20+ BONEFISH WITH ONE MEASURING MORE THAN 60 CM!

This week’s weather tested the guides and guests with some perfect days, windy, rainy days, and absolute scorchers. Dropping into the neap tides also didn’t help the cause. We did, however, have a phenomenal week of fishing with some really great catches by our guests.

Starting with the ghosts of the flats we had Mark, Catherine, David, Dean, Andrew, and Alexander all catching their first bonefish. Mark, Catherine, and David also catch 20+ bones each later in the week. The big bonefish also returned this week with Sonja, Peter, Alexi, Mark, and Neil, all catching fish over 60cm. The triggerfish have been scarce so far this season, with the water still being on the cold side. However, Naile and Greg both managed to coax a moustache triggerfish to take their fly. Alexi and Peter also had a great time fishing for triggerfish, with both landing the ever-so-cunning yellow-margin triggerfish. As for the GTs, Peter, and Dean, both managed to catch and land their firsts, while Peter Rippin, Hendrik, and Bart all added some more fish to their GT tallies. Bart, Peter Rippen, Alexi and Chantal all got stuck into the milkfish on Tuesday landing 6 between themselves. The queen of alphonse did it again, managing to tick yet another flat slam off her list, landing a milkfish, giant trevally, and bonefish. The last but definitely not least highlight of the week was an unusual catch of a batfish by David. Once again, the bluewater side of things was quiet this week, with Dan, Hendrik, Hannah, and Kate all catching their first sailfish and Derek catching his first dogtooth tuna.

Well done to all the anglers this week, another epic week on the flats. The next few weeks are looking jam-packed with lots of anglers so stay tuned for the following fly fishing report.

Tight lines,
From Alphonse Fishing Co.