Has anyone here had any luck using Japanese beetles or the similar, but larger, green June beetles ("June bugs"), as live bait?

There's not much talk about using them on the internet, and I've heard that fish usually aren't too interested in Japanese beetles...perhaps becasue they are so hard and spiny?

However, they are so easy to catch off of my blackberry bush and other garden plants that they infest, that they are practically begging me to try them as bait. Likewise, those big green and gold June beetles that are buzzing all over neighborhood parks this time of year seem too big, chunky, and easy to catch for me to NOT try them.

So if I manage to get out to do a little fishing this weekend, I'll probably try them.