I hear you.  Sometimes when I see a huge explosion I react to quickly and as a result I loose the fish.  I may also be loosing some fish due to the pads and heavy hydrilla mats that I fish.  The reason I say that is some of them do fight for a while before I loose them.  The bottom line is I still catch a lot of bass top water using the ragetail toads.

Haven't tried the toads yet but the legs kick similarly to another toad I use, the Sizmic Toad.  Both are like a plastic buzzbait when retrieved slowly.  Not as much actions as the shad, but it's more of a subtle movement.  And they can be retrieved subsurface as Big-O stated.

That is definately something I need to try more often with my topwater plastics, allowing them to twitch softly under the water after an explosion.  Sounds like it could be worth trying.  

I think in our head as fishermen a lot of us have that mindset that when we see the explosion the fish should already have the bait.  The hardest thing is it's just like fishing a crankbait or a plastic... you have to "feel the weight" before you swing for the fences.  But it's preaching to the choir.  We always state this.  It's just something about seeing that explosion that gets your adrenaline pumping and makes you wanna react.

I can definately state though that as a Strike King fanatic and after having trialed those Rage Tail Shad's time and time again that if fished correctly and in the right areas these can be one of the most productive baits out there.  And while they are not "frogs" in a sense they have similarities.

I will be trying out the Rage Tail frogs either tommorrow or this weekend with my dad (Rondef) as he has a bunch he's gonna let me check out since he swears by them now.  I'll post here after I do with my findings and stuff.