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Captains Mark Pisano, Jeff Debuys & Paul Strasser

12-31-2007 - Well, here is the report for the last few days. We have had some bad weather, poor sign of fish, and or fish that donâ€™t want to bite; the fish we managed to catch yesterday were mostly in 40 to 50 lb range with only 1 fish at 175 lbs. Today we saw mostly smaller ones that we drove away from. We hope tomorrow is better for us. Thanks for checking in. Jeff and the Indy crew

12-29-2007 - Dear Anglers and friends, it is quite challenging to keep our reports coming in daily. Sometimes nature and technology does not cooperate on the high seas, which can delay our reports. We will do our best to get this info to you as soon as possible, just bear with us.

12-26-2007 - Accurate Reels is the proud sponsor of our 10-day trip leaving the day after Christmas. With Captain Jeff Debuys at the helm. Leaving San Diego right on schedule, headed for the bait receiver and off to Cow town once again. Stay tuned for updates as the trip progresses.

12-19-2007 - Fishermanâ€™s Hardware 10-day trip returned with Mark Pisano Captained the trip and co-owner Paul Strasser assisted as second. There were seven cows in the catch. John Arndt of Huntington Beach won first place for a 300.7-pounder, Russ Rihel of Long Beach won second place for a 284-pounder. William Edmiston of West Sacramento won third place for a 276-pounder. Paul Geurts of Santa Rosa got honorable mention and stood in with the winners for his 272-pounder. Joe Amistead and Rob Filson teamed up to bag a 243-pounder, after it ate both their sardine baits. The two hooks were side by side in the fishâ€™s mouth. Steve Alpinieri caught a 222-pounder, Modesto Alcala of Fishermanâ€™s Hardware caught a 215-pounder Two fish with archival tags were caught Dennis Evans of Cedar Park, TX and Rob Filson of Chula Vista.

12-17-2007 - Information regarding the arrival for the Indy on Wed Dec 19, may be obtained by calling Point Loma Sportfishing at 619 223 1627. I will be out of town from Dec 18-Dec 27. Anglers going out on Dec 26, should arrive at the office by 7am for sign-in with Paul. Any questions requarding 2008 trips please wait until I return. Have a safe Holiday Season. Judy

12-16-2007 - Hello, We are checking in after our final day of fishing down here south of the border. Well today was an action packed day for the most part, the only thing missing was a good afternoon hit like we have had the last couple of days. The morning bite was again mostly 40 to 100 pound fish with a handful of 100 plus pound yellowfin. Just about lunch time we had a stop in which the fish ranged in size from 30 to 257 pounds, talk about a stop to keep you on your toes!!!!!. Todayâ€™s big fish honors go to Bill Edmiston with a 257 yellowfin tuna, that is a tape estimate as well as the other weights we have reported, we also had Steve Alpineri join the 200 pound club with 208 yellowfin. We also had many folks join the 100-pound club as well. The weather was as good as it gets today, shorts and tee shirts with a table top ocean and lots of sun all day. The group got together and voted to stay one more day but I had to veto the plan as the last time we did something like that the guys had to join the angry wives club when we returned. Have a great day, we did, the Indy boys.

12-15-2007 - Good day, Today we had a very similar day of fishing down here in yellow fin tuna paradise of the pacific. We started the day again with some wide-open action on 40 to 80 pound tuna for a short period; we left the fish biting twice in pursuit of bigger fish only to look all day long for nothing. We finally got what we were looking for at about 4:15 in the afternoon. We had good fishing on 125 to 200 pound fish well into the dark and of coarse there were more than a few heartbreakers as we lost at we lost at least 3 fish that would have gone over the magic 200-pound marker. We have one more day to do battle so until then have a good time and wish U were here. The Indy guys of winter.

12-14-2007 - Good evening, we just finished our day of fishing and we had another nice day of tuna fishing. The morning started out hot and heavy at daybreak with 60 to 120 pound tuna boiling all around the boat and eating anything in front of them. After the morning deal we went into a dry spell for most of the day until the afternoon when Tim on the Royal star give us the call he found some bigger fish northwest of the morning area and we were not disappointed as we had a couple of stops for 5 fish that were 250, 240, 200, 175 and 165 to end the day well after dark. Paul would like to tell Laurie that he got his birthday gift today in the form of a yellowfin tuna that should go 250 back at the dock. We are spending the night and have 2 more days to fish in this zone. Have a great night, the very tired but happy folks on the Indy.

12-13-2007 - Good day from the Indy, We had a nice day of fishing today on the lower banks with fish up to 285 pounds. We did catch a total of 22 fish for the day with the big fish honors going to John Arndt with the 285, Russell Rihel 274 and Alan Fillingame 202. The rest of the catch today was in the 120 to 170 lb. range. The weather has remained good for us but the wind has come up a bit in the 15-knot range. We have three more days down here to fish so wish us luck on the big ones. The Indy guys.

12-12-2007 - Hello everyone, today we had a good first day of fishing with a total of 39 yellowfin tuna caught in the 50 to 200 lb. range. We stopped on a school at 05:45 and drifted until 1:30 in the afternoon. The rest of the day we looked and could not find any fish that would bite for us, we did get on a spot of straight cows that boiled around but would not bite a bait with a hook in it, but such is fishing. Tonight we are going to try for some squid and then be back hard at it, in the morning. Wish us lots of good luck, the Indy boys.

12-11-2007 - Good day everyone, Just a few notes from the bridge of the Indy, We will be on the tuna grounds on Wednesday morning first thing. The weather has been very nice as we travel south, it's warming up all the time. Weâ€™ve been rigging tackle and making sure all is in order to do battle with these yellowfin that have been on the bite for last few weeks. Our bait looks good as well so we are hoping that the fish will be ready in the am. We'll talk to ya tomorrow night and let you know how we do, The Indy boys.

12-10-2007 - The Independence was very successful on its last trip, we would like to add a few of our Honorable mentions. Keep in mind that a lot fish from 120 to 180 pounds were not weighed in; Clarence Becker of VICTORVILLE CA had a 209, 190, Robert Buckland of SIMI VALLEY CA a 197, 198, 239 and a 226, Al Brandenburg from SAN CLEMENTE CA weighed in a 199, Sal Proetto from LAKE FOREST CA, a 195, Fernando Rocha from WHITTIER CA weighed in a 214 and a 221, Terry Prather from DALLAS TX with a 236, Don Farrell from LAGUNA NIGUEL CA had 2 cows 205 each. Alex Kastaniuk from LA HABRA HEIGHTS CA our 1st place winner also weighed in a 207, Dale Lethcoe from SUNDLAND CA had a 192, Gary Ondrisko from SHELLEY Id our 2nd place winner also weighed in a 202, Ron Barron from LA CRESENTA CA weighed in a 222, 193 and a 208, David Taylor from DOWNEY CA our 3rd place winner also weighed in a 194 and a 207, Louis (Chuck) Woyce from MONTEREY CA turned in a 210. Congratulation to everyone that was on this trip.. A trip well done!!!

12-09-2007 - Hello from the Independence, We are back out on our pre- Christmas 10 day, Jeff and the boys had a really great 15 day trip with the Sav-on tackle group and the big fish on the trip were as follows: 1st place Alex Kastaniuk 311 pound yellowfin, 2nd place Gary Ondrisko 286 pound yellowfin, and 3rd place was David Taylor our charter master had a 265 yellowfin.. 26 tuna that were weighed in ranged anyway from 192 â€“ 311. Many were not weighed at the scale. We are headed back down to the tuna grounds and will be fishing first thing Wednesday morning. The weather has turned nice following the front that passed over the weekend so at the moment we have no wind and a flat ocean to enjoy. The bait (sardines) looks excellent as well and with good reports from our code boats below we have high hopes for a good trip. Check back during the trip for updates and wish us luck. Mark, Paul Tommy, Sean, Ben, Steve, Ed and Rolf.

12-07-2007 - The Indy will dock at Point Loma Sportfishing at 5:45am on Sunday Dec 9. Passengers departing on Dec 9 the sign in will begin at approximately 7am.

12-05-2007 - Today we spent the day cleaning our gear, cleaning the boat, and relaxing. The weather is good for this part of the ocean, and makes for decent traveling. Tonight we are going to have seared Ahi, and wild rice, & veggies, yum yum. We will talk to you later, the Indy crew

12-04-2007 - Things out here on the independence are as good as it gets. Today we had another extraordinary day on these yellowfin tuna. We stayed busy for most of the day and kept 38 fish for our efforts they averaged 130 to 225 lbs., and more 170 to 190 lb. fish than the past few afternoons. What incredible fishing we experienced out here. The weather continues to be outstanding. Tom wants to say hello to Amy & the girls to let them he had a big tuna today. We are going to start for home right after dinner, and everyone is looking forward to a good rest on the way home. Good night from Jeff, Kyle and the Indy crew

12-03-2007 - Good evening from the independence. Todayâ€™s report is pretty much like the past few days out here, as we had good fishing again on these beautiful 130 to 185 lb. tuna. We had one stand out, a 221 lb. caught by run Barron. We ended the day with 27 fish for our efforts, and a couple of wahoo. The weather is still good as well. Ed has some prime looking New York steaks for dinner tonight, and key lime pie for dessert. Life is good out here. Thanks for checking in on us, Jeff, Kyle and the Indy crew

12-02-2007 - Good evening, we had another great day at the bank, as things were going strong right at daybreak, slowed around 1100, only to pick up again at 1400. We picked up 51 of these beautiful grades of 130 to 185 lb. fish. We did have a 211 & 225 lb. as the big ones for the day. The weather is still good. We are going to do this again tomorrow, as the conditions are really good for this place. We havenâ€™t run across too many wahoo, but we get a few each day. Good night from the Indy crew

12-01-2007 - Hello everyone, from the tired Indy crew. We had a spectacular day today here at the bank. We arrived at 0900 and got situated in no time, and immediately started getting fish. We were steady all day long on these beautiful grade tuna, 130 lb. to 190 lb. and 3 over 200 to 240 lbs. we ended the day with 70 fish for our efforts. Everything was the hot ticket today, sardine, mackerel, chunk, squid, and good kite action till dark. The weather is really good, and we hope it stays that way for a while. We will try this again tomorrow, in hopes of another day like this. Thanks for checking in, Jeff, Kyle and the Indy crew

11-30-2007 - Just a quick update. Jeff called in to say they are traveling to Hurricane Bank they should reach fishing grounds by am 12/1. Check back tomorrow night for more updates.

