Independence Fish Report for Oct. 01, 2008

Good evening, here is the report for today. We continued
our prospecting today, and were not rewarded as nicely as the previous
days. Today we looked at good water, and some good signs, but came up
empty handed. We are not quite sure what to do for tomorrow, but tune
in and see what we can muster up. The Indy crew

Independence Fish Report for Oct. 02, 2008

Hello, and good evening from us out here on the high
seas. Today we wandered into an area that had good sign of tuna up to
100 lbs., and some yellowtail, and Wahoo as well. We had a good day by
any standards. We are going to give this a try tomorrow, and hope to
have more of the same action for all to enjoy. The weather way down
here is hot, but we are not complaining, as it surely beats 20 kts. of
wind any day. Thanks for checking in on Jeff, Paul the Indy crew and us

Independence Fish Report for Oct. 3, 2008

Well, today we continued our hunt down into the
traditional lower banks tuna grounds. We did not see much in the
morning, but around noon we found some porpoise and had excellent
fishing for yellowfin tuna up to 115 lbs on multiple schools we hit.
Everyone had multiple chances at these beautiful fish. The weather
down here is really hot, as is the water!! We have to start working up
to San Diego, so we will report again tomorrow as we slide up the
line. Jeff, Paul and the Indy crew

Independence Fish Report for Oct. 3, 2008

Well, today we continued our hunt down into the
traditional lower banks tuna grounds. We did not see much in the
morning, but around noon we found some porpoise and had excellent
fishing for yellowfin tuna up to 115 lbs on multiple schools we hit.
Everyone had multiple chances at these beautiful fish. The weather
down here is really hot, as is the water!! We have to start working up
to San Diego, so we will report again tomorrow as we slide up the
line. Jeff, Paul and the Indy crew

Independence Fish Report for Oct. 04, 2008

Good evening again from us here on the independence.
Today was spent traveling up from the lower banks, looking for
anything floating that might have a fish on it. We got lucky once
again and found a large cactus that had been in the water for a while.
We did manage to catch 18 large Wahoo and some Dorado before resuming
our travel up the line. We had ample chances at these speedsters, but
that's fishing. We are going to try to stop the boat tomorrow and fish
for a while, so check in then, good night, the Indy crew

Independence Fish Report for Oct. 06, 2008

We have put together our schedule for 2009 and have added a few new trips for the 09 season. We have added some 6 and 7 day trips for the summer which will give us the chance to go further if need be to insure the best fishing possible. This will allow us to fish spots like Alijos Rocks and the Ridge as well as some of the other areas not normally fished on the 5 day trips, this can also give us more time at spots like Guadalupe island. The last few years have seen some very good fishing for yellowfin tuna and wahoo at these lower areas during the summer and fall months.

On another note, we have set our 2009 prices based on $4.00 per gallon for fuel and sincerely hope we do not have to impose a fuel surcharge as we had to do this year. In 2007 we did not charge a fuel surcharge until very late in the year when fuel started to really jump up. Fuel has become our biggest expense in running a long range operation. As many of you that have fished with us know, we are not afraid to burn fuel to find good fishing. I still think the San Diego long range fleet is a very good value price wise compared to most of the other vacation options available in today's economic times. With the price of today's fresh wild caught fish being as high as $25 dollars a pound for Ahi and no less than $15 dollars a pound for most other wild caught fish, you can see the value in the fleets' trips.

Thanks for all your support in the past and in the future. Good Luck to all and we hope to see you soon.

The Independence team

Independence Fish Report for Oct. 06, 2008

Hello. Here is the final report for our trip. Today was
spent resting and relaxing. We have been truly blessed from the fish
gods in that we have had an outstanding 10 day fishing trip, tuna,
Wahoo, yellowtail dorado. The weather was great as well. I would rate
this trip a 10, as the key ingredient was our passenger, each and
every one of them made this an exceptional voyage, and we would like a
group like this every trip. We will be back to San Diego at 0630
tomorrow, good night from the Indy crew

Independence Fish Report for Oct. 06, 2008

Hello. Here is the final report for our trip. Today was
spent resting and relaxing. We have been truly blessed from the fish
gods in that we have had an outstanding 10 day fishing trip, tuna,
Wahoo, yellowtail dorado. The weather was great as well. I would rate
this trip a 10, as the key ingredient was our passenger, each and
every one of them made this an exceptional voyage, and we would like a
group like this every trip. We will be back to San Diego at 0630
tomorrow, good night from the Indy crew

A Banner Trip

Jeff DeBuys docked Independence at Pt. Loma Sportfishing October 7 after the 10-day Fishin' Fools Tackle charter with Dennis Evans as chartermaster.

