Alphonse Island Fishing News  

10 – 17 February 2018 – Big GT’s, Triggers and Permit

After a long stretch of inclement weather on Alphonse the clouds parted and the winds seized giving way to absolute glassy and downright hot conditions. This week tides started with the tapering of neap to spring with a midday low enabling anglers to fish equal drop and push. The abundance of bait both inside and out made for great GT fishing and more fish were seen in the lagoon than in recent weeks.Alphonse, Seychelles, fishing in Seychelles, permit, milkfish, GT, giant trevally, moustache triggerfish, yellowmargin triggerfish, titan triggerfish, fishing in Seychelles, Indian Ocean fishing, Aardvark McLeod

Thirteen GT were landed including the season’s best fish, a true giant of 123cm tamed by Marko Kallay on foot in the surf between Fallujah and St. Joe’s. This beast was miraculously landed after a reel failure. Congratulations to Marko for a fish of a lifetime. Donald Stewart also came tight to a 111cm fish while popping a fly on the outside west of Bijoutier. The finger flats were very productive yielding very cooperative moustache triggerfish with five being landed, two of which were caught by Cyril Bodnar.Alphonse, Seychelles, fishing in Seychelles, permit, milkfish, GT, giant trevally, moustache triggerfish, yellowmargin triggerfish, titan triggerfish, fishing in Seychelles, Indian Ocean fishing, Aardvark McLeod

The most remarkable oddity of the week goes to Alistair Crawford who landed a plus size Emerald parrotfish on La Passe finger after a bullish battle the fish was finally dislodged from a hole. On the white sands of Guantanamo, one angler Matthias Kantorek managed to ‘tocuh gold’ by holding on to a 62cm Indo-Pacific permit. Alphonse, Seychelles, fishing in Seychelles, permit, milkfish, GT, giant trevally, moustache triggerfish, yellowmargin triggerfish, titan triggerfish, fishing in Seychelles, Indian Ocean fishing, Aardvark McLeod

The blue water fishing remained consistent and exciting as Richard Galling and Dave Hall doubled up on Sailfish to conclude their week.

Bonefish: 531, Giant Trevally: 13,Indo-Pacific Permit: 1 ,Moustache Triggerfish: 5, Sailfish: 2, Emerald Parrotfish: 1

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Alphonse Island Fishing News 3 – 10 February 2018

Extreme weather with strong winds and heavy rain started the week but the situation calmed quickly as the tides shifted to neap, giving way to some of the most favorable fishing conditions experienced in quite some time.Alphonse, Seychelles, fishing in Seychelles, permit, milkfish, GT, giant trevally, moustache triggerfish, yellowmargin triggerfish, titan triggerfish, fishing in Seychelles, Indian Ocean fishing, Aardvark McLeod

The last few days of the spring drop produced great numbers of large bonefish, mainly found on the eastern side of atoll as many first time anglers came tight on fish averaging 50 – 60cm. William Langley and Sue Rouse specifically chose to target plus size bonefish and their efforts were rewarded with a 65 and 64cm fish on Pancake Flat. As the tides weakened the lagoon and bluewater absolutely came alive. Small rabbitfish were abundant and so too were their predators as eight GT’s were landed in the week. Daniel Parham and Jonathan Stutten fished exceptionally well landing a total of four GT’s, with the best moment being a double up on 87 and 90cm fish. Dan also fished bluewater landing a Sailfish on fly. Congrats to both anglers and an extra cheers to John who started his week learning how to cast a fly rod. The largest GT of the week goes to Benedict Wiegman, who landed two with the best being a massive 105cm just west of Bijoutier.Alphonse, Seychelles, fishing in Seychelles, permit, milkfish, GT, giant trevally, moustache triggerfish, yellowmargin triggerfish, titan triggerfish, fishing in Seychelles, Indian Ocean fishing, Aardvark McLeod

Triggerfish were wild nearing the end of the week but continued to be the masters of their domain escaping into holes and crevasses. However one beautiful yellowmargin was eventually stopped by John. Blue water angler Fernando Santaniello ran north to the seamount and was rewarded with the first recorded blue marlin in Alphonse history along with a sailfish, wahoo and yellowfin tuna for an incredible ‘Bluewater Slam’.

Bonefish: 430, Giant Trevally: 8, Yellowmargin Triggerfish: 1, Sailfish: 3, Wahoo: 2, Yellowfin Tuna 2, Blue Marlin: 1

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