11-30-2007 - Hello and good evening everyone, we have been traveling yesterday and today, opting to try something different for the remainder of our trip. We will be at the bank around 0900 Saturday. This move was a hard decision to make, as the fishing on the inside is up and down from day to day. We have 4 days and a morning to put something together at the bank. The weather has been very windy & rainy the last few days, so we hope that things settle down out here. Wish us luck, please, Jeff, Kyle and the Indy crew

11-28-2007 - Good evening everyone, things were a little different out here for us today. The sign of big fish we saw yesterday was absent today for the most part. We did see some smaller grade; 50 to 110 lb. Sixteen fish made their way on board today, The weather is still very good, so we have that going for us. We plan on giving this another try tomorrow, so please wish us all luck, the Indy crew

11-27-2007 - Well, a good evening to all. Today was a great day for us out here on the high seas, flat calm weather and biting fish. We had one heck of a day, as we drifted all day long yanking & pulling on big ones. The grade of fish here is once again just awesome, as we had fish from 321 lbs. to 150 lbs. and a total of 39 fish for the day, 10 over 200 lbs., 291, 255, 250, 233, etc..... we were very fortunate for todays gift from the sea. We are going to try this again tomorrow, please wish us luck, Jeff, Kyle and the Indy crew

11-24-2007 - Hello again everyone, and happy thanksgiving. We departed early Saturday on a 15-day trip, sponsored by Sav-On Tackle with Charter master David. After wedging the boat with sardines we headed south, and had a great prime rib dinner around dark. Today we had a tackle seminar, and went over every detail fishing these big tuna. After lunch there were some great giveaways for everybody on board, rods, reels, hooks, tackle boxes, and many more useful items. The weather is very good right now, and we pray it stays this way. We are hoping to try our luck at the fish we encountered last trip, so pleeeeese wish us luck, Jeff, Kyle and the Indy crew, John, Bill, Sean, Frank, Ed, & Rolf

11-21-2007 - Welcome back Farallon Charter group. Superb fishing!!!!. Jackpot winners were as follows: Bill Asbell 1st place 357.8 Yellowfin, 2nd place Dan Subin 294 Yellowfin, 3rd Place Steve Nowak 293 Yellowfin. A total of 24 Cows were landed. Honorable 200 pounders noted and but not in order: John Bartholomew 203, 204, Kevin Black 208, 234, Larry Campbell 249, 2476, 289, Brad Carter 261, Jim Carter 259, Joe Carter 222, 233, Gerard Fitzgerald 246, Philip HAVLICEK 221 264, 14 year old Andy Johnsen 215 and 195, Dave Johnsen 231, Peter Kozel 251, 80 Year old Frank Machado WWII Vet strolled in with a 256 and 196, Mike Nolan 290, Steve Nowak 293, Jeff Rowland 208, Dan Subin our 2nd place also reeled in another 200 ponder, weighing in at 219, John Thomas 207. Great catch, also just to let everyone know other fish on deck weighed in between 150 and 196. Comming soon-watch our website for Hall of Famers. Next trip will depart on Nov 24 at 9am; sign in will begin at approximate 7am. Our customers are very important to us if you have any questions regarding any of our upcoming trips or 2008 trips, please call in 7am-9pm. Iâ€™m available on Thanksgiving Day and Friday for your convenience. Happy Thanksgiving...Judy

11-19-2007 - anglers going out on Saturdays Nov 24 trip with the Indy, please call for updates or email me. Judy

11-19-2007 - Hello everyone, not too much to report for today, as we traveled and cleaned our gear, and watched movies for most of the day. This is just what we needed, some r & r. the weather is good for the most part, and we hope it stays that way. We will have an arrival time tomorrow as to when we will dock on wed. See you all then, Jeff, Paul and the Indy crew

11-18-2007 - Today was the icing on the cake. Things got off to an early start with some smaller grade tuna 50 to 100 lb. fish, and then in the 1100-hour things got up to speed. We were really busy till dark pulling on 180 to 240 lb. brutes. We had 24 of the premium grade, and 4 over 200 for the day. What a way to end our already epic voyage. As far as numbers go, I will have to figure out how many cows we have on board, but I think we might have 24 of them for the trip. Conditions down here look really good right now for the up coming trips. We are now on a course for San Diego, and the weather is not perfect, but good enough. Good night from the tired Indy crew

11-17-2007 - Hello again from the independence. Todays report is not as exciting as the last few days, as we saw good sign of fish today, but they did not respond the way we like them to. We did manage 5 big fish today, a 354 lb., and 230, 190, a couple of 150's for our efforts. We did have a couple of heart breaks, as the weather was up today and the big swell had something to do with hooks pulling and lines breaking. We plan on finishing off our trip here tomorrow in hopes of a banner day. Pleeeeeease wish us luck, Jeff, Paul and the Indy crew

11-16-2007 - Good evening everyone, Things started off early for us with some smaller grade tuna, and then in the afternoon the big ones were on the chew again. We had fish up to 250 lbs. with 3 fish over 200 lb., and some others that were close, for a total of 39 fish for our efforts. The weather is a bit breezy at present, and we hope it slows down before tomorrow. I am pretty sure that passengers on board here have caught their personal best tuna this trip, quite a feat. We are going to give it another go tomorrow, please wish us luck, Jeff, Paul and the Indy crew

11-15-2007 - Here is the report from the tired Indy crew. Today was as good as it gets for cow tuna, and some that are close to cows. Today was gooooooooood! As far as names of the lucky anglers goes, it would take me all night to write them all down. We did have fish from 297 down to 204 lbs. 12 cows for the day quite a few from 250 to 285 lbs. along with 18 others 165 to 195 range. We ended up with 30 tuna for the day. The one-standout catch of the day belongs to Joe carter our charter master, as he single handedly landed a 230 lb. tuna on an accurate 870 reel and 50 lb. line, quite a feat. I cannot begin to tell you how excited everyone is on board here. The weather is perfect as well. We plan on doing this again tomorrow, so please wish us luck, Jeff, Paul and the Indy crew

11-14-2007 - WOW, what a day out here today on the tuna grounds. Things got started off early for us, as we got into an area all by our lonesome, and got things going around 0700. We had an absolutely beautiful day on fish 285lbs., 280, 245, 185, 180, 170, 170, and the rest were 90 to 125 lb for a total of 30 fish for today. These fish are tough as nails, and the guys did a great job pulling on them. Many of our anglers got their personal best today. The weather is gorgeous out here as well. We are going to try this again tomorrow, please wish us luck, Jeff, Paul and the Indy crew

11-13-2007 - Good evening everyone, we have been traveling since our departure, made a few stops today for some small tuna as well as a few grouper and yellowtail. The weather is really great. As I write this report we are still heading down, to the tuna zone for tomorrow. Thanks for checking in on us, and wish us luck, Jeff, Paul and the Indy crew

11-12-2007 - Hello again from the Independence. Thanks again to Youngâ€™s Tackle and our Charter Master Robin Joo for a great trip. 1st place Mike Rennie with a 58.2 Wahoo, 2nd place goes to Peter Kim with a 35.2 Wahoo, and 3rd place goes to Buddy Stevens with a 32.2 Wahoo. Good catch guys. We turned the boat around yesterday, and departed on another 10-day extravaganza with a charter group from Farallon boats. After loading bait in rainy windy skies we were on our way down the coast. We had a tackle seminar today, and have been busy getting everyone rigged up for the trip. We do not have a starting destination yet, but by the end of today we will. Please wish us luck on our trip, Jeff, Paul and the Indy crew, Tommy, John, Tommy, Steve, Ed & blue

11-10-2007 - Hello again, we are on our final leg of the trip and we stopped and caught some lingcod and rockfish to break up the ride back to San Diego. The weather last night was on the bumpy side but today it has been good most of the day. We will be in at 06:30 at fisherman's landing due to 4 boats arriving to point Loma on the 11th. See ya later, The Indy boys of fall.

11-09-2007 - The Indy will dock at 6:30am on Sunday 11/11 at FISHERMANâ€™S LANDING, not Point Loma this trip. All waiting guests go to Fishermanâ€™s for your returning Angler. Anglers going out on Sundays trip will line up in front of Point Loma Landing as before. There is a Marathon on Scott Street on Sunday. Scott Street will be closed from 6am-10am. In order to get into the parking lot go to Fenlon Street off Rosecrans, turn Left on Fenlon go straight into the parking lot after the police guards have instructed you to do so. . Any questions please call our office. Thanks Judy

11-08-2007 - Good day, today we started out on the ridge trying for wahoo as our main target species and we had no luck on catching any. In the afternoon we anchored up and had good action on 12 to 20 lb. yellowtail. The weather has become a little on the windy and choppy side also. We plan on traveling up the line and fishing the coast tomorrow. Thanks for checking us out, The Indy guys.

11-07-2007 - Good evening, today we looked on the ridge and had a rather slow day. We did catch some wahoo and yellowtail, we are planning to give a try for yellowtail tonight and wahoo one more shot in the morning. Weather is about the same as we've had the entire trip about 12 to 15 knots of wind and not much sea to go with it. I would like to make mention of the fuel situation we are in at the moment. Fuel is at an all time high, we have been holding on and not adding a surcharge for most of the season but we may find it necessary to charge one at some point on the remaining trips. Sorry about the bad news but please don't shoot the messenger. Have a nice night, The Indy boys running slow and easy.

11-06-2007 - Good day, we had good fishing on dorado today, the fish were mostly 10 to 20 pounds. After catching our limits we looked the rest of the day for wahoo with no luck. Tomorrow we are going to the ridge to fish some of tuna spots. Weather been about 15 knots of wind almost everyday so it has not been flat calm but overall the sea state has been good. Wish us luck, the Indy boys. P.S. SR SAYS LULB.

11-05-2007 - Hello everyone, the day was very long, again the marlin were out in force and we caught many that we released, the wahoo and dorado on the other hand were definitely harder to come but. The wahoo are in the 25-to 40lb. range and the dorado is all in the 20 to 40lb. bracket. Tomorrow we are going in a different direction in hope we can improve the catching side of things. The weather was a little on the windy side but may come down tomorrow. Thanks for checking us out.

11-04-2007 - Good evening, today we fished offshore for good action on wahoo, dorado and marlin. If it were not for so many marlin Iâ€™m sure we would have caught more of both wahoo and dorado. At times the marlin were so thick any bait that was fly lined was bit and you could see fish free swimming like mackerel. The weather was very good with flat seas and just a few knots of breeze. Tomorrow we plan on looking for tuna if the weather stays the way it was today. Have a great day, the Indy boys. P.S. Tommy sends his love to the pink princess.

11-03-2007 - Hello again, Today we started our first day of fishing offshore in search of wahoo and dorado on kelps, the only problem was that we never found a kelp. We traveled into the ridge for the afternoon and only managed a few yellowtail for the day. We plan to be in another area to start the day tomorrow and see how that goes. Bob Levin would like to send a very happy birthday to his grandson Aaron. Another birthday wish goes to Valerie Stevens from her husband Bud and son Brandon, (Weâ€™re have a great time) Have a great day, The Indy boys.

11-01-2007 - Hello from all of us on the Indy, We are back out on another 10 day trip with Young's tackle shop. We want to thank everyone who just returned from the Purfield's 10 day. Jackpot winners are as follows: 1st place Terry Sandoval with a 74.8 Yellowfin tuna, 2nd place Patrick Shemet with a 66.4 Yellowfin and 3rd place goes to Doug Bidinger with a 61.8 Yellowfin. Honorable mention goes to Thomas Drennan and Patrick Shemet with a 130 pound yellowfin. Congratulations guys. We took on what looks like a very good load of sardines with some mackerel mixed in, our weather is excellent by all reports should good for the next few days. We will be on the ridge tomorrow looking for wahoo and yellowtail to start the trip so wish us luck. The Indy guys.

10-31-2007 - Happy Halloween everyone...The Indy will arrive at approx. 7:30am on Thursday 11/1/07. Please arrive early due to parking. The Indy has been known to get out early (10:30-11am)See you all tomorrow. Sign in will begin at about 7am.

