I fish for pike with weedless rubber frogs this time of year, they aren't noisy or make any great fuss on the top water and they don't seem to suffer with the short strike but they are notoriously bad for hookup due to design, strike reaction is key or lack of it with the frogs I always wait a couple of seconds .
Anyway back to my point about the frogs not really making much fuss on the top of the water, I wonder if the problem with your lure is its making a little too much disturbance on the water resulting in the fish not hitting the target?
Atb
Kanny