This might rehash some of what has already been said, but here goes. I have done spider, longline jigs and cranks, pushed jigs and cranks, single pole cast and jig, and deep jig with 2 poles. Hands down, my favorite is deep jigging standing timber, but I left that behind when I moved south. Second is single pole. Longline cranks is next, but that also doesn’t work here as well as it did there. Then longline jigs. I also make a lot of what I use doing these techniques. My internal motor runs to fast for the unproductive times that sometimes come when spider rigging. That and pushing also makes different rods necessary that don’t always transfer to other styles very well. Like, what else can a man do with 8 poles 16’ long. 3 rods per side of the boat and they don’t have to be specialized. Good rod holders make a difference, and you can also get started with four inexpensive rods out the back. Pulling cranks has put over 50 fish over my gunnels in 4 hours and most would have kept. And the big whites hit like a house afire. The surprise fish also add icing to the cake. I started pulling cranks in the pre spawn staging areas in the spring and went all the way through til the water got cold. I’m tellin ya, it just plain works. There’s a learning curve but there’s a bunch of folks near you that are good at it. Trolling jigs has a different dynamic in that when you stop, everything goes to the bottom and it can be a snagfest. Cranks float. Crank em in, go back for the snag, and start again. Some folks just either pull em free or break em off, but I never did. Ill get off my soapbox, but this is my input. As you get more exposure to the different styles, you’ll find your own and not question it.