MOJO Weights - One of the Best Kept Bass Fishing Secrets

I know what you are thinking already; "OH NO" another weight article, but this is one that must get out of the bag.

MOJO weights have been around since 1984 in Southern California and started in a garage as many of the lure companies do. As you can see already that this MOJO weight company has been around and you ask yourself, "Why have I not heard about it".

MOJO weights had the Moxy to Thrive for over 23 years thanks to Larry Glavinich and his family.

In the early years MOJO owner Larry Glavinich and family saw a real slow growth in the company, due to having no financial backers in place to help pay for expensive advertising cost to promote the product on a Regional or National Level.

To make matters worse, the MOJO Lure Company had one of the worst problems imaginable. The Professional Bass fishermen and Ladies who came to rely on the MOJO RIG to win tournaments and to financially-support their careers and families, "THEY KEPT THE MOJO RIG A SECRET".

I know this for a fact.

When I used to visit Sportsmans Warehouse, I saw a Pro drop his daughter off to go inside to buy the MOJO RIG so no one saw him buy it, and to this day, he will not admit using the RIG to win some of his Tournaments.

When I found out about MOJO weights, I called Larry Glavinich in California to see about getting them to the Southern States to show the guys here what the weights can do.

Larry was hard headed for about a year until I finally talked him into letting me Demonstrate MOJO Weights at Sportsman Warehouse on a Saturday while they had a special going on.

This was a last to the minute thing, but Larry pulled it off and shipped in the weights for me to show the customers. Needless to say it was a great big hit and the store wanted to start stocking the items, seeing I almost sold everyone of them.

This was the beginning of a family thing, I became a PROStaff for MOJO weights and had the idea to show it at four fishing shows starting in January in Nashville.

The Nashville show was bigger than I could have imagined. I had folks five or six deep at the booth.

I would take them back to the stocked trout pond to show them what I was saying was not just to get them to buy the product, but to show them the MOJO Weights worked. A person working at another booth at the show later wrote an article on MOJO and the Nashville showing stating that he never saw the MOJO booth when it did not have a crowd 5 or 6 deep.

I showed them in Little Rock and Memphis, Tn. That is when one of our greats showed up after hearing about MOJO Weights from a friend that Had seen the demonstration the day before. None other than BILL DANCE himself checked out the MOJO weights. I demonstrated to BILL a few of the weights and he loaded up on them. He made the comment like many others "I Know Where To Use this system".

The next to the last show was the BassMasters Classic in Alabama. Here is where I finally got to meet Larry Glavinich. In fact, I picked him up at the airport. Do you know how hard it is to pick someone up at the airport that you have never seen?

The classic was great for MOJO. We saw about every Pro that came by the booth purchase some weights and that let the cat out of the bag; they could not hide no more.

The last show was at the FLW in Hot Springs, Arkansas and here again everyone wanted to try the weights. Berkley had a tank sat up and wanted to demo the rig in the tank.

I had a guy at the booth tell me if the fish hit the rig like I said they would, he would buy five of them. Well, they took the rig to the tank and the Bass were not hitting anything until the Berkley Rep threw in the MOJO RIG and I believe every bass hit the rig.

I guess seeing is the best tool to sell the product. I did sell that guy not only five but his buddy also bought five.

As you can see, once you see and try this product; we do not have to show it anymore. The product will sell itself. Here again, we did a good show and I think a lot of the southern folks got the message.

I will go through a few of the weights that I have pictures of and explain a little about them.

Rock Hopper:

The Mojo Rock Hopper is used for dragging your rig through rocks and brush bottoms.

Try using a bullet weight and see if you do not loose your rig.

The Rock Hopper may not look like a lot of technology has gone into it, but don't let that fool you. It is computer engineered and full of scientific leverage principles to survive the worst snags.

If you look at the picture where the weight has gotten in the rocks, well all you have to do is pop the line and the weight will flip out of the rocks.

Carolina Slider:

For the ultimate in snag free Carolina rigging, the Mojo Carolina Slider is designed to pull off the soft wire insert before your line breaks when snagged to save your rig, hook and lure. Put on a new wire and sinker and you can be back in the water in seconds.

This could mean either winning a tournament or placing second.

The Slip Shot:

Awesome for unloading those long distance Carolina casts and getting into the strike zone fast on deep water structure.

The Mojo Slip Shots' cylinder shape can often get your rig through rough terrain that would stop bulkier Carolina sinkers dead in their tracks.

How about the Rig Saver:

The choice for light line dropshot fishing on any type bottom. The swivel clips on the line securely without a knot.

I have seen and used a lot of the other pineapple clips on the market and you have to tie a knot in them. Most of the time; the pineapple clip cuts your line.

The MOJO pineapple clips will not cut your line and they more or less just snap on without a knot.

MOJO'S long cylinder shape can often get your rig through rough terrain that would stop bulkier drop shot sinkers dead in their tracks.

The Pineapple Down Shot:

That brings us to the best MOJO sinker for thick grass and dense vegetation, Mojo Pineapple Down Shot It is also ideal to vertical fish straight down in the crowns of flooded trees and underwater brush piles.

Drop it straight through to reach fish suspended beneath limbs and hunkered down at the shady base of tree trunks, brush roots and vegetation stalks.

The DropShot: For the Ultimate in snag free drop shot rigging

The Mojo Dream Drop Shot Sinker and the wire are designed to release off the line under pressure before your line breaks when snagged; saving your rig, hook and lure.

Re-Rig another sinker and you can be back in the water in seconds. I got to admit this is the answer to any dropshotter's Dream.

Now that I have let the secret out, pick some up and see if I am right. I already know that you will be ordering more, and don't keep it to yourself. Let your buddies know why you are catching so many fish.

If you ever run into Hank Parker ask him what he thinks of MOJO Weights and get a picture of his face when you say that. He will know that the cat is out of the bag now.

Keep The Hooks Wet!

Steve McGoldrick

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