Ive done very well fishing this way year round even in the summer, there were nearly 1400 Crappie pulled over the side of my boat last year. But I fish mainly creeks and rivers. You can really cover ALOT of water and ALOT quicker this way. Its probably one of the easiest way that I have ever caught crappie. Speed and depth is the BIGGEST factor for me. You can controll the depth by size/weight of jig, distance of line put out, bobbers/floats and of course speed. I use multiple color jig bodies until I get THE HOT color that seems to be working that day, then I will put them on all my rods....that is if that single color is on FIRE!!! Good Luck and Good fishing!!!