Independence Sportfishing - San Diego, CA


July 2008

Fish Report & Photo Archive

Independence Sportfishing Fish Report

by Indy Crew, 7-03-2008


Due to technical difficulties this report is late. Here is an update for the last few days We returned from our 3-day Family trip, which was outstanding. With 15 kids on the boat we had an abundance of albacore. Great time and a great bunch of kids. We can't wait for next year. Thanks everyone. As for the trip we are on now, Monday was a travel day, Tuesday we were able to get into the elusive bluefin, Yesterday (Wednesday) we had an epic day of yellowtail fishing, the anglers even managed white seabass which were in the 50 pound category AND they managed to pull in some 40# halibut. Today we plan to stay in this area and do the same type fishing. The weather is great and everyone onboard is having a great time. They type of fishing we are having at this time is one of the best reasons for doing a 5 day trip in the summer. Don Klaus a regular onboard had his limits yesterday of yellowtail, he caught a 50#WSB and a 40# halibut. Way to go Don!!!. Thanks for checking in. the Indy Boys

Independence Sportfishing Fish Report

by Indy Crew, 7-04-2008


Happy 4th of July everyone!!! The Indy will arrive at 6am, those Anglers leaving on July 5, I will begin sign in at 7am. Get here early Parking will be at a premium on Saturday. Everyone is going Fishing.

7-05-2008


a little update from the INDEPENDENCE returning JULY 5th, 2008

Jackpot winners

1) Donald Klahs...47 lbs WSB

2) James Dahlberg... 44.8 lbs WSB

3) Jimmy Jimenez...41.8 lbs WSB

Honorable Mention... Thomas Nordstrom 36.8 lbs Halibut

Purfield

by Bill Roecker, 7-05-2008


"Our timing was good," said Independence skipper Jeff DeBuys at Pt. Loma Sportfishing July 5. He was back from a five-day charter with 26 anglers and chartermaster Dick Schafer.

"The yellowtail fishing was exceptional, and we had white seabass, giant halibut and saw good sign of bluefin on the way down," added Jeff.

Don Klahs of Valencia won first place for a 47-pound white. He said he fished a double sardine on a VMC 7/0 hook, with 60-pound Big Game line and an Avet HX reel.

James Dahlberg of San Diego won second place for a 44.8-pound seabass, and Jimmy Jimenez of Colton bagged a 41.8-pounder, good for third place.

"On the fourth of July, we came back up and got 76 albacore," noted DeBuys of the patriotic score.

Independence Sportfishing Fish Report

by Indy Crew, 7-05-2008


The Indy arrived at 6am this morning with a great catch of yellowtail, bluefin tuna, albacore, some white seabass and a few halibut. Excellent trip. Our jp winners today Were: Don Klahs 1st place with a 47# WSB, 2nd place was James Dahlberg bringing in at 44.8 WSB and Jimmy Jimenez brought home a 41.8 WSB. Honorable mentions goes to Don Klahs with a 37.4 Halibut and Thomas Nordstrom with a 36.8 Halibut. The weather and fishing couldn't have been better. We are setting out again today to try our Fishing efforts for our next group of anxious fisherman to try to out do the previous trip. Kyle (Rooster) KAERCHER at the helm, with Paul STRASSER our 2nd skipper. Still having a few difficulties with emails and internet, they work intermittently, so if any One has questions about upcoming trips; please call in until I can get my computer working properly. Thanks for checking in. Kyle, Paul and the Indy Crew

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Independence Sportfishing Fish Report

by Indy Crew, 7-08-2008


This is a brief summary of the last few days. The fishing has been very good over the last few days. We managed to land many albacore in the 20-40# range, some good signs of Yellowfin were also in the mix. Today is Tuesday and the plan was to fish for yellowtail The weather is a good as it gets, flat calm and warm. We are all having a great time, check back for more updates. Kyle, Paul, and the Indy Gang.

Albacore Ties For Best

by Bill Roecker, 7-10-2008


Kyle "Rooster" Karcher brought Independence home from a five-day trip July 10 with 30 satisfied anglers and a mixed catch. Owner Paul Strasser came along as second skipper.

"We spent three days on the albacore grounds," said Rooster, "where the water was 66 degrees, and we spent a day at Cedros where it slipped down to 61."

Stephen Nevarov of Needles won first place for a 42.4-pound albacore, which tied the one taken by Paul Hess on the Polaris Supreme earlier the same day. He said it bit a sardine on a 1/0 Gorilla hook, 30-pound Big Game line on a Penn Baja Special reel and a seven-foot Orange County Custom rod.

