contrary to what you may have heard, this type of grip can be used safely on fish (and is the only way to safely handle some fish species, which have teeth!). There are Important points to remember though:
The injuries to fish that you have heard of are due to not making this hold CORRECTLY.
To land this way correctly, you will be grabbing the GILL PLATE, which is the outer tough plate that you see, not the gills themselves! when you have such a grip, and angle your hand outward a bit while holding the plate, you will avoid touching the gills themselves at all

It varies a bit depending on species… For example, channels are known to eat anything.
Blues are more picky; they are primarily hunters, not just bottom scroungers like channels, & are strongly drawn to scents, especially oils & phenols. Plastic lures today are primarily composed of resins, which are compounds of phenols, and various “attractants” or scents, most of which are aromatic oils (garlic oil is popular).
Flatheads are straight predators, actually having a lair & separate hunting grounds. They scent, but are primarily sight hunters, like land cats. They are similarly wary, often only taking live baitfish.
However, like felines, they will often react to attack something that suddenly appears nearby appearing to struggle or flee.

They are indeed well made, though as I said, I’m having some concerns about “waterproof”. I admit could partly be that the weather I’m putting it to could be just so severe, but I don’t see why it isn’t beading & rolling off… Maybe I need to wash it more often, even if it doesn’t look dirty?
One thing I Do like a lot about it is plenty of large pockets… 3 exterior zipper pockets, & 2 large inside pockets with Velcro, one to each side. Hood has built in visor, face flaps, and drawstring & is detachable

I live in the Southern US, keeping warm is not a problem (relatively); here these storms roll up quickly, with very heavy downpours, and high winds. Then afterwards several hours of extreme humidity so breathability would be top priority.
Long ago, I had military Gore-Tex which I loved, but they are too expensive right now. The storm save seemed like a good alternative for only $125, though I wish that it had underarm zippers like the Gore-Tex did!

Care instructions sometimes don’t work. I have a Carhartt storm safe and it seemed to be alright at first then after a couple weeks I found it would not exactly leak through, but the liner would become deaf enough to wear my shirt would begin feeling damp or wet…
The instructions from Carhartt say only to wash and dry on low I called them when that did not work and asked about waterproofing product, and was told not to apply anything, that the water proofing was built into the fabric.
I followed Carhartt’s instructions again, still had a problem. I sent it into them and they replaced it, claiming manufactured defect. But the replacement is having the same problem.
I don’t know exactly how they would determine if they had a defect or if the customer had applied some product that was incompatible …