Never pulled cranks there but used to side pull jigs and minnows and caught a lot of nice crappie/channels doing this.. this was 20 yrs ago before I knew anything about cranking for crappies or using super long jigs poles etc.. just normal 6-5.5 ft rods with a 2 jig setup and rods placed on floor of jon boat with rods hanging over the side, used to get out in lake with wind blowing into a cove and drift over the stump beds and as soon as we would hit the stumps we would start catching fish.
Haven't been there in a long time but should still work just as well, just let the wind take us at speed it wanted to and kept boat sideways to wind.