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The Mojo Bass line is not being discontinued. They are discontinuing the Rage series and the Mojo's are getting a redesign with an upgraded blank and I believe components as well.

I don't think the new motors are the ones that have an issue with it, but go to the boat ramp and see how many newer boats are there. Maybe in your area there's lots, but around me it might be 1 in 10 at best. There's a lot of old outboards still in service and those are the ones that will generally have the problems.

Glad to hear you're getting better! Get better and then get back to fishing!

As someone who had to deal with fuel lines falling apart from the inside out due to ethanol, I'd rather not go through that again. Also in ethanol free gas, you don't need to use anything to stabilize it because it doesn't break down nearly as quick. Personally I'd rather run ethanol free and I do unless absolutely necessary not to.

Yep red stripe with the more slanted and spaced letters.

If you fish in any wind, I think you'll get fed up in a hurry. I used to have a 2 man pvc bass boat and I had a 28 lb thrust on there. There were times when the wind picked up and I couldn't do anything so on a 17 1/2' it's going to struggle to say the least. Your old tm is most likely toast. If it's a 43, it's probably not worth taking it in to have it worked on unless you can do it yourself.

Early 70's most likely. It's been re-striped with late 80's early 90's stickers so it doesn't look identical, but from the badge on the front you can tell it's old.

My dad snapped one off in a tournament on a hookset, re-rigged quickly, and threw back to the same spot. Brought in a keeper with his other worm still in it's mouth.

Berkley 100% Fluorocarbon XL is great on spinning reels. It does seem to have a bit more stretch, but that was in 6 lb test. I was really impressed with the lack of memory in it.

I had the same issue with some smaller boxes I've tried. I used to take airline tubing for aquariums (you can get in the pet section at walmart) and I'd make a slice in one side of it. I'd slip that over the top of all the dividers in the box and put a few dabs of super glue to hold them down. It filled the void almost perfectly. Since then, my collection has grown and I needed more room so now I have 2 Plano 3701 boxes and I haven't needed to do anything with those. Might be worth checking out.

I might have to give that a shot. Nice northern for sure. I still doubt I'll do it with a sinking worm though.

Usually if you have damaged gears in your lu you can hear them when you turn the prop, or at least in the ones I've seen anyway. As far as I know, pulling it out of gear shouldn't do anything as it's not locking anything up, but allowing it to spin freely as water passes by. Hopefully everything checks out though.

As someone who fishes in toothy fish infested waters, learn to live with it and move on. I've tried wire leaders and have actually lost less fish without them. I tried Toothy Critter Wire and Not2Kinky (looked promising) also had that break after a few hours of use. Fluorocarbon does best as it's more resilient to abrasion than mono or braid, but that can be cut just as easily if raked across their teeth. Just stick with what you're using and know that you'll land some and some you won't.

Pulling it out of gear shouldn't have done anything to it. Does your prop spin freely and without noise when out of the water?

Cast it let it sink and ever so slightly shake it. slowly sweep the rod up and repeat. You can dead stick them too which is throwing it out there and letting it sit. I'm sure you could let them sink and rip them up really fast to try to create a reaction strike as well. Bill this is for sure at least the 3rd post I've seen from you in the past few days that has absolutely nothing to do with the subject or question the op is talking about in the least. You doing ok over there?

If you're joining the club, check with the head of it first. A lot of them will get deals with certain companies or stores, and you may be able to save a few bucks that way. If I'd only be able to buy two rods, I'd probably get a medium heavy power rod with a fast action rod as a bait caster, and a medium power fast action spinning rod. As far as length goes, pick what feels comfortable to you and feels somewhat like an extension of your arm and not bulky or cumbersome.

With current prices around here around the $85 mark. I hardly ever fill it though. I usually throw in $20-$30 and call it good for a few trips.

No they are not.

Yeah...no I don't do this....and you were right, that is a weird question.

The tourney I fished this last weekend you would have been put at a major disadvantage. It was on a chain of 8 lakes, which weren't enormous, but decent sized. Unfortunately the wind blew like crazy on Saturday with a good 20 mph sustained blow with gusts in the 30-40 range. Even the smaller, more protected lakes were pretty choppy, but to get to them you would have had to cross almost 2 miles of open water in the wide open bowl. Good luck crossing that in a little jon. Be sure you're strapped up with a life vest or two!

If I remember correctly they are epoxied on. Best bet it to talk to an installer, or call the company who makes yours.

Some use them, and others have foot switches. Those that opt for the remote, usually do so they can stow/deploy from anywhere in the boat. The foot switches are wireless just like the remotes, but are screwed down to the deck.

As stated before, they are the "oh crap" handles.

I've had my gas light come on in my vehicle at the ramp before, but never ran out. With my boats...that's a different story haha. With my old boat, the gauge would read 1/4 tank less than what was in it. It was kind of nice because if you ran it down to "E" you knew you still had enough to get back. However with a lot of the smaller lakes around here and just hitting the water for a few hours 1/4 tank is more than enough to get you through....in most cases haha. I only ran out once with it, and managed to pump the bulb enough suck up a little extra gas to make it the little ways left to get back to the ramp. With the boat I currently have, the gas gauge reads higher when it's on the trailer than when it's in the water. Unfortunately it's accurate when in the water. Ran out one night when fishing against my dad in our little father son tourneys we have shortly after I got the boat. Got to be pulled back to the ramp by dad haha.

I recommend trying the Eco Pro Tungsten Pro Wacky Weights. They're small, compact, easy to rig, don't add drag when skipping, and they actually make you worms last longer. I've been using them for about 3 years now and don't throw a wacky rig without one.