10-30-2007 - We tried for some halibut and bass and some yellows today under sunny warm conditions. I t was a relaxed day for everyone, as we caught 5 nice halibut, a bunch of calicos & a few yellows. We are headed up the line to San Diego, and will have an e t a tomorrow. Jeff and the Indy crew

10-29-2007 - Today was spent in the same area as yesterday, with good results on wahoo and some yellowtail we released for good measure. Everyone had a good time the last couple of days enjoying the great weather and good fishing we have had. We are going to move the boat for tomorrowâ€™s activities. See you tomorrow, Jeff and the Indy crew

10-28-2007 - Today was a long day for us out here. It started out good right after daylight. We got on a couple of spots, but the bite just didnâ€™t happen even though we saw plenty of tuna. We did managed 11 fish up to 75 lbs. the weather is still great. We are going to try something different tomorrow. Good night from the Indy crew

10-27-2007 - We had one heck of a great day today. The first part of the day was spent yanking and pulling on good grade yellowtail for hours. These fish were 16 to 30 lbs, and very plentiful. We caught grouper up to 60 lbs. And wahoo up to 65 lbs. all things considered we had a spectacular day today. The weather continues to be just fabulous. We are going to try for some more wahoo and grouper tomorrow, please wish us luck, Jeff and the Indy crew

10-26-2007 - Good evening from us out here on the independence. We looked offshore today for some tuna, and saw some good sign of them. Getting them to bite was another thing. We did manage to catch 8 fish up to 110 lbs. one thing of note is that we saw some fish over 200 lbs., but did not get them to bite. Again the weather is absolutely gorgeous out here. We are going to try this again tomorrow. Wish us luck, Craig says hello to Laura, Kyle, and Rachel, and hopes you wish him luck also. Thanks for checking in, Jeff and the Indy crew

10-25-2007 - here is what we know out here on the independence as of today. let me start with the weather, it does not get any better than it is right now. the fishing today was good for wahoo and dorado, with some yellowtail, and small tuna. we are going to try in a different area tomorrow, so check in then. wish us luck, jeff and the indy crew

10-24-2007 - Good evening from the independence. We got to our destination around 1030 this morning, and had some good wahoo chances right off the bat. Being the first stop of the trip things did not go as well as I hoped. We did get 13 wahoo for the day plus some decent action on yellowtail up to 60 lbs., along with small tuna and some dorado. For the most part we were busy today. The weather is absolutely perfect out here. we are going to try this tomorrow early, and see what happens. See you then, Jeff and the Indy crew

10-22-2007 - Hello from the independence. We arrived yesterday from a bountiful 10-day trip. Our jackpot winners were as follows: 1st place Dwayne Uyeda with a 87.2 yellowfin tuna, 2nd place was Billy cannon with an 85.4 pound Yellowfin Tuna and 3rd place was Kenny Price with an 81.4 pound yellowfin.. Honorable mention goes to Gordon Hadfield with an 87.2-pound Yellowfin. Congratulations everyone. We departed at 1200 on yet another 10-day trip this on sponsored by Dick Shaffer of Purfields Tackle. After loading bait we headed down the coast under Smokey windy skies. There were raffle prizes for all on board. Right now we do not have a starting destination, but we will soon. We will spend the day rigging everyone for what we hope is a successful trip. Thanks for checking in on us, be safe with all that is going on in the surrounding areas. Jeff and the Indy crew, Billy, Sean, Frank, Dan, Steve, Ed & Rolf

10-21-2007 - The Indy will arrive at approx. 6am on Mon Oct 22. Please arrive early due to parking. The Indy has been known to get out early (10:30-11am)See you all tomorrow. Sign in will begin at about 7am.

10-20-2007 - We departed the 12th, and ran down the beach. On the 13th we had a very good afternoon on big yellowtail. On the 14th we tried fishing offshore for dorado & wahoo but not much to speak of. On the 15th we fished down below for yellowfin tuna and had a great day on 40 to 90 lb. fish, 50 tuna for the day. On the 16th we had a spectacular day on the tuna with 81 fish for the day 40 to 120 lbs. along with wide open dorado, big bull dorado. All this was in windy choppy weather. The next day we had 5 tuna 50 to 100 lbs. and more dorado in very windy seas. We ran all the next day the 19th up to our yellowtail spot. Today the 20th, we had 45 big yellows for our efforts, in the nice sunny weather, no wind today. We will run up to San Diego tonight. Jeff, Kyle and the Indy boys. This is a condensed verson of this trip and I have been out of town, Judy.

10-18-2007 - Hello, the computer has still been giving us some problems onboard. The trip has been going good even the weather has been less then ideal. Jeff started out fishing yellowtail and had good fishing on those 25 to 35 pound yellows we have been catching this year. The ridge has been very slow so the boat has been offshore angling for tuna and dorado. For the time offshore they have caught 135 tuna up to 110 lbs. with most fish in the 40 to 70 pound bracket, they have limits of dorado as well. The plan is to finish the trip back on the yellowtail grounds for final day or so fishing.

10-12-2007 - We just came back from our 2nd 10-day trip of the season and would like to thank everyone for their participation. Things may have been a bit slow due to the weather and conditions, but all in all it turned out to be quite a good trip. Our Jackpot winners were as follows 1st place Mike Smith from Lakewood landed a 100.8 yellowfin, 2nd place was Douglas Green from San Diego with a 73.2 yellowfin, and rounding off 3rd place was Anthony Dutcher from Garden Grove with a 56.8 Broomtail Grouper. Nice catch guys. We immediately did a quick turn-a-round with Kimuraâ€™s Tackle on another 10-day trip. Check back for more reports. Jeff, Kyle, Tommy, John, Jimmy, Ed and Carolyn.

10-11-2007 - The Indy will arrive at Point Loma Sportfishing at approximately 5:45am on 11/12/07. Those of you going out on tomorrows trip arrive early as I will begin sign-in at 7am. Our line will begin next to the fence adjacent to the landing office look for the Indy Sign. Unload your gear behind the sign then come upstairs and sign in. There may be a short update on yesterdays fishing if the emails are properly working, check back. Thanks the Indy Staff and Crew.

10-09-2007 - Hello again, we are back on line after some computer problems. I will try to update everyone on how the trip has gone. We have had some pretty slow fishing for the most part, we have covered a lot of ground with are fellow long-range code boats and the overall picture has been tough fishing. Things were looking good on the day we left and the following day and it just went downhill from there. We have caught about 25 wahoo and a mix of tuna, Dorado, yellowtail and grouper. The numbers of fish are just on the low side for a 10-day trip. Weather really played a role as we had good weather to start the trip and then about 4 days of unsettled weather and wind. It's now Tuesday and the weather is very good along with very good action on yellowtail. We plan on fishing are way back to San Diego so wish us luck. The Indy guys

10-08-2007 - Today was not a very producing day for us. We had a few wahoo, grouper and yellowtail. It was definitely scratchy. We moved from spot to spot to try to find the yellowfin. The weather has calmed down so it appears that tomorrow will bring more favorable fishing for us. Mark, Paul and the Indy Boys

10-06-2007 - Well what a tough day of fishing yesterday â€¦. To start the day we had only 18 decent tuna ranging in the 40 â€“ 60 pound category, along with about 42 nice size Dorado. Good signs of tuna happing about, they were just not cooperative. The weather was just so-so, but today with a funnel front in the air we suspect improve weather conditions. We will be searching for that elusive monster tuna today. Thanks for checking in with the Indy. Mark, Paul and the Indy Crew.

10-04-2007 - Good day, Well we finally made our way down to the Rocks. This morning we had a good start at fishing. We had good Wahoo fishing this morning and by late evening we were into the yellowtail and a few grouper. We plan to wrap up fishing today and try our skills at Yellowfin fishing on Friday at a different location. The weather is still very good. Check back for more updates. Mark, Paul and the Boys.

10-02-2007 - Hello everyone, here is a run down on our Jackpot winners from our 1st 10 day trip of the season. 1st place Ken Aiso 80.4 Yellowfin tuna, 2nd place John Keeler with a 66.4 Yellowfin, and 3rd place was Dennis Evans with a 72.4 Yellowfin, our chatermaster from Fish â€œN Fools tackle store. Honorable mention goes to Jerry Mark with a 57.6 Yellowtail. We did a quick turn-a-round, picked up a load of cured bait and headed due south to Alijos in hopes of some more Wahoo and Yellowfin. It takes time to get there so check back in a couple days for more updates. Mark, Paul and the Indy Boys

10-01-2007 - The Indy will arrive at approx. 6am on Tuesday Oct 2. Please arrive early due to parking. The Indy has been known to get out early (10:30-11am)See you all tomorrow.

09-30-2007 - Good evening everyone, Things were a little tough today for tuna, as The fish didnâ€™t want to cooperate. We did manage 20 in the 45 to 70 lb. range, The weather is super good out here. We are going to try this for a few hours in the morning before we head on out of here. Good night, Jeff, Kyle and the Indy crew

09-27-2007 - Hello everyone, here is the report for today. We fished offshore today looking for kelps and anything else we might find. We found a dozen or so kelps, but only 5 had fish on them. We had very good fishing on large Dorado. As well as 5 Wahoo for our efforts. Everyone had a great time battling these airborne bull Dorado. The weather is still flat calm. At this time we havenâ€™t made up our mind what to do for tomorrow, so check again when you can, thanks, the Indy crew

09-26-2007 - Good evening to all. Today we had good action for tuna in the morning, followed by more epic yellowtail fishing the rest of the day. These yellows again were brutes, 30 to 60 lbs. biting with reckless abandon. While the Wahoo seem to be absent here, we are going to look offshore tomorrow for kelps or anything else that might have Wahoo or Dorado on it. The weather is still great out here. Wish us luck for the next couple of days, Jeff and the Indy crew. Message from Dan, he misses crystal and Jake, and wants to say hello to them.

09-25-2007 - Hello again from the independence. Today was just like yesterday in many ways. We did have a lull for about 1 hour, but besides that things were very good out here for us today. I think the one thing we have in our favor is the good fishing conditions all day long, current, and biting fish. Everything we caught today was good grade, just like yesterday. The weather is still great. We plan on doing this again tomorrow in hopes this continues. See you then, Jeff, Kyle and the Indy crew

09-24-2007 - What a great start to our trip today. We had an awesome, spectacular day today on yellowtail 25 to50 lbs., yellowfin tuna 45 to 75 lbs., and a hand full of wahoo for good measure. We were really busy all day long yanking, and pulling on these beasts. The weather is really good as well. We plan on staying here tomorrow to see if we can top todayâ€™s action, it will be a challenge. Thanks for checking in on us, Jeff, Kyle and the Indy crew.

09-23-2007 - Hello everyone, Our jackpot winners for the Motorsports Charter were as follows: 1st place Mike McFarlane, with a 45.2 yellowtail, 2nd place was Brett Edmonson with a 29.2 Yellowtail, and Kenny Meliota with a 29.0 Yellowtail, Great group and weâ€™ll see you all next year. We departed yesterday on the first 10-day trip of the season. The Fish â€˜N Fools Tackle Shop sponsors this trip. We have a good load of sardines, and all on board has enjoyed many great giveaways. We traveled all day today, and spent the day rigging and educating everyone on the fishing techniques we plan on deploying this trip. The weather is good for this part of the ocean, and we are heading to the rocks to start the trip there. Wish us luck, Jeff and the Indy crew, Kyle, Sean, Billy, Dan, frank, Ed & garret

09-21-2007 - Good day from all of us on the Independence, We made the decision to fish for yellowtail one more day due to slow fishing offshore and uncertain weather due to the low to the north of us. The yellowtail bit on and off during the day and the fish are still that good grade in the 22 to 40 pound range. We are planning on working our way home and fishing some off the wall spots looking for something different to catch. The weather as it turns out is the best we have seen in a while, it's like a lake out here and we love it we will arrive at Point Loma Sportfishing at 06:00 on Saturday morning. Wish us luck on the last day fishing. The Indy guys.

09-19-2007 - Hello everyone, we started our trip out in the area we have had good yellowtail fishing the past few trips and the fish did not disappoint us. The last day and half the fishing was very good on 20 to 35+ pound yellowtail. The surface show of fish has been awesome with the fish eating both bait and jigs very well. The weather has been great. Rick Silvera wants to wish his little girl Erica a happy 13th birthday, I miss you and love you very much, and I'll see you when I get home, Love your dad. We are not sure where we will fish tomorrow so check later for another trip update. The Indy boys.

09-18-2007 - Hello again from the Indy, jackpot winners were: 1st place Dewayne Holland 41.2 yellowtail, 2nd place Van Nguyen 37.0 yellowtail and Garey Smith with a 35.6 yellowtail, congrats guys. We left yesterday on our last 5-day trip of the year, after loading our sardines we are headed south and will start the trip in the yellowtail grounds which have been so good to the fleet the last couple of months. The weather has come down over night and is very good so far. We'll start the fishing this afternoon and let you know later how we do. On a side note Dink and Papa would like to say hi to hot dog and they wish you could be here. Look for more reports as we begin to fish. Wish us luck, the Indy boys

09-17-2007 - Anglers fishing any up-coming 10-day trips please email me for addition information regarding your fishing adventure. Judy

09-16-2007 - The Indy will dock at 6am on Mon Sept 17, For those anglers departing on tomorrows trip, just in case if you have a California Ocean fish enhancement license bring it with you, we may fish in US Waters on the way in on the last day of fishing. If you do not have one you may purchase one tomorrow. Have a great Day.

