Rock Salmon vs Estuary Perch Showdown feat Matt Wainright at Mgazi

Rock Salmon vs Estuary Perch Showdown feat Matt Wainright at Mgazi: Matt Wainright is on a mission this year. To make up for the last two years of lost fishing time. Due to the flood conditions that virtually wiped all fishing out for months on end. This time last year was flooding. And the year before.

El Nino

But El Nino is gonna be our salvation this year. It’s written in the stars that this is gonna be a dry year. And so far, so good. Have been keeping an eager eye on the charts and we are looking good. The cold fronts are being forced back by the easterlies of summer. Sometimes they even went backwards! These incessant east winds push the cold fronts out to sea and away from us.

This was not the case last year as every front that came through brought with it moisture-rich air that drenched us.

Wild Coast

After a couple of hugely successful sessions here at the Umzimkulu Marina earlier this year, Matt has set his sights on the wild waters of the Transkei.

Mgazi!

This infamous estuary is host to countless and some untold fishing tales of a mighty calibre. There be monsters here. In a way, it is the perfect estuary as it meanders it’s merry way inland for quite some distance. All kinds of pools and features along the way.

Matt may aswell be the Transkei Navy with all the kit on his boat. And in a place like this, he get’s to use all of his toys. Note the wifi engine controlling watch on his wrist! Yip, whilst he is playing tug-of-war with these crazy fish, he can adjust the position of the boat! Mid-fight! And ace-out!

Rock Salmon

This one hit Matt out the park. For about 5 seconds or so it was game on. But then that rockie realised something fishy was going on and simply spat the lure.

Estuary Perch

This most beautiful species of fish is also aggressive around trick baits. Matt has perfected the skipping paddletail trick and demonstrates exactly how it’d done. To maximum effect.

Trick baiting

No sinker or jighead. A very strong bass hook. Weedless.

Chuck it to the edge. You can skip this rig under foliage to get maximum penetration. Let the plastic flutter its way down to the bottom. Give it some motion. Believe that the fish is now checking your bait out.

“Be the bait you wanna be” – is my best advice.

Imagine you are pulling the puppet strings down there. Twitch. Crank a few times. Pop. Jerk. Drop. Miz all of these actions up and it won’t be long before you annoy that fish enough to pounce (just like bassin’).

While the going is this good – we best get fishing. Join us here in Port Shepstone for the estuary game fishing season. Stay with us and we will take you out on the water.

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