Matt Forrester is owner of JOKER Jigs & Lures & Silver Halo Charters. A dedicated angler & skipper, he started offering charters & guided fishing trips back in 2018 but his love for jigging began in 2013. Over recent years Matt’s become renowned as a Slow Pitch Jigging expert & has featured in several publications. His excellent fishing charters often specialize in SPJ & it’s where JOKER was born! ...
Matt says “All JOKER fishing tackle & gear is fully tested & proven. On Silver Halo I fish at sea for over 1,000 hours a year & I only want the very best of tackle. I only sell what I’m happy to provide to my clients & use myself, it’s critical to me that it all works well right out the packet & with options available for varying waters & conditions. If anything dosen’t work well, I just won’t use it!”
The JOKER range of fishing tackle, slow pitch jigs, jigging rods & lures has come together with this ethos in mind, everything is highly practical, deadly effective & fast becoming a popular & firm favourite amongst recreational and commercial anglers alike.[

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Used these for both Bass & Pollock. Deadly lure, with the size they just swallow them up. It’s a must... read more have in the tackle box
Apex Minnow LuresLiam
May 31, 2024
Bought a pack of Apex minnows from Matt and on a very poor days wrecking in my area …second to... read more last drop nailed the largest pollock of the day..what a lure, fantastic results.
To top it off great value with 4 lures per pack to !
Apex Minnow LuresColin
April 30, 2024
Fished with joker jigs for about 7 months now ..from Matts charter boat Silver Halo,can’t rate these jigs highly enough.Yesterdays... read more trip on another charter from Brighton and using the Imp jigs (blu/head lime) absolutely smashed a dozen bass (all returned mostly sizeable) ..the catch rate compared to the other 7 anglers on the trip was conclusive ..Joker IMP smashed it out of the park.
The design and testing on the jigs speak for themselves!Thanks.
Imp Slow Pitch JigColin
October 25, 2024 -
Excellent service from Matt! I wanted a slightly lighter spj rod and so went with the p1 pairing it with... read more the 100g and 130g slammers and was not disappointed! Great feel to the rod providing a nice action to the jig.
The setup with the eyes helps massively too as once you've had a rod that the eyes run straight and tangle for a past time this makes life much easier especially if you have a short window to stay vertical!!
This was a last minute purchase as was holding off as I didn't think I could improve my spj setup and my only regret was not pulling the trigger sooner! Great rod 😁
Palmarius P+ Slow Pitch Jigging RodsAshley
May 27, 2024
Cotton Candy is awesome, just screams “fish on”! Will be trying others
Slammer Slow Pitch JigAndy
May 27, 2024 -
Had a couple of the Slammers for a few weeks now and had great results on them for Bass and... read more Pollock. Brilliant action on them, going to be buying a few more especially the new colours to try.
Slammer Slow Pitch JigAlex
May 27, 2024
Personally I flick between the mayhem and the chunki flasher myself, I have had outstanding results on both. Slimline and... read more great movement is key and these products own that !
Mayhem Slow Pitch JigSam
May 29, 2024
Wow I bought 10 of mat last week and having looked at them closely these little jiggs r going to... read more catch a lot of different fish , hopefully test them out soon as this weather improves, thanks mat ,
Super Fry Thin LuresLee
May 13, 2024
1st used the slammer jigs a few weeks ago and proved very productive on the bass! I then put them... read more to the test around the iow and yet again delivered so is now a instant go to for me very pleased 😁
Slammer Slow Pitch JigAshley
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Good strong hooks that sit nice with jig! Held up well on my recent adventure 😁
Jigging Assist HooksAshley
May 27, 2024
I went out in my boat late November last year for a days lure fishing, which started with couple of... read more small pollock and “eff-ing” pouting to standard long traces with Skerries eels but as the tide slackened I reached for the slow jigs. This was the first time I’d been out in decent conditions since I’d bought some of the Joker Slammer jigs and was looking forward to trying them,,, oh my word do they work well! Cornish cod are not as rare as you would think,,, if you get lucky. Three drifts across the reef yielded cod of 11lb 4oz and 10lb 12oz and finally one of about 5lb which I put back. I moved to get away from the cod (not something that happens very often) as I had plenty of fish for the table and second drift on a wreck gave me a good pollock on the drop! All caught on 200g Cotton Candy Slammers in 180 feet of water on a biggish tide, it was the perfect jig for this style of fishing yesterday. I loved how quickly it got down to the deck on a fairly fast drift and the “feel” of it working was superb. Wish I could add pictures to the review, stunning fish! Just got some of the new Black Mack variants, can’t wait to get out to try them too.🛥️🎣🐟 🦄😃
Slammer Slow Pitch JigKeith
May 1, 2024
Apex minnow is great lure for pollack. Used on Matthews Silver Halo charter boat and had 11lb pollack.
