No, I tried it a little bit. The color was not the same and the main problem was that I was worried about breaking the fins off. To get these fish to hit my Slammer, I had to pitch it within a foot of the shady grass, hyacinth, or wood. They just wouldn't come out after it otherwise. Every 10 casts I wound up bouncing my bait off of something or having to rip it through hyacinth. Chucking the tilapia bait back in that stuff I would have busted it up. I could see a time at that lake though when it could be really good if the fish were on the points or shallow open wood/rock more.