No Terrain You Can't Tackle
MOJO'S HIGH PERFORMANCE SINKER SYSTEMS include six designs:
the Slipshot, Carolina Slider, Rockhopper, Rig Saver, Pineapple
Downshot, and Drop Shot Dream sinkers. Each Mojo sinker design
excels at a different application. Used together as a complete
high performance system, there isn't any terrain you can't
tackle.
Mojo Lure Company - A Twenty Year Odyssey
In the mid-eighties in Southern California, anglers were
discovering that light lines, tiny splitshots and diminutive soft
plastics would win tournaments. This may not sound so
revolutionary now, but it was back in the mid-eighties when a
whole new paradigm of light tackle tournament angling, called
finesse fishing, evolved out of Southern California.
Slipshot
 Mojo's original thin Slipshot
sinker was embraced as a new breakthrough for pioneering finesse
anglers in the mid-eighties. Whereas round splitshot were being
crimped on and could weaken the line, Mojo's new (at that time)
Slipshot sinker used rubber strands to cushion the line to help
prevent breakage. Whereas a round splitshot could snag
constantly, the long thin Mojo shape would slide right through
snags.
By the mid-nineties, Southeastern pros had begun winning
tournaments with the Mojo Rig as well. Some had toured through
California on the tournament trails or they knew California pros
who shared the secret. Although created for California's clear
water, small offerings and light lines, the Southeast pros
discovered a true treasure - the thin Mojo Rig was the best of
all sinkers for snaking through thick weed growth with big baits
and heavy line. What a breakthrough for fishing thick vegetation!
Bassdozer says:
"I've put most every type of soft bait out there on a
Slipshot rig at one time or another. But what makes me smile most
is to put a 4-inch 9S-series or 5-inch 9-series Senko about a
foot behind a Slipshot. As the Senko makes that initial fall, as
it drops off a shady ledge, over the side of a rock or into a
bush or tree, the Slipshot rig imparts the coolest dying spiral
of a mortally-wounded baitfish that's lost all control as it
careens to the bottom in a zigzag tailspin.
Even in deep open water,
when you repeatedly lift it high up into the water column and let
it fall, bass belt the spiraling Senko as it flip-flops and
gyrates recklessly back down behind the Slipshot - or whack it
when the active Senko settles to rest on bottom. It's my favorite
Slipshot bait."
In recent years, Mojo has continued to innovate advanced
snag-free sinker designs. Mojo's most unique designs are
patented. Anglers can only get these high performance sinkers
from Mojo. Each Mojo sinker design excels at a different
application. Used together as a complete system, there is no
terrain you cannot tackle.
Carolina Slider
 The Carolina Slider is a
heavier (up to one ounce) version of the Slipshot. Awesome for
unloading those long-distance Carolina casts and getting into the
strike zone fast on deep water structure. MOJO's Carolina Slider
can get through rough terrain that would stop bulkier Carolina
sinkers dead in their tracks.
The Carolina Slider can be pegged in place on the line
using the line-cushioning Mojo rubber strands. In this set-up, no
bead or swivel is required and only one knot - to tie the hook.
Of course, the Carolina Slider can also be rigged to slide freely
on the line using the traditional bead and swivel
Carolina-rigging method.
Rockhopper
 You will snag far less in
rocks and brush with a Rockhopper. It may not look like a lot of
technology has gone into it, but don't let that fool you. It's no
ordinary sinker. It is computer-engineered and full of scientific
leverage principles to survive the worst snags. Mojo's Rockhopper
can get through rocks and wiry brush bottoms that eat most other
sinkers alive.
The trick to not getting stuck with a Rockhopper is this -
when it won't pull out and the rod tip starts to load up on a
snag, simply drop the rod tip, mending slack into the line. Then
simply pick the rod tip up. This incredibly easy maneuver works
much better than pulling against the snag with all your might.
The rod drop lets the Rockhopper sidestep the snag rather than
muscle its way through it.
Bassdozer says: "I am
continually amazed at what the Rockhopper can get through. It
impressed me first on Lake Powell, Utah, a huge impoundment above
the Grand Canyon that's totally rock, rock, rock from top to
bottom. Lake Pleasant, Arizona next impressed me, but for a
different reason, because the bottom there is flooded cocklebur
brush fields. The Rockhopper got through Pleasant's wiry brush
fields no problem.