"Alijos Rocks continues to pump out excellent fishing," said Jeff, "and it's also very good for wahoo. We had very good fall fishing; a banner trip."

Two big tuna came on the kite. One weighed 118 pounds, and the other was a 114-pounder taken by Dennis Saylors.

Ken Aiso of Long Beach won first place for a 107-pound tuna he got with a sardine on a 5/0 Eagle Claw hook tied to 50-pound Blackwater fluorocarbon and 60-pound Izor Spectra backing on an Avet HX reel and a Calstar 74656 XL rod.

Karl Moreman of Rancho Santa Fe won second place for a 104-pounder, and Tony O'Connell of Santa Monica got third place for a 101-pound Alijos Rocks yellowfin tuna.

Independence Fish Report for Oct. 07, 2008

We would like to take this opportunity to thank everyone that participated on our Annual Fish 'N Fools trip. Our jackpot winners today were as follows: 1st place goes to Ken Aiso with a 107.4 yellowfin, 2nd place goes to Karl Moseman pulled in a 104.4 yellowfin and rounding off 3rd place to Tony O' Connell with a 101.4 yellowfin. GOOD fishin' guys. Honorable mention goes to Norman Chibana with a pound yellowfin, and Joey Nakagawa had a 109.5 yellowfin. We need to mention that overall we brought home 7 yellow fin over 100 pounds today. There were several big tuna pushing 100. Everyone on this trip had a great time and we'll see you next year. Super trip!! The Indy did a quick turn-a-round and headed back to sea for another 10-day trip. Thanks for checking in. Mark, Kyle and the Indy boys.

Independence Fish Report for Oct. 09, 2008

Hello everyone, We have departed on our 2nd 10 day trip of the year with the chi-chi's Arriba tuna club. We have a good load of sardines on board and a great group of guys as well, we are on the first day of traveling south. So far we have hit a few kelps and have caught some nice yellowfin tuna and dorado. The weather is very, very nice and warm. We plan to start short and see what Norbert is going to do and go from there. We have constant up-date's direct from the satellite and will fish in the safe zone well north of the hurricane. Wish us luck and have a great day. The indy boys.

Independence Fish Report for Oct. 09, 2008

Hello everyone,Here,s our report for the last day and a half of fishing. We have had good action on yellowfin tuna, wahoo and yellowtail. The wahoo have been on the larger side and the tuna have been in the 18 to 40 pound range. The weather has been great with flat seas and sunny warm tropical skies and sunsets. We are still waiting to see where hurricane Norbert goes ashore before we make our next move. Us and our code boats are still watching this system very carefully to make the best decision where to fish for the upcoming days ahead. Wish us luck, the Crew of the independence

Independence Fish Report for Oct. 12, 2008

Hello from the independence, here's our report for the last day and a half. On Saturday we had some wind and seas to deal with from the system that passed through California so we hugged the coast and fished some of the many high spots for some Yellowtail and a few tuna and Dorado along with one Wahoo. With hurricane Norbert passing well south of us and going ashore we have made a run south looking for wahoo and larger tuna. It's now Sunday morning early and we have had some good fishing on yellowtail along with a mix of tuna. The weather today is good and getting better all the time. We will see how today goes and may head offshore tomorrow , wish us luck,the guys on the independence.

Independence Fish Report for Oct. 15, 2008

Hello again, We are traveling up the line fishing our way home.In the last two days we have had excellent fishing at times and some slow times as well.Today being Wednesday we had picture perfect weather.In the last 48 hours we have had everything from flat calm seas to 40 knots of wind with big seas to go with it.In the fishing department we have seen as good as it gets dorado and tuna fishing along with some nice Wahoo to 60 pounds and yellowtail to 40 pounds. The group of guys we have on board have been a lot of fun to fish with as many have never done a ten day trip before and have had an opportunity of see first hand some of the great fishing the baja coast has to offer. We are now finishing up fishing for some Yellowtail on the way home. We'll be in early Friday morning and will post an tomorrow. Have a good day, the Indy boys.