09-15-2007 - Well, things out at Lupe were really dead today, along with bad weather to boot. We are headed up to try for some albacore for tomorrow. The weather is supposed to get better, so wish us luck, Jeff, Kyle and the Indy crew

09-14-2007 - Good afternoon everyone, just when I thought things could not get any better, we experienced the best yellowtail fishing I have ever seen today. These fish would have ripped your hand off if you put it in the water, luckily everyone is still intact. Needless to say, we are all done on these brutes, 30 to 45 lb fish. We are on our way out to Guadalupe to try for tuna, and we hope we can scratch some trophies the next day & a half. Thanks for checking in on us, Jeff, Kyle and the Indy crew

09-13-2007 - I have to say I really enjoy the fall season for fishing down here, warm days and biting fish. Today we arrived around 1230, and things did not look all that red hot. But after a look around we found the signal we were looking for. We had an absolute perfect afternoon catching these beautiful yellowtail, 18 to 35 lbs. we were steady for hours, and everyone had a great time. We are going to try this again tomorrow, in hopes of a repeat performance. Wish us luck, Jeff, Kyle and the Indy crew

09-12-2007 - Good afternoon to all, we arrived back to San Diego this morning from a 5 day Purfields tackle. Jackpot winners were: 1st place Ziad Kizy 42.2 Halibut, 2nd place Bud Edwards 32.6 Yellowtail, and 34d place Bob Foushanes 32.6 Yellowtail. Currently back out on a 5-day youngâ€™s tackle trip. We have a good supply of sardines, and some eager fisherman ready to battle. We are heading down the coast at the moment and have breezy weather. We will report again tomorrow, Jeff and the Indy crew, Kyle, John, Tommy, Billy, Frank, Rolf, & Dan

09-11-2007 - Well, alls well that ends well. We did not do much today in the albacore department, as the sea was raging and quite stingy. The weather was horrible, and we caught 1 lonesome albacore for our efforts. We did see 3 spots but nothing wanted to bite. We will arrive to point Loma at 0600 tomorrow; see you then, Jeff, Paul and the Indy crew

09-09-2007 - Good evening to all. I have to tell you, we had one heck of a day yellowtail fishing today. Things started off early this morning, around 0630, and kept rolling right up till dark. The fish we caught today are very good grade. They were biting everything we had to offer, jigs & bait. We even had a couple of large halibut. Everyone had a spectacular time today, and will sleep well tonight. We are going to make a long move to the albacore area, and should be there very early Tuesday morning. We will report again tomorrow, Jeff, Paul and the Indy crew

09-08-2007 - Here is the report for today, we ran down the beach till the afternoon, and stopped at one of the islands to try for yellowtail before dark. We had good action on these yellows, as they were biting jigs and bait on a regular basis. We are going to be somewhere around here for tomorrow in hopes of a repeat performance on these brutes. The weather was outstanding as well. Thanks for checking in, Jeff, Paul and the Indy crew

09-07-2007 - Hello everyone, the boat returned Friday at 7:30am, and departed again on another 5-day trip by 11am, Our Jackpot winners for Freelance trip were as follows: 1st place was Timothy Stoebe 45 pound yellowtail, 2nd place Dan Muckle with a 44.6 pound yellowtail and 3rd place was Dave Miller with a 42.2 Yellowtail. Thanks to Donnie Brockman and Norris Tapp with another successful trip. Purfields Tackle sponsors todayâ€™s. After loading a sufficient supply of sardines, we are headed to points south. There were some great giveaways for all on board, and everyone is eager to do battle with the giants of the deep. The weather is good at this time as well. Look for another report at the end of today, the Indy crew, Jeff, Paul, Kyle, Sean, Billy, Dan, Garret, and Rolf

09-06-2007 - Hello again, Today we found ourselves offshore in perfect weather, The albacore fishing was good at times with most fish in the 25 to 40 lb. range. The amount of fish out here is absolutely in incredible. We saw enough fish to easily have a 300 fish day, they just would not bite the hooks all that well. The Indy will dock at Point Loma Sportfishing at approximately 7:15am on Friday Sept 7. Those anglers departing on tomorrows trip please arrive no later than 1/2 hour to 45 minutes later than the Indy's arrival time due to parking, its jugged. Get here early. Any way we will be in at 7:15 in the morning and then back out on another 5 day trip. Take care, Mark and the guys.

09-04-2007 - Hello everyone, today we had another very fun day in the sun, the yellowtail bit most of the day and overall they were nice grade fish in the 18 to 30+ pound range. Weather was hot and sunny with a flat ocean. We are now headed north in albacore mode so we have a day of travel ahead of us to get there. Wish us luck we'll need it the way these fish have acted lately. The Indy boys.

09-03-2007 - Good day, Today we fished for yellowtail and had a very good day on 15 to 25 pound yellows. They bit the sardines and jigs both. The weather was very good with flat seas and no wind . The group wants to do this one more day so we are on our way to catch some mackerel for bait and have dinner. Have a good night.

09-02-2007 - Hello from the Indy, Today we did our turn around which went smooth as silk and we departed at 10:30 on the Freelance/Brockman/ Tapp charter. The jackpot winners on the Sav-on trip that returned were: 1st place Art Sherman 46.2 yellowfin Tuna, 2nd place Pete Preest 36.2 yellowtail, and 3rd place Daniel Matusiewicz 34 pound yellowtail. We would like to thank all on-board this years Sav-On Tackle 5-day trip. We put on a very nice load of sardines and put the boat on coarse for points south. The weather is post card and we hope it stays that way. Have a great day, The Indy Boys.

09-01-2007 - Here is the last report for this trip. We stayed at the island for the early bite this morning, and had beautiful conditions for the a.m. we hooked a few tuna that managed to escape, and caught a handful of yellowtail before we had to call it quits. We will dock back in San Diego at 0715 Sunday, Sept 2. Anglers departing on Sept 2 should arrive early due to parking lot is full on Holiday weekend. See you all at the dock..the Indy Staff.

08-31-2007 - Hello folks, We ran down to Guadalupe Island for a fish check today. We saw some sign of fish, but the ever-present taxman was very overbearing. We did manage some trophy yellowtail, and one tuna for our efforts. We are going to fish here tomorrow for couples hours and then depart for home. Check back tomorrow, Jeff, Paul and the Indy crew

08-30-2007 - Here is the report for today. We fished for albacore today, and things were on the tough side. We saw very good sign, but we did not catch as many as we saw in the water. We did have a couple of good go-rounds with them, and just like yesterday, they were good grade, 25 to 40 lb. fish. The weather is still a bit breezy, and I think it might remain that way. We are headed off to Guadalupe Island to try for some trophy tuna. We will talk to you tomorrow, Jeff, Paul and the Indy crew

08-29-2007 - Here is the report for today. We spent the entire day chasing albacore offshore with some good success at times, and not so good at times. We seen plenty of fish, but they didnâ€™t want to bite. We did get our daily limits though. The weather is another problem, as it is windy, choppy and rough. We plan on doing this again tomorrow in hopes that the fish want to cooperate a little more. Wish us luck, Jeff, Paul and the Indy crew

08-28-2007 - We want to take this opportunity to thank The Gary Moore Celebration group and the other Anglers that joined this fishing trip for an outstanding fishing trip. Jackpot winners were 1st place Barry Andersen with a 42.4-pound Albacore; Mike Williams with a 37.4-pound albacore and our 3rd place winner was Emily Beck. Great job everyone. Hope to see you all next year. The Independence Staff and crew

08-27-2007 - The Independence will dock at Point Loma Sportfishing at 5:45 am on Tuesday Aug 28. Indy passengers departing on Tuesdays trip please try to arrive early due to the parking. The lot is full and you need to get the spaces from Indy passengers going home. Thanks for checking in.

08-26-2007 - Good afternoon to all. Here is what happened today. We awoke to cloudy skies and some rainsqualls, but that did not stop the albacore from putting on another great show for all to see and experience. We did manage to get the weather to straighten out by mid afternoon, and ended up having another great day on the fish. We are going to fish the beach tomorrow in hopes of some exotics of some sort. Thanks for checking in on Jeff, Kyle and the Indy crew.

08-25-2007 - Wow! We opted to stay out here in the albacore zone today, and we had an absolutely perfect, stellar, awesome day on these fat albacore. We caught fish all day long, with some incredible schools running around here. I am sure everyone onboard here will sleep well tonight, the crew included. The weather is still picture perfect. We have decided to try this again for tomorrow in hopes of some more action. Wish us luck, Jeff and the Indy crew.

08-24-2007 - Hello again from the Independence. We departed yesterday on the annual Gary Moore 5 day extravaganza with a good load of bait, and some eager fishermen. The weather is stable, and is expected to improve over the next few days. As for today, we fished for albacore, and had some good success on these beauties. Had we captured all we saw we would have sunk the boat with them, we had good fishing. We plan on doing this again tomorrow. Wish us luck, Jeff and the Indy crew, Kyle, John, Billy, Sean, frank, Ed, and Rolf

08-23-2007 - We would like to take this opportunity to thank Our Tuna Tracker Charter group for an outstanding trip. No jackpot on this trip. This trip was fish hard have funâ€¦.. We all had such a great time. We look forward to seeing you all again next year. The Indy left again today for another run south with â€œLupeâ€? permits in hand. Water Temp and conditions willing they may try the Island. Take care and check back for further updates. Jeff, Kyle and the Indy Boys.

08-22-2007 - The Indy will arrive at Point Loma Sportfishing at approximately 6:30am. Anglers going out on tomorrows trip arrive early,you want to get parking from anglers returning from our last trip. Parking is at a premium. Anyone being dropped off, you can miss the congestion and arrive at 8:30am. Sign in will begin at 7:30am. There may be another report on fishing later today, check back.

08-21-2007 - Hello again, Today we fished for yellowtail and had a good day on 22 to 30+ pound fish. I can honestly say we did not catch a fish under 20 pounds for the day. The weather was good for most of the day also. We plan to work up the line to San Diego tomorrow and fish our way home. We'll report later on the final day of fishing. The Indy Boys.

08-20-2007 - Hello from the Indy, Today we spent looking offshore for kelps holding dorado and yellowtail and we had some action on both types, we kept some fish in the 12 to 20lb. range and released many smaller fish. The weather is postcard perfect with flat seas and sunny skies. We plan to fish for yellowtail at one of the spots on the coast tomorrow. Thanks for checking in, The Indy Boys.

08-19-2007 - Welcome, The report for yesterday was on the slow side. We managed to pick up some bluefin and albacore for our efforts. We are heading towards one of the islands today so will let you know our progress in the next report. The weather is still outstanding. Thanks for checking in. Mark and the Boys

08-18-2007 - What a terrific trip we just came back on.. Thanks to our Tuna Turners Charter and a special thanks to our Charter master Pete.. Great Job everyone. We will look forward to your return in 2008. Jackpot winners were: 1st place Dan Johnson 51.2 Yellowtail, Eric Hallingstad with a 43 pound Albacore and 3rd place goes to Eric Harrison with a 42.6 pound Yellowtail. Mark and the Indy boys made a quick turn-a-round trip with the Tuna Trackers Charter Group, picking a load of cured bait and headed south. Mark plans to write in with his score of fish so keep coming back to our website. Mark and the Indy boys.

08-17-2007 - Well, you know the old saying, better late than never. We had absolutely stellar fishing of Albacore today on these big 'uns, up to 40 lbs. the weather was really good as well. I must say, we had a really really good 5-day trip for our efforts. Thanks for checking in, Jeff and the Indy crew, we will arrive back to San Diego 0545 Saturday. For those Anglers going out on tomorrows trip sign in will begin at 7:30, we will depart as soon as we can. Be there early, Parking is at a premium. Carpool if you can guys.

08-16-2007 - Good evening to all. We had a good day offshore on the kelps. We caught dorado, tuna, and yellowtail. The weather is getting better as we speak. We are going to try our hand at the albacore grounds for tomorrow, wish us luck, Jeff and crew

08-14-2007 - Here is what we know at this point out here on the independence. We traveled for most of the day and then spent the afternoon fishing for good grade yellowtail. The fish were biting jigs, and bait. We had a great time today. We are going to try this again tomorrow in hopes of a repeat performance by these bruisers. We had very good weather to go along with our great day. We will report again tomorrow, wish us luck, Jeff and the Indy crew

08-13-2007 - Hello from the independence. The Indy arrived at 5:45am today. Everyone with high hopes of having of that ever-prevailing jackpot winning fish. Ending up our Rusty Hook trip was John Collierâ€™s 38-pound yellow as topâ€™s, 2nd place was Fred Rutherford with a 34-pound yellowtail and coming in 3rd was David Newman. Great going guys and we will see everyone next year. Shortly after 12 noon we departed on our annual 5-day Tuna Turner Charter with good bait and currently heading south for todayâ€™s activities as well as tomorrows. The weather is good at the moment, and we hope that it stays that way. Thanks for checking in on us, the Indy crew, Jeff, Tommy, John, Billy, Dan, Ed, & garret

08-12-2007 - the Indy will dock at 5:45am on Monday Morning 8/13/07, Sign in will begin at 7:30-8am, arrive early in case of early departure and to get parking from return Indy Anglers.

