PARK FALLS, Wis. (August 1, 2023) – Today’s bass anglers need high-performance rod choices to help master new and emerging bass-fishing techniques, as well as proven, classic presentations. In addition to dialed-in lengths, powers, and actions crafted from premium materials to yield lightweight, balanced, sensitive, and durable performance, the best bass rods feature comfortable handle designs that further boost performance via improved balance and reduced angler fatigue.
Enter St. Croix Mojo Bass and Mojo Bass Glass TRIGON Series rods, voted best new freshwater rod at ICAST 2023. Mojo Bass TRIGON encompasses 34 distinct rod models that give bass anglers the upper hand in any presentation or technique via proven St. Croix design, craftsmanship, and performance, plus the very latest in ergonomic design, courtesy of an all-new TRIGON handle and Dynamix reel seat. The TRIGON and Dynamix designs are based on exhaustively researched anthropometric data derived from actual measurements and proportions of the human hand. The result is a series of bass rods that – for the first time ever – conform to the angler instead of the angler having to conform to their rod. That means dramatically increased control and enhanced casting accuracy, plus increased comfort that keeps anglers fishing harder and longer for increased success.
Which Mojo Bass TRIGON model is right for you? Technically, all of them, as the TRIGON handle profile and dimensions are optimized for an ideal fit to 90+% of anglers’ hands. That said, let’s take a look at each specific Mojo Bass and Mojo Bass Glass model, the specific techniques they excel at, and how each has been purpose designed and crafted to deliver better experiences and results on the water.
MOJO BASS AND MOJO BASS GLASS TRIGON CASTING RODS
The Mojo Bass JERKBAITS JOC68MXF is a 6’8”, medium power, extra fast action casting rod that’s the top pick in the lineup for fishing ¼ to 5/8-oz. hard and soft jerkbaits on 8 to 20-pound line. It’s also a great choice for weightless Texas rigs, weightless wacky rigs, and surface poppers & chuggers. Retail price is $175.
The Mojo Bass BFS TREBLE LITE JOC610MLMF is a very unique 6'10", medium-light power, moderate-fast action casting rod purpose designed to excel in accurately casting and presenting hard-bodied BFS (Bass Finesse System) baits like 1/8 to 7/16-oz. small and micro crankbaits, tiny chatterbaits, and downsized jerkbaits on 6 to 20-pound line. Retail price is $175.
The Mojo Bass Glass LITE-CRANK GLASS JOC610MM is a 6’10”, medium power, moderate action, 100% linear S-glass casting rod designed for highly accurate target casting with smaller ¼ to ¾-oz. crankbaits on 8 to 14-pound line. Retail price is $165.
The return of an all-time angler-favorite length/power/action, the Mojo Bass SWEEPER SPINNERBAIT JOC70MHMF is a 7’0”, medium-heavy power, moderate-fast action casting rod designed to excel at fishing 3/8 to ¾-oz. spinnerbaits on 12 to 20-pound line. It’s also a great choice for jerkbaits, buzzbaits, wakebaits, swimbaits, swimjigs, spybaits, squarebills, and other shallow-to-mid-diving crankbaits. Retail price is $180.
The Mojo Bass DOCK SNIPER JOC70HF is a 7’0”, heavy power, fast action casting rod optimized for accurate pitching, flipping, and skipping around and under boat docks with 3/8 to 1-1/2-oz. jigs on 14 to 25-pound line. It’s also a good choice for power dropshotting in and around heavy cover, fishing heavy jigs in deep water, and working hollow-body frogs. Retail price is $180.
Another BFS specialist, the BFS TREBLE MID JOC71MLMF is a 7'1", medium-light power, moderate-fast action casting rod designed for longer casting with hard-bodied BFS (Bass Finesse System) baits like 1/8 to 7/16-oz. small and micro crankbaits, tiny chatterbaits, and downsized jerkbaits on 6 to 20-pound line. Retail price is $180.
The Mojo Bass VERSATILE-C JOC71MF lives up to its name. This 7’1”, medium power, fast action casting rod can pitch, flip, and cast a wide variety of weighted and unweighted soft plastics from 3/16 to 5/8-oz. on 6 to 20-pound line. It also fishes very well with spinnerbaits, topwater baits, and swimming baits in that weight range. Retail price is $180.
