Independence Sportfishing - San Diego, CA


August 2014

Fish Report & Photo Archive

Tahoe Tuna club......

by Indy Crew, 8-02-2014



Good evening everybody, we departed on the 7th annual Tahoe tuna club 7 day extravaganza with a great load of sardines and a boat load of friends on board. Not long after we got underway we were in tuna country and put together a nice afternoon catching yellowfin tuna, 15 to 25 lb.ers till dark. Everyone got to pull on a couple of fish, and I think we will stick around here tomorrow and see what happens. Great weather too. Thanks for checking in, Jeff and the Indy crew

Stuck in U. S. Waters

by Indy Crew, 8-04-2014


Not that we mind fishing in California, but this is great fishing for trophy bluefin tuna, and schoolie yellowfin 15 to 25 lb. Today was another fun day with ample chances at both species of tuna. 11 of the bigguns and plenty of the yellowfin for everyone today. Great weather as well. We are going to make a move tonight and see if we can find some yellowtail for tomorrow. Wish us luck, Jeff and the Indy crew

Change of scenery.......

by Indy Crew, 8-05-2014



We made the move to another fishing destination, and by sun down we had some good grade fish for the effort. We plan on fishing around here tomorrow in hopes of some classic yellowtail action for everyone. All is well here on the Indy, and everyone says a big hello to hot dog, and we hope to see you next year. Good weather is abundant down here as well. Thanks for checking in on us, Jeff and the Indy crew, lots of pictures on FaceBook.

GREAT DAY TODAY.....

by Indy Crew, 8-06-2014


Good evening from the independence. We had another great day today, as things got going early with a couple of flurries of White Sea bass, followed by great action on yellowtail. Salas 6 x jr was a big hit for the yellows, and everything else worked. We were steady for hours. The wind was up today, but it couldn't spoil the hot action out here. We are hoping for a repeat tomorrow, so wish us luck, Jeff and the Indy crew

ETA 8/9/14

by Indy Crew, 8-08-2014


ETA. 7am 8/9/14 another fish report later today

ETA Tahoe Tuna Club Returns

by Indy Crew, 8-08-2014


Yellows & butts
Well we finished the trip today with a combo drift for halibuts and some yellowtail. We got a hand full of butts and some yellows for the effort. Very nice weather to travel home as well. We will be in around 0700 , sea ya then, Jeff and the Indy crew

Tahoe tuna club jack pot winners

by Indy Crew, 8-09-2014


Tahoe tuna club jack pot winners
Hello everyone, we returned this morning from our 7th Annual Tahoe Tuna club 7 day trip. We had a really nice trip this year, and a super nice group to fish with. The jack pot winners are as follows, Mike Churkin 1st place with a 77lb. bluefin tuna, Dan Hoover 2nd place with a 76.5 lb. bluefin tuna, Tom Pierson 3rd place with a 76lb. bluefin tuna. Great job everyone, and much, much thanks for another great trip this year, thanks to all who made it such a huge success.
We are currently out on the Rusty Hook 7-day with a good load of bait, and some very eager fisherman. Check out the reports in a few days and see what's going on out here. Sea ya then, Jeff and the Indy crew

FISHING BLUEFIN AGAIN

by Indy Crew, 8-11-2014


FABULOUS FISHING TODAY......
Hello again from the independence. We had another super fun day fishing in the u s a. today. Things got going shortly after daylite , and the large bluefin put on a great show for us. 60 to 100 lb. fish were the rule, and picture perfect weather made it even more enjoyable. Everyone had multiple chances at these trophy bluefin, and when the final one hit the deck we had tallied up 26 jumbo bluefin for the effort. Mix in a few casualties that normally occur with this caliber fish , but over all everyone did really well. We are having some difficulty sending all the pictures, but we will as soon as we can. At present the Mexican government has lifted the ban on fishing for bluefin tuna in Mexican waters, so this will be hugely beneficial to the San Diego fleet in the next few months. The sword fish spotter planes are still reporting huge volumes of bluefin still around down there, so don't be left out on this great fishery. By the way we have some openings on the coast side fishing 8 day coming up, check it out on the web. Sea ya soon, more reports to come. Jeff