08-11-2007 - Well fellow anglers like we predicted the yellowtail were out in force, With most fish averaging 25 to 35 lbs .The bait of choice were green mackerel and sardines, if you were a jig thrower you had no problem getting bit. By noon we headed off shore to an area that has not been traveled lately and we found beautiful blue and warm water with kelps holding a few dorado and some throw back yellow tail along with some small yellowfin that we also released its just a mater of time that we will be seeing better fishing in that area. Well its dinner time and we will be serving fresh yellow tail and chocolate cake and ice cream. P.s. the Newman family would like to say hi to its readers, So until tomorrow wish us luck we will be offshore looking for schools and kelps. Take care the Indy crew.

08-09-2007 - Hi everyone, my computer is being upgraded so yesterdays report is on for today. We would like to personally thank everyone from Fetsch This-Charter and especially our Chartermaster Don Heisig. Everyone had a great time. Our Jackpot winners for Fetsch This group are as follows: 1st place was Vern Hellwig 40.4 Albacore, 2nd place was Mike Peters with a 38.4 Albie and rounding out our 3rd place was Don Heisig with a 34.0. The boat departed yesterday about 11:30 am with a great load of bait and headed due south. If I do not get my computer back today, look for a report on Friday for Thursday. Thanks for checking in. The Indy Crew.

08-07-2007 - The Indy will arrive at 0630 on Wednesday. Anglers going out on Wednesdays trip should arrive early in case of early departure, I will sign in between 0700 and 0730. We have been departing as early as 10:30 -11am. Don't delay. Parking is at a premium.

08-06-2007 - Things were tough for us here at the albacore grounds. We saw a lot of fish, but they were reluctant to bite for us. To say the least it was very frustrating for everyone out here. I think we did in fact make into double digits for the day. Check back on Tuesday for our ETA for Wednesday. See ya later, the Indy crew

08-05-2007 - Here is a brief account for toadiesâ€™ activities. We opted to try our hand at the albacore fishing today. We saw quite a few, but most were reluctant to engage in battle with us. We did have a good sample, and are going to try this again tomorrow. The weather remains good. Kerme would like to wish Jesstyne a happy 17th birthday; also Rick, Tommy, & the rest of the crew wish her a happy b- day as well. We will report again tomorrow. Jeff and the Indy crew

08-04-2007 - Hello again from the independence. Today we spent the day looking offshore for Dorado and yellowtail. We had great success on both species. The weather is still outstanding for us as well. Master Chef Garrett and our assistant Chef Rolf have prepared an excellent roasted chicken dinner for us tonight with an added attraction of keylime pie for dessert. Thanks for checking in on us, Jeff and the Indy crew

08-03-2007 - Good afternoon everyone, we are currently on our way out on another 5-day trip. I want to thank Gary Kimura for another excellent 5-day trip we just completed with his Kimura tackle group. Jackpot winners for this trip were as follows: 1st place was Pete Skibba with a 47.4 Yellowtail, 2nd place Ray Diaz with a 33 pound Yellowtail and 3rd place was Paul Marquez. Great group and hope to see you all next year. We have a good load of bait and are headed for points south at the moment. The weather is still great as well. We will report again tomorrow, Jeff and the Indy crew, Kyle, John, Sean, Frank, Dan, Garret, & Rolf

08-02-2007 - The Independence will arrive at 5:45am, Anglers going out on tomorrows trip, sign in begins at 7:30, In case of early departure we request you arrive early. The parking in the lot is also at a premium, please arrive early, carpool if you can. Passports are not needed, Everyone must have a picture ID.

08-01-2007 - Hello everyone,Todays report is a copy cat of yesterday. We have had some great yellowtail fishing the past few days. The fish are the premium grade. The weather is the best, flat calm, and sunny. We are headed to the offshore grounds for tomorrow. Thanks for checking in on us. Jeff and the Indy crew

07-31-2007 - Hello from the independence. To begin with we had very good weather here at the island. As far as the fishing goes, the a.m. was a bit slow, as we were looking for fish from one end of the island to the other. Sometime around 10:30 we found what we were looking for, the big bruiser yellowtail. We ended up having a good day on these bigâ€™uns. We are going to try this again tomorrow, so wish us luck, Jeff and the Indy crew

07-30-2007 - Here is a quick rundown for today. We fished offshore for yellowtail and dorado today. The best part of the day was morning, followed by a slow afternoon, and right before dark we caught some more. The weather is good as well. We are going to fish at the island tomorrow for some yellows. Wish us luck, Jeff and the Indy crew

07-29-2007 - The Golden Group returned this morning with another eventful trip. Dr. Tom Golden and his group finished up a five-day trip aboard the Independence Ira Drogin of Brooklyn won first place for his 35.2-pound yellowtail. Randall Gershon of Costa Mesa was second with a 34.4-pounder, and his dad Bob Gershon of LA was third, with a 33.8-pound yellowtail. Everyone was here early so we left again at 10:15 am. Gary Kimura heads up his annual group. Made our stop at the bait receivers for a nice load of and are headed due south. Check back again tomorrow for more updates. Captain Jeff and his Indy Crew.

07-28-2007 - Report just in, Todays fishing was quite slow. The Indy will dock at Point Loma Sportfishing at 5:30am on Sunday Jul 29. Anyone going out on Tomorrows trip sign in will begin between 7-8:30. Remember you must be here early in-case of early departure.

07-27-2007 - Hello again from the independence. Here is a quick report for today. We had steady action on yellowtail, dorado, and a few tuna this morning, and then a fish here and there the rest of the day. The weather is as good as it gets out here at present. We are headed up to fish for albacore for tomorrowâ€™s endeavor, so please wish us luck, as they are playing hard to get right now. Tonight we are going to have Edâ€™s famous pork chops for dinner. yum, yum. See ya later, Jeff and the Indy crew

07-26-2007 - Hello to all. Here is the report for today. We spent today fishing for jumbo yellowtail with some success. We caught them on bait, jigs, you name it. We had excellent weather as well. Everyone had a great time today yanking and cranking in the sun. We are going to spend tomorrow looking offshore for some action. Thanks for checking in, the Indy crew

07-25-2007 - Good evening everyone. The weather today was outstanding. We had some pretty fair action offshore today on yellowytail and tuna. The over all consensuses for today are that most of the fish out here didnâ€™t want to bite. when they do decide to go on a biting rampage we want to be there. Tomorrowâ€™s game plan is we are headed to fish yellowtail, so check in and see whatâ€™s going on tomorrow night. Wish us luck, Jeff and the Indy crew

07-24-2007 - Hello everyone, we now have our e mail on line, and here is a quick report for today. Weâ€™d like to thank the Baja Paddy Hoppers for a splendid trip, Especially Sherman Lim our chartermaster. Great Job. Our jackpot winners for this trip were as follows: 1st place goes Dave Laguardia, he had a 48.8 Yellowtail, 2nd place went to Gerry Perez with a 43.3 white Seabees, and 3rd place to Marlon Thompson with a 37.7 yellowtail. Thanks guys. At 11:30 today we departed on another 5-day extravaganza, and got a great load of sardines on the way out. We are headed for pointâ€™s south, and have high hopes for us the next couple of days. The weather is great. See you later, Jeff, Kyle, John, Tommy, Dan, Mike, Ed, & Rolf

07-23-2007 - the Independence will arrive at Point Loma Sportfishing at 7am on Tuesday July 24. Thanks for checking with us.

07-22-2007 - Hello from the Indy, The weather has been very good the last 3 days so we started the trip offshore in search of tuna and had a fair day on yellowfin with a few yellowtail and bluefin mixed in. The fish were in the 12 to 35 lb. range. Yesterday we spent yellowtail fishing and had our days limits of 12 to 52 lb. yellowtail along with one 45 to 50 lb. white sea bass. Today we are in the middle of the day offshore and have not caught a fish to show for our efforts. Hope we can connect before dark on some kind of tuna. Tomorrow we plan to be in the albacore zone to have our hand at those. We will check back later as we finish the trip. Mark, Paul & Indy Boys

07-19-2007 - The boat arrived at 7:30am with an assortment of fish. Including Yellowtail, Bluefin, Yellowfin, a halibut and a White Seabass. Jackpot winners were 1st place Jeromy Doty with a 44.2 pound Bluefin, 2nd place Stephen Earner II with a 44 pound Bluefin and 3rd place Steve Bach with 43.4 white seabass. Thanks again for a great trip and we are eager to see you all again next year. The boat left about 11:15am on another trip. The Baja Paddy Hoppers with Chartermaster Sherman Lim sponsored this trip. We are now headed south for another venturous trip. Check back for more details Friday evening. Captains Mark and Paul and the Indy Boys.

07-18-2007 - The Indy will dock at Point Loma Sportfishing at approximately 7-7:30am, Anyone going out on Thursday's trip, sign in will begin at approximately 8-8:30am. Be there early for parking is at a premium. Check back this evening to see if we have added a fish report to todays ETA Report.

07-17-2007 - Report just in Captain Kyle. EXCELLANT fishing today on yellowtail, average was 40 pounds. 1 white seabass about 45 pounds and a 30 pound halibut. Tomorrow they will be heading closer to home, but first they plan to fish for tuna offshore. Everyone had a great time and they are ready to call it an evening. Our gourmet chefâ€™s Garrett and Rollo have planned Chicken and Shrimp Dinner with Banana fosters for dessert. Check back for another report tomorrow and and ETA for Thursday morning. Be Safe. Kyle, Paul and the Indy Crew.

07-16-2007 - Report just in from Captain Paul. Another good day of offshore fishing. Mixed yellowfin, Bluefin and yellowtail. The weather is fair and all is well. John ALEXOPOULOS wishes his lovely wife Rebecca a happy 19th wedding anniversary. His thoughts of you are in his heart today and always. . Tomorrow the target will be yellowtail fishing. Check back for updates tomorrow evening. Be Safe. Kyle, Paul and the Indy Boys.

07-15-2007 - Just in from the Indy. Last night we had a great raffle courtesy of West Coast Marketing and our charter master Rocki Rocchi. We are in the local zone today with decent fishing.. Managed to pick up a handful of yellowtail on the kelp paddies, a handful of Yellowfin, but our targets were set on bluefin. We managed decent fishing on bluefin. They averaged around the 45-pound category. We have elected to stay here another day to try our efforts for another eventful day tomorrow. Nice weather good fishing what more could one ask for. The anglers are having a great time. Kyle, Paul and the Indy boys.

07-14-2007 - The Indy docked at Point Loma this morning at 7:30, weâ€™d like to take a moment to thank everyone onboard for a successful trip, mostly to Sav-on tackle our sponsor. Our jackpot winners were: Joe Armstead, with a 50.4 yellowtail, Larry Frontino with nice looking Halibut and Daniel Henderson for another great halibut of 38.2 pounds. We left at 11:45 this morning with West Coast Marketing our sponsor. They produced some great give-a-ways for the passengers and we left the bait receivers with a fresh load of bait and are heading back out to try our luck once again. At the helm today is Captain Kyle (Rooster) Captain Paul Strasser. This afternoon will be a travel day so we will report in again tomorrow evening. Please check back for an updated report. Please have a safe weekend. Captains Kyle and Paul the entire Indy crew.

