Ken, obviously you haven't thought the process through - no self-respecting fish would bite a Palmetto bug - they (the fish) have better sense than to get near a predator. Instead, when applying the bug to the line, be careful to leave his head free so he can grasp the fish with his mandibles, and you can pull them in. Heck, I figure one bug can catch your limit in less than 10 minutes, and thats only because only a pwp would think of genus like this (It will take us a little while longer to talk the bug into letting us have the fish) Now hurry up and file your patient, I want my share of the proceeds- you are selling stock, correct? bob