Vern Roberts of Naturita, CO won second place for a 40.6-pounder, and Mike Rubio of Phoenix, AZ won third place for a 37.6-pound albacore.

Independence Sportfishing Fish Report

by Indy Crew, 7-10-2008


Hello everyone, The Indy returned this morning with a great load of fish which included a various species YT Albies, yellowfin and bluefin, 1st place was Stephen Nevarov with a 42.4 Albie, Vern Roberts was 2nd place with a 40.6 albie and Mike Rubio took 3rd with a 37.6 albie. We made a quick turn-a-round and headed back out for more. Our sponsor today is Sav-on Tackle with CARLOS Estrada as our chartermaster. He has a significant amount of give-aways to be given away this evening, just in time for everyone to use their new stuff when the fish begin to bite tomorrow. My home computer is still on the fritz so bear with me when I only post every other day or so. Check back for more updates. Jeff, Kyle and the Indy boys.


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Independence Sportfishing Fish Report

by Indy Crew, 7-12-2008


Hello everyone, today's fishing was as good as it gets, we had BF, YF, Albies and other verities of fish. What a day in paradise, the water is flat calm and no wind. Everyone is having a great time. Check back for more updates. Jeff, Kyle and the Boys.

Independence Sportfishing Fish Report

by Indy Crew, 7-13-2008


Another day of excellent fishing. The water again today was absolutely perfect. Todays Stellar fishing was once again all about Albies in the 40# category, good fishing on BF. Once again they were in the 40 # category and we had a taste of Yellowtail. Austin Henderson is having a blast. On Saturday he had a 25# YT, 20# Dorado, and today he managed to bring in a 40# BF. He has done quite well for being the youngest on the boat. Way to go Austin!!!! We really have a great group on this trip. We are going to try to Have another day of this on Monday morning before we head for home. Thanks for checking in. Jeff, Kyle and the Indy boys.

Independence Sportfishing Fish Report

by Indy Crew, 7-14-2008


The Indy will arrive at 7am. Anyone going out on Tuesday trip, sign in will begin at 7:30. See you all soon

Save-On Trip Pays Off

by Bill Roecker, 7-15-2008


Five days aboard Independence with skipper Jeff DeBuys paid off with a mixed catch of albacore, bluefin, yellowfin and yellowtail for 30 anglers on a Save-On Tackle charter. DeBuys docked at Pt. Loma July 15 and weighed the best of the catch.

"We saw good sign of albacore, bluefin and some yellowfin," said Jeff. "And we had flat calm weather until yesterday, when it came up to 15 knots."

Anglers said the star of the trip was 15-year-old Austin Henderson of Bellflower, who won the jackpot for a 43-pound bluefin. Austin pitches for the Mayfair High baseball team, and said he finished off his tuna in 20 minutes. He got his prizewinner on a sardine and a 2/0 Mustad 91450 hook. He used 30-pound Ande line on a Newell 332 reel and a Calstar 700 M rod.

L. A. James of Oakland won second place for a 40.6-pound albacore, and Joe Armstead of Mountain View used 20-pound line to find a 39.2-pound longfin that was good enough for third place.

Independence Sportfishing Fish Report

by Indy Crew, 7-15-2008


The Indy returned this morning at 7am with a great catch. Included in this catch was a sufficient amount of Albacore, bluefin, yellowfin, and yellowtail. Topping off our 1st place winner today was 15-year-old AUSTIN HENERSON of South Gate California with a 43.4 Bluefin. 2nd place was a 40.6 Albacore by L.A James of Oakland Ca, and 3rd place was Joe Armstead with a 39.2 Albacore. Congratulations AUSTIN!!!. He has a way of showing even the most experienced fisherman how to do the job and get it done right. AND he's already signed up for next year. The INDY has left again today with Westcoast Marketing as our sponsor, Dave Rocchi as our chartermaster. He will be handing out a lot of give a ways and the Anglers going out on today's trip are anxious To get their hand at fishing the elusive Bluefin. Computers are up and running again so our reports should be a bit timelier. Thanks for checking in. Jeff, Kyle, John, Shawn, Frank, Ed, Rollo, and Justin.

Independence Sportfishing Fish Report

by Indy Crew, 7-16-2008


We fished offshore today, had a good sample of yellowtail, and yellowfin. Greg Hillman brought in a nice yellowtail off the kelp patties. I trust he will be weighing In on that one. JOHN ALEXOPOULOS would like to wish his beautiful bride REBECCA of 20 years a HAPPY ANNIVERSARY. We plan to fish this area Again for what ever we can find. Check back for more updates on the good fishing. Jeff, Kyle and the Indy boys.

