St Brandon’s Atoll
2024 = $10,600 per person
As well as being one of the finest bone fisheries on the planet, St Brandon’s Atoll is also a great spot to cast your line for golden trevally, giant trevally and bluefin trevally.
Located over 250 miles north-east of Mauritius, St Brandon’s is an isolated atoll system and true wilderness fishery, accessible only after a lengthy ocean crossing. The journey is not for the faint-hearted, but those willing to make the trip are rewarded with vast, untouched flats, virtually no fishing pressure, and the chance to encounter some of the largest saltwater species in the Indian Ocean. For adventurous anglers who relish being far removed from civilisation, few destinations can match the sense of isolation and exploration found here.
St Brandon’s offers an extraordinary variety of saltwater fly fishing across an enormous network of coral flats, lagoons, reef edges, and tidal channels. Anglers can spend the morning stalking large bonefish across shallow sand and coral flats before switching focus to giant trevally patrolling drop-offs, surf zones, and reef edges as the tide changes. The atoll’s immense size and diversity of habitat allows guides can tailor each day around conditions and target species, whether that involves technical sight fishing for permit and triggerfish on the flats or casting large flies to aggressive predators along reef systems. The exceptionally low fishing pressure is a defining feature of St Brandon’s, with the fish generally less wary than some better-known destinations.
St Brandon’s offers an exceptional variety of species, with opportunities to target both flats fish and powerful bluewater predators:
Aardvark McLeod expertise in St Brandon’s
St Brandon’s is not a destination to approach without expert advice, and the Aardvark McLeod team is well placed to share first-hand knowledge of this remarkable Indian Ocean fishery.
2024 = $10,600 per person
As well as being one of the finest bone fisheries on the planet, St Brandon’s Atoll is also a great spot to cast your line for golden trevally, giant trevally and bluefin trevally.