BEST Not Recognized Crappie Lakes -West Texas

I work often with Wildlife Tech's on a regular basis and wanted to identify some of the best crappie lakes for the future that are not talked about very often to help this Spring and in the future. After being very low for numerous seasons, Lake J.B. Thomas/Snyder and Miller Creek Lake/Munday are sleeper lakes. Net surveys showed very high numbers of 8-10 inch crappie this last fall in both lakes, which many have almost abandoned fishing due to the thoughts of poor spawns. If you want to fish where the fish counts are high think about these lakes. Email if you like for more info.

Regards,
Mud-Dabber

you got mail.

mud-dabber,westtx here(propbender somewhere else) the two lakes you mentioned are my favorites I rarely fish anywhere else but miller or thomas and like any other lake you just have to know where to go and what to use if you want to catch them. both lakes are nice and quiet with very few recreational boaters or jet skis(both have little or no camping accomodations) just good ole fishin lakes. both lakes have caught alot of water last summer where most of the other lakes are very low .Most people have never heard of them or thought they would be a waste of time,I honestly would like to keep it that way. The less people here about a lakes the less recreational yahoos will be out there.I hope they continue to be good ole fishin lakes.maybe i'll see you at one of them i'll be the one cleaning all the blues or killin all the brews.

heycods, where do you live in Centex?

25Mi. SW of Brownwood, 24Mi. as the crow flies East of O H Ivie. 20mi S of Coleman.

Wheres nolanville?

Heycods...Texfisher lives close to me, near Belton Lake. Actually he's smack dab in the middle between Belton and Stillhouse. Nolanville is between Killeen and Belton on 190. The thing is, he could live in the middle of the lake and still not be able to catch a crappie!:D :D He needs to let me borrow his boat so I can get some fish stank on it. Then maybe his luck would change. Just kiddin, I haven't caught a decent crappie in a month, but I haven't fish for the last two weeks either!!!!!

Yea I aint fished any lakes lately, I`ve been fighting kidney stones till the world aint level. I have passed 7 in the last 3 days, maby im getting rid of them where a boat ride wont hurt so much.

Smedley, I do I am still the drum king so watch out or I will put the drum hex on you. LOL, Yeah, this weather's getting to me, I need to get the boat on the lake and maybe you can throw some fish from your boat onto mine. Kind of a christening type thing. I'm having some slight tranny probs on the cherokee, but it's still driveable. Maybe this weekend.

Hey yall, run down to fiesta foods an det some carp run it through the blender and christen that new boat, then "let the fishing begin"

can't get the right kind of stank from carp!

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Originally Posted by TexFisher

Smedley, I do I am still the drum king so watch out or I will put the drum hex on you. LOL, Yeah, this weather's getting to me, I need to get the boat on the lake and maybe you can throw some fish from your boat onto mine. Kind of a christening type thing. I'm having some slight tranny probs on the cherokee, but it's still driveable. Maybe this weekend.

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texfisher what is your tranny problem maybe i can help

for sure dont get any green slimer juce on it.

txfshrmn, I attempted to drive my boat to waco and have the throttle worked on and well, that's another post. I left about five minutes after I arrived. When I got home and got out of the XJ, I was smelling smoke from underneath. I noticed about a half quart of tranny fluid on the ground so I really began to worry. I took it to a shop on sunday and they gave me an estimate for around 900 bucks. Most of which is labor. Here is what they stated was wrong.

Trans Cooler Lines 96.10 and 84.50, Labor 97.50 Total=278.10
Trans Ft Pump Seal- 21.10 parts, Labor 357.50 Total=378.60
Trans Pan Gasket- 14.70 parts, Labor 97.80 Total= 112.20
Oil Pressure Switch- parts 23.50 Labor 65.00 Total= 88.50

I drove it today with no leak and I am thinking I may have overheated it. But, I still have a problem, why did it overheat, I bought this thing solely for pulling my boat.

Its a 98 XJ. Thanks if you can help.

Is this just another ploy to keep you from setting the "most-trash-fish- caught-in-a-season-while-losing-the-most-lures" record?

tranny problems suck. I had the clutch replaced on my truck last Sept. the parts were about 200 of the 800 bucks.

texfisher your jeep most likely has an aisin warner trans if so the most common problem is high speed driving or hwy speeds with a load the trans will spit fluid from the front seal because the drain back hole is too small to keep up.The cooler lines also are too close to the suspension in the front and sometimes will rub into if you have been driving it with no problems its probably the first one of these things as there are alot of hills btween waco &nolanville however there is a chance that you did overheat it but it is slim the price you got for repairs is about par for any of the larger shops in this area but i could do an entire rebuild for $1200 so i know we can get it done at alot better price if it is all necessary ill pm you my cell # if you want to see what we can do.

Is this just another ploy to keep you from setting the "most-trash-fish- caught-in-a-season-while-losing-the-most-lures" record?

Smedley, don't forget, I still hold the record for lost rods also! LOL, dang it.

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Originally Posted by TexFisher

txfshrmn, I attempted to drive my boat to waco and have the throttle worked on and well, that's another post. I left about five minutes after I arrived. When I got home and got out of the XJ, I was smelling smoke from underneath. I noticed about a half quart of tranny fluid on the ground so I really began to worry. I took it to a shop on sunday and they gave me an estimate for around 900 bucks. Most of which is labor. Here is what they stated was wrong.

Trans Cooler Lines 96.10 and 84.50, Labor 97.50 Total=278.10
Trans Ft Pump Seal- 21.10 parts, Labor 357.50 Total=378.60
Trans Pan Gasket- 14.70 parts, Labor 97.80 Total= 112.20
Oil Pressure Switch- parts 23.50 Labor 65.00 Total= 88.50

I drove it today with no leak and I am thinking I may have overheated it. But, I still have a problem, why did it overheat, I bought this thing solely for pulling my boat.

Its a 98 XJ. Thanks if you can help.

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I dont understand the 97 bucks fpr the trans pan gasket, They have pulled the tranny to do the front seal nothing to replaceing pan gasket with tranny out. Do you have a transmission cooler, If not add one. If you bought it for a tow vehicle it should have had a trans. cooler as part of the tow package.
what kind of vehicle?:confused: :confused: