Mike Dawes, Tim Brune, Mike Ward and Jed Mixter where our four permit junkies and great ones at that!

The trip got off to an unbelievable start with Jed hooking a Blue Marlin on the trawl while moving to the first scheduled atoll stop. After an excessive acrobatic fight the magnificent fish was released and estimated to weigh a whopping 500lbs! The action intensified when the team hit the flats at “Atoll X”. Jed continued his luck by hooking and landing a 95cm GT only five minutes into the session. The GT’s were going wild while chasing baitfish across the flats. Tim aimed to capitalize and after a broken fly line, broken rod and five GT’s lost, he finally managed to catch a trophy fish of 101cm. 

The Amirante’s are widley known for their fantastic indo-pacific permit fishing and the team of anglers were all eager to ‘touch gold’. Tim and Mike were both able to make their opportunities count and land one permit each. Mike Dawes being the permit specialist he is, was the clear champion with four permit during his time spent on the flats. Despite some tricky low-light conditions there were also plenty of other species up for grabs on the flats and everyone caught Bluefin, yellowdot trevally as well as a good number of bonefish, with Mike catching a trophy bonefish of 8lbs. 

Out at sea the team enjoy plenty sailfish action with all four anglers managing to land a sailfish on fly. Jed and Mike even managed to double up and land two fish at the same time.  All trips have to come to an end and it could not have ended any better. The final fish on the last evening was as special as the first, when a broadbill swordfish came up from the depths to take one of the trawled lures. A titanic struggle ensued with all four guys getting involved in the fight before finally managing to subdue this fantastic fish.

An amazing 10 days of fishing was had by all with a great group of guys.

Tight lines from the Alphonse Fishing Co. team onboard A’mani.

Best Regards

Keith Rose-Innes