I thought you were fishing a grub? Or is that the same thing?
But yeah cranks and Ned's/grubs/Jerm Werm whatever the trendy name is caught fish. An honest non-biased try of the HD yielded nothing. No big deal. It happens. Doesn't mean it's a sucky bait. If it's what makes you weak at the knee's, by all means keep praying at the alter of the HD.