St. Croix Mojo Bass Casting Rod Opinions

[cfebraio]

Looking to set up a frogging stick and I needed help choosing the perfect rod for a beginner in the frog fishing area. I was thinking about purchasing the St. Croix Mojo bass casting rod in the slop-n-frog, 7', Fast action, and Heavy power. What does everyone think is it worth the 100$ to get my frog fishing started?

Thanks

[ww2farmer]

I am a big St. Croix fan.............but skip that rod. I had it in the Premier series (same as Mojo) and it was a broomstick. Heavy, no tip, casted soft plastic frogs like a Zoom horny toad terrible, and was not much better with hollow body frogs, no matter what reel/line combo I had on it. What it would be good for is a short punching rod, or maybe slinging an A-rig around. If the only way you fish frogs is to drag them across the thickest mats in your lake, then it might be OK for you, as it has plenty of power, but I like more versitlity in a frog rod. A MH powered, fast action St Croix (I have both the Avid and LT) works much better for me. They have plenty of power, plus they cast frogs worlds better than that H powered rod. When there is a good frog bite over super thick mats and those rods seem under powered, I tie a frog onto my 7'11" H power, mod. fast Mojo flipping stick. It's better balanced in my hands than that 7'er was, has a mod fast tip and longer length so it can sling a frog a mile, and it's got all the power I need. HTH

[Bluebasser86]

That rod SUCKS for frogs, and I like St.Croix and the Mojo line up. I have that exact rod but I use it for A-rigs and swimbaits heavy enough to load the tip on the casts (takes a bait over an ounce). It works great for those applications but it's too stiff to casts smaller baits because the tip doesn't load well, like trying to cast a crappie crank on your cranking stick. The rod WW2 suggested will work fine or you could go with the 7' MH/F Mojo, it works fine for frogs as long as you aren't fishing any super heavy cover with it, makes a pretty decent pitching rod too.

[jerzeeD]

^ This. St. Croix is known for building rods that are under- rated in the power department. Their MH rods are equivalent to most other manufacturers heavy action rods. I can't imagine how still that rod must be.... You could easily land trophy muskies on it. It is too much rod for lightweight frogs to load up and cast well.

[cfebraio]

SO what your saying WW2 is screw the MOJO and go with the avid or LT unless it is the thickest of the thick slop?? Not sure if I understand. Been fishing for years just very novice in the Froggin department.

Thanks so much

[ww2farmer]

SO what your saying WW2 is screw the MOJO and go with the avid or LT unless it is the thickest of the thick slop?? Not sure if I understand. Been fishing for years just very novice in the Froggin department.

Thanks so much

No....I think the Mojo's are just fine, I own and use a couple of them regularly..................just that model sucks, the H/Fast " Frog and Slop", unless it's super thick slop. is too much of a broomstick IMHO. I was just telling you what I use, which are MH/Fast Avids and LT's. A MH/fast Mojo, Triumph, or Premier would be a good choice if that's all you want to, or can spend. Also, IDK about any H/Fast St Croix rods beyond the SCII line up, I have never felt or seen them in person, except a H/Fast Legend Extreme, and it was very light and felt right....but it's also $400. Thats a bit much for me to spend on a frog rod where the bite is visual.