I'm 47 years old, been fishing my whole life. Started crappie fishing with my pap-paw when I was 12-13 years old. Got my drivers license and promptly took up bass fishing and tourneys. Did that for years...I used to fish bass Sardis all the time and see maybe 4-5 older fellas crappie fishing. I remember thinking, I'd love to have me some crappie! But, I didn't start back crappie fishing til I was around 30. Every year there were more and more crappie fishermen and less bass fishermen. Now bass has definitely taken a back seat to the crappie.
How and why did this happen? Just have wondered about it for years.