Just a simple rod review. 

I ordered this rod off of amazon and it shipped to me within 4 days! One problem I had when I received the rod was the first eyelet was bent ?. Me being stubborn, I just bent it back with some pliers. The rod is now basically in perfect condition. I went out fishing about an hour after getting it. I used a jerkbait and a drop shot on it. I caught fish on both and it was the best rod I've ever used for fishing a jerkbait.  The bait was jerking side to side so good. Never seen a Rapala husky jerk 09 fish so nicely. I had an SLX 70 mgl paired with it. When fishing the 3/16th oz drop shot weight with a 4" roboworm fat, it could bomb that out further than a spinning rod could! (I'm going to keep using a drop shot on a spinning rod I just wanted to try it out.) I was fishing at the lake that I caught my personal best (6.25 pounds) and was hoping to break it that day, I didn't, the drop shot actually caught the biggest fish of the day between my friend and I. The big fish of the day was 4.1 pounds! It may not seem like some monster fish but northern VA doesn't have the biggest fish in the country. The rod handled the fish so well, especially for being a 6'8 med. 

If you are on the fence on buying this rod, DO IT. You willn't be disappointed. This is one of my favorite rods I have and it's only $150!

1 hour ago, Nick goes Fishing said:

Never seen a Rapala husky jerk 09 fish so nicely.

Neither has anyone else, they come in #8 and #10.

Glad you liked the rod. 6'6" to 6'9" Med rod is a sleeper size, mine get a workout year round.

6 minutes ago, BassWhole! said:

Neither has anyone else, they come in #8 and #10.

? oops, I meant 08. lol

Just now, Nick goes Fishing said:

? oops, I meant 08. lol

That makes it even better! Good deal.

3 hours ago, Nick goes Fishing said:

Just a simple rod review. 

I ordered this rod off of amazon and it shipped to me within 4 days! One problem I had when I received the rod was the first eyelet was bent ?. Me being stubborn, I just bent it back with some pliers. The rod is now basically in perfect condition. I went out fishing about an hour after getting it. I used a jerkbait and a drop shot on it. I caught fish on both and it was the best rod I've ever used for fishing a jerkbait.  The bait was jerking side to side so good. Never seen a Rapala husky jerk 09 fish so nicely. I had an SLX 70 mgl paired with it. When fishing the 3/16th oz drop shot weight with a 4" roboworm fat, it could bomb that out further than a spinning rod could! (I'm going to keep using a drop shot on a spinning rod I just wanted to try it out.) I was fishing at the lake that I caught my personal best (6.25 pounds) and was hoping to break it that day, I didn't, the drop shot actually caught the biggest fish of the day between my friend and I. The big fish of the day was 4.1 pounds! It may not seem like some monster fish but northern VA doesn't have the biggest fish in the country. The rod handled the fish so well, especially for being a 6'8 med. 

If you are on the fence on buying this rod, DO IT. You willn't be disappointed. This is one of my favorite rods I have and it's only $150!

I have that exact same setup for exactly the same purposes and I absolutely love it. It’s so dang light

6 hours ago, Chaos10691 said:

I have that exact same setup for exactly the same purposes and I absolutely love it. It’s so dang light

If you weigh it out, it isn't really as light as it seems. It is a really balanced rod, not so light weight. I weighed it and it weighed more than my 7'1 med bass x, which I thought was so weird because it is 5 inches shorter and a higher grade graphite. The rod is extremely well balanced. Some rods weigh more but seem lighter than other rods just by the way it is balanced! 

I just bought this exact rod a month or two back to use for jerkbaits and poppers...so far I've been very happy with it

*How would the Mojo 6'8" med xf do as a top water rod for poppers and walking baits ?

2 minutes ago, ChrisD46 said:

*How would the Mojo 6'8" med xf do as a top water rod for poppers and walking baits ?

I think it is the perfect rod for smaller walking baits and poppers. The weight rating suggests that it goes up to 5/8th of an ounce but I wouldn't throw something over half an ounce on it IMO. But a great rod for poppers and smaller walking baits. 

1 hour ago, Nick goes Fishing said:

I think it is the perfect rod for smaller walking baits and poppers. The weight rating suggests that it goes up to 5/8th of an ounce but I wouldn't throw something over half an ounce on it IMO. But a great rod for poppers and smaller walking baits. 

It has no problem with a normal Zara spook and those are 3/4'ish.  I wouldn't whip it with the rod, but it is a dream to walk it with it.

  A very good rod from what people have to say about it.  Think I will have to dig out my Smallmouth 6'9" M-EF and give it a shot.  Another under-rated line that died out too quickly.  Probably because it was closer to a $200 rod than a $130 rod.  My opinion, only.