A more powerful version of the VERSATILE-C, the ALL-IN JOC71MHF is a 7’1”, medium-heavy power, fast action casting rod that can pitch, flip, and cast a wide variety of weighted soft plastics and jigs from 3/8 to 3/4-oz. on 12 to 20-pound line. It also fishes very well with spinnerbaits, topwater baits, and swimming baits in that weight range. Retail price is $180.
Bassmaster Elite angler, Caleb Kuphall, has earned a reputation as one of the best jig fishermen in the world. The 71MHF is his go to jig rod. “I’ll use it with anything from 3/8 to ½ oz. – maybe up to 5/8 oz. – with 17 to 20-pound fluoro and an 8:1 reel,” he says.
The Mojo Bass Glass MID-CRANK GLASS JOC72MM is a 7’2”, medium power, moderate action, 100% linear S-glass casting rod designed for shallow and mid-depth crankbaits between ¼ and ¾ oz. on 8 to 14-pound line. It’s also a good choice for lighter chatterbaits in open water, propbaits, and spybaits. Retail price is $175.
The Mojo Bass CARBON CRANKER JOC72MHM is a 7’2”, medium-heavy power, moderate action casting rod designed for anglers who prefer crankbait fishing with a carbon rod. It excels in presenting squarebills and other shallow-to-mid-depth crankbaits like Rapala DT4s, DT6s, and DT8s, as well as chatterbaits in the 3/8 to 7/8-oz. range on 12 to 20-pound line. This rod also performs well with wakebaits, propbaits, buzzbaits, and spinhead jigs. Retail price is $185.
The versatile Mojo Bass FINESSE CARBON CRANKER JOC72MHMF is a 7’2”, medium-heavy power, moderate-fast action casting rod designed for squarebills and mid-depth crankbaits, spybaits, spinhead jigs, soft-bodied swimbaits, hard and soft jerkbaits, poppers, buzzbaits, propbaits, wakebaits, and small-profile chatterbaits like the Z-Man Mini Max in the 5/16 to 7/8-oz. range on 12 to 20-pound line. Retail price is $185.
Designed for fishing chatterbaits in and around grass, the Mojo Bass Glass RIP-N-CHATTER GLASS JOC72HM is a 7’2”, heavy power, moderate action, 100% linear S-glass casting rod that also excels fishing mid-to-deep-diving crankbaits, lipless cranks, spinnerbaits, and buzzbaits from ½ to 1-3/8 oz. on 12 to 25-pound line. Retail price is $185.
Another versatile performer, the aptly-named WORKHORSE JOC73MHF is a 7’3”, medium-heavy power, fast action casting rod designed for baits between 5/16 and 1 oz. and 14-to-65-pound line. It’s a great all-around rod for Texas rigs, weighted wacky rigs, heavy Ned rigs, heavy Neko rigs, power dropshotting, tubes, flipping, Carolina rigs, light Tokyo rigs, wobble-head and football jigs, prop baits, walking topwaters, spinnerbaits, buzzbaits, wake baits, chatterbaits, medium soft-bodied swimbaits, single-hook swimbaits like a Keitech, swimjigs, and frogs. Retail price is $195.
The Mojo bass FLIP-CHAT-CRANK JOC73HMF is a 7’3”, heavy power, moderate-fast action, crossover casting rod designed for flipping, fishing a bladed jig in heavy cover, and mid-to-deep-diving crankbaits between 3/8 and 1 oz. on 14 to 65-pound line. It’s also a create choice for Texas and Carolina rigs, heavy Neko rigs, Tokyo rigs, punchin’, and buzzbaits. Retail price is $195.
“I’m a huge fan of the buzzbait,” Kuphall says. “The 70MHMF is a great buzzbait rod, but I’ll step up to 73MHF for longer casts and better hooksets on bigger fish.” Kuphall says he ties 40-pound braid directly to the buzzbait.
The POWER FINESSE JOC73HXF is a 7’3”, heavy power, extra-fast action casting rod purpose designed for power dropshotting in and around docks, pads, and other heavy cover, and is a great flippin’ rod as well. It also excels at bomb-casting poppers, chuggers, propbaits, walking baits, spinnerbaits, buzzbaits, frogs, and wakebaits; working swimming baits like the Gambler BigEZ or Zoom Uni-Toad around heavy cover; as well as contact presentations like Texas rigs and football jigs. It’s rated for 3/8 to 7/8-oz. lures and 14 to 65-pound line. Retail price is $195.
