I ust to Hate yo-yo's, despised them, until a good friend of mine got me out on Lake Conway one night and talked me into trying them. Man we had a blast with them and caught some nice cats and crappie. One night I took one of the neighborhood kids out to run some Yo-Yos and you should have seen that kids face light up when them yo-yos started to pop off and he got to pull them fish into the boat. Another reason I like em is that you can catch some nice cats while your crappie fishing. They are great locators in tree filled lakes like conway where you can then go in and verticle jig with a long pole too. IMO If you are ethical with them, catch only your limit, and stay with in the laws provided, I now see nothing wrong with them except another fun great way to put some crappie and cats (which I love to eat also) in the boat. CP