STEADY ACTION TODAY.....

by Indy Crew, 8-12-2014


Hello everyone, this is what we know. We fished the beach today for excellent results. 20 to 30 lb. yellowtail were the target, and fishing was full speed at times. The surface pluggers 7x guys did really well, as everything was the hot ticket. We achieved daily limits easily, and the weather was just beautiful. We are on to the next stage of this voyage, and will report again, sea ya then, Jeff

Nice Bluefin

by Indy Crew, 8-14-2014


Nice one angler christyne buteyn

CharterMaster Alex

by Indy Crew, 8-14-2014


Bluefin over the rail

FANTASTIC FISHING TODAY......

by Indy Crew, 8-14-2014


Hello again from the independence. Today was really enjoyable fishing for yellowfin & bluefin tuna. Biting fish throughout the day with the afternoon and morning being the best. The bluefin were up to 90 lbs. and some were bigger I imagine. Picture perfect weather made the day even better for all. Things look good out here; I hope you all get a chance to get in on this great fishing rite now. We are going to give this another look tomorrow, sea ya then, Jeff

Bluefin comin in

by Indy Crew, 8-14-2014


Bill's Bluefin

ETA

by Indy Crew, 8-15-2014


The Independence will be arriving at Point Loma Sportfishing at 0530 Saturday. For those of you going on Saturdays trip Judy will start sign-in at 0700. Be sure you bring your PASSPORTS. See you then.

ETA

by Indy Crew, 8-15-2014


The Independence will be arriving at Point Loma Sportfishing at 0530. For those of you going on Saturdays trip Judy will start sign-in at 0700. Be sure you bring your PASSPORTS. See you then.

Last Day of Rusty Hook trip

by Indy Crew, 8-15-2014


Hello again everyone, today was spent in pursuit of tuna. We scratched away at some bluefin in the morning and then some yellowfin in the afternoon. Over all they were reluctant to bite the hooks. It was a good way to spend the day, and end the trip. We will be back to San Diego tomorrow, 0530. Sea ya then, Jeff and the Indy crew

Rusty hook 7 day results

by Indy Crew, 8-16-2014


We arrived this morning from a awesome 7 day trip with our host Alex Matsumoto from the Rusty Hook Tackle. Great fishing for jumbo bluefin tuna, yellowfin , and yellowtail. The jackpots are as follows, 1st place went to Joe Bosnich with a 112 lb. bluefin, 2nd place was Fred Wanke with a 100.5 lb. bluefin , 3rd place was Ted Martizia with a 100 lb. bluefin tuna. Many , many thanks to everyone who made the trip this year, see you all soon. We cleared the point at 1200 hrs with a good load of bait, and 7 days to put something together in fish world. Avet reels is the proud sponsor this trip, and Harry Alajajyan was gracious in his raffle , as one third of our passengers won a new 2 speed reel today. We are off and running for points south, please wish us luck, Jeff

Yellows in the sun.....

by Indy Crew, 8-19-2014


Good evening everyone, we started off fishing for yellowtail, and put together a excellent day on the forkies. Beautiful grade 20 to 30 lb. fish on tap, big schools biting really well for most of the day. All methods were the hot ticket, surface pluggers , yo yo jiggin , or just cast out a bait. Grease calm weather, and blue planet visuals, yellows crashing all over the place , made for a super fun day on the Indy. We caught a couple tanks of bait, and are going to try some nite fishing , so wish us luck, Jeff

Tuna Action Today...