The 73HXF is another one of Kuphall’s go-to rods. “The 610MLXF and 73MLXF spinning rods are incredible tools for open-water dropshotting, but dropshotting with casting gear is an overlooked and productive technique,” he says. “I do it anytime I need more power and heavier line. It’s the way to go around heavy cover like docks, thick lilly pads and other vegetation.”
The Mojo Bass Glass POWER CRANK GLASS JOC74MHM is a 7’4”, medium-heavy power, moderate action, 100% linear S-glass casting rod designed for maximum performance with mid-to-extra-deep-diving crankbaits like Strike King 4XDs, 5XDs, and 6XDs. It’s rated for 3/8 to 1-oz. lures and 10 to 20-pound line. Retail price is $195.
The Mojo Bass SLOP-N-FROG JOC74HF is a 7’4”, heavy power, fast action casting rod optimized to extract big bass from heavy cover. It excels at frog-fishing, punchin’, and heavy-cover flippin’. Designed for 3/8 to 1-1/2-oz. lures and 14 to 65-pound line, it’s also an excellent choice for swimworms, big spoons, spinnerbaits, propbaits, magnum Texas rigs, heavy Neko rigs and Tokyo rigs, football jigs, and power dropshotting. Retail price is $195.
The WARHORSE JOC75MHF 7’5” is a medium-heavy power, fast action casting rod rated for 3/8 to 1-oz. baits on 14 to 65-pound line. It excels in heavier contact-fishing techniques like tubes, Texas rigs, Carolina rigs, and football jigs in deep water, and is also a great choice for flippin’. The Warhorse is also the right rod for fishing most spoons, medium swimbaits, swimjigs, and swimworms. Its length and versatility make the Warhorse an excellent rod for forward-facing sonar presentations. Retail price is $195.
The Mojo Bass FLIP’N JOC76HMF is a 7’6”, heavy power, moderate-fast action casting rod, optimized for heavy flippin’ applications with 3/8 to 1-oz. jigs on 14 to 65-pound line. It also excels in presenting magnum Texas rigs and Carolina rigs. Retail price is $195.
The BIG CRANKER JOC710HM is a specialized, 7’10”, heavy power, moderate action casting rod designed for anglers who prefer to throw mid-to-deep-diving crankbaits on a pure carbon cranking rod. Optimized for 3/8 to 1-1/8-oz. lures on 8 to 16-pound line, the BIG CRANKER retails for $220.
The LITE SWIMBAIT JOC710HF is one of three dedicated swimbait rods equipped with the GRASP reel seat in the Mojo Bass Series. GRASP enhances control and minimizes angler fatigue by keeping the wrist in alignment with the rod while casting and retrieving heavy lures. It is a 7’10”, heavy power, fast action casting rod, optimized for casting and retrieving ¾ to 3-oz. swimbaits or light umbrella/Alabama rigs on 14 to 80-pound line. This is the rod to have when targeting bass on live sonar with lures like the Megabass Magdraft, Berkley CullShad, SPRO Megalojohn, or the Bass Mafia Daingerous. Retail price is $250.
The MAG CRANKER JOC710XHM is a specialized, 7’10”, extra-heavy power, moderate action casting rod designed for anglers who prefer to throw deep-to-extra-deep-diving crankbaits on a pure carbon cranking rod. Optimized for 7/8 to 2-1/2-oz. lures on 8 to 16-pound line, the MAG CRANKER retails for $230.
The MID SWIMBAIT JOC710XHF is one of three dedicated swimbait rods equipped with the GRASP reel seat in the Mojo Bass Series. GRASP enhances control and minimizes angler fatigue by keeping the wrist in alignment with the rod while casting and retrieving heavy lures. It is a 7’10”, extra-heavy power, fast action casting rod, optimized for casting and retrieving 2 to 5-oz. swimbaits on 14 to 80-pound line. Retail price is $260.
The Mojo Bass POWER FLIP’N JOC711HMF is a 7’11”, heavy power, moderate-fast action casting rod, optimized for heavy flippin’ and punchin’ applications with ½ to 2-1/2-oz. jigs on 14 to 80-pound line. It also excels in presenting magnum Texas. Retail price is $230.
