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Captains Mark Pisano, Jeff Debuys & Paul Strasser

Great Weather, Slow Fishing

07-30-2010 - Things are slow. That pretty much sums up the offshore scene today. We did see some fish but no takers. The weather is as good as it gets out here, so we will try our hand at yellowtail fishing tomorrow. Jeff and the Indy crew

Indy's Return 7-29-2010

07-28-2010 - The Indy will arrive at approximately 7am on Thursday 7/29.. Sign in will start at 7..thanks Judy

Tough fishing

07-28-2010 - Tough fishing. That is the phrase of the day throughout the offshore fleet. A handful of yellowtail is what we have for our efforts, although we saw some bluefin, and a couple of albacore. The weather is up again, and the ride home is bumpy. We should arrive back in San Diego at 0700. The Indy crew

Yellowtail Zone

07-27-2010 - Good weather and great fishing. That pretty much sums up today’s activities on the Indy. We arrived in the yellowtail zone about midday, and things were down. We looked all around, and saw nothing. We tried one of our other areas and had good action on yellows. After that we got on the real deal and had good action until 1600 hrs. Then all quit on us. All had a good time. We are headed up to the offshore grounds for tomorrow. Please wish us luck, Jeff and the Indy crew

From The Bridge

07-26-2010 - Same as yesterday. That pretty much sums up our day today, except we did not land a wahoo, although we hooked a few. Conditions were tough, as there was not much current today, which made things tough. The guys really put in a good effort, and we ended up having a good day on the 40 to 60 lb. Fish with a hand full of 80to 100’s for a select few lucky anglers. The weather was typical for this place windy. We are currently headed up to try for some yellowtail for tomorrow. Thanks for checking in, Jeff and the Indy crew

The Rocks

07-25-2010 - Worth the ride down here. We had a good day down here at the rocks. It all started around 0900, and we finished up at dark. There was a lull from 4 till 6 in the afternoon, but we got a shot right before dark. The tuna were 40 to 60 lb.ers with sum up to 100 lbs. we did manage to get a couple of wahoo as well. I will say conditions were not perfect; maybe tomorrow it will be better for us. The weather is great. We are going to try for yellows tonight, please wish us luck, Jeff and the Indy crew

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Baja Paddy Hoppers Charter

07-24-2010 - Good afternoon from the Indy, we departed on the annual 6-day paddy hoppers yesterday under sunny skies. After loading some choice sardines we were off and running for points south. Today we spent rigging and telling fish stories with beautiful weather in the forcast. We are going down for the long haul, so please wish us luck, Jeff and the Indy crew

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Great trip!!!

07-23-2010 - We returned from the Westcoast Marketing 7 day adventure and this year's trip was fantastic. we ended up with 91 big wahoo for the trip as well as 200+ beautiful yellowfin tuna of which 90% were in the 40 to 119 lb. range. The big fish honors go to Luis Sole for his 119.8 and 110.4 yellowfin, Steve Fry with a 109.8 yellowfin, Greg Tchejeyan and Bob Cross with bookend 107.6 yellowin, and Peter Drogin with a 101.6 yellowin. We also weighed up lots of 45 to 58 pound Wahoo. We want to thank Charter Masters David Rocchi and Allen Smith along with Rick Ozaki from westcoast marketing and Avet reels, Raider jigs, fishtrap iron and Graph-tech rods. Next year's trip is sold-out but we will have room on the 7 day that departs on July 9th 2011. We are now taking reserverations now for 2011 up to trip #10. Thanks to everyone on the trip this year and hope to see everyone again soon. Mark and Paul and the entire Indy staff.

Tackle Recommendation Report

07-22-2010 - Good morning, We are on the way back north and have some time to send a report on tackle for upcoming trips, for those of you on 6 and 7 day trips, the chance to fish Alijos rocks for both yellowfin tuna and wahoo is very likely. What worked and what did not. Fishing for wahoo, the Raider jigs were hands down the hottest irons that we used, gold worked best with silver being 2nd best. 50 lb. mono on a good 2-speed reel like an Avet JX, LX or HX and a 610-type rod. Fishing the tuna you really need a 2-speed reel with 40 and mostly 50-pound mono. We do have loaner rod and reel combos onboard for those who need them. We also carry jigs and line on the boat. On another note we have some spots on September 6 and 7-day days that will target this area. Please give us a call if you have any Questions.

The Return of Westcoast Angler

07-22-2010 - The Indy will return at approximately 6am on Friday July 23. The sign in at 7 for Baha Paddy Hoppers..Thanks everyone..Judy

FINAL REPORT-HEADED HOME

07-22-2010 - Hello again, Today we worked our way north in very, very good weather, We saw lots of fish toward the end of the day but only managed (1) 35 lb. bluefin for the day. The trip has been great from start to finish with excellent fishing on 4 of the days with a great bunch of guys. Our ETA is 6AM Friday morning. have a great evening, the Indy crew

Wide-Open Yellowtail Bite

07-21-2010 - Good evening, we just finished our day, the yellowtail fishing was wide open on 14 to 18 pound yellowtail, and we caught fish on both the iron and sardines. The weather was again beautiful with warm clear skies and flat seas. We are planning to look offshore on the way north and hope to bump into a few albacore and/or bluefin, wish us luck the Indy guys.

