FISHING
This fishery is different from all others in the Seychelles, as tides play an even larger part in planning your day. Your guide will inform you each morning what the fishing plan will be for the day relative to what species you want to target, the expected tide, and fishing conditions. Astove is a more physically demanding fishery and is a blast for anglers that want to spend some real time walking the perimeter of the atoll wading and spotting fish.
The “Wall,” which runs the entire length of the Western side of the atoll, drops off to over a 1000m within a few hundred meters from shore. While GT’s are the headliners, they are not the only species which can be found here in fantastic numbers. Bonefish, milkfish, the finicky indo-pacific permit, and a host of triggerfish species all call Astove home.
The team is split up into groups of two anglers per skiff and guide. Some anglers may access certain flats with an ATV or by boat depending upon the tide and the plan for the day. During certain tides, bonefish can be found stacked in the lagoon, where ten, twenty, and thirty fish sessions are not uncommon. The diversity of other non-typical gamefish species is staggering as well. Some clients have reported landing over fifty species a week including yellowfin tuna, surgeonfish, lemon shark, grouper, dogtooth tuna, and every kind of reef fish imaginable.
