In the water,they won't burn, but the edge of the pan ABOVE the water,I have/use a gas stove, and if you BUMP the bait on the EXPOSED side of the HOT pan, it will and does melt, and then BURN the plastic (not the lure's plastic, but the melted on the side /rim plastic...) I did not mean to construe that the bait would melt into a pile of goo, nor burn IN the water. It won't. Some of the smaller ,softer plastics I have experimented with DID thin out after "overboiling" (better to experiment with a 50 cent piece of plastic ,than a 25 dollar...) ... I didn't mean to scare anyone or confuse, just trying to help, and I have never RUINED a bait, but only a couple of pots. --- I ALWAYS WEAR SAFETY GLASSES.... HAPPY HOLIDAYS, Alex