ALPHONSE FISHING REPORT

This week promised to be one for the ages with the forecast showing winds easing off and big spring tides on the cards. Both guides and anglers were fired up to see what the flats would deliver.

Day one saw guests Laurin and Sloane shake off the cobwebs with a collective eight bonefish, while Sloane also landed his first ever GT of 69 cm. On the other side of the atoll, returning guest Christian was back on Alphonse to settle some scores and hopefully find the big one. He wasted no time, kicking off with an 81 cm GT. 

Day two and the flats lit up with perfect conditions. Christian teamed up with senior guides Reece and Trevor in search of a trophy GT. The morning started strong with a 101 cm fish from a secret spot that none of the three were willing to give up. As the tide dropped, Christian added a permit and a bonefish. Later, at One Palm Island, he had a refusal from a 70 cm GT before a much bigger fish cruised past and ate without hesitation. Hooked on white sand with no coral heads to raise the blood pressure, it was the perfect fight. The fish taped at 117 cm — a true fish of a lifetime. Day three kept the roll going with Christian fishing alongside senior guides Matt and Reece. Riding the high from the day before, he landed a 75 cm milkfish and closed out with two GT’s of 94 cm and 82 cm.

Day four had Laurin and Sloane continuing to rack up bonefish while enjoying a few solid shots at permit. Christian added yet another GT to his tally. Day five saw Christian out with Matt and Kyle. A deep-water mission for milkfish tested their patience, but back on the flats the action picked up. He rounded out the day with a GT, a permit and a bonefish for a slam.

All in all, it was an incredible week that showed once again how Alphonse consistently produces fish of a lifetime, not to mention the many more seen but not landed. Epic fishing, in an equally epic setting.