Apex Minnow LuresJurijus
May 13, 2024
Been using the Apex Minnow for a couple of months and been really impressed with them, fantastic action on them.... read more Had lots of Pollock and Bass up to just over 13lb on them, also used them while fishing out in Fuerteventura had numerous species on them including Barracuda, Red Snapper and some big Bream. Looking forward to more reef and shore fishing with them over the summer. highly recommended.
Apex Minnow LuresAlex
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Great looking jigs, the way they seemingly change colour in different light is intriguing. Add that to seeing them catch... read more quality fish what’s not to recommend 🤷
Slammer Slow Pitch JigDarren
May 1, 2024
Had success on these last year on the bass , great jigg with a lovely flutter on the drop ,... read more caught 2 bass straight away even although I had it on upside down 🤣 great detail and deadly jig ,👌
Mayhem Slow Pitch JigLee
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Purchased all the apex minnow lure a few weeks ago and must say out of the 17 pollock I had... read more 11 was caught on the apex minnows where even top brand lure failed to catch right next to sometimes the fish like a small lure and that day they certainly did well done once again matt Richard dutka
Apex Minnow Luresrichieroo2505
April 30, 2024
First time using the mayhem jig and my friend was using traditional lures first drop for me on a inshore... read more reef 6lb bass I had 4 bass in the 4 to 6 range my friend had nothing next drift I had 2 more bass similar size and a bonus pollock my mate nothing the next drift I give him a mayhem jig bang stright on he had 2 and I had 3 bass it was like it till the tide dropped off all I can say is they out fish all the traditional lures best about iv proven this on many times in the past well done Matt for putting these on the market ups the fishing 100%
Mayhem Slow Pitch JigBrian
May 31, 2024
Personally my favourite out of the Jokers! Best colour for catching for me is the Blue and Pink! They’re fantastic,... read more quick drop to the bottom even in a fairly heavy tidal current, and easy to learn to SPJ with!
Slammer Slow Pitch JigLizzie
May 27, 2024
As one of many newbies getting into SPJ and having taken advice from Matt, I can say without fear of... read more contradiction that the Slammer jigs are simply brilliant! After fishing them with someone who is proficient at SPJ @ Chino Fabro, I saw first hand how effective they can be, even in difficult conditions! I even managed a PB Pollack of around 13lb, despite a serious lack of technique. Thanks Matt, see you again on Silver Halo Charters in a few weeks.
Slammer Slow Pitch JigPeter
May 11, 2024 -
Purchased a pair of these rods , first session was smoothhound fishing, again incredible action and quality, would highly... read more recommend them to anyone
Palmarius Pro Carbon Plus Boat RodsPaul
May 13, 2024
Awsome jigs. Always my first jig to try in the candy colour. Absolute bass slayers and have had pollack,mackerel and... read more gurnard on them too.
Imp Slow Pitch JigShaun
April 30, 2024
After seeing the you tube videos on slow pitch jigs I thought I would buy some to try. The cotton... read more candy colour was amazing I caught so many bass even the commercial boats couldn't understand what I was using to catch them. Brilliant product would highly recommend for bass fishing and wrecking.