Also impressive was Clear Lake,
California, which has upheavals of jagged, jumbled lava rock
Clear Lake holds a notorious reputation for burying jigs and
sinkers with Davey Jones. But incredibly, on a six-day trip
there, not one Rockhopper went to a watery grave. I scratched and
crawled Clear Lake's sharp lava rock bottom with the same two
Rockhopper sinkers (a 3/8 and a 1/2 oz) for six days without
losing either. This was a severe test since the majority of bites
came when the Rockhopper had to kick its way through Clear Lake's
very roughest rock bottom patches. Few bites were encountered on
smooth bottom. Both Rockhoppers made it through the week
alive."
Rig Saver
 The Rig Saver lets you fish
the worst snags imaginable - snags which often are chock full of
bass! The sinker is designed to pull off the soft wire insert
before your line breaks. Although you may sacrifice your sinker,
you may save your rig, hook and lure. Simply re-rig a new wire
and sinker. You won't believe how fast you can be back in the
water! That's what Mojo calls fishing efficiency. Less time
snagged. Less time retying. More time with your bait in the
strike zone.
Bassdozer says: "There
are troublesome days, I don't know why, when it feels the
water is grinding a sinker or rig down onto the bottom much too
hard, and you are going to get snagged like the dickens such
days. Changing current, wind, boat drift are easy-to-understand
factors that can cause a sinker or rig to fish right or wrong
from day to day. Yet there are other factors I can't say why,
some days there may not be much discernable current or wind, when
a rig or sinker isn't fishing well and will get snagged much too
much. I recall a few autumns ago, I had stayed on a heavy run of
smallmouth ten days straight with the same Slipshot sinker, just
sliding it up the line and re-tying as the leader trace got
chafed. The eleventh day, a cold front came in but otherwise
nothing noticeable had changed - except that I snagged and broke
off six Slipshot rigs that eleventh day. Call me an eleven day
loser if you must. Those troublesome days and spots are when and
where the Rig Saver comes into play. You'll lose your sinker,
maybe several, but save the rest of the rig."
Pineapple Down Shot
 Perfect for light line
dropshot fishing with an exposed hook to catch those pressure
biters. The swivel clips on the line securely without a knot. The
Pineapple's long thin shape can often get through snags that
would grab and keep round or teardrop-shaped drop shot sinkers.
Bassdozer says: "Dropshot
is a technique I use both deep and shallow. Deep water tends to
be more open and more snag-free. Even if deep snaggy cover
exists, you cannot always hit it precisely with a cast. For these
conditions (relatively open bottom too deep to see/hit snaggy
cover), I tend to use spinning gear, 6 to 8 lb. line (always
fluorocarbon), and a short-shank Gamakatsu Splitshot/Dropshot
hook. I keep the hook point exposed in one of three different
spots:
- nose-hooked (in the head)
- wacky-rigged (in the middle)
- cuckoo-rigged (in between the head
and the middle)
For example, I like to nose-hook
Yamamoto Kreatures. I prefer to wacky-rigged Senkos. I cuckoo-rig
Yamamoto's Flat Tails or Kut Tails, meaning I pin the hook in
their shoulder sections.
To dropshot with light line and
exposed hooks, I tend to use the Pineapple Down Shot
sinkers."
Drop Shot Dream
 Do you dream about being able to dropshot
the worst snags imaginable? Snags which often are chock full of
bass? Without any swivels, clips, eyelets or other protrusions,
and thanks to its long, thin shape, this sinker is truly the
dropshotter's dream. And when you eventually do snag, the sinker
and wire are designed to release off the line under pressure
before your line breaks. You may sacrifice your sinker, but you
save your rig, hook and lure. Simply re-rig another sinker and
keep fishing. Truly the dropshotter's dream!
Bassdozer says: In shallow
water, for fishing in cover like wood, brush, rocks, weeds or
reeds, you can dropshot using the same medium to medium/heavy
baitcasting rod, same line (for instance, 16 lb. fluorocarbon),
and same offset shank hooks as you do to Texas or Carolina rig.
You can also dropshot bigger baits, anything you would Texas or
Carolina rig. One of my favorites is to Texas rig a Yamamoto Hula
grub on a heavy dropshot rig, which I call the Hawaii Rig.
When using medium to medium/heavy
gear in shallow water where you can often aim right into the
heart of the worst thick cover, I tend to use the Dropshot Dream
sinker.
Forum for More Mojo Information
Would you like more information on how best to use Mojo's High
Performance Sinker Systems? Ask questions, post your comments or
share your Mojo rigging tips on the interactive question and
answer forum at www.mojolures.com.
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