Lucky John Hogy Hog is a small soft lure with a detailed profile combining features of a crayfish and other small bottom-dwelling creatures. Its short body, multiple legs, fine feelers and broad claws make it well suited to fishing for perch and trout.
The separate appendages move during short lifts, small twitches and slow dragging along the bottom. Hogy Hog can be worked actively, but it also performs well with a slower presentation and longer pauses.
The lure can be rigged on a light jig head or a small Cheburashka rig. It is also effective on a Carolina rig, which allows the bait to move more freely just above the bottom. Brief pauses give the legs and claws time to continue moving naturally.
The 2 cm (0.8 in) version is designed for very light fishing for perch and trout, especially when fish are feeding on small prey. The 4 cm (1.6 in) model creates a more noticeable profile and allows the use of slightly heavier rigs when targeting deeper areas and larger perch.
Lucky John Hogy Hog is available in 2 and 4 cm (0.8 and 1.6 in) sizes and a wide range of colours. The lures are scented with crayfish or shrimp attractant. The 2 cm version is supplied in packs of 20, while the 4 cm model comes in packs of 10.
Lucky John is best known for its wide range of spinning lures designed for perch, zander, pike, trout and other predatory fish. The range includes soft lures, wobblers, inline spinners and spoons that can be matched to different venues, fishing depths and retrieval styles.
Soft lures make up the largest part of the Lucky John range. It includes classic paddle-tail lures, slim profiles for jigging, curly-tail grubs, fork-tail lures, worms and imitations of creatures living close to the bottom. Series such as Tioga, Joco Shaker, S-Shad Tail, Makora, Kubira and Hogy Hog allow anglers to select the right action and size for rivers, lakes and reservoirs.
Lucky John wobblers include small models for trout, chub and perch, as well as larger lures designed for pike and zander. Depending on their construction, they can be retrieved steadily, worked with sharp twitches or used to explore deeper parts of the water column.
The range is complemented by inline spinners and spoons suitable for fishing in current, still waters and trout fisheries. Different sizes and profiles make it possible to choose a lure for slow presentations as well as faster searching retrieves.
Lucky John also offers a limited selection of spinning rods, which form a small addition to the brand’s extensive lure range.
The Lucky John range includes lures for light perch and trout fishing, classic jigging for zander and more powerful spinning for pike. When choosing a lure, it is worth considering the fishing depth, retrieval speed, size of the natural prey and current activity of the fish.