I have heard this before, several mentions on the board about it being time for crankbaits, but I don't quite understand makes crankbaits a superior choice of bait for trolling at this time of year. It seems you could cover the same water column just as easily with regular plastics, so it must be more to the reasoning than that.

Or maybe cranks are just more fun. Cranks like me have more fun, but that's another topic