A GREAT DAY OF FISHING

07-20-2010 - Hello again, not much of a change out here on the big blue, good weather and even better fishing, we had yellowfin up to 110 pounds, wahoo to 50 pounds, yellowtail to 35 pounds, along with a few amberjack and dorado. The last 3 days of fishing is what long range sportfishing is all about, good times and a great group of guys to fish with. I want to take time to thank chartermaster Rick Ozaki who did not make the trip due to the ICAST show in Vegas, sorry Ricky you missed a good one. A big thanks to Avet reels, Raider Jigs (caught 90% of the wahoo), Fish trap iron, Graph-tech rods and West-coast marketing for all the great give-aways and raffle prizes on the trip. It's off to finish the trip on yellowtail and maybe an albacore on the way home. We will report tomorrow on our progress. Have a good day, the Indy guys.

From the Bridge of the Indy

07-19-2010 - Good day from the bridge of the Independence, You know they say a bad day of fishing is better than a good day of work!!!! well that's not the case out here, fishing and the weather has been great. We caught more good grade wahoo today and the yellowfin tuna today were bigger overall than yesterday, the tuna topped out at about 110 pounds but there were many fish that fell into that 60 to 90 range. The yellowtail fishing has an option for the guys that try for them, it's just that not many guys have been fishing for yellows the last 2 days, we did land some nice ones up to about 40 lbs. We are planning to do this again tomorrow before fishing our way back north. Thanks for checking in, the Indy guys.

spectacular!!!

07-18-2010 - Hello everyone, First the good news, the weather is as good as it gets just a bit on the warm side, no wind and flat seas with air temps in the 80's and sea temp about 74 degrees. Now the great news, the fishing today was nothing short of spectacular, our first stop of the day gave us 41 wahoo that were all in the 40 to 65 pound range, we ended with 60 skin for the morning bite. The afternoon bought on excellent yellowfin tuna fishing for the rest of the day; the fish were in the 40 to 70 pound range with a few larger fish to 100 pounds. Needless to say we are stoked at the day out come. We plan to do this again tomorrow. Have a great night, we will. Mark, Paul, Kyle, Billy, Paul M, Kevin, Tom and Rolf.

Westcoast Marketing-Avet Reels

07-16-2010 - Hello everyone, we are back out on the west coast marketing 7-day adventure. We returned this morning from our latest 7-day and had a great trip on the fish overall, we would like to thank everyone who made the trip this year and hope to see you soon. The jackpot winners for the trip were as follows: Richard Henderson from South Gate, Ca took 1st place with a 110 lb Yellowfin, coming in at 2nd place was Glen Barnes from LaVern, Ca with a 109.2 Yellowfin, and 3rd place was Walter Forman of Torrance, Ca with a 107.4 Yellowfin. Over all we landed 5 total over 100, and several Yellowfin pushing the 100 lb mark. Jeff Young even managed to bring in over the rail a wahoo. We are currently headed south in beautiful weather and plan to start fishing tomorrow along the coast. The bait looks to be doing well and should do us a fine job once we start getting busy. Wish us luck, The Indy guys.

Indy's Return Friday 7/16/10

07-15-2010 - The Indy will return on Friday 7/16 at approximately 6:30am, Sign in to begin at 7am.

good fishing

07-13-2010 - Hello everyone, We had another fine day of angling in very good weather. We had about 70 tuna for the day with 10 fish in the 75 to 110 pound range and most of the rest in the 30 to 60 lb. range. The bite died out late in the day so it was time to head north and spend the final 2 days offshore looking for bluefin tuna and albacore. Thanks for checking in, Jeff and the guys.

Tuna Time

07-12-2010 - Good evening again from the independence. We had a great day today down at the rocks. Shortly after daylight we started hooking tuna and kept busy until late afternoon. We did catch 1 Wahoo as well as some good grade yellowtail. The score for today was 74 tuna, 9 of which were 80 to 110 lbs. the weather has been really nice the past few days. We plan on giving this try for tomorrow, please wish us luck, Jeff and the Indy crew

Action Packed Day

07-11-2010 - Hello everyone, here is what we know so far. We stopped short for a yellowtail check and saw good sign of beautiful grade 18 to 45 lb. fish. We decided to stop and try and were rewarded with a very busy action packed day. We left the island and are currently headed down to points south. The weather is good, and we hope it will hold for a few days. Please wish us luck for tomorrow, Jeff and the Indy crew

Tuna Tuners

07-10-2010 - Hello again from the independence. We departed San Diego yesterday on a 7-day extravaganza with a good load of bait and high hopes. The weather looks favorable for at least the next few days, so we have that to look forward to. Thanks for checking in, please wish us luck, Jeff and the Indy crew

1 1/2 trips finish up

07-10-2010 - We finished up on our 1.5 days trips for the season with the last 2 trips fishing albacore, the 7/5 trip ended with 76 albies and the 7/7 trip had slower fishing and ended with 29 albies. The weather was flat calm on both trips. We want to thank everyone who made the trips. We may have 1 or 2 of these trips in 2011 so check back later in the year as we will post the trips as they become available. We are turning around and back out on the 7 day tuna turner open trip, stay tuned for more reports.

Arrival time

07-09-2010 - Here is what we know about today. As always every day is different out here, no 2 days are the same. Today was tough fishing out here on the albacore grounds. We did not see the same sign we saw a couple days ago. We did see fish, but in smaller quantities. We ended up with 29 fish for our efforts, Jeff and the Indy crew. The Indy will arrive at Point Loma Sportfishing at 6:30am on Fri 7/09 Sign in to begin at 7am. Thanks

The Return of Indy

07-07-2010 - The Indy will dock at Point Loma Sportfishing at approximately 7am on Wednesday 7/7.

