
Alphonse Island, Seychelles; fishing news – 25 Jan – 1 Feb 2014
3 GT’s over a meter and a very big hand to Michael, Matthias and Ron who kept me on tenderhooks all week waiting to hear how their trip went, and
3 GT’s over a meter and a very big hand to Michael, Matthias and Ron who kept me on tenderhooks all week waiting to hear how their trip went, and
Good to have the Alphonse blogs coming in to relieve yet another grey and gloomy day. As always, fantastic to see the variety of species that this fishery can offer.
I have missed the Alphonse blogs, pure escapism from this prolonged grey and wet period in the UK. I felt from the last blog report that there was an image
Although Alphonse is almost fully booked for the 2013/2014 season for rods fishing St Francois, there is space on some of the weeks to accommodate couples on a combination fishing/non-fishing
“Permit, Grand Slam and Super Grand Slam” Angler lands a Sailfish, Milkfish, GT and Bonefish in one day. The mix of fishing, non-fishing, families and couples has added a new
Below is the latest news from Alphonse, covering the last four weeks. It has been a rather different festive season on the island to those of recent years, with fewer
Weather Conditions: A low pressure system brought calm, but cloudy conditions to the beginning of the week, changing to breezy w/ passing squalls at the weekend. Rain and less than
Weather: A mix of clouds & sun with light rain and scattered showers. Air Temp: 74 – 84 degree Fahrenheit; 23.3 C – 28.8C Winds: NW 5 to 10, N
The week started with sunny clear weather, 3 GT’s, a nice yellow dot trevally, some bluefin trevally a pile of bonefish and an Alphonse caught permit. As the week progressed
Week 7 started in true North-Easterly fashion, no wind, flat calm seas and extremely hot weather. The full moon was waning, which meant that day 1 would feel the effects
It’s the end of week 5 on Farquhar and morale amongst the guide team is high. The boys have worked hard to produce great fishing for our guests and this
Heading to the Seychelles for his trip to the Indian Ocean, Alex Jardine left the office followed by cries of ‘catch something big’. He did. He landed the first “Bills