That should be a good time to fish Weiss. Forget the cranks unless you own pico, bandit or Arkie. You would lose many baits fishing here. Plus most crappie in Weiss are blacks although whites seem to be making a come back. If you want stripers you need to go to Smith Lake in Cullman. Deep clear lake with some monsters in it. I don't catch or see as many stripers here on Weiss as I once did. Hope they died. By first week of April you should be able to longline, shoot docks or fish shallow stumps and brush on Weiss.