I've been having good luck spider rigging as well but am playing around with pulling crank baits. I've heard from a lot of folks on this forum as well in my Mid-west crappie videos that prime time to pull crank baits is during the summer. Not to say you can't have luck spider rigging in the summer it's just something different to try. This is really my first full year spider rigging and pulling crank baits and I'll be doing both this summer so I'll have a better answer come fall.