Evan and I visit a small neighborhood lake right down the road from our home, just outside of Richmond and pound some nice crappie! We got a stringer full in just a couple hours. If you can locate a small lake like this that you can get on, you'll typically do very well with Crappie and even bass. They usually have light fishing pressure and a LOT of fish. Some of these encourage you to keep your catch, others like you to release everything so make sure you know the rules, so you get invited back.