Hogy Charter Grade Micro Chug Popper

Cup-faced popper. Compact 3.5″ profile. Built for false albacore.

The Hogy Micro Chug Popper is the small-profile cup-faced popper purpose-built for inshore false albacore work the funny fish that demand small baitfish presentations but reward you with the wildest hits in saltwater fishing. The large cup face displaces a surprising amount of water for the size, creating the splash-and-gurgle that pulls scattered albies and bonito from distance. The compact 3.5″ body casts a country mile for the weight, which matters when albies are blitzing 60 yards out and you have 10 seconds before they push deeper. Six proven funny-fish colors.

Key Features

• Compact 3.5″ body profile matches small baitfish (silversides, bay anchovies, peanut bunker)
• Oversized cup face for the size outsized water displacement and splash
• Through-wire construction for big-fish durability
• Hand-built by Hogy Lures in the USA
• Six colors covering false albacore, bonito, and striper patterns
• Long-cast distance reaches blitzing fish before they push out

Specs

Rigging & Use

• Aggressive rod-tip pops sharp downward pulls to chug water out the cup
• Pause between chugs many strikes happen on the rest
• Amber / Albie Crack: the dedicated funny-fish colors
• Pink: bright sun, scattered fish attractor color for getting noticed
• Transparent White / Clear: calm clear water, picky fish
• Transparent Olive: dirtier water, bunker patterns
• Best on 20-30 lb braid with a 15-25 lb fluoro leader on a 7-8′ rod

Why We Like It

Small-profile cup-faced poppers are rare most poppers in this size range are pencil-style or skitter-style, neither of which produce the splash a Micro Chug does. The combination of small body and big cup face is what makes this work: small enough to match what albies are actually eating, loud enough to pull them from twenty yards out. Albie Crack and Pink are the colors that go first every year stock up before the September run.