So it's been taught to me that it would be a good idea to have a soft sticky bait like a senko or yum dinger tied on when fishing topwater baits. This is because when a fish misses a top water bait Its possIble that fish is still in the area and looking for the meal it just missed.

So what about throwing the topwater bait to get the fish fired up and then throw a soft stIck bait to pick up those fish that have been turned on. Has anyone ever given this technique a try?

I am an avid frog fisherman. With soft plastic frogs (aka ribbits) you can simply let the frog sink after the miss. However, I do pitch beaver/craw/senko lures back as well upon a miss. The key I believe is something that sinks veeeeeeerry slowly. You should certainly try it.

Me and my friend did that and pond, I threw a frog then he threw a BPS Bubblegum, I'd throw then he'd throw we both caught the same amount of fish. It's a good technique that is not very well known.

BPS Senco sorry.

Following up with a soft plastic after a missed topwater strike (also called a boil) is a widespread technique. I highly recommend it, although it works for me less than I wish it would. I'm not sure how big a difference which plastic it is makes.

Sometimes they'll also try again for the same or different topwater bait and also a follow-up with a non-plastic, such as crankbait or spinnerbait.

One time a fish boiled three times and nothing I did got it to hit again. I went back to the same spot an hour or so later and got it on the first or second cast with the same Jitterbug that it boiled on the first time.

Yep. In fact, I did the same today. Was throwing a top water popper and any misses or disinterest, I threw a weightless zoom fluke. DEADLY!!!!!

OP is asking whether it's a good strategy to buzzbait over an area for a while (whether you get strikes from it or not ) and then ,once you've presumably stirred up any fish in the area, to fish the area with a soft stickbait.

Specifically, using a buzzbait just to attract interest from the fish (priming the water) in the area then switching lures.