Indy Update 01/01/10

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

INDY UPDATE 01/02/10

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

INDY UPDATE 01/03/10

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

INDY UPDATE 01/05/10

GOT SOME, LOST SOME!!! Jeff DeBuys brought the Independence home January 5 with 29 anglers and a couple of Cows aboard. It was the Baja Fish Gear trip and chartermaster Ed Tschernoscha was also aboard.

"We had a great group," said Ed. "Lots of the guys got their best fish ever."

"There's still good sign down there," said Jeff. "We got some and we lost some. We had great fishing on Tuna of 50 to 120 pounds."

James Gollaher of Carlsbad won first place for a 238.8-pound Yellowfin tuna that took a Sardine on a 5/0 Hayabusa hook under the kite, on the boat's kite rig.

Kevin Dubler of Julian won second place for a 230-pounder he bagged with a Sardine on a 5/0 ringed Super Mutu tied to 80-pound Yo-Zuri pink line and 100-pound Line One Spectra on a Tiagra 30 W and a Fenwick six-foot rod.

Jim Stevens won third place for a 184.8-pound Tuna.

INDY UPDATE 01/06/10

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

Here We Go Again

After a brief one-night vacation, we are back at it again. We returned from our annual Baja fish gear 10 day. I would like to personally like to thank Ed Tschernoscha for another successful trip, as well as all who joined us for another new years fishing event. Jackpot winners were as follows: 1st place goes to Valadimir Kustudic of Vista, Ca, with a 180.2 Yellowfin, 2nd place goes to Kerry Iwanaga of PLACENTIA, ca, with a 177.8 Yellowfin, and 3rd place goes to Ivan Fujinaka of SAN FRANSISCO, with a 167.6 Yellowfin.. Everyone that participated in our Christmas special trip brought home several tunas over 100#. Super trip for everyone.. We are currently traveling, as we departed yesterday on yet another extravaganza, Rick Ozaki, west coast marketing 16-day trip. We have lots of good sardines as well as a boatload of top-notch fisherman eager to do battle with whatever we might encounter. Today was spent rigging, relaxing, and handing out all the HUGE giveaways for the trip. The weather looks to be in our favor, and we will report anything that might interest you all that are stuck on land. Sea you then, Jeff, Billy, Kevin, Justin, Paul M., Doug, Rolf and Ed,

INDY UPDATE 01/10/10

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

INDY UPDATE 01/11/10

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

WHAT A DAY!

Hello and good evening from the Independence. Here is a quick rundown of our day. The early morning was the best showing, but we were busy for most of the day. The quality just keeps rolling right along, as today's big fish honors go to Philip Nishida for an absolute beast that taped out at 375 lbs., in second place was Rick Ozaki for a 266lb. cow, and Charlie Smith and Dane Barriault each had 180 to 190 lb. fish. The rest of the guys had to settle for the stock grade fish, 125 to 180lb. fish. We had a fantastic day, our best day yet. The weather is great, and everyone is super high spirits. We really hope to keep the ball rolling, so please wish us luck, good night, Jeff and the Indy crew

INDY UPDATE 01/15/10

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

INDY UPDATE 01/17/10

OVER 200 LBS!!! Hello everyone, The boat has had problems sending reports in the area they have been in as well as some computer gliches. Fishing over of the weekend was sensational with 49 fish in the two days in the 130 to 285 pound range, about 7 or 8 are over the two hundred pound mark. Our weather down here has been very nice, and we are planning to spend another day in this big fish zone and try to top off the wells. We have an incredible catch on board and the plan is to start for home on Monday and do a little fishing while working home as weather permits. We will give another report when we are able to get service. Thanks for checking out our reports page. Just a reminder that deposits are now due for the 2010 season, so please let judy know if anyone has had a change in plans or you would like to get on a trip. Many trips have sold out for 2010 and we also have many stand-bys to accomodate when spots open up. Thanks very much and hope to see everyone in the upcoming season, Mark Pisano and Paul Strasser

INDY UPDATE 01/18/10

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

INDY UPDATE 01/20/10

ON HER WAY IN!!! "Skipper Jeff DeBuys called in with a report for the last day of fishing," said the report from Independence January 20. "They tried for Yellowtail on the ride north and had some action on the Yellows for the fresh well. Everyone for a chance to catch a few and then they took off north.

"With the impending storms they are making as much ground as possible and may be in a little early, weather permitting. The Indy will arrive at Point Loma Sportfishing at 6:30 AM on Friday Jan 22. If you plan to meet the boat bring your rain gear..."

INDY UPDATE 01/22/10

BUTTONED DOWN & BACKWARD!!! Independence skipper Jeff DeBuys brought the boat home to Pt. Loma Sportfishing January 22 after the last long trip of the fall-winter season, a 16-day run with 25 anglers aboard. They had six cows. The trip was sponsored by Rick Ozaki of West Coast Marketing, who was aboard as chartermaster. He had an encounter with a supercow.

Ken Buzzell of San Pedro won first place in the jackpot for a 273.9-pound yellowfin, a fish he'd been hoping for over a long time, his best tuna ever.

Ken said his tuna ate a sardine on a 5/0 ringed gorilla hook tied to 100-pound Yo-Zuri fluorocarbon.

"I got him in 15 minutes," said Ken. "He came in backward, tail-wrapped."

Buzzell used 100-pound Momoi line and 130-pound Line One Spectra on an Avet 30 W reel and a Calstar 770 H rod, wrapped for him by Alex Masumoto of The Rusty Hook.

Louie Marzari of Yorba Linda won second place for a 271-pounder.

"I'm 69," he told Bill Roecker. "He was cooperative, I got him in 20 minutes with heavy drag."

Skipper DeBuys was standing nearby.

"Man drag," said DeBuys with a grin. "Louie got him on man drag."




Louie said he baited a sardine on a 5/0 Hayabusa hook on 100-pound Seaguar fluorocarbon leader and 100-pound Yo-Zuri line, with 130-pound Power Pro Spectra. He fished with an Avet 50 reel and a Calstar Baby Boomer rod.

Tony Sanders of Torrance won third place for a 250-pounder. He also had one at 222 pounds. He said the big one fought for two and a half hours.

Sanders fished a sardine on a 6/0 ringed Super Mutu hook tied to 100-pound Blackwater fluorocarbon leader. He used 100-pound P-Line for a topshot, tied to 130-pound Izorline Spectra on a Tiagra 50 reel and a Calstar 665 XXH rod.

Jeff Liu of Alameda got a 240-pound tuna with a sardine on a 5/0 ringed Gorilla hook on 100-pound Blackwater fluorocarbon. He fished with 130-pound Line One Spectra, an Accurate ATD 50 reel and a Calstar 7465 H rod.

"My best before was a 237-pounder," said Jeff, "so I didn't beat it by much!"

Charley Smith of Menifee took 40 minutes to whip a 218-pound tuna that gobbled a sardine on a 5/0 Super Mutu hook. He went light, with 80-pound Blackwater fluorocarbon, 80-pound Izorline and 100-pound Izorline Spectra on an Avet HX reel and a Calstar 660 H rod.

Chartermaster Rick Ozaki had a good story.

"I was on a fish that was over 300 pounds for 45 minutes," he remembered. "I had him close, and I saw the line pop out of his mouth when he chewed through it."

DeBuys liked what he saw from his anglers.

"We got near-limits of tuna. This was the right group for the job," he said. "Wherever we went, wherever I turned the boat, we had good fishing. It was an expert group."

INDY UPDATE 01/26/10

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