Independence Fish Report for Oct. 16, 2008

Good morning, This is our final report from sea, we will
return to Point Loma at about 06:00 hours on Friday. Today's a travel
day and the ocean is absolutely beautiful, no wind and 2 to 3 foot
seas, last night was like sleeping at home. We are breaking down the
tackle and watching movies and the crew is busy cleaning and doing
maintenance on the boat in preparation for the next trip. We will post
the JP winners in a day or two from the trip. Pete Walker the charter
master on this trip put together a fantastic group and there maybe
some spots on next years trip so give us a call if the 2009 date fits
your schedule. Take care, Mark, Kyle, Sean, Frank, Ed, Tom, Ben and
Justin

The Independence has an upcoming 10 day trip departing October 17th with some spots. The Chartermaster is reducing the price to $2,495. Call Judy now at (619) 226-6006 to get in on the action.

Had to Hide

"We had to hide from the hurricane for a little," said Independence skipper Mark Pisano at Pt. Loma Sportfishing October 17, "but we ended up making a good trip out of it with plenty of school tuna."

Pisano captained the boat on a ten-day Chi Chi's Arriba Tuna Club trip with 23 anglers. He posed for a picture with Pete Walker of Huntington Beach, who caught a 54-pound wahoo on a "Baby Dorado Marauder."

Richard Henry won first place on the trip for a 51.2-pound wahoo. Gerald Holtz won second place for a 48.2-pound "skinny," and Mark Greul took the third place spot with a 37-pound yellowtail.

Independence Fish Report for Oct. 17, 2008

We arrived back in San Diego this morning at approximately 6:15am. Did our weigh in and our Jackpot winners were as follows: 1st place was Richard Henry with a 51.2 Wahoo, 2nd place goes to Gerald Holtz with a 48.2 Wahoo, and 3rd place goes to Mark Greul with a 37.0 Yellowtail.

We want to take this opportunity to thank our Charter master Pete Walker and the guys for putting together an excellent trip and his anglers that were an especially good group of guys to fish with. Thanks again, Mark and the Indy Boys.

Independence Fish Report for Oct. 19, 2008

Hello and good evening from the independence. We left San Diego on Friday on our annual Kimura's Tackle 10 day trip. After traveling for some time, we stopped at various spots and caught yellowtail today. We did capture 1 Wahoo as well. We are going to keep working down for tomorrow, and try for tuna, and Wahoo. Please wish us luck, Jeff, John and the Indy crew, Steve, Frank, Justin, Ed, & Rolf

Independence Fish Report for Oct. 20, 2008

Hello from us out here on the high seas. Just like yesterday we had good yellowtail fishing and today along with very good tuna fishing for school size fish. Not much sign of Wahoo, as they are hard to come by these days. The weather continues to be good, just enough wind to help keep us cool while winding & grinding in the hot sun.

We plan on checking another area for tomorrow, so please wish us luck, Jeff, John and the Indy crew

Independence Fish Report for Oct. 21, 2008

Things were not as busy as yesterday, and the over all picture looked different all together. We did manage to catch some tuna, yellowtail, Dorado. The weather is still picture perfect. We are going to look offshore tomorrow in hopes of some more tuna. Thanks for checking in on us, the Indy crew.

Independence Fish Report for Oct. 22, 2008

Today went as follows. We experienced flat out, wide-open action on school size tuna, 25 to 35 lbs. for most of the morning before calling it quits and moving on to greener pastures. The fish were readily available to all. The rest of the day was spent looking in open waters for something floating, but we found nothing. The weather was a bit breezy in the afternoon, but still manageable. We are running to a completely different ocean for tomorrow, so please wish us luck, Jeff, John and the Indy crew

Independence Fish Report for Oct. 23, 2008

Today we had another excellent day out here. We started out with kelp that was absolutely loooooaded with good grade Dorado. After that we scratched at good grade tuna up to 100 lbs for most of the remaining day. There were some heartbreak as usual, but that is fishing. We plan on doing this again tomorrow; as the weather is sensational as well as the fishing, please wish us luck, Jeff, John and the Indy crew

Independence Fish Report for Oct. 24, 2008

Hello again, here is a quick report for today. We did not
see the same sign today, as yesterday as far as that good grade tuna
is concerned. We did catch 6 good grade fish up to about 70 lbs. and
the sharks tagged some real beauties. We are currently on the move to
tomorrow's hot spot, so please, good night, the Indy crew

Independence Fish Report for Oct. 25, 2008

We fished the coast for good grade yellowtail. The
weather was great, and everyone had a great time watching football,
and yanking on 25 to 35 lb. yellers. What a great way to end our
spectacular 10-day trip. We are heading up the line now, and will have
a 0630 ETA for Monday. Good night, the Indy crew

Stocks Look Good

No suggestion here to buy blue chips right now, but it is a good time to be fishing. Jeff DeBuys brought Independence home from a ten-day Kimura's Tackle expedition on October 27. There were 21 passengers.