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07-06-2010 - We have returned from our Purfield's annual five day trip. We would like to thank everybody who made the trip. Jackpot winners for the trip were Homan Khaki with a 36.4 lb yellowtail. Second place was a tie between a father- son team, Fred Lee and fourteen year old Cody Lee for their 35.4 lb yellowtail. We are now out on our day and a half trip. Jeff called in with a report of 50 plus albacore for the morning bite, with lots of time left to fish. We will give a full report later.

07-05-2010 - Good evening everyone, here is a quick report from our 1.5-day trip. The weather was perfect the fishing was pretty good as well. We had good action on 18 to 25 lb. albacore for most of the day I think we had 75 or so fish, and everyone got to pull on a couple of fish. We will be back at 0700 tomorrow, and then out on another 1.5 day we hope this holds up Jeff and the Indy crew.

07-04-2010 - Hello everyone, Here is a late report for our 7 day extreme challenge that returned on June 27th. First of all, we would like to thank everyone who made the trip with us, and hope to see you again soon. The prize winners for the trip were as follows: first place: Adel Shabo with a 63 lb. yellowtail for the $1000.00 grand prize gift certificate for a future Indy trip. Second place went to Wyndle Vaughn Sr. with a 47 lb. yellowfin tuna who won a 2-ap Avet HX. Third place went to Joe Andre with a 40.8 lb. albacore who won a Avet 2-sp LX. Fourth place went to Michael Griffin with his 37.6 lb. yellowtail, who won a Avet 2-sp JX. Fifith place went to Paul Rubio with his 35.8 Albacore, who won a #200.00 gift certificate for a future trip. Sixth place went to Jerry Watkins with his 35.8 Albacore, who also won a $200.00 gift certificate for a future Indy trip. Seventh place went to Mike Rubio with his 34.8 lb. Albacore tuna, who won a Cal Star rod. Eighth place went to Charles Barrett with his 33.6 lb. albacore, who also took home a Cal Star rod. Ninth place went to Al Huerta with his 33.4 albacore, he also received a Cal Star rod. And last but not least, Tenth place went to Bayani Lapuz, with his 32.8 lb. albacore. He went home sporting a new Independence jacket. Thanks again to everyone, we will be planning this trip again next year, so check with Judy for reservations.

The Return of Purfields Pro Ta

07-03-2010 - The Independence will return from their 5-day trip with Dick Shaffer at approximately 7am on Sunday the 4th of July. Everyone please be safe and Happy Birthday America. The Indy Crew

Great Fishing

07-02-2010 - Hello everyone, well today was a very fun day of fishing. We had wide-open action on 15-20 lb yellow tail they were eating every bait and jig that hit the water, and we also had some action on some home guard 25-35 lb fish. The weather was flat calm to add to are great day and we are now going to head back off shore to try are luck at some tuna fishing so wish us luck. Capt. Kyle, Paul S. and the Indy crew

07-01-2010 - Hello everybody we just wanted to let you know how are trip is going the first day of fishing we spent it off shore looking for tuna and it was tough. We had good weather and conditions but the fish were not there. We fished hard all day for a few albacore and yellow fin tuna. The fish were down so we decided to come in and fish yellow tail today and were rewarded with a good day of fishing for all everyone had a good time catching 15-20lb yellows on the iron and we are going to try are luck at it again tomorrow so wish us luck and thanks for checking in on us talk to you soon THE INDY CREW.

06-29-2010 - Hello everyone, We just finished fishing on our day and half trip and we had a decent day with 50+ albacore and 1 bluefin tuna. We did see some nice schools of bluefin around, but getting them to bite was another story, lock jaw best sums it up. We will be in in the morning and then turn around for the Purfield's 5 day trip. Thanks for checking us out, the Indy crew.

06-28-2010 - The Indy will dock at Point Loma Sportfishing 7:30 am, on Tuesday 6/29, I will begin sign in for the next trip at 7am..Thanks Judy

Extreme Challenge

06-27-2010 - INDEPENDENCE EXTREME CHALLENGE! JUN 20-JUN 27, 2010 1. $1000 GIFT CERT FOR FUTURE INDY TRIP-Adel Shabo 63lb YT 2. 2-SPEED AVET REEL Wyndle Vaughn 47lb YFT 3. 2-SPEED AVET REELJoe Andrade 40lb Alb. 4. 2-SPEED AVET REEL Mike Griffith 37lb YT. 5. $200 GIFT CERT FOR FUTURE INDY TRIP Paul Rubio 35lb Alb. 6. 200 GIFT CERT FOR FUTURE INDY TRIP Jerry Watkins 35.8 Alb. 7. Graph-Tech Rod Mike Rubio 34.8 Alb 8. Graph-Tech Rod Charles Barette 33.6 Alb 9. Graph-Tech Rod Al Herta 33.4 Alb 10. Indy Jacket Bayani Lapuz 32.8 Alb.

06-26-2010 - The Independence will dock at Point Loma Sportfishing at approximately 5am on 6/27.

06-25-2010 - Hello everyone, The weather is still bumpy but much better than it has been. The fishing today was outstanding on albacore in the 25 to 35 pound range. We really ended on a graet note and the area we fished today looks very,very good, as we saw a lot of fish in the schools we hit. We are headed home and will try to fish tomorrow weather permitting. We depart sunday on one of the few day and half trips we have this year, and fishing is starting to roll a little in that zone as well. Thanks for checking in, The Indy guys.

