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.