Independence - Current Conditions 10/1/09

Wow, another excellent day for us. Like yesterday, the morning was slow, and the afternoon was off the charts for bull Dorado and a few chances at Wahoo. We found an area full of life, tuna, Dorado, & a few Wahoo. It was as good as it gets, aquarium style pick your bull Dorado fishing. The weather continues to be outstanding as well. We have had an exceptionally good trip so far. Thanks for checking in, Jeff and the Indy crew

The Indpendence does have a few spots avaialbe for upcoming trips.

Independence - Current Conditions 10/2/09

The Indy will dock at Point Loma Sportfishing at approximately 7am.. If all goes well, I will begin sign in at 7:30am. Thanks for checking in. Judy

Independence - Current Conditions 10/03/09

Hello everyone, We returned this morning from our Mission Bay Marlin Club 6-day trip and what a trip it was! Capt. Debuys made all the right moves and the group had great action on big yellowtail, Nice yellowfin tuna and good grade dorado, add in a few wahoo and it was classic fall fishing. We want to thank all the Anglers who made the trip with us and hope to see you soon, next years trip will also be a 6-day venue. Jackpot winners for the trip were: Dane Barriault with his 42.5 yellowfin tuna, Mike Bratton took 2nd place with a 36.8 lb. yellowtail and 3rd place fell to Richard Lopez for his 34.6 yellowtail. Honorable mention goes to Billy Kolt with a 61 lb. wahoo caught on the troll. We are now back on road headed south with some nice sardines and good weather. Check back later and see how it\'s going for us, Mark, Paul, Jesus, Justin, Kevin, Rich, Tom and Rolf.

Independence - Current Conditions

Hello from the Independence, We made the choice to start the trip long like the last (3) 6 day trips. Due to slower type reports while traveling down we opted to give the coast a shot. Overall we made a day out of it for about 160 mixed Yellowtail, Yellowfin, Dorado, grouper, Pargo and 1 wahoo. Weather was so with 12 to 18 knots of wind and a nice sea state to work in. Today we are catching some yellowfin tuna and yellowtail, we will check in later with the final for the day. Thanks for checking in, The Indy guys.

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Good evening from the Indy. We reached our destination around 0900 today, and found things not awake yet. As the day progressed things began to change in our favor. We had a decent day, as we had something on our lines for most of the day. Tally for the day 29 tuna 60 to 90 lbs, 23 yellowtail, some Dorado and 1 Wahoo. The weather is very good, and we plan going to stick around here for a while. We are hoping for a repeat tomorrow, please wish us luck, Jeff and the Indy crew

Independence - Current Conditions 10/09/09

We are back!! The satellite e-mail on the boat would not give us a connection for the last 3 days of the trip so I will give a re-cap and final report. The last 2 days of the trip were spent on the ridge and coast fishing mostly yellowfin and yellowtail. We also had some very nice dorado, a few grouper and pargo as well as a couple of wahoo. The tuna fishing was slower then what we have had in the last few trips, but we still managed to catch over a 100 tuna for the trip and the yellowtail fishing was as good as it gets with anyone who wanted a limit able to do so. Weather on the other hand was windy the entire trip with 15 to 20 knots and moderate seas, this is the very reason I love the Independence as a fishing platform. We fished in comfort, anchoring and drifting on various spots. Those of you that have fished the boat know what i\'m talking about. We had had lots of great prizes for the top fish in each category. First, I want to thank all of the Sponsors of the trip starting with our good friend Rick Ozaki of Westcoast Marketing who reps. for Avet reels,Raider jigs( the hottest wahoo jig on the planet), Fish trap iron, Graph-tech rods as well as Yo-zuri products. Rick away Raider jigs and Fish iron to all on board. We would like to Thank Rich Holland from Western Outdoor News who made his first trip on the Independence and will be doing a story on the trip,( watch for that soon.) A big thanks to Harry and Sarkis from Avet reels, makers of the first and best small 2-speeds that work day in and day out, we beat the @#$%^&* out of our loaner gear so we Know!!!, Mario from Sportmens Seafood donated 2 $100 gift cards for fish processing thank you Mario, and thanks to all the folks who made the trip, without you it would not have been possible. Top tuna winners Philip Nishida 40.2 yellowfin $1,000 gift cert. for the Indy, Ralph Salerno 36.0 yellowfin Avet HX, Rodger Kang 36.0 Yellowfin Avet HX reel, Eric Jackson 34.2 yellowfin Avet HX reel, Garrick Sakado 33.2 yellowfin $100.00 gift card from Mario\'s Seafood. In the yellowtail category, top yellowtail went to Jim Delapena 32.0 yellowtail $500.00 gift certificate for the Independence, Anthony Sheriff 29.0 yellowtail Avet JX 2 speed, Tony Sartin 26.0 yellowtail Graph-Tech rod, Tony Sartin 25.2 yellowtail $100.00 gift card for Mario\'s seafood. In the dorado bracket, Andy Delapena 40.0 dorado Graph-tech rod, Jim Delapena 34.4 dorado Graph-tech rod. In the grouper category, Tom Fujita 30.2 grouper Graph-tech rod. Thanks again to everyone who made this trip possible. Next year\'s trip will also be for six days, and will have the same prizes for top fish.