06-24-2010 - Good evening to all, Today our fishing was a very nice surprise, The overall offshore picture has been very poor to say the least, it's not that the fish are not around, more that it has been very windy and rough and that usually spells doom when looking for open water fish. Today we traveled north from the ridge and got lucky in the form of 50 bluefin tuna and 15 yellowfin tuna that we caught off 2 kelps that we got on. The weather was 25 knots of wind and a close together steep chop, had the weather been good who knows but I have to think it would have been much better. All and all a very good sign for up coming trips. The forecast is calling for better weather in the upcoming week. Stay tuned for more on the trip. Thanks for checking in, the indy guys.

06-23-2010 - Hello everyone, let's get caught up on fishing for the last 2 days. We ran down non stop to Alijos due to the fantastic fishing that we and the other boats have had over the last month, we arrived early AM to find things had changed and the Yellowfin tuna not on the bite, we caught 2 tuna for the entire day. We did however make a nice catch of yellowtail for the day, just not what we had hoped for. We took off at dark for the ridge to try something different, we arrived at 9AM and got busy on 18 to 25 pound yellowtail and had a great day on those, they bit the surface iron and yoyo jigs as well as the dine's. the plan for tomorrow is to head north and look offshore for Bluefin and albacore for the next few days. The weather is on the breezey side but not bad. Wish us lots o' good luck, we will need all we can get. the Indy crew.

06-20-2010 - We have returned and again departed on our next 7 day adventure. The Jackpot winners for the 8 day Big fish tackle shop charter were Scott Smith with his 115.0 yellowfin tuna, 2nd biggest fish went to Delrick McCoy with a 110.8 yellowfin tuna and the thrid place fish was caught by Ron Hirao and came in at 108.6, also a beautiful yellowfin. We want to thank everyone who made the trip and a special thanks goes out to the gang at big fish tackle in Seal Beach. We are now headed south with a very nice load of sardines and plan to start the trip at Alijos rocks and we should be there Tuesday morning early. Check back for more on the current trip as we start our fishing.

06-19-2010 - Hello, The Indy will arrive at Point Loma Sportfishing at 5:30am on Sunday 6/20. Sign in to begin at 7..Thanks for checking in..Judy

06-18-2010 - The last 2 days of fishing been on the tough side due to weather conditions limiting our fishing chances. We did land a few handfuls of bluefin tuna before throwing in the towel and going into the beach to finish the trip off, we landed 7 nice halibut for the effort. Lucky for us we had great fishing earlier on the trip and have a fantastic trip under our belts. Thanks for checking in, The Indy guys.

06-16-2010 - Hello everyone, WOW!! just a fantastic day of fishing on the Independence again. Today was very much like yesterday, yellowfin tuna and yellowtail was on the menu all day long. The fish are still that nice grade we have been landing and once again we caught 6 stand-out tuna that were 85 to 115 pounds. We took off at 5PM and are now headed up the line to see if the bluefin and albacore want to show themselves. Everyone onboard is tired and those who want can sleep in tomorrow as we will be in the northern grounds after lunch. The weather has been good, not perfect but plenty good enough on this big ole` steel boat. Boy what a trip so far, wish us continued good fortune, the Indy crew.

06-16-2010 - This is our final round-up on the 6 day annual yellowtail shoot-out. We want to thank everyone who made the trip with us this year and also thank Rick Ozaki our great charter master for all the great prizes as well as Avet reels our sponser and reel of choice on the Indy. The Winners for the shoot-out in the yellowtail bracket: Brian Atkinson and Stephen Paccione both tied with book end 37.2 pound yellows and split the $1,000 dollar gift cert. for a future Indy trip, Tom Kang and Dale Lethcoe tied with 35.2 yellowtail and won an Avet reel. Bluefin tuna bracket: winner again was Stephen Paccione 42.8 bluefin and won an Avet reel, 2nd place went to Sid Staxrud with his 33.4 bluefin and won a $300 Indy gift card, 3rd place tuna went to Sal Proetto's 31.8 tuna and gave him a Graph-tech rod and 4th place fell to Oscar Juat with a 28.8 bluefin that won him an Indy Jacket. Finally the Albacore bracket 1st place when to Kevin Atkinson for his 34.2 Albie and took an Avet 2-speed, 2nd place went to Ron Barron with a 33.6 Albacore and won a $300 indy gift card, 3rd and 4th was another tie between Sal Proetto and Sam Lewis for their 31.6 albacore tuna and both won rods. This was a very fun trip from the good fishing to the laker party nights at dinner. There maybe a spot or 2 on next years trip so give a ring for availabilty. Have a great day!

06-15-2010 - Hello again, Not to sound like a broken record but the fishing was again very,very good!!!!. Both the yellowfin tuna and yellowtail bit well, the tuna are in that 30 to 55 lb. range and we also caught 6 fish that were 90 to 120 lbs. as well as losing a few good ones. The yellowtail fell in the 20 to 40 lb. range with a few pushing 60 lbs. The weather today was very nice also. we will be here again tomorrow and see how it goes. Thanks for checking in.

06-14-2010 - Hello again from the Indy, We are now on the Big fish Tackle shop 8 day trip, after taking on a good load of sardines, we took off south in search of an area to start the trip in. Our first day of fishing Sunday we had a fair day on the mixed albacore/Bluefin. We have been catching and boated 76 mixed tuna before taking off for the rocks. We arrived at the stones around noon and proceeded to go to work on beatiful grade yellowfin tuna and yellowtail in decent weather. The fish are still in that 25 to 60 lb. range for the most part and ended the day with 152 mixed fish for the day, pretty darn good fishing I might add. We plan to give this at least a couple more days of anchor type fishing before looking at other options. The long range fishing areas look great for the upcoming season with tuna being caught in several different zones. We still have a few spots on trip #9 a 7 day trip if anyone wants to jump on last minute.

