How-To — Surf Casting

Developing a Strategy: The first step in developing your strategy is to fully understand the structure (or lack thereof) that you are casting to.  Open Water: “Open Water” is a pretty generic term and represents AT-LEAST 80% of targeting stripers by boat; to me, casting in open water means any situation where you are targeting/searching for fish that are not holding in physical structure such as rocky shorelines, jetties, or weed lines. Unlike rips, current seams, or other water “structure,” open water doesn’t necessarily provide highly visible and obvious places to fish. In open water, you might be blind casting or sight...

 Metals come in all shapes and sizes. At Hogy, our lineup is no different. Each lure is designed to have a specific profile and action in the water. Each of our jigs can be cast or jigged. Here’s an outline on how to fish each of our metals. Hogy Heavy Minnow Jig Lure: The Hogy Heavy Minnow Jig is designed to imitate small baitfish and have a high weight density relative to its overall size making this lure a long distance caster. The best way to fish this lure is at a medium to fast lure retrieve. If on a boat,...

The Hogy Epoxy Jig Lure is a very unique lure in that it has the size and shape of a metal jig but is 1/3 the weight for its overall size. This means you can fish this lure in a number of different ways that you couldn’t fish a lead jig which would either be slow and deep or fast and just below the surface. The Hogy Epoxy Jig lure’s lightness will allow you to change action with rod-tip angle and speed very easily. Skippy Retrieve: This retrieve is probably the most exciting way to catch fish on the Hogy Epoxy...

  Schools of bay anchovies are easily identifiable by the orange or muddy brown appearance that their schools have. They are typically about 2 to 4”. Like the silverside, their coloration is very distinctive, easily identified by their orange or brownish appearance and silver striping. Also like the silverside, bass and albies can really key in on the appearance making it hard to catch without the right profile. Anchovy feeds can often be the most exciting as they shower the water. The best retrieve speed for mimicking these is a medium to fast retrieve. Hogy Top Imitator: The Hogy Epoxy Jig...

At Hogy, we literally make thousands of different shaped and sized lures for fisheries all over the world. Although the vast majority of our lures work for striped bass, we have compiled the list below to highlight our most commonly used lures, what their applications typically are, and how to fish them. Many of our lures are extremely versatile and can be used both for casting and jigging. While our lures have proven to be excellent options for boat anglers, they have also gained a great deal of attention fromr shore anglers, in some cases offering options that compete with...