well we tried them Saturday morning for a lil bit. everyone on the lake was out of minnows at 6:30 am. So had to wait on the minnow truck which did not arrive until 8am. got fishing at 8:30 and got blown off at 10:15 bye a pretty good cold rain storm with fairly hard winds. Boated 1 keeper. First trip of the year to knock the rust off. should be better nex trip.