I pull cranks when the water gets about 55 degrees. I do seem to catch more larger fish until the water get to 80-85 degrees then its a toss up as you can't keep the small crappies and yellow bass off them both on Monroe as well as Patoka. You do catch bonus fish pulling cranks such as lg. mouth and a occasional walleye as well as stripers and hybrids. Cranks I pull are mostly 200 and 300 series bandits and I use their chart with trolling rods matched with Okuma line counter reels loaded with 20lb high vis yellow Power Pro Braid. On Patoka, when the water is high enough and you can pull above the weed beds in the spring, you can really load the boat with nice fish. Don't be afraid to also pull thru the edges of the timber or across the timbered points,, as I never loose many either even if they get stuck on the timber under water. Just reel all your other lines in and 99% of the time when you backtrack to where its hung up,,it will come off as the timber is now getting mushy. And,,when pulling thru the timber,,as your crank is bouncing off,,it can trigger a big fish into striking more. Prior to the warmer temps I will long line jigs sometimes adding nibbles to when using the tube type bodied baits as I inject it into them. Also use Bobby Garland bodies, curlie tails and a few diff. other colored types on RR jig heads.