FISH CATCHES ROLL IN WITH 3 SLAMS IN 1 WEEK!

The long wait for the start of the 2020 – 2021 Alphonse Island season is finally over with the arrival of three of our long-time fishing friends. The beginning of the week presented neap tides and slow-moving currents, allowing time to fish the entire atoll. The fish catches started to roll in immediately with permit, with GTs, bonefish, yellowmargin, and giant triggerfish being caught daily. The “Grand Slams” started to increase as the tides started to move into the spring phase bringing on more encounters with GTs.

Justin Kemp had three “slams”, one with a triggerfish, a GT of 85 cm, and a bonefish. Another with two triggerfish, a 62 cm permit, and a bonefish. Chris started to increase his species list with a giant 64 cm permit, 4 GTs, and a special titan triggerfish. Although that sounds like an impossible task to beat, Ray Cadiz was named the angler of the week with three permit in three days, three yellowmargins in a day, and three moustache triggerfish through the rest of the week. Ray then added the cherry on top of the cake by landing a magnificent emerald parrotfish, something that is rarely achieved.

This week Alphonse Island truly showed off its’ diversity and abundance of trophy fish! With the same 3 rods in-house, we look forward to another fantastic week’s fishing.

Tight lines,
From Alphonse Fishing Co.