MOSTLY RETURN GUESTS CAME TO TAKE CARE OF UNFINISHED BUSINESS ...

The fishing week at Astove Atoll started off with some calm and exciting spring tides. Our new group mostly returned guests, so they were very excited to be back and see what the week held. On arrival, we had a brief rundown of the week, got all their gear ready, and the right flies, line, and leader. After tackle setup, the guys took the afternoon to see if they could get a fish before the week started.

Day one was very calm, and Chris had early action in the morning where he lost a nice fish, but he returned strong and landed a 65 cm giant trevally. Graham and Angus went out to the east of the atoll and found an excellent spot where they saw multiple geet coming in surfing the waves with the incoming tide, where they managed to land four geet; between them, the biggest one was 75 cm.

Renea was our only lady angler, and it was her first-time fly fishing. She was a real warrior and managed to get her first bonefish and many more on the first day of fishing, getting ten bonefish in one day and the biggest of four pounds.

As the week progressed, the weather was up and down with some overcast conditions, but it did not stop Johan from going out and getting his fish. Johan spent some time in the lagoon on the hunt for a geet as the first one got away before the photo was taken; he managed to get another glorious fish off 65 cm.

On the second to last day, the weather got better, and the fish seemed to come onto the flats again, Angus saw an exciting-looking fish on a ray, and he made a perfect cast and landed in the right spot, with one strip, and the fight was on a few min later he landed a 88 cm giant trevally!

Tight lines,
From Alphonse Fishing Co.