ANOTHER ANGLER TARGETED & WON A FLAT SLAM THIS WEEK!

Another great week here at Alphonse Island with seven skiffs on the water, all managing some fantastic captures. We had some rough weather at the start of the week, bringing in some heavy rains over the first few days, but this didn’t stop our adamant guests from going out and performing. Fortunately enough, the bad weather died down and returned to its true form, which bought sunny days through and through. Although the weather initially wasn’t in our favour, we still had some fantastic bell ringers and catches.

Starting with the most sought after species – Nigel, Tom, and Thomas all managing to catch some beautiful GTs. With Thomas landing his first GT and another GT later in the week, Nigel also landed two GTs throughout the week while managing a Flats Slam with a beautiful permit and bone alongside his GT.

Moving onto our ghosts of the flats – our guests managed to land a total of 338 bonefish throughout the week, with Anna, Loic, Laura, and Sam all managing to catch their first bonefish. Bob, Terry, and Chris all landed some big bones over 60 cm. Bob and Raymout also manage 20+ bones each in one day. Raymout managed to land himself a Bill & Bone slam with one sailfish and one bone.

The triggerfish were also out and about, with a good few being lost to coral and seven being landed, Terry with his first ever moustache trigger followed up by William with his moustache trigger. Chantal was the queen of the triggers this week, managing two moustache triggers as well as a yellow margin, all on the same day. Luke and Thomas also managing yellowmargin triggers, with Thomas’s measuring a whopping 52 cm! Finally, an exceptional catch for an extraordinary man – Cyril has visited the island 14 times, and at the age of 90 years old, he landed his first ever Indo-Pacific permit.

A spectacular week of fishing here on Alphonse Island with some delighted guests and great memories. Well done to all our anglers for an exceptional week. Stay tuned for next week’s catch report.

Tight lines,
From Alphonse Fishing Co.