Initial Thoughts: Review of Teckel Sprinker Frog vs. Booyah Toad Runner vs. Homemade Teckel Sprinker Frog

[tcbass]

17 minutes ago, FishDewd said:

I have 3 frogs, one is a popping, but they're all booyah pad crashers. I'm yet to even get a blow-up on them, albeit I can't walk a frog whatsoever lol. I may accidentally walk it a few times but can't repeat it. Poppers on the other hand I can walk... yeah I don't know either.

 

 

I had a low percentage of hits with regular hollow body frogs too. 

 

Take one and add a paddle tail to it, I bet your bite ratio goes way up! What do you got to lose!

 

 

Good luck!

[FishDewd]

19 hours ago, tcbass said:

 

 

I had a low percentage of hits with regular hollow body frogs too. 

 

Take one and add a paddle tail to it, I bet your bite ratio goes way up! What do you got to lose!

 

 

Good luck!

I think it's more of an area problem... topwaters work sometimes, but I pretty much fish very pressured areas like public ponds and lakes. Also I'm stuck to the bank. If I could get out in real water on a boat and find some nice sloppy goodness then it might be a different story!

 

But it might be fun to add a a paddletail to my poppin pad crasher. Then it'd be a poppin pad plopper!

[tcbass]

4 hours ago, FishDewd said:

I think it's more of an area problem... topwaters work sometimes, but I pretty much fish very pressured areas like public ponds and lakes. Also I'm stuck to the bank. If I could get out in real water on a boat and find some nice sloppy goodness then it might be a different story!

 

But it might be fun to add a a paddletail to my poppin pad crasher. Then it'd be a poppin pad plopper!

 

Ah, yeah. Pressure sucks. 

 

 

Good luck! Tell us how it goes. 

[Bigbruce]

Was making a TW order and decided to add everything to make some plopper frogs. I have spro, scum, h20, and KVD frogs. May try to experiment with them first before I get a booyah. Had one before and it got broke off.

[tcbass]

4 hours ago, Bigbruce said:

Was making a TW order and decided to add everything to make some plopper frogs. I have spro, scum, h20, and KVD frogs. May try to experiment with them first before I get a booyah. Had one before and it got broke off.

 

 

I can save you some trouble. 

 

I tried the Spro, Scum, and KVD. None consistently worked but the Booyah did. 

[Bigbruce]

Tried my homemade plopping frog this morning and felt the tail didn’t kick unless I was bringing it in pretty fast. Am I supposed to burn this thing across pads to get the commotion I want?

[tcbass]

59 minutes ago, Bigbruce said:

Tried my homemade plopping frog this morning and felt the tail didn’t kick unless I was bringing it in pretty fast. Am I supposed to burn this thing across pads to get the commotion I want?

 

No. Should be able to go pretty slow. I usually fish mine slow. 

 

What are your frog components?

[Bigbruce]

2 hours ago, tcbass said:

 

No. Should be able to go pretty slow. I usually fish mine slow. 

 

What are your frog components?

Booyah frog with #6 3 way swivel and teckel tails with medium cps spring

[Looch]

never thought of just buying a teckel frog tail for making a homemade one. I tried making one last year and used mostly paddletails cut off plastics and while it caught fish, it didn't spin and have same action.

[tcbass]

5 hours ago, Bigbruce said:

Booyah frog with #6 3 way swivel and teckel tails with medium cps spring

 

 

Hmmm....Booyah Pad Crasher, not Popping Frog?

 

 

That should work, what line do you use, I use #30lbs. Power Pro Braid.

 

 

 

 

[Bigbruce]

1 hour ago, tcbass said:

 

 

Hmmm....Booyah Pad Crasher, not Popping Frog?

 

 

That should work, what line do you use, I use #30lbs. Power Pro Braid.

 

 

 

 

Yea it’s a pad crasher and I’m using 40 lb power pro. Everything seems right, just the tail seems to trail behind and not pop.

[tcbass]

Just now, Bigbruce said:

Yea it’s a pad crasher and I’m using 40 lb power pro. Everything seems right, just the tail seems to trail behind and not pop.

 

 

Weird. 

 

I’ve heard that sometimes the CPS spring doesn’t go on straight which could effect the tail rotating properly.

 

Maybe try another tail? 

[pauldconyers]

My only hesitancy with this style frog is just the potential to so easily gather grass and moss on it. With that big moving part on the back or adding swivels and such to the back of a regular frog it just seems like you are just begging to make a somewhat weed less bait a magnet for riff raff. For those with experience yes or no?