06-12-2010 - Sorry for no report on the yellowtail shoot-out final, but we are having a few problems with getting it posted and should have it worked out soon.

06-11-2010 - The Indy will arrive at approximately 5:30am on Saturday 6/12... sign in to begin at 7am. Thanks for checking in..

06-11-2010 - Hello everyone, We spent the last 2 days fishing for yellowtail in flat calm weather. We had very good action on school size yellows 12 to 18 lbs. on bird schools and color spots going from spot to spot using mostly yoyo jigs for the bulk of our catch, the surface iron and flylined bait also worked. About half our time targeting yellowtail was trying for the bigger grade fish, and we had fair action on those fish too, most of which were 25 to 37 lbs. We are headed home in foul weather to say the least, we had beatiful weather fishing the first 5 days. We will post all the winners of the shoot-out later. Have a good day the indy gang.

06-08-2010 - Hello again from the Independence, Here is an update for the last few days of fishing; we started the trip offshore and had good fishing for bluefin tuna and albacore. The fish only bit late in the afternoon both days. We are now headed to fish yellowtail for a couple of days, as the winds are forecast to pick up offshore. We will check back in in a couple of days with our yellowtail report. The Indy Crew

06-07-2010 - The Independence returned from its 7-day trip Sunday morning 6/6 at approximately 7:30. Our Thanks goes to Rick Whipple for putting together a great trip. Our jackpot winners from this 7-day were as follows: 1st place went to Thornton Van Horn from Tustin, with 55.8 Bluefin, 2nd place went to Martin Brutlag from Quincy Ca. with a 55.6 Yellowfin tuna, and 3rd place was Joseph Schilling of Long Beach, for a 55.2 Bluefin. Congratulation guys. Our 2011 dates have already been established Rick Whipple will be contacting everyone soon for joining him once again. We did a quick turn-a-round with our 2nd Annual Avet Reels/Westcoast Marketing YT Shoot-Out. Thanks for checking in.

06-05-2010 - The Indy will arrive at Point Loma Sportfishing at approximately 7am..thanks everyone..Judy

06-04-2010 - Good evening, Captain Jeff Debuys called in with a fantastic report from the offshore grounds. First the good news, the weather is very very nice, second the fish made a good Jump to the north toward San Diego and are now within easy 3 day range of the point inside the 200 mile mark!!!. Now the great news! and I quote "fishing does not get any better in any ocean, this fishing is very reminiscent of the mid 90's". The guys had an excellent day on both the albacore and bluefin tuna most of which are in the 20 to 30 pound range, they did land (8) standout bluefin that were 50 to 65 pounds as well,by days end it was catch and release fishing and off to the coast to finish the trip. This would be a good time to call your favorite boat and schedule a trip, fishing looks to epic as the season continues. Our next trip with openings is a 7 day trip on july 9th, this is a great group to fish with, the price incls. Mexican permits. Many of our fellow long range boats have openings on select trips as well. I am really excited to be on the next trip with Rick Ozaki and the gang from Westcoast marketing departing this Sunday on the annual yellowtail / offshore shoot-out. For those of you going,plan on doing some offshore albacore/bluefin fishing as well as the yellowtail fishing we normally do on this trip. Have a great day from The Indy Staff, Mark Pisano, Paul Strasser and Judy Collins as well as all the crew. good night!!!

06-03-2010 - Another good day of fishing with about a 50/50 mix of yellowfin tuna and yellowtail. The fish are the same grade that has been around lately 40 to 50 lbs. on the tuna and 20 to 40 lbs. on the yellowtail. The weather again was very good all day. We are headed north and plan to fish offshore for our last full day of fishing. It looks like the guys did well there today. The signs of fish in several areas are very good for this and the upcoming trips. "Like old captain say" it's time to go fishing and we have 2 spots on our 7 day trip later in the month and 7 spots on the tuna turner charter. It's the chance to get in this incredible action. Call Judy at 619-226-6006

06-02-2010 - Hello again, Today we fished the rocks and had slow fishing on the yellowfin tuna, the conditions were decent but the tuna just did not want to bite. The yellowtail on the other hand bit well for us and they were mostly good grade in the usual alijos class 20 to 45 pounds. Weather is very nice, a big change from the last trip. We plan on fishing here another day and see if the fishing for tuna picks up, the fish are still around so it could change tomorrow. Thanks for looking in on us. The Indy boys.

06-01-2010 - The guys had another good day on the Bluefin and Albacore, The weather has been flat calm for the last 2 days which has been key to the good offshore fishing. With an excellent start to the trip they are headed south and will be at the stones tomorrow to mix things up a bit with hopefully some of that good grade yellowfin and yellowtail. Everyone is having a blast so far, wish us luck on our continued good fortune, Thanks for checking in and we will report later.

05-31-2010 - Jeff called in on the first day to report, and went on to say that everyone onboard really enjoyed an afternoon of non-stop action for both Albacore and bluefin. the fish are in the 20 to 30 pound range with a few stand outs up to 40. The weather is very nice and they plan on spending the night and try it again tomorrow. Thanks for checking in on us and wish us lots of luck, The Indy gang.

