Un-Rigged Premium Softbaits

Original Series Soft Baits

Ultra Action, Versatile Rigging. Checkout the Original Series Eel overview with Capt. Ross Gallagher
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Hand-Poured. Hyper-Flexible. Built to Move Like It’s Alive.

The Hogy Original Series:

The Hogy Original Series is the most customizable softbait in the game—and it all starts with the plastic. These are hand-poured, one at a time, using the finest softbait plastic on the market—incredibly supple, durable, and responsive. There’s a reason we’ve been using the same material for 20 years: it’s the best in the business.

These unrigged baits are designed for complete control. No internal weight means you call the shots: how fast it sinks, how it swims, where it lands, and what it imitates. It’s the softbait that adapts to you, not the other way around.

Why It Crushes:

  • Best-in-Class Hand-Poured Plastic: Moves like it’s breathing. Holds up strike after strike.
  • Unlimited Rigging Freedom: Weightless, weedless, belly-weighted, jig head—whatever the conditions demand.
  • Maximum Natural Movement: No molded-in lead = exaggerated tail flutter, glide, and dart.
  • Weedless-Ready: Rig it clean and fish it anywhere—grass lines, oyster beds, mangroves, or mid-column over boulders.

When to Reach for It:

  • When fish are keyed in on natural motion
  • When you need topwater finesse with tail action
  • When you want a bait that feels alive and lets you fish how you want

This is the softbait that built the Hogy system. Still unmatched. Still in the starting lineup

Hand Poured Original

The Original Series offers unmatched erratic swimming action and durability that accommodates a variety on unweighted and weighted rigging options.

Casting Distance

Our heavyweight soft plastics offer extraordinary casting range for anglers faced with adverse conditions. Don't fear windy days any longer.

Premium Paired Rigging

Equipped with VMC Barbarian hooks, known for their superior hook-up rates, Hogy Swimbait Hooks ensures fast penetration and solid hook sets, reducing the chances of losing your catch mid-fight.

“Great soft baits durable material can be attached with the Hogy Swimbait Hook and be casted hard without bait tearing or falling off. - Hogy Customer Luke P.

FAQ

Quick answers for most commonly asked questions about the Original Series Eel and fishing applications.

What does “hand-poured” actually mean?

It means each bait is made one at a time, not mass-injected through a mold. The result is softer, more supple plastic, which creates better movement in the water. You get a bait that darts, glides, and slaps with way more life—and you can feel the difference as soon as it hits the water.

TIPS & TECHNIQUE

ORIGINAL SERIES EELS

The Hogy Original Series How-To Video

We've got a special place for the Original Series Soft Bait Eel. It's our favorite topwater style soft plastic for targeting striped bass, false albacore, tarpon, snook, redfish, and tuna.

How To: Circle Hook Rigged Soft Plastics (Hogy Original Eel)

This popular rigging method is ideal for targeting trophy gamefish in open water scenarios. Minimal internal rigging allows full movement of our hand-poured Original Series Soft Baits. Simple and easy to rig, this method is a favorite for anglers targeting trophy tarpon, striper, tuna and more!

Tarpon Fishing in Key West with Hogy Lures

Capt. Mike Hogan of Hogy Lure Company fishes for tarpon on the flats surrounding Key West, FL.

Striper Fishing in Cape Cod Bay with Capt. Cullen Lundholm

Capt. Cullen of Cape Star Charters takes us out on Cape Cod Bay targeting jumbo stripers surface feeding on large squid and suspended mackerel. Fish are big and the bites are frequent, learn from the pro's how to make the most of a big fish bite on Cape Cod Bay.

Roll Up Storage

Keep all your softbaits carefully stored in one place with easy to rinse and store marine grade mesh storage bags.

  • Easy-rinse marine grade mesh.
  • Holds up to 12 Protail Paddles.
  • Hassle free multi-pouch storage.
  • Sturdy and durable locking wrap.

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Softbait Casting Rods

Built with a soft, yet sensitive blank, these rods resist accidental breakage due to high sticking but still offer high sensitivity to light bites on smaller presentations, plus they have plenty of backbone in the blank to apply added pressure for larger inshore species. Paired with an appropriately sized reel, these are a pleasure to fish for daily applications.

  • Mod-Fast Action Black For Increased Sensitivity.
  • Premium Grade Cork Grip
  • Heavy Duty Locking Aluminum Reel Seat
  • Premium Ceramic Guides

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