water.
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Re: The best crappie lake in Texas?
[Re: Allfish]
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01/02/15 03:27 AM
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Mckinneycrappiecatcher
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I read in a magazine once that texoma, fork, lake o the pines, and Toledo bend are nationally recognized crappie lakes all in Texas.I think the rating order for Texas was 1. Fork 2. Texoma 3.pines 4. Toledo bend but the order could be different now and some lakes could have dropped. You have to keep in mind there are very few lakes in Texas that could be called a bad crappie lake and rating depends heavily on opinion.
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Re: The best crappie lake in Texas?
[Re: Allfish]
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01/02/15 04:06 AM
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Thump My Jig
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Toledo Bend is hard to beat....
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Re: The best crappie lake in Texas?
[Re: Allfish]
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01/02/15 11:43 AM
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Ketchn
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seems to me there are lots of great crappie lakes here to me
bigger fish east of 35 on average in most cases
but some of the west stuff is flat full of em
"best" is a relative term ....
best for numbers ?
best for the angler ?
best for big fish ?
etc
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Re: The best crappie lake in Texas?
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01/02/15 11:45 AM
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Ketchn
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and mineral wells is NOT the "best" for the winter angler without a boat ramp btw 
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Re: The best crappie lake in Texas?
[Re: Allfish]
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01/02/15 04:41 PM
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joser
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the best lakes to me are the ones with water in them, and I can get to fish often, But I'm in west texas and it's tuff out here for water, I fish where I can and when I can, so mine are Fort phantom Lake Leon, and back and forth, back and forth, occasionally Kirby and back and forth, back and forth, thats my list
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