12 ANGLERS SEARCHING FOR BIG FISH AT COSMOLEDO ATOLL

The week at Cosmoledo Atoll welcomed 12 anglers to the atoll. With slow-moving tides to start, the guides were on the search for some big fish.

Stephan Kreupl, Michael Sarkesian, and Olafur Vigfusson made their guides’ efforts count and landed GTs ranging from 97 cm – 126 cm just on the first day. Stephan landed the largest fish of the week and a personnel best for him of 126 cm.

The GT numbers seen for the week were impressive, and everyone capitalised on this, landing a good few fish per day. There was some ugly weather in the middle of the week, but regardless of start delays and terrible light loads of bonefish, some unique triggers were caught. Stephan managed a huge yellowmargin trigger which was his first yellowmargin landed for him. Marco Löcher also landed his first triggerfish, which was a beautiful moustache.

With all the great fish being landed, it was hard to think it could get any better, but it did. Steve Hardle and Patrick Keenan celebrated a magical moment together when they both hooked into their personal bests, and both fish were over a metre. Patrick’s GT is 101 cm, and Steve’s GT is 106 cm.

Tight lines,
From Alphonse Fishing Co.