Fly Fishing Blog by Alphonse Fishing Co™

ALPHONSE ISLAND FLY FISHING REPORT | 09 – 16 MAR 2024

We had another phenomenal fishing week on Alphonse. The spring tides provided plenty of water movement and allowed us to fish for all of the fish species that call St Francois Atoll home. Picturesque days, often with dead calm conditions, were more than enough to make our guests enjoy their day, but the number of fish around made it even more special week.

The great number of GT sightings on the flats was once again the highlight for all our guests. Targeting these apex predators is a thrill like no other, and getting a fish to eat the fly is a sight that will never leave the memory bank. What made the GT fishing even more exhilarating was the presence of good-sized fish; we landed four GTs measuring over 80 cm for the week and landed three fish over 90 cm. This gives a great indication of how many impressive fish are out there because as they start getting to those sizes, they are not easily fooled into eating a fly.

The standout angler of the week was undoubtedly Ben Foley, who really showed off his fly fishing skills. On one of the days, he caught a 42 cm moustache triggerfish, a bonefish, and then three GTs measuring 87, 88, and 93 cm for a flats slam right off the top shelf. Later in the week, he caught a tanker 66 cm bonefish, a 70 cm milkfish, and an 81 cm GT for yet another brilliant flats slam. He landed another three GTs over the course of the week. Congratulations on your phenomenal week of fishing, Ben!

With the number of GTs around, many of our guests had their eyes focused on the prized Giant trevally. Angler Lance Campbell finished the week with six GTs under his belt. Congrats on the fierce fishing, Lance!

John Graham notched up five geets for the week, including three in one day. On his very last cast of the week, he landed a cracking 82 cm fish that had him tap dancing on the bow of the skiff to unwrap the line from his feet. John is an avid angler and targets anything that swims. In addition to his excellent geet fishing, he caught multiple bohar snappers, a host of grouper species, some massive blue-spangled emperors, and a whole list of other fish. John really proved the sheer volume and incredible variety of fish St Francois has to offer besides our ‘big five’ species. What a spectacular week, John, a huge congratulations to you!

Jean-Louis Lacombe caught a 78 cm GT and, whilst fishing in the surf zone, caught our biggest geet of the week, measuring in at 99 cm. It was agonizingly close to that meter mark but nonetheless a brute of a fish! Mark Boulle, who had never caught a GT before, set the bar really high by opening his account with a beautiful 91 cm fish. Congratulations on your fishing successes, gents. We hope you loved your experience.

A big congratulations to anglers Katherine and Michael, who managed to land our two permits of the week. Katherine also added her first-ever GT to her catch tally. Well done to Greg, who worked hard at the milkfish all week and was finally rewarded with a beauty milk as well as a GT on the same day.

We look forward to another exciting week of fishing with the next group of enthusiastic anglers, who are excited to see what our fishery has to offer. Stay tuned for next week’s report!

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