05-30-2010 - Good day to everyone, We returned today from our annual Purfields tackle shop 8 day trip. Again this years trip saw great action on both yellowfin tuna and yellowtail at the stones along with a few albacore and bluefin on the ride south and north. First we want to thank everyone who made the trip this year as well As Dick the owner of Purfields tackle in Los Angeles, the jackpot winners were as follows: Bobby Park landed the only fish over 100 pounds and took the top spot with his 113 lb. yellowfin, Bobby also landed the biggest Yellowtail of the trip which went 54.6 pounds, 2nd place yellowfin tuna was caught by Arthur Lucero at 57.6 pounds and 3rd largest fish went to Michael Mcmahon for his 57.6 yellowfin tuna. William Mcdonugh landed another yellowtail over the 50 pound mark with a 52.8 and Mary Hollifield landed the biggest yellowtail ever by a female angler aboard the Independence at 42.0 pounds. great job to everyone onboard, we departed on the first 7 day trip of the year with Rick Wipple's group, after taking on a great bunch of sardines the boat is back on the road headed south in good weather, The Vagabond had over 100 Albacore for the day on Sunday, the plan is to be there Monday afternoon and give that a look on the way down. Things are starting to look good for a great season of offshore fishing, stay tuned for more on the trip, Thanks for checking in, The Indy gang

05-29-2010 - The Indy will arrive at 6am on Sun 5/30.

05-28-2010 - Captain Jeff Debuys called in tonight with a good report on the yellowtail. Today they ran into the coast to get out of the wind and weather and get a break from one of the windiest springs in memory, it seems like it has been blowing for the last two months. The yellows bit good today on both the iron and bait, the fish were in the standard 15 to 30 lb. range. the ocean was nice and flat for a welcome change and they are having dinner in calm weather before starting the long trek home. We still have a few spots open on the next 2 seven day trips, give us a ring if you would like more info. on these or other trips on the schedule. Thanks for tuning in. The Indy gang!!

05-27-2010 - Hello everyone, today was spent in search of fish offshore and yet again the weather made things tough for looking, the gang came away with 6 bluefin for the day and that was it. they have one more to fish and will spend it somewhere along the coast to get out of the weather and then start for home. The trip has been an excellent one as far as catching goes, we will report tomorrow with our day, have a good evening, the Indy, crew.

05-26-2010 - The boys had another good day of fishing on yellowfin tuna and good grade yellowtail, the fish are the same grade as the first two days of fishing. The weather has improved but it is still on the choppy side of things. All and all the guys are having a great time catching fish releasing a good amount and tagging a few bigger ones as well. With the first 3 days of action filled fishing it's time to go looking and see if we can get back on that albacore and BF the we saw a few days ago. All's well out here so wish us luck on the longfins. The Indy guys.

05-25-2010 - Captain Debuys called in tonight with another good report very much like yesterday's action, good yellowfin tuna and yellowtail action for most of the day. The tuna are in the 30 to 60 lb. range and the yellows are in the 20 to 50 lb. range. The weather remains very poor with lots of wind and big seas to go with it. The guys are going to give it another day and hope the weather turns around so the offshore grounds will be an option on the way back north. If anyone would like to fish the Indy we have a few spots on the next 7 day trip departing May 30th or june 20th coming up. Signs look very good for the season so give your favorite long range boat a call and get in on the action.

05-24-2010 - Hello everyone, Capt. Jeff Debuys called in tonight with a report on the first full day of fishing. Jeff said the weather is horrilbe to say the least, probably the roughest he has ever seen the rocks. The fish on the other hand did not care about the wind and big seas, the bite was absolutely fantastic on both yellowfin tuna in the 40 to 60 pound range and yellowtail in the 25 to 40 pound class. For the folks that have fished the Independence in bad weather,they know what a battleship she is in poor conditions while fishing on the anchor or offshore drifting. Needless to say things went well today and everyone onboard is pulling and yanking to their heart's content. We will check in later as the trip continues. Thanks for checking in and wish us luck, The Indy staff.

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05-23-2010 - good evening, The guys called in tonight to report that the weather was very windy and just about unfishable was they worked south toward the rocks. The offshore water conditions looked good when they ran over a meter mark that produced 4 bluefin in the 30 to 40 pound range and 3 albacore in the 20 to 25 pound class, The weather proved to be unfishable and they continued south with a better weather forecast for the next few days, this could be an area to check later in the trip. the sat. phone seems to be working at the moment so we will report when we can.

05-22-2010 - Hello everyone, The Independence has returned home to Point Loma sportfishing to run her season. The off season was spent painting and doing the usual projects to get ready for the long year ahead. We did run 6 short trips from 22nd st. landing, fishing mostly San Clemente Island. We departed Saturday on the annual Purfields 8 day trip. The sat. phone on the boat is acting up so we may not be able to send messages or call in until the ride back to San Diego. The weather is very windy but on the ride down its ok traveling. The wind is forecast to come down on monday and then remain nice for a few days. Wish us luck, The Indy Crew.

05-13-2010 - We have returned from another reverse 1.5 day trip to San Clemente Island, we did move the trip up a day due some high winds. We want thank everyone who made the trip and had to change days off and re-work their schedules, the weather was nice for the trip and the Calico bass bite remains good at the island with a few bottom type fish mixed in. We depart for our weekend couples trip and the weather looks to be nice over the weekend, we will report next week on the outcome. We still have 2 spots for the monday 1.5 day trip if anyone wants get away on the indy for 2 days of fishing at a great price, with all meals incl!!!!

