FROM ST JOSEPH ISLAND TO POIVRE ISLAND

As the Alphonse Fishing Co. season progresses and the seasons change to almost a full NW monsoon, one of the more unique seasonal trips begins. With the Flat sea conditions and soft wind, the 10-day trip began at St Joseph Island and later moved onto Poivre Island.

Once the guests were collected from Desroches Island, teasers were dropped behind Amani, and in no time, a wahoo was landed on fly.

The first day of flats fishing was met with tricky cloudy skies, but all the guests managed a handful of big bones and some excellent opportunities at permit, ensuring smiles all around.

The following two days produced excellent windless-clear-skies, and as anticipated, a massive amount of fish was seen. The highlight of the days was Alina’s most prominent and 2nd permit in her life. The afternoon continued to produce, and while polling the edge for a permit, 6 GTs came up onto the white sand chasing a bait ball, accompanied by a multitude of bluefin trevally and several sharks. 

Unfortunately, the GTs were quick off the mark, and the fly did not reach their kill zone but was intercepted by a 70 cm bluefin. As the tides changed from springs to neaps, it was time to move to Poivre, which was the most anticipated location of the trip.

Poivre proved its dream location by offering multiple chances at permit where two permits were landed by one angler after the first day. As the days went on, nothing changed except for the permit numbers as the fish numbers seemed to get higher and the fish caught every day increased.

On the days when waiting on the tide, guests enjoyed surface casting and dredging for fish off the edge. Huge yellow spot trevally, dogtooth tuna jobfish, bluefin trevally, and barracuda were where some of the species hooked and landed.

A successful trip to the Amirantes Islands, with great guests and a fantastic start to the Amirates season!

Tight lines,
From Alphonse Fishing Co.