The MAG SWIMBAIT JOC83XXHFT 8’3” is one of three dedicated swimbait rods equipped with the GRASP reel seat in the Mojo Bass Series. GRASP enhances control and minimizes angler fatigue by keeping the wrist in alignment with the rod while casting and retrieving heavy lures. It is an 8’3”, extra-extra-heavy power, fast action, telescopic casting rod, optimized for casting and retrieving 4 to 8-oz. swimbaits on 14 to 80-pound line. It collapses to a length of 87.5” for easy transport and storage. Retail price is $270.
MOJO BASS TRIGON SPINNING RODS
The PINPOINT JOS68MXF is a 6’8”, medium power, extra-fast action spinning rod optimized for 3/16 to 5/8-oz. lures on 6 to 20-pound line. This versatile rod excels at presenting jerkbaits, poppers, chuggers, and walking topwater lures, Jigging-Rap-style baits, jigging spoons, Damiki rigs, Texas, wacky, and Ned rigs, tubes, and shakeyheads. A highly accurate caster, the PINPOINT is also a great all-around forward-facing sonar rod and also excels in live sonar vertical presentations. Retail price is $170.
As the name implies, the DROPSHOT FINESSE JOS610MLXF is a dropshot specialist that’s also exceedingly capable with any other soft-plastic finesse presentations with lures from 1/16 to 3/8 oz. on 6 to 20-pound line. The 6’10”, medium-light power, extra-fast action spinning rod is also a good choice for hard and soft jerkbaits and hair jigs. Retail price is $175
A spinning rod that does almost everything well, the VERSATILE-S JOS71MF is 7’1”, medium power, fast action spinning rod designed for 3/16 to 5/8-oz. lures on 6 to 20-pound line. From topwaters and jerkbaits to Jigging Raps, swimming baits, and skipping the docks – plus a full range of bottom-contact techniques and presentations including Ned rigs, Texas rigs and more – the VERSATILE-S lives up to its name. Retail price is $175.
A specialized tool for anglers who prefer to fish shallow-to-mid-depth crankbaits on a spinning rod, the CARBON CRANKER LITE JOS72MM is a 7’2”, medium power, moderate action spinning rod rated for ¼ to 5/8-oz. lures on 6 to 20-pound line. It’s also a great kayak trolling rod. Retail price is $175.
A slightly longer dropshot specialist that’s also exceedingly capable with any other soft-plastic finesse presentations with lures from 1/16 to 3/8 oz. on 6 to 20-pound line. The Mojo Bass DROPSHOT FINESSE XL JOS73MLXF is a 7’3”, medium-light power, extra-fast action spinning rod that’s also a good choice for hair jigs. Retail price is $180.
A heavier dropshot spinning rod for bigger fish or vertical presentations in and around cover, the POWER FINESSE JOS73MXF is a 7’3”, medium power, extra-fast action rod that’s also highly capable with a full range of bottom-contact presentations with 3/16 to ½-oz. lures on 6 to 20-pound line. Also a great all-around choice for targeting bass on forward facing sonar with small swimbaits, lipless crankbaits, and other aforementioned contact presentations, such as working ¼ to 3/8-oz. Keitech Tungsten Football Jigs with a trailer. Retail price is $180.
A more powerful version of the VERSATILE-S, the POWER VERSATILE JOS73MHF is a 7’3”, medium-heavy power, fast action spinning rod rated for heavier 5/16 to 1-oz. lures on 6 to 20-pound line. It excels at all deep-water bottom-contact presentations and is highly capable with medium swimbaits, spinhead jigs, swimworms, heavy dropshotting, and tubes. Another great choice for live sonar. Retail price is $185.
The Mojo Bass HAIR JIG JOS710MLXF is a long-casting, sensitive rod optimized for fishing 1/16 to 3/8-oz. hair jigs on 6 to 20-pound line. It’s a 7’10”, medium-light power, extra-fast action spinning rod that also excels at pitching dropshot rigs and other small baits to bass on forward-facing sonar. Retail price is $190
The Mojo Bass SWIMMING BAITS JOS710MMF is a 7’10”, medium power, moderate-fast action spinning rod designed to fish medium swimbaits, spybaits, spinhead jigs, and shallow-to-medium-diving crankbaits between 3/8 and 5/8-oz. on 6 to 20-pound line. A great live sonar rod. Retail price is $190.
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