Yes, have same luck with pimples too. Sometimes I tear the minnow in half to leave the intestines dangling & this seems to spark a few bites on a tuff day. I also like to tie a 2-3" dropper on a 1/16oz buckshot rattle spoon & tip with 1 mousie or T-bone a couple spikes on it for the finickey crappie days. GOOD LUCK & KEEP EXPERIMENTIN!