Independence - Current Conditions 10/11/09

Greetings from the independence. We went looking offshore yesterday for kelps, and things were on the slow side. We did get one kelp that had some good size dorado, and that was our day. Today we fished a spot we don't fish very often, called chesters, and we had just excellent fishing for large yellowtail, 25 to 30 lbs. everyone caught as many as they liked. The weather was picture perfect. Everyone had the best time ever. We are headed up the line for tomorrow\'s hot spot. Thanks for checking in, Jeff, Paul and the Indy crew

Independence - Current Conditions 10/12/09

Today we had absolutely perfect weather. The offshore scene being on the tough side, we opted to use the good weather to do some drifting for reds and lings. We had a good morning, and then booted it to San Diego. We will be in at 0630. The Indy crew.Sign-in will begin for the Anglers departing tomorrow at approximately 7am. Thanks for checking in...

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Another fantastic day. Today was an action packed day for all on board the independence. Things started off right after daylight, and continued until dark. Again, beautiful grade yellowfin tuna, and Alijos brand yellowtail were plentiful, along with 7 Wahoo. The weather is picture perfect out here. We plan on trying this again, so please wish us luck. Thanks for checking in on Jeff, the Indy crew and us

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Call it an off day. Today was somewhat slower than the last few days, but we did have action, just not the same numbers as yesterday. The weather is as good as one could imagine, hot and sunny. We are now on the move to another area for tomorrow, so check in and see if things pan out for us. Our Reports are usually posted late evening. Good night, from the Indy crew

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Things change out here rapidly, as we all know. We fished in an area today that was full of life yesterday, and not so full today. We had some good action on Wahoo, but the tuna were hard to come by, as well as Dorado. Late in the day we got on some yellowtail, and that kept us busy till dark. The weather is still on our side, as we have really enjoyed fishing every day. We are going to try a different spot tomorrow, so please wish us luck, We have a few openings on some upcoming trips, give Judy a call, there maybe something that may fit your schedule. Jeff and the Indy crew

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Good evening from the Indy, we had another good day out here on the high seas. We got off to a great start catching yellowfin tuna, 20 to 35 lbs. with some hot & heavy action at times. There was some good grade yellowtail in the mix as well. The weather has made a change for the worse, as we had lots of wind this afternoon. We are going to try for trophy yellowtail tomorrow to round out our already fabulous catch. Jeff and the Indy crew

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Today was our last day to fish, with a good day scratching at ultra premium yellowtail mostly in the 15 to 19 pound range. We had wind from a.m. to p.m, and it suppose to be breezy for the next day or so. We feel fortunate to have had such an out standing trip. Weather wise as well as fishing. Everyone has had an exceptionally great time. We are now beginning our travel toward San Diego, and will arrive at 0630 Friday. Thanks for checking in, Jeff and the Indy crew

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Good evening everyone, after returning from a great 10-day trip on Friday we want to thank everyone who made the trip this year with us. Our Jackpot winners from this trip were as follows. 1st place Ruben Brasil with a 98.8 Yellowfin, 2nd place goes to Alex Mobil with an 86.2, and 3rd places was Clarence Becker with an 85.4 Yellowfin. Today we are back out on another 10-day extravaganza with charter master Dennis Evans. We have a good supply of sardines, and very eager anglers aboard. Dennis has brought many, many great raffle and giveaways for all to enjoy. We will report things as they transpire, so tune in later on. Jeff, Paul and the Indy crew, Kevin, Justin, Alan, Rich, Ed, & Tom

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Off to a great start. Today was filled with outstanding action on beautiful grade yellowfin tuna, as well as school-sized fish. There were many chances at a 50 to 90 lb. fish through out the day. We ended up with a great score when all the dust settled, 146 mixed tuna. As a bonus the weather is outstanding, we are going to give this another try tomorrow, so please wish us luck, Jeff, Paul and the Indy crew

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Things are good, another great day for us. We had an action packed day here on the Indy, as we started off in the dark catching 50 to 90 lb. tuna. And continued until late afternoon. Everyone had a super great time yanking and pulling in the warm sunshine. The fish scores today were similar to yesterdays, as there was great fishig. The weather is great, and is going to continue we hope. We are on the move at this time, and looking for our next destination. Thanks for checking in on Jeff, Paul the Indy crew and us

Our trip on the Indepenndence this year was phenominal. Sorry that it is so late. I had a bunch of personal issues, business problems, and computer problems, too. Thanks to Mark, Paul and Crew for a The best trip of 2009. Click here for the pictures and story by Chad Woods and Homan Khaki. Click here for the YouTube Video (thanks the Barry Wiggins for the images).