Anyone try one yet?  I got to use them for the first time this past weekend.  They're more durable than many other toads I've tried, and the flapping leg action is pretty noisey.  I rigged it on an Owner 4/0 Wide Gap Plus hook.  Fish liked them, and I caught several on the same bait.  One thing I noticed, they were really easy to skip, which came in handy along a stretch of over hanging willow trees bordered by milfoil beds growing to the surface - perfect area for a toad bait.

 

This guy shook my toad off, but I'd already caught a few with it.

Never been much of a toad guy.  I have a bunch of Rage toads but hardly ever use them.  The price of these new Tip Toads is right for me to try them though.

Honestly, me neither.  Last time I fished them was probably four years ago or more.  Where I was fishing presented the perfect opportunity to try them out.

25 minutes ago, RichF said:

Never been much of a toad guy.  I have a bunch of Rage toads but hardly ever use them.  The price of these new Tip Toads is right for me to try them though.

Price is what made me stop fishing toads. Zooms were getting close to $1 apiece and not real durable. Price on these makes them a much better option for me. 

I am a toad guy so I appreciate the feed back on this bait!!

 

A couple of questions: what type of hook did you use? Did the toad run upright for the most part or would it flip over? 

 

 

1 hour ago, J Francho said:

Owner 4/0 Wide Gap Plus

 

It was upright more often than upside down.  The big hook, and rigging it with an "arch" in it's back helps.

I'll be trying these after my Horny Toad supply dwindles.  They look great and the price looks even better.  I'll be using it on a VMC 1/16oz weighted swimbait hook as I do with my Zooms.  Helps keep it flipped the right way.

1 hour ago, moguy1973 said:

I'll be using it on a VMC 1/16oz weighted swimbait hook as I do with my Zooms.

You 'll definitely want a high speed reel, and might want to try both weighted and unweighted, to compare retrieve speeds.  I was reeling fairly quick with the 6.3:1 TD-X HSDL.  Would have preferred a burner reel for this.

Dang I just went to TW to check these out. Price is too good not to try. I'm down to only about 10 packs of rage toads. Does the noise more closely compare to the rage toad or the horny toad? 

Never used a horney toad, but it's similar to the Rage.  You have to reel this Tip-toad in a little faster than the Rage Toad.

Just watched some vids. I really like those humps to hide a double toad hook. I'm sold! 

18 hours ago, J Francho said:

You 'll definitely want a high speed reel, and might want to try both weighted and unweighted, to compare retrieve speeds.  I was reeling fairly quick with the 6.3:1 TD-X HSDL.  Would have preferred a burner reel for this.

I typically use a 7.1:1 or 7.3:1 for my top waters and usually don't have any problem keeping my toads on top.

3 hours ago, moguy1973 said:

I typically use a 7.1:1 or 7.3:1 for my top waters

That's what I should have been using, for sure.  I had five rods with me, and this was the only one with heavy braid on it.  It wasn't impossible, but it would have been much nicer had I thought ahead.  It's not like I don't have 50 reels to pick from, lol.

19 minutes ago, J Francho said:

That's what I should have been using, for sure.  I had five rods with me, and this was the only one with heavy braid on it.  It wasn't impossible, but it would have been much nicer had I thought ahead.  It's not like I don't have 50 reels to pick from, lol.

Hey J I tried sending a PM to you but it says you can not receive PM's...

Cleared out a few hundred of them, lol.  Should be room now.

Yeah i looked at them and am gonna pick up some myself but haven't yet.  Just debating on using my bass pro gift cards and going to the actual store or just getting them delivered lol I may head up there tonight though because i am hoping to get out tomorrow and throw some frogs