"Fishing was extremely good," said chartermaster Gary Kimura. "We had a great assortment of yellowfin, dorado, wahoo, yellowtail and three marlin, which we released. The crew was spectacular, especially at Alijos Rocks, where we lost more big fish than we landed. They just broke off."

Skipper DeBuys summed things up. "We had a shark problem at Alijos," he said, "but we did get a dozen good ones through them. The sharks were browns and hammerheads, and the water there has cooled down to 73 degrees after the chubasco rolled through.

"The conditions are good for big fish down below. Maybe the next trips will bring some back. We got limits on everything. We had a special kelp one day. It was holding really a lot of dorado. We got most of our limits on one drift.

"There are more small yellowfin swimming around this year than I've ever seen. The stocks look good. Next season they should weigh 40 or 50 pounds."

The trip's big fish was a 120-pound yellowfin tuna caught by Joe Andrade of Santa Ana on a chunk and a 6/0 Mustad hook. Joe said he used 80-pound Ande line on a Penn VSW 30 reel and a Penn Stroker rod of five and a half feet.

Alex Mobile of Long Beach won second place for a 98.8-pound tuna, and Sam Romero of Santa Ana go third place for a 74-pound tuna. Tony Contreras of Oxnard stood in with the winners with his 44-pound husky yellowtail.

Independence Fish Report for Oct. 27, 2008

We arrived back at Point Loma Sportfishing at 06:30 with
a nice load of fish. Our Jackpot winners were 1st place Joe Andrade
with a 120.2 Yellowfin, Alex Mobile took 2nd with a 98.8 yellowfin,
and Sam Romero brought home a 74.8 for 3rd place. Once again, a big
thank you goes to Gary Kimura and his anglers for a great trip and
we'll see you all next year. Great trip guys. Jeff, John and the Indy
Boys.

Independence Fish Report for Oct. 28, 2008

Good evening everyone yesterday we departed on are
Blackwater 10-day trip and picked up an excellent load of bait. We
spent yesterday and all day enjoying rigging up in this flat calm
ocean and will start fishing tommarow. So we will talk to you then
Capt. Kyle, John, Tommy, Billy, Ben, Steve B. and Tom & Rollo in the
galley

Independence Fish Report for Oct. 29, 2008

Hello everyone today was what I would call a fun in the
sun type of day. We started off in the morning with some nice action
on 12-16 lb yellowtail on the yoyo iron. Then we had a little dry
period but ended the day with a bang with some wide-open action on 25-35lb yellowfin tuna and 10-18ilb Dorado it was fun. The weather was
epic flat calm. We would like to mention that we have on board Bob
Shimamoto of San Diego turned 91 on Oct 26. He had his first day of
fishing in many many years, turned in his limits of dorado and had 2
nice Yellowfin before calling it a day today. The Comeback Kid. Good
Fishin' Bob... thanks for checking in on us Capt. Kyle, John, Tommy,
Billy, Ben, Steve. Our Chefs Tom and Rollo.

Independence Fish Report for Oct. 30, 2008

Hello again today was another beautiful day of weather
for us along with a good day of fishing. We had a good go around on
30-60lb Wahoo along with some school size tuna there were also a few
nice Dorado in the mix. The highlight of the day was a few nice
grouper with Don Klahs getting a trophy 60lb plus size gulf grouper he
wishes you were here ED. Tomorrow we will try our luck at some more
tuna and dorado wish us luck Capt. Kyle, john, Tommy, Billy, Ben,
Steve & Tom and Rollo

The Independence has a one spot available on trip #32. They also have two spots available on trip #35. Call Judy at (619) 226-6006 to book your spot. Also, ask Judy about the Independence Gift Certificates available in any denomination.

Independence Fish Report for Oct. 31, 2008

HAPPY HALLOWEEN EVERYONE!!!! Well I must say today was a
good day. We had good action on 20-40lb yellowfin tuna along with a
handful of Dorado. We also released some marline and the weather is
still good. Tomorrow we are going in search of some bigger tuna so
wish us luck Capt. Kyle, John, Tommy, Billy, Ben, and Steve Our Chefs
Tom & Rollo... Be safe.