Rod,
basically use a slow gentle WTD retrieve, as Marq said this will give you a nice zig zag retrieve. I had similar feelings when I first started to use this lure, until Bob (the patchinko master) put me right. I get 10x the hits working it slowly (so it DOESN'T splash), than I ever did working it faster.
Even more effective if you use it over shallow water, or at very first light. But I have caught in the middle of a sunny day, over 30' of water.
Both the larger and the smaller patchinko's are lures I wouldn't go fishing without.
Anymore questions please just ask