Jag Question for BBC

Mike it gives you an advantage if you fish in a draw tournament.Your partner snaps enough rods he cant fish.

On the original Jag I used that passenger compartment a lot, and I never had that problem, mainly because the lid had enough clearance that it opened past vertical and just rested against the gunwale. Youd have had to kick the opposite side to make it shut hard enough to do damage and your rod would have had to be sticking out in a way that would have been begging for trouble no matter what. It looks to me like the new box is larger and has some design improvements, and it looks like the lid opens similarly, so Id say putting a shock in there would be unnecessary.One thing I like about the new box design is that it isnt carpeted. On the old box, its shallow depth and narrow width meant that the treble hooks on your lures would often snag when hooked to your reel. I was able to adjust how I stowed my tied-on bait to reduce the frequency of the problem, but taking the carpet out would seem to make it that much easier to deal with the more compact space of a convenient 3rd rod box. (Dont forget the original Jag had only one full size box!)Cheers,Scott

Brightwork, The later rod boxes are now carpeted by request. They can get a little moisture in them from varying sources such as the handrail pockets and grommets. That was the reason they were not carpeted and would have to ordered as a gel box if requested. The rod box is larger that the original Jaguar. It is not the same format, though we shared many of the floor plan features on the original Jaguar. People really liked the original Jaguar and eventually it just ceased to have a retail demand. Which has always perplexed us when it was and is so popular. Be nice to your partner there Mike! BCB

Actually the Jaguar slowed down in the early 200o years, and in 2003 the Cougar FTD really replaced the volume and the Puma in 2005. Which was the last year of the old Jaguar. BCB

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