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Destination: St Joseph’s Atoll
- Seychelles
Season: Nov - April
Duration: 8 nights – 6 full
days fishing
Accommodation: Luxury 46ft Catamaran
Numbers: 6 plus 1
The Seychelles
The Seychelles archipelago lies between 4 and 10
degrees south of the equator. Just over one hundred
islands make up this archipelago and they can be assigned
to one of two distinct groups, these groups being
the inner and outer Islands.
The Inner Islands comprise of roughly 40 granite
Islands. Mahe is the principle island in the group.
The remaining seventy plus islands belong to the Outer
Islands which extent in a SW direction towards the
east coast of Africa
St Josephs
St Josephs forms part of the Amirantes Island group
which are situated approximately 260km SW of Mahe.
The atoll is approximately 7km by 4km and consists
of a string of small islands linked by large sand
flats and turtle grass patches. The Atoll’s
lagoon is home to good populations of sting rays and
turtles. There is a large colony of frigate birds
on the islands as well as populations of herons, crested
turns and plovers.
Fishing at St Josephs
Flats
From November to April each year Tourette Fishing
CC guides exclusive groups of adventurous fly fishermen
to this unique flats fishing destination - St Jo’s
ranks as one of the finest flats fishing destinations
in the world, with bone fish and Indo Pacific Pompano
(permit) being the main target. Most bones run between
4 and 6 pounds, with trophy fish on these flats considered
fish above 7 lb’s. It is possible to land upwards
of 20 fish per day, with experienced anglers reaching
30+ bones per day. The Indo Pacific Permit (or African
Pompano) is considered the holy grail of fly fishing,
and trips to St Josephs to target these fish are planned
with this in mind. Pompano are arguably the finest
fighting fish pound for pound, considering their finicky
nature and the pristine environments one sight fishes
for them in, they are a world class target in this
world class fishery.
Fly fishermen have the opportunity to target bluefin
kingfish and, at times giant trevally, on the flats
as well as barracuda and both black tip and lemon
sharks.
Blue Water:
The blue water fishing around St Josephs is world
class, with species such as Wahoo, Tuna, GT’s,
Dog Tooth Tuna and Sailfish amongst a host of other
pelagic and reef species making a showing.
TF guides are familiar with all productive reefs
and drop off’s in close proximity to the flats.
All guides are experts at handling teasing tackle
and targeting blue water species on fly.
The Average Day
Each evening your guides will decide on where and
when to fish the following day, taking into account
angler competence, species you wish to target, weather
and tides.
Breakfast is served at around 06h30 each morning.
Those fishing the flats will take a packed lunch with
them onto the flats; those who choose to fish blue
water will be served a cooked lunch on the mother
ship. After breakfast you will be shuttled on the
tender boat to a predetermined area of the atoll.
A typical fishing day involves wading the productive
flats in search of bone fish. At low tide we will
move to the edge and wait for the cold pushing water
and the feeding permit these waters bring. At high
tide we will often move to specific areas to look
for patrolling trevally and barracuda.
Lunch is enjoyed in the shade on near by islands
or on the mother ship. We plan to return to the mother
ship at sunset each evening. All times are flexible
and will be adapted to suit your group. Half day flats
and half day blue water fishing is also a great option.
The Mother Ship
Tourette Fishing uses 8 berth liveaboard catamarans
for all St Josephs trips. These well appointed liveaboards
sleep 8 anglers in 4 rooms. All meals are prepared
on the mother ship. Trips are limited to 6 or 7 anglers
with 2 (guided) or 1 (hosted) professional TF guides
per group respectively. All liveaboards are serviced
by two inflatable zodiacs which are used to shuttle
anglers to and from the flats each day, and for blue
water fishing.
Tenders
We will have 2 tenders for each liveaboard Catamaran
for our St. Josephs Trips.
For more information on this trip please contact
us. For a customised quote and itinerary for this or
any other African location, please email keith@tourettefishing.com
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