Dustin Misiak joins Team Westin!

Dustin Misiak joins Team Westin!

Dustin discovered fishing at the age of 12 when he was on vacation with his parents at the beautiful Lake Garda in Italy.

There he spotted a lot of black bass and small minnows and his direct instinct was to catch them! In the young boy’s heart a small seed was planted and today fishing is his big passion. Back in Germany he started to fish for breams, roach and carps and soon the predators like perch and zander become more and more interesting.

Today he’s caught over 1500 zanders from the shore but still he appreciates every single strike! Hamburg and its port are a perfect place for him to improve his fishing-technique and Dustin is always thinking “outside the box”.

His favorite fish is truly the zander but also the perch is a highly respected fish. We are glad to have this young and passionate angler aboard our Team!

The Joker laughs last on over-fished waters

The Joker laughs last on over-fished waters

With spinning enjoying huge popularity, many known predator swims are increasingly being over-fished. You will often hear: "the swim has been fished to death", "the swim is burnt out" or "it's not worth going there any more!".

In some cases, it may well be that the fish are avoiding the swim or at least not visiting it as regularly as in the past. However, it could also be that the fish are still in the swim but are stubbornly and persistently ignoring all familiar or unnatural baits.

My buddy Ralf and I visited one such swim on a sunny autumn day. We actually wanted to avoid it since even baitfish did not bring the desired success on previous visits. However, we decided to give the Quantum Joker a chance as it would surely be unfamiliar to the fish here.

The very first cast produced a bite and a medium-sized perch. A good omen and Ralf needed no more persuasion. We had found the lure that would make the perch drop their guard. Then, after two missed bites, I hooked a good 45-cm perch right in front of my feet but lost it straight away. I was still voicing my disappointment when Ralf shouted: "Don't worry. I've got one now!" And what a one it was! The rod was bent to the limit and I was on my way to take photos and help land the monster.

Everything ran smoothly and the tape measure read 49.5 cm. Just short of that magical threshold but, of course, we were still ecstatic. A première for the Joker and a new personal best. The interesting thing was that we weren't retrieving the Joker along the bottom but around two metres below the surface.

One thing is for sure. I won't be going fishing for perch again without the Joker. And the same goes for Ralf.

Mustad fishingreport October 2013

 

Mustad fishingreport October 2013

In Denmark the perch fishing is really crazy at the moment.

Prostaffer Emma B Håkonsen took a trip down there to test some of Mustads new products and the big perches was all over!

Emma used Mustads ordinary jigheads and hooked up pretty good, but when the fishing got a little bit slower she decided to try out the Mustad Stringease Fastach Football weight with a Grip pin hook, just to give the softbait a more lifelike movement.

The slow fishing turned into a real bonanza and Emma could land several perch over 45 centimeters!