07-13-2007 - The Independence will arrive at Point Loma at approximately 7:30am. They had a bumpy ride home so it was decided to fish the closer to the beach. The fishing was EXCELLENT. Halibut was the fish of the day.. They averaged 30 pounds.. What fun.. See you all Saturday Morning. The Indy Boys

07-12-2007 - Hello everyone out there in cyberspace. Todayâ€™s fishing seems to be a copy cat day of yesterday. Another excellent day of fishing yellowtail. These beauties were 25-35 pound average. We are leaving the Island and are going to fish offshore tomorrow on our way home, possibly for some long-fins. The seas seem to be stirring up a bit and quite choppy. Weâ€™ll see what is in store for us in the morning. Take care and thanks for checking in. Jeff and the Indy Crew

07-11-2007 - Jeff just called in his report. Good action on Yellowtail fishing at Cedros today. They averaged 25-40 pounds. Fish are biting on jigs and bait. Everyone is having fun. They plan to stay around this area one more day and then head back to fishing off shore. The weather is just fabulous. Nice and sunny. Tonightâ€™s dinner is pork tenderloin with all the fixinâ€™s. Jeff said he hopes that our email program will be up and running this weekend. Take care and be safe. Jeff and the Indy Boys.

07-10-2007 - Fish report just in from the bridge of the Independence. Jeff indicated that as they left the bait barge they headed straight to albacore grounds. As they arrived the conditions wasnâ€™t as favorable as the last trip, only small pickin's. 12 or so. Decided to wait it out and try a morning bite. Not what they had hoped for so at that point a decision was made to head straight to Cedros. By mid morning they motored on down. Check back tomorrow to get an update on some yellowtail fishing. We are glad you visited our website. Wish us luck, Jeff and the Indy Boys.

07-09-2007 - Thanks to everyone checking in on this fish report site. Here is the report for our trip coming back on July 9, Great trip and a thanks to Artâ€™s Tackle and our chartermaster Tom Reynolds. Tom took first place with a 35.2 Yellowtail, 2nd place Jeff Friesen with a 34.6 Yellowtail, and 3rd place went to Brian Atkinson with a 34.2 Yellowtail. We did a turn-a-round trip and headed back out at 11am this morning with a group from Sav-on Tackle with Vern Roberts as our chartermaster. We stopped off to get some good cured bait and headed south to do some more Albacore fishing. We will report in again Tuesday evening so check back later in the evening, usually after 7pm. Thanks again. Jeff, Tommy, John, Mike, Frank, Billy, and our Chefs Garrett, Rollo

07-08-2007 - Hello everyone, just a note from the Skipper, the boat will arrive at Point Loma Sportfishing at 5:30am. He may call in a report later, or will post tomorrow. thanks for checking in.

07-08-2007 - Good evening everyone. Jeff wanted to give you a report on this last day of his five-day trip. He indicated that it was a long haul to the Albacore grounds today from Cedros, but when they arrived they saw excellent schools of Albies everywhere. Made several stops. The Albies were 18-30#. What a way to end the trip. Weather is also just perrrrfect. See you all at the docks. Jeff, Kyle and the boys.

07-07-2007 - Hello anglers and Friends, report just in from Captain Jeff. Going to do 2 days in 1 report.. Yesterday we were in Albacore territory only a few bites so we decided that weâ€™d better take a run to Cedros while we still had time. So this morning we had a stellar Yellowtail catch. Very, very good fishing. Most Yellowtail was in the 25-45 pound category. The average was about 35 pounds. The Yellowtail bit on jigs and sardines, even a few Halibut for taste thrown in. Everyone is having a good time, with all the yanking and cranking today, they hung the rods up at about 6pm tonight for a great Steak and shrimp dinner. They will be heading for Albacore again tomorrow before heading home. Thanks for again for checking in. Jeff and the Indy Boys.

07-05-2007 - Report just in from Captain Jeff. We headed due south yesterday for Albacore grounds. Started fishing immediately at daybreak. Had some decent catches, but by mid-day the Albies decided to let school out and they headed in different directions. Things started to fall apart. The rest of the afternoon we could only pick away. One here, one there. The weather is gorgeous and the conditions look good, the fish just donâ€™t seem to be hungry. Weâ€™re going to hang around here again tomorrow to try our luck.Thanks for checking in with us. Jeff and the boys. . Note from Frank Skinner: to all the gang at Petrospecs, Iâ€™m glad to be out here fishing and not working, having a great time.

07-04-2007 - HAPPY 4TH OF JULY EVERYONE! The Independence returned to day with an eventful load of Albacore. Terry Sandoval of Anaheim took first place with a 53.6-pound bluefin tuna. Paul Rubio took second place with a 33.2-pound albacore. Brian Koester of Los Angeles was third with a 32.4-pound bluefin tuna. Cedros was scratchy on Yellowtail but was made up on Albies during our offshore fishing. The Independence left on another run today at about 11am. Many comments were over heard, as passengers were happy to be on The Independence on Independence Day. Check back late evening on the 5th for updates. Thanks for viewing our website. Be Safe. Yâ€™all come back now, yaâ€™ hear. Jeff, Kyle, John, Sean, Dan, Mike Rollo, Ed

07-03-2007 - Report just in from Paul. We arrived at our albacore grounds around 11am this morning..Excellent fishing today. The Ablies were no challenge to the Anglers. The action was hot, hot, hot.. Our weather was drop-dead gorgeous today and conditions look good for the upcoming trip. Itâ€™s nearly 8pm and still fishing. Weâ€™re about ready to call it a night. See you all at the dock. Independence will dock at 6:30am on 4th of July. Check back to see if the Captain turns in another report for today. Paul, Kyle and the Indy Boys

07-02-2007 - Report just in from Captain Kyle. Combination of 2 days reports....Yesterday morning they had slow fishing on albacore, while fishing offshore, so by 10:30 they decided to move. Headed to Cedros Isl. Today...the water conditions werenâ€™t very good, Cold and dirty. So consequently weâ€™re pulling anchor and heading north to albacore grounds to fish albacore on our last day of this trip. Check back in tomorrow for ETA on the 4th of July. Kyle, Paul and the Indy Crew.

06-30-2007 - STAR PERFORMANCE says Captain Kyle (Rooster), We arrived at our off shore spot at midnight last night, dropped anchor, at about 5am the Anglers were in hot pursuit of Albacore and Bluefin. Good bait and excellent grade of sardines was the key ticket. â€œKatie bar the doorâ€?, as Grandma would say. Immediately we had lots of Albies and plenty Bluefin tuna onboard. Bluefin are in the 45-pound range. Its now 7:40pm, The albbies quadrupled in numbers from this mornings bite. We're staying here tonight to fish this area in the morning. The plan is to head to Cedros Sunday afternoon. Weather is fair. After a great dinner of Roasted Chicken, weâ€™re going to get a good night sleep and hit it again tomorrow. Captain Kyle, Paul, and the Indy Boys.

06-29-2007 - The Independence docked this morning around 6:30am. We had very good yellowtail fishing. Dan Oâ€™Leary of Point Loma won first place, for a 45.6-pound yellowtail he got with a homemade iron. Al Sundell of Malibu won second place for a 36.6-pounder, and Tom Redfern of Newhall took third place with a 32.8-pound yellowtail. By 11am Captain Paul Strasser did a quick turnaround and headed back out with another group of anxious anglers trying for their personal best for that once a year fishing trip, but first stopping off at the bait barge to pick up a load of fresh cured bait. Dick Shaffer of Purfields Tackle is heading up the show for this trip. Lots of give a ways to be handed out to all the Anglers on board. Thanks for Checking in our website. Tomorrow we will report on our first day of this 5-day trip. Captain Paul, Kyle, Tommy,Sean, Mike, Ed, and Rollo

06-28-2007 - Brief report from Jeff today. Theyâ€™re working their way up the line. Had some good action on albacore. Ranging in the 18-25 pound category. Weather is just ok. The wind picked up so the seas were a little choppy. All in all everyone had a great time and looking forward to arriving back home Friday morning. See you all soon. Captain Jeff and the Indy Crew. The Independence has an ETA for 6:30am Friday Morning.

06-27-2007 - Steller Day... Very good fishing today for yellowtail. Average caught today was 25-35 pounds. The Weather is hot and sunny. Smooth seas. Weâ€™re headed up the line to fish offshore tomorrow. Seems like the ride home tonight is a little choppy. On our last day of fishing we hope to get into some albacore. Check in tomorrow for our ETA for Friday. Jeff and the Indy Boys.

06-26-2007 - Hot story from the bridge. Captain Jeff reports in. Fished Cedros Island today. Beautiful grade of yellowtail. All in the 25-35 pound category. Jeff said if this is heaven that is where we want to be. The weather is absolutely spectacular. Everyone is having a great time. Plan to hang out here for another day. The fish are biting on Jigs and bait. Father and son team.. Bob and Caleb Peterson caught 8 or 9 yellowtail themselves. Mom Peterson if you read this â€œhiâ€? from your boys and we miss you, weâ€™re having fun. See you soon. Captain Jeff and the Indy Crew.

06-25-2007 - Jeffâ€™s report for the day. One big adventure for this morning as we fished offshore. Good sign of Albies. Brought onboard 15 beauties. Then the afternoon fishing sort of dwindled down to a mere pittance, nothing, nada.. We tried, but we decided to pull anchor and head south.. We should arrive at Cedros in the morning fish for Yellowtail and then head back up the line for more albacore. The weather quite breezy now, but nice. Check back with us tomorrow evening. Maybe we will be able to score. Captain Jeff and the boys

06-24-2007 - Hello Anglers, Report from our recent 8-day trip. Must say this trip was very productive on yellowtail and quality Yellowfin tuna. Thanks Sal for putting together a very fun trip. Our Jackpot winners are as follows: 1st place Don Sutherlin a 96.6 pound Yellowfin, Ron Satow a 65.2 pound Yellowfin and Calvin Kumamoto 57 pound Yellowfin. Honorable Mention goes to Karen Jaragin 64.4 pound Yellowfin. Good catch everyone. We departed at 11:30am today, Our Charter masters Dennis Evans from Fish â€˜n Fools. Everyone was eager to board the boat this morning and ready to try that skills on catching the big â€˜us. Before heading due south we had to stop off at the bait receiver for some fresh bait. We are now underway. Check back for more updates and reports. Jeff, Tommy, John, Frank, Danny, Ed, and Garrett

06-24-2007 - UPDATE...Jeff just called in just moments ago. They brought 5 Bluefin tuna and 1 albacore on board. Bluefin were in the range of 25-40#, the albie was about 18#. Jeff said they were going to continue motoring south for more albies.

06-23-2007 - The Indy will dock at 5:30am on Sunday 6/24/07. For those anglers going on tomorrows trip sign in will begin at 8am. There will be a Marathon on Scott street and Harbor Dr. These streets will be closed to the public. Driving west on Rosecrans street, turn left on Fenlon Street. You may then enter straight into the Landing lot. Arrive early. any question call Indy office today.

06-22-2007 - Report just in from Jeff. Todayâ€™s fishing started out good, they had a very good grade of Yellowtail, but after the morning bite, not much was produced. A least the wind died down. Weâ€™re on the leeside of Cedros, so weâ€™re going to stay anchored long enough to have dinner. (Thick, Stuffed Pork Chops on the menu). This will be their last report of this trip. They will begin their decent home. Look for our ETA Saturday Evening after 7pm for Sundayâ€™s arrival. Thanks for checking in. See you all at the Dock. Jeff, Kyle and the Indy Crew.

06-21-2007 - Todayâ€™s report. Jeff called in said tough, tough, tough conditions. They were kicked around by lots of wind today. They arrived at Cedros Isl. this morning about 8am. Mixed grade of yellowtail 15-30 pounds. Theyâ€™re trying to catch bait tonight for a possible score tomorrow. The only thing Jeff said was they had limits of wind today. Pray to the wind Gods... no more wind. Lamb Shank on the menu tonight..Mmmmm.. Hoping for a good bite tomorrow. Check back again. See ya soon, Jeff, Kyle and the Indy Boys.

06-20-2007 - Captain Jeff called in his report. Todayâ€™s catch is basically a mirror image of yesterday. Early morning catch was slow. Only about 28 tuna for morning. They landed nice grade in the 30-60# category. When the fishing died down, they decided to pull anchor and more on to another Island. A few Yellowtail was caught this afternoon. The weather is breezy and choppy. Only hope that tomorrow will be better. Check in tomorrow for another update. Jeff, Kyle and the Boys.