[Joshua Vandamm]

1 hour ago, pauldconyers said:

My only hesitancy with this style frog is just the potential to so easily gather grass and moss on it. With that big moving part on the back or adding swivels and such to the back of a regular frog it just seems like you are just begging to make a somewhat weed less bait a magnet for riff raff. For those with experience yes or no?

I’m not a fan of these frogs tbh but they are weedless. Swivels behind the body and small. ?‍♂️

 

my issue is they just don’t “plop” that well. Neither do savage gear frog plopper trailers. I get better action adding a rage Shad tail. Or just use a rage Shad. LOL 

[tcbass]

On 5/26/2019 at 11:01 AM, pauldconyers said:

My only hesitancy with this style frog is just the potential to so easily gather grass and moss on it. With that big moving part on the back or adding swivels and such to the back of a regular frog it just seems like you are just begging to make a somewhat weed less bait a magnet for riff raff. For those with experience yes or no?

 

 

Haven't had any trouble with snagging weeds.

 

 

Did realize that a straight retrieve is the best way to use these, just like the WP. That's why I think the WP and Homemade Sprinker Teckel Frog are two of the best topwater lures out there, simply cast and reel in, that's all you need to do.

 

 

Also, a lot of fish bite it if you just let it sit on the initial splashdown.

[tcbass]

On 8/5/2018 at 12:46 PM, Bigbruce said:

Tried my homemade plopping frog this morning and felt the tail didn’t kick unless I was bringing it in pretty fast. Am I supposed to burn this thing across pads to get the commotion I want?

 

 

Should look like this:

 

 

[Joshua Vandamm]

Teckel doesn’t even plop. It wags. LOL 

 

I don’t know why people call it a weedless plopper. It’s not. 

BUT... cut the tail off a rage shad and replace that dumb boot. Plops loud. 

[tcbass]

18 minutes ago, Joshua Vandamm said:

Teckel doesn’t even plop. It wags. LOL 

 

I don’t know why people call it a weedless plopper. It’s not. 

BUT... cut the tail off a rage shad and replace that dumb boot. Plops loud. 

 

You catch a lot with that?

[TnRiver46]

I lost the original tail and substituted the tail of a big bite baits cane thumper, they both worked 

[YoTone]

12 hours ago, Joshua Vandamm said:

Teckel doesn’t even plop. It wags. LOL 

 

I don’t know why people call it a weedless plopper. It’s not. 

BUT... cut the tail off a rage shad and replace that dumb boot. Plops loud. 

Nice I like the rage shad but the tail is ridiculously fragile.

[tcbass]

17 hours ago, TnRiver46 said:

I lost the original tail and substituted the tail of a big bite baits cane thumper, they both worked 

 

 

Nice!

 

I actually tried these before I switched to Teckel replacement tails and they caught fish too.

 

 

[txchaser]

So I have a bone and a black sprinker frog. Fished them reasonably often and mostly just got the occassional half-assed swipe. Tried the booyah tail frogs, same difference. I didn't see what all the big deal was on these, so I just used toads in that application; they would get strikes in the same color and same retrieve speed.

 

And then the weight fell out of the bone sprinker. For some reason it irritated me so much I remembered this thread, ordered the stuff, and made a homemade one.

 

Fished it twice now, it catches fish! So many today that I have to retire the first one. Tail is still fine, but after a 30 frog fish run today, the frog itself looks like the dog got ahold of it. 

 

My most epic topwater day ever was thanks to this homemade frog. Works well in open water with weeds, it was calling fish out that the buzzbait and a WP wouldn't pull.

 

Thanks @TC Bass

[r83srock]

I remember seeing this post. Tried the toad runner when it came out with very poor hookups. Love the idea of the lure, but i never seen much success with it. Seeing this is pushing me to try the homemade version, which I wanted to try a year ago and never did. ??‍♂️ Glad it worked well for you!

[tcbass]

12 hours ago, txchaser said:

So I have a bone and a black sprinker frog. Fished them reasonably often and mostly just got the occassional half-assed swipe. Tried the booyah tail frogs, same difference. I didn't see what all the big deal was on these, so I just used toads in that application; they would get strikes in the same color and same retrieve speed.

 

And then the weight fell out of the bone sprinker. For some reason it irritated me so much I remembered this thread, ordered the stuff, and made a homemade one.

 

Fished it twice now, it catches fish! So many today that I have to retire the first one. Tail is still fine, but after a 30 frog fish run today, the frog itself looks like the dog got ahold of it. 

 

My most epic topwater day ever was thanks to this homemade frog. Works well in open water with weeds, it was calling fish out that the buzzbait and a WP wouldn't pull.

 

Thanks @TC Bass

 

 

Awesome!!!

 

 

Happy it worked for you!!!