I was fishing in a pond in march and caught some good size crappie. All were released but now can only catch dinks.
Do larger one go to deeper areas this time of year?

Also, the other afternoon, crappie were breaking the surface in an area. Fished there and only caught small crappie, sunfish and a small bass. I was using a itsy minnow bait but bites were slow for the amount of fishing breaking the surface. Anyone suggest a better bait? Will crappie hit a flyrod bug?

Thanks for any information or suggestions