Independence Sportfishing Fish Report

by Indy Crew, 7-17-2008


Hello from the independence, here is what we know so far. Today we fished for yellowtail, and were very busy for most of the day doing so. Everything was working, bait, jigs etc..... the weather continues to be outstanding, and we are having a great time. Some of the fish today were pushing 40 lbs., and we are going to try this again tomorrow, so wish us luck please. Thanks for checking in on Jeff, the Indy crew and us


Independence Sportfishing Fish Report

by Indy Crew, 7-18-2008


Hello again from the high seas. We had a good morning on yellowtail again today; with more of that beautiful 25 to 40 lb. fish mixed in. we also had 1 45 lb sea bass for good measure. The weather continues to be epic as well. We are traveling up to get in position for tomorrow's offshore activities. Sea you all later, the Indy crew


Independence Sportfishing Report 07-18-08

by Indy Crew, 7-18-2008


Hello again from the high seas. We had a good morning on yellowtail again today; with more of that beautiful 25 to 40 lb. fish mixed in. we also had 1 45 lb sea bass for good measure. The weather continues to be epic as well. We are traveling up to get in position for tomorrow's offshore activities. Sea you all later, the Indy crew

Independence Sportfishing Report 07-19-08

by Indy Crew, 7-19-2008


Good evening again from the independence. Today we fished offshore for a variety of game fish we are most fond of. We had good albacore fishing, yellowfin tuna, dorado, and some yellowtail. What a way to end the trip with great action for all. The weather was flat calm as well. I would rate the trip 99% perfect; the 1 percent not perfect was some of the fish escaped to fight another day.

Independence Sportfishing Report 07-19-08 II

by Indy Crew, 7-19-2008


New ARRIVAL TIME 6AM. ok not 7am .the Indy will dock at Point Loma Sportfishing at 6am on July 20, Anglers going out on tomorrows trip, may begin signing in at approx 7:00am. Looking forward to seeing you all at the dock in the morning.

Best Tuna School So Far

by Bill Roecker, 7-20-2008


Jeff DeBuys docked Independence July 20 after a five-day West Coast Marketing charter with Dave Rocchi of Cypress acting as chartermaster. There were 30 anglers aboard, and they fished offshore and at Guadalupe Island.

"We tried Guadalupe first," said Jeff, "and we saw sign of 50 to 80-pound tuna there, but they didn't want to go. Some good yellowtail did, though, so we fished there for half a day. Then we went to Cedros Island for a spectacular day on yellowtail and a white seabass.

"The rest of the time we fished offshore in 68-degree water. Yesterday afternoon I saw the best school of fish I've seen all season, and we got about 30 fish before we had to leave."

Ron Doty of Santa And won first place for a 47.2-pound yellowfin tuna that bit his sardine on a 2/0 Super Mutu hook. He said he used 25-pound Seaguar fluorocarbon leader 25-pound Ande line on a Daiwa 30 reel and a Calstar 700 ML rod.

Hot on Doty's heels, Brian Lackey of Lake Forest won second place for a 47-pounder yellowfin tuna. Mike McClure of Phoenix took third place for a 41-pound yellowfin. Ben Kaplan of Oak Park got a 39.4-pound white seabass on a flylined sardine and 25-pound line. He stood in with the winners.

Independence Sportfishing Fish Report

by Indy Crew, 7-21-2008


The Indy returned on Sunday July 20 at approximately 6am. What a great trip. Our JP winners were as follows: 1st place was Rolland Doty with a 47.2 YFT, 2nd place Was Brian Lackey with a 47.0 YFT, and taking in 3rd place was Mike McClure with a 41.6. Honorable Mention goes to Greg Hillman with a YFT weigh in at approximate 70#. This YFT took a nosedive and went slip slidin' away. He showed great attitude and sportsmanship, We would all like having someone like Greg on board each trip. Thanks to everyone that participated in The West Coast Marketing trip. Can't wait to see all of you again next year. We made a quick turn-a-round with another anxious group of Anglers to try first hand at getting into YFT and Albies. We will report again soon, check back again. Mark, Paul and the Indy boys

Independence Sportfishing Fish Report

by Indy Crew, 7-22-2008


Hello everyone we are on our Baja Paddy Hopper 5-day trip we are on our second day of fishing, our first day was very poor looking offshore for tuna and albacore. Today we fished for yellowtail at one of our favorite spots and were not disappointed, we had excellent fishing for 12 to 20 pound yellowtail and 22 fish that will go 30 to 52 pounds. Weather is excellent so we plan to fish offshore tomorrow

Independence Sportfishing Fish Report

by Indy Crew, 7-23-2008


Good evening everyone, today we made the long run back to the tuna grounds in hopes for a good hit on the tuna in the afternoon. We did catch a mix of bluefin, yellowfin and albacore late in the day and we are going to start the day tomorrow here as we saw some good signs of fish at dark. The weather remains good and the forecast is for the same the next few days, Wish us luck, the Indy guys.

