Missed Hits On Horny Toad ???

I was fishing after sunset Saturday evening, and I got seven or eight hits
on a Zoom Horny Toad. They were pretty tentative hits. Just a little
splish at the bait. I tried two different things. The first couple I gave
it slack and let the bait fall, and the last three or four I just kept
retrieving at the same speed. Neither approach produced any fish.

What would you have done? Switch to a popper with lots of trebles hoping
they would hook up on the outside on the initial strike? Maybe slip a big
treble over the hook on the toad? Go to a buzz bait?

P.S. Out topwater bite hasn't really turned on yet down here.

Bob La Londe
http://www.YumaBassMan.com