Got into fishing again a couple of years ago after a many year hiatus. I don't know what the problem is but I haven't really caught them consistently like I used to. I mostly bass fish. I used to fish for crappie more and caught some great stringers in spawn and post-spawn springtime.

This year, haven't tried crappie but few times and haven't done much good. As for bass, same thing. This year (pre-spawn), I catch 3-5 bass per outing. In years past, I caught more than that and would have some sensational days. I haven't had a sensational day in the past two years.

I am trying to learn more about crappie fishing. I just like to catch fish, period. I even bought a nice fly rod last year for bream (and bass) and had some fun with that. So, liking to catch fish, whatever it is... might move into more crappie/bream fishing and less bass unless I figure something out on bass, lol. I don't care what fish I catch, I just like more numbers.

So, if you used to bass fish but just fish for crappie, why?

Do you usually catch several crappie or do you have a lot of days you catch 1 or 2 or none?

Do you fish lakes or small ponds?

P.S. FWIW, I am also entertaining the thought that maybe I just don't care so much for pre-spawn, spawn bass fishing. The majority of my bass fishing successful days, it was post-spawn, and most of it hot weather fishing. I am also considering concentrating my bass fishing on small ponds. I seem to do better there more consistently. But I would love to again figure them out on some larger lakes, they are easy to get to and launch.