Indy Takes Five

by Bill Roecker, 7-25-2008


Mark Pisano and his partner Paul Strasser docked their Independence at Pt. Loma Sportfishing July 25 after a five-day trip. Like most, they fished at Cedros Island and offshore.

The island cranked out a few monstrous yellowtail. Jeff Caliva of Loma Linda found the biggest one with a sardine on a 5/0 Mustad 94151 hook. He used 50-pound Izorline on a Trinidad 30 reel and a six and a half-foot Calstar rod.

Paul Burrows of La Canada won second place for a 45.2-pound yellow, and Jeff Bear of San Diego bagged a 39.2-pound yellowtail for third place.

Independence Sportfishing Fish Report

by Indy Crew, 7-25-2008


Good evening everyone today we arrived at Point Loma Dock at 6:30am from our annual Baja Paddy Hoppers trip. Our Jackpot winners were as follows: Jeff Saliva 1st place Yellowtail coming in at 45.2 pounds, 2nd place was Paul Burrows with a 45.2 Yellowtail and Jeff Behr with a 39.2. Congratulations guys. Nice Catch indeed. We departed on the golden group 5-day with a good load of sardines. We did stop on some kelp on the way out today and landed some nice Dorado up to 18lbs. and tomorrow we are going to be fishing off shore so wish us luck Captain Kyle, John and the Indy crew

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Independence Sportfishing Fish Report

by Indy Crew, 7-26-2008


Good evening everyone today we had good fishing offshore along with very nice weather. We ended up with a very nice mix bag of bluefin, yellowfin, Dorado, yellow tails and albacore. We are going to be fishing for more yellows and dodos tomorrow thanks for checking in on us Capt. Kyle, John and the Indy crew

Independence Sportfishing Fish Report

by Indy Crew, 7-27-2008


Good evening to all of our loyal independence followers today was another epic day of weather here off shore. And a good day of fishing to go with it. We had steady action today on Dorado up to 35lbs and yellow tail up to 25 lbs., along with some bluefin and yellow fin tuna. Tomorrow we are going to try are luck on some yellow tail so we will talk to you then Capt. Kyle, John and the rest of the wonderful independence crew

Independence Sportfishing Fish Report

by Indy Crew, 7-28-2008


Wow this is what I have to say about today. we had another epic day of weather along with an epic day of fishing. We had some hot action on 15-22lb yellow tail there were times when everyone had one on. I must say it was a very enjoyable day. We even managed a chance at some trophy 25-40 lb yellows and some guys got their personal best. Thanks for looking in on us. We will talk to you soon Capt. Kyle, John, Frank, Billy, Ben & Our Chefs Ed and Tom in the galley.


Independence Sportfishing Fish Report

by Indy Crew, 7-29-2008


The Indy will arrive on Wed Jul 30 at Point Loma Sportfishing at 6am. Anglers leaving on tomorrows trip I will begin sign in at 7am. Please arrive early due to the parking. The lot is full, you need to get there to get parking from the anglers arriving. See you in the AM.


Independence Sportfishing Fish Report

by Indy Crew, 7-31-2008


Hello again from the independence. We returned home Wednesday morning at approximately 6am. Our Jackpot winners are as follows: 1st place was Mark Backes with a yellowtail of 36 pounds, 2nd place was Tim Esposito with a Yellowfin Tuna 33.6 and 3rd place was Bill McBlaine with a 33.4 Yellowtail. We managed to make a quick turn-a-round and headed back out to sea. We are currently on our 5-day Kimura Tackle special, and have seen tuna up to 100lbs. Unfortunately did not want bite what we had to offer, but we did have good offshore action on dorado, some yellowfin tuna, & yellowtail today. The weather is great as well. Everyone on board had a good time today, and looks forward to tomorrow's yellowtail action, so please wish us luck, Jeff, Kyle and the Indy crew