The long-awaited launch of our Amirante liveaboard trips onboard our Alphonse Fishing Company-owned and completely refurbished A’Mani has finally begun. The combination of game fishing while moving between atolls and flats fishing on the best tides makes for a fantastic experience. We offer professionally-guided trips to most of the Amirate atolls, like Poivre, African Banks, Sand Key, and Rimere. These areas are not only well known for fantastic offshore fishing but also for incredible amounts of permit on the flats. A’mani is only available on an exclusive charter basis and caters comfortably to groups of between four to six guests. A’mani is fully rigged to cater to fly fishing, game fishing, and spin fishing groups. A newly refitted 54 ft motor catamaran that caters to affordable fishing trips with small groups. She is stable, spacious, and, more importantly, has a 1,85-meter draft that allows her to anchor in calm lea waters.
After months of planning and a significant refit, A’mani was finally ready for its maiden 10-day charter to various islands in the Amirante chain. The schedule was set to capitalize on the fantastic bluewater game fishing and phenomenal flats fly fishing that the Southern Amirantes offers. Mike D, Tim B, Mike W, and Jed M were our four permit junkies, and great ones at that!
The trip started to an unbelievable start, with Jed hooking a Blue Marlin on the trawl while moving to the first scheduled atoll stop. After an excessive acrobatic fight, the magnificent fish was released and estimated to weigh a whopping 500lbs! The action intensified when the team hit the flats at “Atoll X”. Jed continued his luck by hooking and landing a 95cm GT only five minutes into the session. The GTs were going wild while chasing Baitfish across the flats. Tim aimed to capitalize, and after a broken fly line, broken rod, and five GTs lost, he finally managed to catch a trophy fish of 101cm.
The Amirantes are widely known for their fantastic Indo-Pacific permit fishing, and the team of anglers was all eager to ‘touch gold’. Tim and Mike were both able to make their opportunities count and land one permit each. Mike, the permit specialist he is, was the clear champion with four permit during his time spent on the flats. Despite some tricky low-light conditions, there were also plenty of other species up for grabs on the flats, and everyone caught bluefin, yellowdot trevally, as well as a good number of bonefish, with Mike catching a trophy bonefish of 8lbs.
Out at sea, the team enjoys plenty of Sailfish action, with all four anglers managing to land a sailfish on fly. Jed and Mike even managed to double up and land two fish at the same time. All trips have to come to an end, and it could not have ended any better. The final fish on the last evening was as unique as the first when a Broadbill Swordfish came up from the depths to take one of the trawled lures. A titanic struggle ensued, with all four guys getting involved in the fight before finally managing to subdue this fantastic fish.
An amazing 10 days of fishing was had by all with a great group of guys.
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