06-19-2007 - Report in from the boat at 6pm this evening. Jeff said after he had turned in his fish report the yellowtail bite was still going strong, the Anglers managed to produce a good grade averaging 18-30#. This morning they had a decent day of tuna. Lots of fun and action continuing until about noon then bite was off. Todayâ€™s total was 53 tuna, ranging from 30-60 pounds. A couple topped out at 70-80#. The conditions were not too good, current was not in their favor so Jeff decided to move the boat. After they anchored another handful of yellowtail was brought on board. All in all there was good fishing today. The weather is still gorgeous however. After a delectable dinner made by Garrett and Rollo, homemade Key Lime pie with graham cracker crust and meringue topping is for desert. We plan to hit this area again tomorrow so check in for more reports after nightfall. Captain Jeff and the Indy Boys

06-18-2007 - Report just in from Captain Jeff... Arrived at Alijos Rocks around 10am this morning. The conditions looked good in our area, dropped anchor. We began thinking that we were in the right spot, but by noon conditions turned off. We ended the day with only 3 tuna. They were between 40-50 pounds, and 12 yellowtail were brought over the rail. Leads us to believe that we got in on at the tail end of a morning bite. We plan to hit this area in the morning early to see what we can produce. The weather is great here today. All the anglers are going to stop fishing for the day and have roasted chicken, special sauce and all the fixingâ€™s for dinner. Check back tomorrow evening for updated fish reports. Jeff, Kyle and the Indy boys.

06-16-2007 - The Independence returned this morning at 7:30 from a 5-day very lucrative Yellowtail trip. We would like to thank everyone that went fishing with us. Our JP winners were: 1st place winner Arlan Swanson 48.4 Halibut, 2nd place John Rice with a 34.6 Yellowtail, 3rd place winner was Artie Vageloff with a 34.0 Yellowtail. We immediately did quick turn-a-round, on an 8-day Proetto sponsor trip. We left the dock shortly after 11:30 today, loaded up with bait and are currently headed south. Check back in a day or so with more updates. Jeff, Kyle, John, Mike, Frank, Billy, Garrett, and Rollo.

06-15-2007 - The Indy will dock at Point Loma Sportfishing Landing at 7am on Saturday Jun 16. Fish reports will be posted Saturday evening. Watch for the JP winners. We have a turn-around trip for Saturday. Sign-in will begin at about 8am. Suggest you be there early due to parking availability. Captain Paul

06-14-2007 - Good evening, Satellite phone report from Captain Paul. They had a beautiful day of yellowtail fishing today. Yellowtail averaged 22-35 pounds. Specialty hit of the day was a Halibut with approximate weigh in of 45-55 pounds. The weather today was also beautiful, so it was a great time to be on the water. We left our area tonight at about 6:30 to go offshore fishing Friday. Maybe try our hand at finding some tuna...Albies, Yellowtail, and some kelp paddies. Check back with us tomorrow evening for our ETA Saturday morning. Paul, Kyle and the Indy Boys.

06-13-2007 - Hello everyone, The e-mail on the boat is still not sending, so this is the report we got over the phone today from the guys. Yesterday was slow as they worked down the line offshore for just a few handfuls of good grade yellowtail and no sign of albacore or tuna. Today was much better fishing as they had a great day on 18 to 30 pound yellowtail in very good weather conditions. The folks on the trip are having a blast as limits were had by all. Tomorrow they are staying in the area and hopefully will put together another good day. Have a great night and check for further updates as the trip contiues. The Indy gang.

06-11-2007 - The Independence would like to take this opportunity to thank everyone associated Fishermanâ€™s Hardware, Huntington Beach and our Charter Master â€œMoâ€?. We certainly did enjoy every aspect of this trip. Not to mention the fishing was great too. Jackpot winners were as follows: 1st place went to Pete Vitkus a yellowfin tuna 93 pounds, 2nd place yellowfin was scored by Bob Edwards and 3rd place a good hit by Chris Cox a Yellowtail weighing in at 62.3. Honorable Mention goes to Ray Caldwell with a 89 pound Yellowfin. Hope to see you all next year. We just left the dock again today at 11:30am with a good load of bait on a 5 day trip and we are now heading south. Please check back soon. Paul, Kyle Sean, Tommy, Frank, Mike, Ed and Garrett.

06-10-2007 - Report in from Captain Jeff, The Independence will dock at 6am on Monday June 11. The trip was a total success. Sign in for Trip#7 will begin 8am-8:30am. See you all at the dock. Jeff and the Boys.

06-09-2007 - Notes just in from Jeff. We ended this 8-day on a great note. We fished until 10am this morning with a decent show on tuna. They ranged from 30-50#. With a wide-open bite of yellowtail in the 30# class. It was decided to do mostly catch and release. By noon it was time to pull the anchor and get underway for home. The weather is overcast and the water is slightly choppy. The Anglers are all tired and eager to get home. Good fishing. Please check in tomorrow afternoon for an ETA into our San Diego Port. Jeff, Tommy, John, Sean, Frank, Billy, Ed and Rollo

06-08-2007 - Fish report just in from Jeff. The weather continues to hold steady, warm and beautiful. The fishing continued this morning from the crack of dawn. Good showing of tuna today. 80-82 tuna on-board, most were in the 30-50# class with a bonus of 5 tuna with an extimated weight from 60-100#. Once again, good action and quality of Yellowtail. The guys were busy all day. Weâ€™re going to try our skills one more time tomorrow morning and then head for home in the afternoon. Take care and thanks for checking in. Jeff, Tommy, and the boys

06-07-2007 - Absolute Stellar yellowtail fishing... Just in from Jeff. Last nights evening bite was the best Yellowtail fishing of all time. This mornings catch on yellowfin was decent, but like clock work the tuna made their way to other areas, So the gang pickup more Yellowtail fishing. Size wise we had great quality 45-50 pounds. The guys are totally worn out, but they never give up, theyâ€™re still fishing. The weather is a bit choppy and quite windy, but we plan to work this area again Friday. This is just typical springtime bonanza fishing. For our dinner menu Ed and Rollo plan on.... You guessed it... Yellowtail. What a great day.. Jeff, Tommy and the Indy Boys.

06-06-2007 - A report from Jeff. He indicated that last night after he made his report he left the wheelhouse just in time to watch and OUTSTANDING catch of yellowtail. Over the rail one-by-one everyone was just having fun. This is what makes fishing at its finest. The tuna made their presence be known that today most were in the 50-pound category. We took on more yellowtail today with one exceeding 60 pounds. Weather is a little breezy, but still ok. The sun is about to set and the group is still fishing for yellowtail. About time to call it a night and sit down to a great dinner being prepared by Ed and Rollo. Lamb is on the menu with all the fixings. We plan to hit this area again tomorrow so check in for more reports after nightfall. Captain Jeff, Tommy and the Indy Boys.

06-05-2007 - Jeff called in his report tonight. They arrived at there destination at 7am this morning. and had some action on some yellowtail and Yellowfin. Most of the Yellowtail were in the 45-pound range. The Yellowfin tuna were in the 50-pound category. Conditions were not the best for us on the first day but we plan to stick it out again tomorrow. All in all everyone seemed to be happy with the srart to the trip. Weâ€™re going to get some good rest tonight and be hard at it tomorrow. Jeff, Tommy and the Indy Crew.

06-04-2007 - A small report from the Independence. Jeff indicated Fisherman's Hardware had lots of give-a-ways for every Angler last night after dinner. The weather is great and they should reach their destination tomorrow morning and will have a report tomorrow evening after dinner. Have a great day. Captain Jeff, Tommy and the Indy Crew.

06-03-2007 - Hello Anglers, We just left the dock today on an 8-day trip. We have a full load of Bait and we are headed South. Thanks to our sponsor Fishermanâ€™s Hardware Huntington Beach and our chatermaster Mo Alcala.. We have a new phone system that won't be data ready for a few more weeks and then we'll be back to normal. So all the reports will have to be called in at dayâ€™s end. Please check back for updated reports. Jeff, Tommy, John, Sean, Billy, Ed, Rollo, and Frank

06-02-2007 - Good day, Anyone that is scheduled to go on trip#6 departing on June 3rd. Message from Jeff, Judy will begin sign-in at approx 7:30, instead of 8:30. if everyone is there early we will depart early. See you all soon. Jeff

05-27-2007 - the Independence will arrive at Point Loma Sportfishing at approximately 7am on Monday May 28. Have a safe Holiday.

05-24-2007 - Good Day everyone, we had good travelling weather today, and not too much to report except 1 bluefin tuna on the troll. The Independence will dock at Point Loma Sportfishing Friday May 25 at 6:15am.

05-23-2007 - Good afternoon everyone, we are on our way back to San Diego at the present time. The morning started off on a slow note, but quickly changed around 0800. Things got going, and I am sorry to say we had too head for home, but not before tagging 40 mixed fish. The weather is good, and most people are resting, and reading etc.we will have a better picture of Fridays ETA tomorrow, so check in then. See you later, the Indy gang

05-22-2007 - Well, I have to say it does not get any better for springtime fishing down here. We had just outstanding fishing today again. Some of the yellowtail exceeded 50 lbs., and the tuna were ever present again. If this is a sign of things to come, sign me up for a full share. The weather continues to be perfect as well. I really look forward to the 8-day trips coming up in a week or so. We plan on sticking around again tomorrow for the a.m. hit, and then heading it for the barn. Thanks for tuning in, Jeff and the Indy gang

05-21-2007 - Good evening everyone, we made the run further south, and it has made a significant difference for us. We have had spectacular fishing today on tuna and yellowtail. We always had a couple going, and at times 5 or 6 fish hanging. Most fish 25 to 50 lbs., and a handful of standouts, 75 to 80 LB fish. Everyone is having the greatest time ever. The weather is outstanding as well. We hope to repeat this tomorrow. Wish us luck, Jeff and the Indy crew

05-19-2007 - Good afternoon everyone, we arrived back in San Diego this morning, and weighed up our jackpots. First place fish was a 41lb. Yellowtail caught by Dan Caves. Second place was 37-lb. yellowtail caught by Robin Joo. We want to thank Youngâ€™s tackle and Izorline for sponsoring the trip. We are currently headed back out on another 6-day extravaganza with high hopes. This trip is sponsored by big fish tackle. The weather is good at this time, and we are making good speed down the coast. We will report again tomorrow when we can. Thanks for checking in on us, Jeff and the Indy crew, Tommy John, Sean, Mike, Frank, and Ed & Garret.

05-18-2007 - The Indy will dock at approximately 6:00am on Saturday. The Sat phone for emails were working properly, therefore I did not receive any updates on fishing for Thursday. All anglers departing on Saturdays trip we plan to make an early departure, Sign-in begins at approx. 7:30am, not 8:30am

05-18-2007 - Hello today was very slow in the offshore fishing department. The weather is a bit breezy as well. We will return to port tomorrow at 0600, good night, and the Indy crew

05-16-2007 - Hello again everyone, here is the report for today. We stayed in the general area as yesterday and had some really, really good yellowtail fishing on jigs, and bait. Toadies grade of fish was even better than yesterdayâ€™s grade. Today was straight bigguns biting all day long. We have not made up our minds what to do for tomorrow, but we are going to try something different. Good night from the Indy crew

05-15-2007 - Good evening everyone. Here is what we know so far. Yesterday was spent off shore looking at some favorite early season areas. We saw quite a few kelps for not too much, mostly small yellows, and some bonito. Today we had good fishing on good grade yellowtail, 18 to 30 lbs. along with lots of wind. We plan on sticking around here to see what tomorrow brings for us. Thanks for checking in, Jeff, Klye and the Indy crew

05-13-2007 - Hello everyone, here is what we have been doing on the independence. First, we spent 3 months doing our annual boat work, haul out etc.. Nothing too extreme, just subtle improvements where needed. We did run a 3-day freezer special 2 weeks ago and it was a success. We are currently on a 6-day trip that we departed on today, May 13 Th. We have decent weather and a good load of bait, and are heading down the coast. That pretty much gets us up to speed on the water. We have 2 great sponsors this trip, Izoreline (Steve Ichinokuchi) and Youngâ€™s Tackle (Robin Joo). We will report again tomorrow, Jeff, Kyle and the Indy crew, John, Tommy, Sean, Ed and Garret

02-10-2007 - We have been in for a couple of days and just wanted to post our final trip report. The jackpot fish for the trip went to Louie Marzari with a 257.2 yellowfin tuna, 2nd place went to Dave Rocchi with a 137.2 yellowfin and thrid place was Dave Holbert with 126.6 yellowfin caught on 40 lb. test. Overall this was the toughest(fishing wise) long trip we have made on the Indy in it's short time running. On the upside we had great weather the entire time out. We would like to thank everyone onboard this year, as well as Rick Ozaki from west coast marketing and Harry Alajajyan from Avet reels for the thousands of dollars of prizes they give away on the trip. The trip next year will be set to go on Jan. 6th 2008. please call rick to confrim your spot. Have a nice day.

