Dave Willis,only one time in 14 years have I lost a few to cold weather,other than that they do great.I always used them on trot lines while chasing those monster Flathead Cats down here.They are probably the meanest fish we have down here and they will push out about every other fish species over time.By the way my forum name "Ryer" is slang down my way with trot liners for the Rio Grande Perch as we just call them "ryers",
