Always wanted to fish Lake Athens, it's a beautiful little lake but, never got the chance.
Are you near Ben Wheeler, TX? I have a couple of great fishing buddies that live there and fish both Palestine and CCL often.
You also need to get on the TexasFishngForum.net site and look under 'crapie' as there are a LOT of guys on there that fish E Tx a lot!
Truly a great bunch of people.