| If you are looking for crappie hot spots, look no further | | | | Eisenhower State Park, with beautiful campsites. |
| than the state of Texas. With its huge size and many | | | | However, as crappie hot spots go, this is a great place |
| lakes, you know there is plenty of choice for preferred | | | | to be, especially for night fishing off the lighted fishing |
| fishing locations, and you'll never run out of options or | | | | pier. Cooper Lake State Park consists of 19,000 acres |
| locations for taking a weekend fishing trip. Your | | | | of impoundment near Cooper and is known for |
| excursions could take you to several different areas | | | | crappie as well as bass, catfish, and hybrids. If you are |
| of Texas, each of which boasts several excellent | | | | looking for crappie hot spots, try fishing along "the wall" |
| crappie hot spots all its own. | | | | at Heron Harbor in the South Sulphur Unit. |
| Start with Texas state parks, under the supervision of | | | | While there is not an abundance of crappie hot spots |
| the Texas Parks and Wildlife Division. More than 70 | | | | in the Houston metro area, you can find a few nice |
| state parks participate in the Family Fishing Celebration, | | | | fishing holes. Try your hand at Brazos Bend State |
| and within state parks, you are not required to carry a | | | | Park, near Needville, where there are three small lakes |
| fishing license as you are outside the boundaries. Note | | | | producing plenty of crappie and other sunfish, including |
| that managers and biologists with the TPWD are free | | | | Elm and Hale Lakes, 40 acres, where it is |
| with their knowledge and will give suggestions on the | | | | recommended you fish off the piers due to large |
| best lakes to fish as well as tips for guaranteeing a | | | | populations of alligators in the lakes. |
| good catch. | | | | In the Austin area, Inks Lake State Park near Burnet is |
| In the Dallas/Fort Worth area, Lake Ray Roberts near | | | | an unbelievable crappie hot spot, due partly to little |
| Pilot Point is a state park and a well-known crappie hot | | | | pressure on the lake. According to park management, |
| spot. It consists of 30,000 acres and has a hotel and | | | | just about anyone with a pole can expect a good |
| restaurant in the Jordan unit of the lake. Largemouth | | | | catch. Bank fishing is excellent all over the park, and |
| bass is a greatly concentrated species that attracts a | | | | you can rent canoes or kayaks from the park store. |
| lot of fishermen, but anglers also do quite well with | | | | As a bonus, the hill country surrounding the park is |
| crappie. Near Denison, you'll find the smaller 423-acre | | | | unbelievably gorgeous. |