05-09-2010 - My wife Barbara & I had flown in from Ft. Lauderdale Fla., We are at the dock in San Pedro, Ca. waiting to board the long range Independence for a short range 1st time Mothers' Day Special trip. Parents, grandparents, and children from 8 years to 80 are busy unloading their gear and looking forward to landing the BIG one. All aboard, we leave the dock & go to the bait barge, where we loaded up with several thousand live sardines. A unique experience if you’ve never seen before. Squid the other bait the Captain wanted, was not available at the bait station. While we were all sleeping the Captain searched for and found a school of baby squid they were netted and we were now good to go. Before breakfast most of the kids & some parents were on deck, fishing bottom, fly lining, throwing iron. Many species were caught continuously throughout the days. Calico, bass, sheepshead, rockfish, whitefish, halibut, yellowtail to name a few. The meals, as usual were particularly good. After dinner one night, those who wanted to took the water taxi into Avalon, to shop. Sightsee or just stroll around. All had a fabulous time. The consensus was if offered, they would love to do this trip again. Dick Goldwasser

05-06-2010 - Hello again from the Indy, We ran our first ever reverse day and a half trip from 22nd st. landing in San Pedro with most of the group from the King Harbor Yacht Club in Redondo Beach. It was good to see many of the gang from charters of past San Diego on the trips. We made the run to San Clmente island and had some very good calico bass fishing along with the usual bottom fish that go with fishing the area. The weather was decent for the most part but we did have some strong winds at times. We want to thank everyone who made the trip and hope to see you again soon.

05-05-2010 - 2 openings on trip our of 22nd street landing on 5/17 call in for details, also just had 2 openings on couples trip 5/14, read details these trips will be fun..

05-03-2010 - An additional report sent in by our most talented Chartermaster Rick Ozaki. Friday 4/30 We left the dock at 9:00PM in windy conditions. Everybody on the dock thought we were crazy with the wind conditions. Thank God that we were on the Indy. Like I told all the worried passengers, the Indy is the best riding boat and in these conditions the boat will ride great. Sure enough the boat road well and everybody had a great sleep while we were heading toward the East end of San Clemente. We arrived inside of China / Pyramid Cove around 4:00PM. At daylight, Capt Kyle moved the board above Lost Point. Saturday 5/01 The bite started slow but soon became a steady pick on nice calicos up to three pounds. The hot setup was the bomber/squid combo and leadhead/squid combo. Also the slider and squid worked well. We had 300 lbs of great frozen squid on the boat with a load of nice sardines. After about two hours, Capt Jeff decided to move the boat toward the West End. Prior reports before the wind started was great fishing here. Sure enough, once we anchored, the bite was full on. They bit everything. The calico really gave us a show on the fishermen who were using the MC slugs in the kelp. I never saw such a great bite on the slugs. Everybody had full limits on the calicos. We also caught some nice sheephead up to 12lbs also. Biggest calico released was 5 '4 caught on squid. Sunday 5/02 We started at the West end again, but this time we had a great uphead current. The kelp was laying down perfect. The activity level was really picking up with the calicos. They were chasing bait throughout the kelp. The calico bite was WFO! The iron was the most exciting method on these calicos today besides using the slugs. Again we had full limits on calicos from 1 1/2lb to 5 1/2 lbs. One lucky angler, using a white #5 Fish Trap Iron caught a 5 1/2 calico. He won the Graphtec Rod for the largest calico released. Two other anglers with 12 lb and 8 lb sheephead won the first and second place jackpots.

05-02-2010 - Hello everyone, It's been awhile since our last report. We ran our first 2 day trip from 22nd st. landing in San Pedro,over the weekend. The trip started with very strong winds in the 30+ knot range when we left the dock but backed off during the trip out to Sam Clemente Island where we spent the weekend in nice hot,calm weather. Calico bass fishing was very good both days of fishing along with some rockfish for those who wanted to catch a few reds. The only down side to the trip was no sign of squid for bait or yellowtail around the island. For those on the next few trips we will have sardines and frozen squid for bait and hope to catch some live squid on the nights while out on the trips. The bass have been biting the sardines flylined on 1/0 and 2/0 hooks as well as squid on leadheads. The plastics and surface iron have been productive also. With a stretch of good weather, I feel confident there will be some yellows and seabass in our future.

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03-03-2010 - See us at the Fred hall show this week 3/3-7. Please stop by the booth and the boat and enter our raffle to win an Avet reel or Seeker rod.

02-24-2010 - Hello everyone, We are currently doing our yearly maintenance on the Indy. Our haul out and coast guard hull inspection went well and we are back in the water. We will be doing more maintenance on the boat over the next few weeks in the engine room, salon, and staterooms. Our new sat. T.V. ant. has worked well along the baja coast with reception all the way to our southern limit. The boat will be at the Fred Hall show so stop by and see us at the boat and/or in the the hall. Trips are booking faster than last year so stop by and check out the open trips we have. Have a great day, the Indy staff.

01-26-2010 - Hello everyone, we are back from our 16 day west coast marketing trip with Rick Ozaki as the charter master. We first want thank Rick Ozaki along with right hand men Dave Rocchi and Alan Smith as well as all the great guests we had aboard this year. A big thanks goes out to the sponsers Avet reels, Raider Jigs, Ghaph-tech rods, Yo-zuri fishing products, Seaguar floruo-carbon, bloodydecks.com and fish trap Iron for all the gear they provided for the give-aways. This year we had a great catch of both yellowfin tuna and wahoo. Jackpot fish for the trip went to Ken (another JP) Buzzell with his 273.9 lb. yellowfin, 2nd place was caught by Louie Marzari for a 271 lb. yellowfin and third place yellowfin tuna was landed by Anthony Sanders and weighed 250.2. Other noteable catches were made by Jeff Liu 240 yellowfin, Anthony Sanders with another cow at 223, Charles Smith 218 yellowfin, Dale Lethcoe 215 yellowfin and Rodger Kang 210 yellowfin. We also caught many in the 100 lb. range which everyone on the trip had caught at least one of. We have only a few spots left on this trip for next year, if anyone is thinking of going please call the office and let Judy know asap. We also have some new trips added this year departing from 22nd st. landing in San Pedro this spring to fish the islands, we also have some new prices on trips #7,#21 and #23 for this year. Thanks for checking in and have a great day, Mark Pisano and Paul Strasser.

