We got Gambusia one year, but they were only in watering troughs. They did not survive the water quality crunch that occurs when the leaves drop into the troughs in the Fall (the troughs can get pretty gross), so I don't know if they would Winter here or not. I think they would.

"Live like you'll die tomorrow, but manage your grass like you'll live forever."
-S. M. Stirling
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