Looking for places around nea

Hey all. Havent posted on here in a while. Kind of let fishing just fall to the side for the last few years, but my son just recently started taking a liking to it. We fish out of the floodway some and go to mallard/big lake. We basically fish for whatever is biting. However, we are looking to get on some bream or crappie as i think he would be happier with those. We bank fish, but ive been looking to get a small boat. For now, im looking for somewhere i can still bank fish. Im not necessarily tied to nea, but i dont want to travel 3 hours away to fish. Looking for something close to home. Anyone got any suggestions?

Lake Charles...

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Yup lake Charles good for the kids to crappie bank fish during spawn in the state park cove.

Keep it simple, ultralight rod, 4 lbs test line, 1/64 oz trout magnet bison with a trout magnet float at 9-12". They will catch a bunch [emoji41]

Sometimes if they fuzzy I also put a white powerbait crappie nibble on it.

No sizes to most crappie on the bank, sometimes you'll catch a 10 inch fish. But fun to catch!

Cast near brush in the water you can see or near bank, keep moving till you find em.

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Originally Posted by mo_86_05

Im not necessarily tied to nea, but i dont want to travel 3 hours away to fish.

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I always figured it was better to drive 2 hours, catch fish for 4 and drive 2 hours back home than drive 30 minutes, not catch any for 6-7 hours and drive 30 minutes back home. That said the bar pits south of Marked Tree can be good. Think they are called Monterey. Rainbow landing is the name on a couple of agfc signs.