Last fall I caught a lot of walleyes that were feeding on frogs all the way up until freeze up. That has had me thinking all summer about a frog bait for walleyes. My favorite walleye bait is the 3.5" swimshad so the 3.5" swimtoad looked like the perfect walleye frog for me.
I got the mold and shot a few up the same day for a test. I walked down to the river to test them and realized that with the thick legs and feet on this bait you need to move it way faster than I want in cold water to get them to move.
I noticed that the legs were exactly double the thickness of the thin tail swimshads I normally use. So I made the decision to fill in the legs and feet on one side to make them thin.
I screwed up a little and filled in the vent side, but luckily it didn't hurt a bit.
Here's a couple pics of the mold modded and a pic of the results. The left is the original and the right is one shot after the modification.