01-21-2010 - The Indy will arrive at Point Loma Sportfishing at 6:30am on Friday Jan 22. If you plan to meet the boat bring your rain gear..

01-20-2010 - Hello everyone, Jeff called in with a report for the last day of fishing. they tried for yellowtail on the ride north and had some action on the yellows for the fresh well. Everyone for a chance to catch a few and then they took off north. With the impending storms they are making as much ground as possible and may be in a little early with weather permitting. We still plan for an ETA of 6 AM on Friday the 22nd. Thanks for checking in.

01-18-2010 - We fished our last day on the lower banks today, the fishing was a bit slower then the previous two days. All day long we had a good school around the boat blowing out and marking on the sonar and fathometer. At about 4 in the afternoon they started to show an interest in the hooked baits and we got busy until dark landing 14 fish in the 100 to 150 pound range. The weather down here is still beautiful even though the weather is rough above us. We our headed up as everyone has plenty of tuna and would like to try for yellows for a day on the way home. Check later for an ETA and final report. Have a great day in the rain, The Indy guys.

01-17-2010 - Hello everyone, The boat has had problems sending reports in the area they have been in as well as some computer gliches. Fishing over of the weekend was sensational with 49 fish in the two days in the 130 to 285 pound range, about 7 or 8 are over the two hundred pound mark. Our weather down here has been very nice, and we are planning to spend another day in this big fish zone and try to top off the wells. We have an incredible catch on board and the plan is to start for home on Monday and do a little fishing while working home as weather permits. We will give another report when we are able to get service. Thanks for checking out our reports page. Just a reminder that deposits are now due for the 2010 season, so please let judy know if anyone has had a change in plans or you would like to get on a trip. Many trips have sold out for 2010 and we also have many stand-bys to accomodate when spots open up. Thanks very much and hope to see everyone in the upcoming season, Mark Pisano and Paul Strasser

01-15-2010 - Here is an update for the last few days; it’s been good fishing on more of the same grade of tuna from 90-120# a mixture of some in the 190# range. Wahoo fishing has been good at times also. The weather is good as well and we are headed towards the beach and will report on Monday with more updates. Thanks for checking in. The Indy Bunch.

01-11-2010 - Good evening, We had another steller day on beautiful grade yellowfin tuna most of which are 90 to 120 pounds with some bigger ones mixed in. We also had about 15 wahoo as a bonus. The weather has continued to be very nice and warm. Tomorrow we hope to get on some of the bigger fish that have been around. Everyone is tired,happy and just getting a chance to sit down and have a great dinner. Thanks for checking in, the Indy crew.

01-10-2010 - Hello everyone, We have been traveling the last few days, rigging, eating way to much, enjoying movies, and relaxing in general. Rick had his usual great give aways highlighted by 6 Avet 2 speed reels as well as 5 rods and lots of tackle, we will mention the sponsors later. We started fishing here today and had very good fishing on yellowfin tuna in the 70 to 120 pound range along with 6 in the 130 to 160 pound range. The weather has been flat calm since we left the dock. Tomorrow we are going to see if we can get a repeat on this great action we had from sun up to sun down. Have a great day, the Indy guys.

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01-06-2010 - We returned from our Baja Fish Gear 10 day nNew Year's trip. First of all, we want to thank everyone who made the trip this year and a special thanks to Ed from Baja Fish Gear in Lomita. Jackpot winners on the trip were James Gollaher with the top spot for his 238.8 yellowfin tuna, Kevin Dubler took second place with a beautiful 230.0 pound yellowfin and 3rd place went to Jim Stevens for his 184.4 yellowfin. The entire crew remarked what a great group this was to fish with and we all hope to see you again soon. The boat left after a night in and some fine tuning on the indy. This is the final trip of the season with our good friend Rick Ozaki as charter master. We will report in a few days when the fishing starts.

01-04-2010 - The Eta docking at Point Loma Sportfishing for the Indy will be 9am.

01-03-2010 - Good day to all, Today we worked our way north in flat calm weather and fished for yellowtail. We had a graet day on school size fish and are now headed toward the point, we'll post an ETA tomorrow when we know our slot. Thanks for checking in, Jeff, Billy, Jesus, Rich, Justin, Paul M., Ed and Rolf.

01-02-2010 - Hello everyone, We had a spectacular day on 40 to 90 lb. tuna. It's funny how year to year things change. Last year, we found a pod of dolphins on almost the exact numbers and the fish were all 150 to over 300 pounds. Thats fishing, it's never an exact science. We caught plenty and are headed north to try our hand at yellowtail along the beach. The weather remains beautiful. We will check in with a report on the final day of fishing.

01-01-2010 - Is it really 2010!??! How time flies! Today we tried all day to land some of these big tuna that have been around. We ended up hooking 6 or 7 fish thoughout the day and landed one at 220 and another one at 175, the rest were lost for various reasons, thats just the way it goes on the big fish at times. The weather remains flat calm and reports sound good for the rest of the trip. Tomorrow we are going offshore to see if the dolphin are holding any fish. Thanks for checking in, The guys on the Indy.