by Indy Crew, 8-20-2014



We were in travel / fish mode today, and put together a afternoon on beautiful 18 to 30 lb. yellowfin tuna. We ran out of day lite, but tomorrow we will be around here somewhere. Beautiful weather is on tap for the next few days. Sea ya later, Jeff

WOW GREAT DAY ON DA INDY.

by Indy Crew, 8-21-2014


Good evening to all from the independence. We started the day with some biting bluefin tuna, and ended the day with a biting school of bluefin tuna. Great fishing today for 30 to 50 lb fish, and some 18 to 20 lb. as well. Flat calm weather made for an even better scenario out here. Everyone , including myself & the crew had a blast today, really great visuals going on through out the day, blue planet stuff. We are going to try for some AHI tomorrow, so check in and see how the day goes, sea ya then, Jeff

Ending In style!!!!

by Indy Crew, 8-22-2014


Hey there everyone, we had some EXCELLENT fishing today for beautiful yellowfin tuna. 18 to 30 lb. fish were biting wide open for a few hours shortly after day lite. It was like an aquarium, as the volume of fish was impressive to say the least. The rest of the day we spent scratching fish here and there. This was a great way to end the trip. We are going to be back to the dock at 0530 tomorrow, sea ya then , Jeff

Avet 7 day returns...

by Indy Crew, 8-23-2014



The Indy returned this morning with a great catch of bluefin tuna, yellowfin tuna, and yellowtail. The jack pot winners are as follows, 1st place Tina Rudolics with a 44 lb. bluefin tuna, 2nd place. Bill Sullivan with a 40 lb. bluefin, 3rd place Doug Townsend with a 39 lb. bluefin tuna. Many thanks to Harry alajajyan for all the reels he gave away, and to everyone who made the trip this year such a huge success . It was a pleasure fishing with everyone. Sea you all next year, Jeff and the Indy crew

Steven's Adventures

by Indy Crew, 8-25-2014


Hello everyone, we are out on our annual Steven's brothers 6 day adventure, weather has been great and we are having good yellowfin tuna action. The tuna are n the 12 to 25 pound range, after a busy day of YFT fishing we are going to switch gears and look for some of that bigger bluefin that has been around. Wish us luck, the Indy boys

ETA 8/29/2014

by Indy Crew, 8-28-2014


The Indy will dock at 5:30am on 8/29/14 at Point Loma Sportfishing..next trip I need to stress to everyone to be sure to bring your passports to the office at sign in. Thanks Judy

Steven's Adventures Finle

by Indy Crew, 8-28-2014


The last couple days we have enjoyed good weather and fishing, the BFT fishing was a pick bite for the most part but the quality made up for it, one stop was straight 60 to 90 pound fish that bit for a while, we also had a stop on 35-40 pound fish. Our last day was capped by a good drift on yellowfin tuna that produced 125 fish to finish us off. Another great group that Brent,Grant and Mike put together this year, and many thanks to them. We will in about 05:30, have a good night.

COASTSIDE OFF AND RUNNING......

by Indy Crew, 8-30-2014


We departed yesterday on the coast side fishing club 8 day with high hopes and a decent load of bait. Our first attempt of the day today was very rewarding, so we stuck it out and ended up with a sensational catch of big yellowtail for the effort. Everything was the hot ticket, 7 x surface plug, yo yo, or cast a bait and hang on style fishing. We are going to try for some bait tonite, and then maybe some more of this tomorrow, thanks for checking in, Jeff and the Indy crew

Nice Yellows.

by Indy Crew, 8-30-2014


Nice Yellows today...

Another fun day.....

by Indy Crew, 8-31-2014


Good evening everyone, sorry for the lack of photos for yesterday, but it was soooooo busy I didn't have even a moment to take a picture. Today I had time for a few pics from our morning, and there were some trophies to be had. Jumbo yellowtail and sea bass were on the chew and it was a fun morning. The afternoon was spent with sporadic yellowtail fishing. Great weather all day made it even better. Sea ya all later, Jeff