Slammer Slow Pitch JigLawrence
May 23, 2024 -
Used the Mayhem 60g blue sardine colour on my light action 20g-60g spinning outfit and smashed a number of decent... read more pollack 🔥🔥
Mayhem Slow Pitch JigBenjamin
May 20, 2024
Really like these jigs I was super surprised how that slim of a jig could flutter that much
Had... read more lots of fish on these jigs in the harder of times
Overall amazing jig
Slammer Slow Pitch JigHarvey
April 30, 2024
Love the Cotten candy , absolutely killer for the bass in shallow water (30-40ft) with lots of tide . The... read more flutter is really erratic the wrasse seem to like them to !
Imp Slow Pitch JigChris
May 27, 2024
From the very first time using the slammer jig it was an eye opener they are outstanding it outfished everything... read more else and in strong tides not just on its day but consistently 100% game changer my go to jig but all the joker range is on par and the only jigs I use now still have tried different on same wrecks then back to joker on next drift same outcome joker jig wins 100% of the time
Slammer Slow Pitch JigBrian
May 28, 2024 -
I bought the power 2 rod as a second slow pitch rod with the intent of it handling heavier jigs... read more than my current SHIMANO grappler. Took it for its first outing and I am more than happy, amazing feel, light, responsive and with plenty of backbone to stop the crash dives from the pollack. Comfortably handled jigs up to 200g (sure it could go heavier but no need for that around here) and did exactly what I hoped, very happy.
Palmarius P+ Slow Pitch Jigging RodsDaniel
March 4, 2024
Bought the P2 version from Matt recently along with an OCEA Jigger 1500 FG custom reel.This was after a successful... read more trip using Matt’s identical set up…a fantastic responsive rod with bucket loads of reserve for those hard fighting pollock and bass!
Excellent advice and plenty of options to cater for various jigs .The 170 slammer jig I used on the day easily dealt with some tricky wrecks.
Big thanks to an amazing new way (for me) of targeting wreck predators!
Palmarius P+ Slow Pitch Jigging RodsColin
May 1, 2024
I was using the the blue and pink, it was amazing for big wrasse, pollack and bass. Would highly recommend... read more for bass reef and wrecking.
Imp Slow Pitch JigLawrence
May 23, 2024
Great jigs. Get down there quickly and have a really nice fluttering action. Bass and cod really like... read more these…..pollock don’t mind them either!!
Imp Slow Pitch JigDavid
May 3, 2024 -
The Joker imp is a great jig and is effective with bass and pollock. It is well designed for slow... read more pitch jigging. It is flexible for the different style/techniques of the spj. I find the jig having a high bite rate during long falls.
Imp Slow Pitch JigChino
April 30, 2024
Used on a trip with Matt. My 1st time slow pitch jigging. A new and enjoyable way to fish. The... read more rods seem remarkably powerful and reactive for something so light. Well worth a trip out with Matt to get you hooked / started. now I’m really looking forward to getting out on my boat, to use my new toy
Palmarius P+ Slow Pitch Jigging RodsDarren
May 1, 2024
I have been hugely impressed with the Palmarius SPJ rods. I have used a number of slow pitch rods... read more including Evergreens and I think the Palmarius rods are better suited to how we fish in the U.K. (free drifting boats, strong tides etc) . They have just the right action to make pitching your jig seem really easy and have plenty of grunt down low to cope with hard charging double figure Pollock. Build quality is excellent and the guide train is really well thought out. Highly recommended
Palmarius P+ Slow Pitch Jigging RodsDave
May 3, 2024
I'm not new with slow pitch jigging and I'm fairly knowledgeable with the technique. The Joker slammer is one of... read more the best and most effective jig I've ever used. Due to its design, it can be very flexible with different pitching style. Joker jigs are highly recommended.
Slammer Slow Pitch JigChino
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