Couple quick questions

[Moose07]

Do crappie and bass swim together? So if I catch a bass should I stay or immediately leave because crappie will not be close by since there's bass. Do all crappie swim together regardless of size. Exp - let's I'm catching a bunch of 8in crappie, will there be 12in + size crappie swimming with 8in crappie or smaller. Basically to sum it up, should I move if I catch a bass and should I move if I'm catching smaller crappie than I want. I should say I'm fishing from the bank as well. Thanks in advance!

[CrappiePappy]

Bass & Crappie don't "school" together, but they are likely to "be together" on a piece of cover, at times.

Crappie "usually" school by year class (size), but there are times when larger fish are present among the smaller ones.

[Rojo]

I regularly catch 8in fish with 12in fish not so much a bunch of shorts then you land a 12in+ fish. Also I catch bass regularly when catching crappie off a submerged tree. No reason to stay or go unless you're not catching your targeted fish. I keep the small bass too. There is a over population condition of bass where I fish a lot so bass go in the box 1lb size. So food for thought, a 12in+ Crappie is less threatened by becoming dinner than shorter fish and will be out in the open more as a predator than prey. Shorts are in the cover because they are prey to a lot of other fish.

[Ketchn]

Bass don’t worry most of the time, big and small they are highly to be near large bait shoals ALONG with other predators...like crappie...and etc. too ....
I found crappie under gar before, I found crappie under stripers ( one of fishing Kens first ever videos on his utube channel )
I have found em with drum as well and even catfish and carp ....
Sometimes big fish scare them, sometimes not so much