02-06-2007 - We have an approximate ETA for the Indy 6:30am on Wednesday. Call me later after 5pm today, hopefully we will have another time for you. Thanks Judy

02-04-2007 - Good evening everyone, We have traveled toward San Diego for the last 40 or so hours and today we stopped to break up the ride. Had a nice day in good weather catching some yellowtail up to 40 lbs. were going to do little more fishing tomorrow and then head for home sweet home. The weather looks to be good for the next few days so we should have a smooth ride. Have a great day, the Indy guys

02-03-2007 - Good day, The fishing front for us the last 2 days has been on the slow side. We have caught fish in the range of 30 to 100 lbs. but the cows have been absent in our search and search we have. The weather came up a bit today which did not help the cause. We are going to try fishing tuna 1 more day and hope for the best. Have a great day, The Indy crew.

02-02-2007 - Hello, Today the was much better as we tagged about 40 fish in which 20 were 90 to 130 lbs. with one of those going 225 lbs. or better. The weather was nicer as well which I think made the fish go on the bite again. We are headed up the line and it's choppy. Thatâ€™s all folks. Good night.

01-31-2007 - Hello again, Here's the run down for the last two days at hurricane. Fishing, well let's just say it was slow we picked up 6 wahoo and tagged about (70) 25 to 50 lb. tuna not what we had in mind for the bank that has been so good to the fleet the past few years. We are now on your way looking for greener pastures, Hot stick today was Ric "the Sarge" Levy with 2 nice wahoo and a few tuna, he also would like to say hi to his new bride Kim and that he misses her and can't wait to get home. Hopefully tomorrow is our day. Mark, Paul and the guys.

01-29-2007 - Hello again, Here's the latest from the Indy, we have made a move from the coast out to hurricane bank to try there for a few days and see how it treats us. Fishing overall is slow in the long-range world so we are looking hard with the other boats to find an area of improved angling. On the bright side the weather has been magnificent and we still have lots of time to put together a good trip. We will be at the bank at about 3 am so wish us luck we need it. The Indy guys

01-26-2007 - Hello everyone, We have started the trip out in the big fish grounds on the coast and after the first full day of fishing we did not even hook a fish. There were some fish that we saw early in the morning that would not boil or bite. So far this morning of the second day we have 2 fish that are in the 100-pound range and we see fish around the boat steady so hopefully they will turn on and bite well for us. The weather has been very good since we left the dock, flat seas and almost no wind. Thanks for checking in, Mark and Paul and the guys.

01-23-2007 - Hello again everyone, We are back out for our final trip of the 06/07 season with the west coast marketing group and Avet reels. We departed at 08:30 and took on a very nice load of both sardines and mackerel. We are currently headed south in very nice weather pondering where to start the trip, as fishing over the entire lower Baja zone seems to be in a funk at the moment. Our hopes are high things will change as we are coming into the full moon phase period which always has been one of my favorite times of the month to fish. The full moon brings change to the ocean so it's our hope it will be for the better. Rick Ozaki from West Coast tackle and Harry Alajajyan from Avet reels are on board with lots of great tackle and reels to giveaway to the group. We will check back in later as we are going to prepare our gear for the next couple of days. Take care, Mark, Paul, Sean, Tommy, Frank, Mike, Ed and Rolf.

01-22-2007 - Weâ€™d like to take a few moments and thank Alex from Rusty Hook and everyone on his trip. Our Jackpot winners were as follows: 1st place Nick Appleton, Tempe AZ with a 260.4 YFT, 2nd place Ronald Puhl, Port Orford, OR with a 256.8 YFT and 3rd place Nicholas Puhl Port Orford, OR with a 239 YFT. We were happy to have everyone onboard and want you all to return again next year. Independence Crew.

01-20-2007 - The Indy will arrive at Point Loma Sportfishing on Sunday. 1/21/07 6:45am-7am Have a great day.

01-17-2007 - Hello from the independence. We fished for a couple of hours this morning but only managed to tag a Wahoo and 6 fish from 60 to 100 lbs. We are on our way home now with somewhat choppy seas. Check back for further updates on our arrival back into port. See you later the Indy crew

01-16-2007 - Good evening everyone, here is a quick rundown for today. There were better signs of fish today. We got off to an early start with good action on the 40-lb. Tuna; some times a bigger tuna would slide in off the rail. Ending the day with 11 tuna in the 110 to 140 lb. range and 1 fish at 175lbs. A couple of good size tuna were lost but the guys were totally encouraged to keep trying. We are going to fish for a couple of hours tomorrow, and call it a trip. The weather showed signs of improving late this afternoon. Thanks for checking in, Jeff and the Indy crew

01-15-2007 - Hello again everyone, things are not a whole lot better out here. Today we tagged 3 wahoo, and the majority of our catch consisted of 30 to 40 lb. tuna, with a few of those 95 to 125 tuna mixed in. we had wind and a little rain as far as the weather is concerned. We have 1 more day here to make things happen, and I hope, really hope things turn around for us. Talk to you all tomorrow, Jeff and the Indy crew

01-14-2007 - Well, today was black Sunday. Not only did the chargers lose; we didn't do any business out here to speak of. We had lots of rain and wind for the most part, and there was a distinct lack of fish sign for everybody out here today. We tagged 1 wahoo and 3 small tuna, pretty poor. We are going to try this tomorrow in hope things turn around for us. Jeff and the Indy crew

01-13-2007 - Hello, we started off with some early morning action, which turned into a classic â€œkeep a few goingâ€? for the most part. We saw more of 120 to 150 grade fish today, as well as a 170, 198, and a 225. We ended up with 23 fish that were at least 100 lbs. and about the same number of 50 to 70 lb. fish. Thereâ€™s a pretty good sign; hopes are to keep scratching for the next few days. The weather is a bit windy, so that has kept the seiners idle for most of the day. Thanks for checking in, Jeff and the Indy crew

01-12-2007 - We had some action today on tuna from 85 to 140 lbs. we tagged 20 fish, and 3 wahoo. We didnâ€™t see or hook anything larger than that today with the exception of a few bigger blowouts around the bank today. We had good conditions all day. We are going to try this again tomorrow. See ya then, Jeff and the Indy crew

01-11-2007 - Here is the latest. We have been travelling and doing some prospecting along the way, with not much to show except lots of kite baits, and lots of chunks. We will arrive at the bank shortly after midnight tonight, and we expect to fish down here for the next 5.5 days. The weather is absolutely gorgeous; this is the way it is supposed to be. Thanks for checking in on us, Jeff, Kyle and the Indy guys, John, Ron, Mike, Frank, Ed and Rolf.

01-10-2007 - The Indy had a tough day of fishing as they looked around the general zone yesterday. They did come up with 4 fish to 100 pounds and are now making a move to the Hurricane bank. They will arrive on Friday morning so stay tuned then for updates. Jeff, Kyle & Indy Boys

01-09-2007 - Good evening everyone, here is what we know at this point. We spent the day looking around the general zone as yesterday, and saw quite a bit of fish today, but they were reluctant to bite the hooks. We did manage to catch 4 fish in the 80 to 100 lb. class. We have really good weather as well. We are currently headed to another part of the ocean to finish the remainder of our trip. We will check in tomorrow. See ya then, Jeff and the Indy crew

01-08-2007 - Well, here we go again. Today we spent the day looking for the big ones we were after the last trip. We were blessed with absolutely perfect weather. We found a couple of spots that wanted to bite, and ended up with a good score on tuna from 150 to 240 lbs., with 6 fish over 200 lb., and 14 fish total. I would like to point out something really unique, we have 3 generations of the Puhl family from Oregon on board, and they each caught a cow today from 225 to 240 lbs. two of them are complete beginners, and now there is no stopping them. We are going to try this again tomorrow, Jeff, Kyle and the Indy crew

01-07-2007 - Good afternoon. Just a quick update. We have been rigging everyone up for the last couple of days, and on a southerly course we have been travelling. The weather is still in the toilet, as we can not get a break. We are going to be in the lower zone tomorrow looking at the area from last trip. Thanks for checking in Jeff, Kyle and the Indy crew

01-06-2007 - We departed yesterday on another extravaganza, this one a 16-day sponsored by the Rusty Hook Tackle Shop of San Pedro. We loaded the boat with choice sardines, and shortly after all the great raffles were handed out departed under less than perfect weather, as we have lots of wind and a gigantic swell. We are hoping that things calm down for us soon. Right now we are headed south, and will make up our minds where to start our trip. Please wish us luck, Jeff, Kyle, John, Mike, Ron Frank, Ed and Rolf

01-04-2007 - Happy new year to everyone, The boat returned today from our final trip of 2006 which was a 9 day trip, next year this will be a 10 day trip so we can take full advantage of the Mag. bay area that we have done so well in this and last year on the big YFT. The big fish for the trip are as follows: Biggest fish went to James Garrison with a 292 pound yellowfin tuna, 2nd place went to Walt Bogue with a 285 pound yellowfin tuna and 3rd place fish ended up going to Mike Bruer with a 278 pound yelowfin. Total there were 14 fish at 200 pounds or better, others to reach the milestone mark were David Anderson 248, Brian Longmore 205, Greg Anderson 226, Randell Loomis 217, Angel Mejia 206, Mike Bruer with another at 238, Phillp Anderson 278, Dustin Watson 246, Jeff Lucas 271, Edward Otero 254 and 235 to round out the big fish. As you can see the fish this year are really stout. We would like to thank everyone for making the trip this year with us. If anyone is thinking of trips for next year please call the offfice as we still have room in the spring and fall of 2007 and are taking stand-by's for the summer trips. Thanks for tuning in.

01-03-2007 - Good evening everyone, today we targeted big yellowtail, and boy oh boy were we pleased with our day. We didnâ€™t do much in the early part of the day, but the noon to dark part was just as good as it gets on yellows 18 to 30 lbs.. Everything was working on them, jigs, bait etc.... the weather was a plus as well, less than 20 kts. We are headed up the line right now, and might try for a couple of red fish in the morning before calling it a trip. Thanks for checking in, Jeff and the Indy crew

01-03-2007 - The Indy will arrive at Point Loma Sportfishing on Thursday. 1/4/07 6am Have a great day.

01-02-2007 - Hello again from the independence. Here is the report for New Yearâ€™s day. Today we had great action on smaller tuna, and good grade of yellowtail. After driving around for the last 3 days it was nice to just stop and fish on the anchor. Everyone had a great time in the warm sunshine, yanking and pulling. We are currently headed up to tomorrowâ€™s hot spot, and again it is choppy weather. Happy 2007, Jeff and the Indy guys

01-01-2007 - Good evening and happy New Year to everybody from us here on the independence. Today was spent looking for those mega cows, and we again were fortunate to connect on some beauties this afternoon. We managed to land 7 fish, 1 at 280, and 2 at 260, a 240, and a 215, and a couple of 150's. The father son team Phillip and Greg Anderson had a good day, Phillip landed a 280 and dad landed a 215, also David Anderman had a # 260, along with Edward Otero another 260 the weather has made things difficult for the most part. We are going to start making our way up the coast and try for some more yellows and smaller tuna. Today was a great way to end 2006. See ya later Jeff and the Indy crew

01-01-2007 - The Independence Crew wish all of you a Very Happy and safe New Year. Judy