First Impressions Of The Spro Baby Popper Frog, Somethings Not Right

[MassBass]

So i pulled out my spro baby popper yesterday evening. Its in the nasty shad color, a baitfish imitation. I got a solid strike and hooked up. I had the fish on and fought it briefly (enough to see it was close to 4 lbs), and then the fish suddenly got unbuttoned close to the boat. I inspected the frog and only one hook was exposed, the other hook was penetrating the side of the frog and clearly was not able to get into the fish. Then i got another smaller strike and waited and set the hook; hauled water. I inspected the frog and the body was burying both hooks and it didn't look right. So wuts going on here? bad luck, or bad lure?     

[Dwight Hottle]

Sometimes the body will twist on the hook & impale itself. Just reposition it so the hooks are pointing up. I sometimes tweak the hooks by opening the gap just a little with a pair of pliers. I use the regular spro poppers not the baby popper.

[MassBass]

Good tip on bending the hooks out. I think thats just what it needed.

[Bluebasser86]

Sometimes the body will twist on the hook & impale itself. Just reposition it so the hooks are pointing up. I sometimes tweak the hooks by opening the gap just a little with a pair of pliers. I use the regular spro poppers not the baby popper.

I opened the gap up on my popping frog very slightly and rarely miss a fish with it. 

[Ratherbfishing]

Probably half (or more) of the fish I catch on frogs will have only one hook in them-and it's not uncommon for the other hook to get buried in the lure.  Sometimes it's how the fish hits which causes the hooks to bury into the plastic.  I wouldn't dismiss the bait as being defective just yet.