Kimura's 7 day jackpots

Hello again, Jackpot winners for the trip were as follows: Andy Jaenichen took big fish honors with his 78.8 yellowfin tuna, Mark Mayeda was just 2/10 of a pound off the pace with his 78.6 yellowfin tuna and third place went to James Beard with a 74.8 yellowfin tuna. Thanks again to everyone who made the trip this, next years trip will again be 7 days departing on Saturday Sept. 17, the price will be the same for 2011. Give judy a call as this trip will sell out.

Back on the Run

AFTER A SHORT STINT ON THE BEACH, WE ARE OUT. THE TIME WAS WISELY USED TO DO VARIOUS PROJECTS THAT NORMALLY WE COULD NOT ATTEMPT IN THE MIDDLE OF THE SEASON. YESTERDAY WE DEPARTED ON THE 6-DAY INDY CHALLENGE WITH A BEAUTIFUL LOAD OF SARDINES, AND A EAGER GROUP OF FISHERMAN. THIS TRIP THERE ARE MANY PRIZES FOR THE TOP FISH OF THE TRIP, 10 PLACES. TODAY WAS SPENT PREPARING, AND RIGGING, AS WELL AS WATCHING FOOTBALL, AND RELAXING WITH ONE ANOTHER. THE WEATHER IS EXCEPTIONAL, GREASE CALM. WITH THAT SAID, EVERYTHING IS IN PLACE FOR A GREAT TRIP. WE SHOULD BE AT OUR DESTINATION TOMORROW AT 0700 HRS, PLEASE WISH US LUCK, JEFF AND THE INDY CREW

good sign and good weather

Today we started fishing right after daylight, and had tuna boiling all around the boat from sun up to sundown. The best way to describe it is '' all show and no go '', but we had some good action, don't get me wrong. We had tuna, wahoo, dorado, and yellowtail all in the mix today. The weather was outstanding for us. We plan on giving this try tomorrow, so please wish us luck, Jeff and the Indy crew

Game On

TODAY WAS JUST WHAT THE DOCTOR ORDERED. RIGHT AT DAYLIGHT WE STARTED TO SEE FISH, AND WE SAW THEM RIGHT UP TIL DARK. THE FISH TODAY WERE EAGER TO BITE, AND WE STAYED BUSY ALL DAY LONG PULLING ON THESE BEAUTIES, 60 TO 120 LBS. WHEN THE BLOOD CLEARED WE TALLIED 89 BIGGUNS, AND A COUPLE DOZEN SMALLER TUNA. THERE WAS SOME COLOR ADDED, AS WE CAUGHT DORADO, WAHOO, AND SOME YELLOWTAIL. I MUST SAY WE HAD A SPECTACULAR DAY ALL AROUND, EXCELLENT FISHING, AND GOOD WEATHER. WE ARE ON THE MOVE, AND ARE GOING TO TRY FOR YELLOWTAIL TOMORROW AT ONE OF THE ISLANDS, PLEASE WISH US LUCK, JEFF AND THE INDY CREW

Good weather

Today was spent traveling for the most part. We did make a stop for some yellowtail, and we were disappointed by the lack of yellows. We did salvage the day with some big reds late in the day.. We are on the move up the line in hopes of some yellows and reds tomorrow, check in tomorrow for more news on the Indy's progress..The Indy Crew

Indy's Return

The Indy will return at approximately 7am on Friday Oct 8, Sign in will begin at 7:30 for Avalon Club members.

Indy Challenge JP List

We returned today from our latest 6 day Independence Challenge, We gave away 4 Avet reels, 2 seeker rods as well as Indy gift certificates and clothing for the top 10 fish. The winners are as follows: 1st place Paul Kaminski 117.6 yellowfin, 2nd place Garrick Sakado 107.6 yellowfin, Mark A Walsh 96.6 yellowfin, 4th place Al Preschutti, 94.2 yellowfin, 5th place Tom Fujita 81.0 yellowfin, 6th place Chris Lape 79.6 yellowfin, 7th place Dave W Robinson 78.2 yellowfin, 8th place Thorton Van Horn 74.8 yellowfin, 9th place Ray Smith 72.4 yellowfin and 10th place Todd Rodriguez 71.8. WE have now departed on the last short trip of the season for 5 days with the Avalon tuna club and plan to target tuna for most of the trip. We have a great load of dines and good weather to start the trip so wish us lots of luck, we'll need it.

Independence Sportfishing Trip Update (100810)

INDY CHALLENGE (100810)!!! The top eleven Tuna were winners in the Indy Challenge, a six-day flyer aboard Independence with skipper Jeff DeBuys and 29 anglers. The boat docked at PT. Loma Sportfishing October 8.

"We had beautiful weather on our six-day said DeBuys to dock reporter Bill Roecker. "It was very nice at The Rocks, and we had excellent fishing with squid. Squid was the key, the secret's out. They're right there at Alijos, and just the right size for the kite," he said as an aside to Steve Loomis, standing nearby.

Paul Kaminski of San Clemente won first place for his 117.6-pound lunker Yellowfin. He said he got it with a sardine on a 3/0 Mutu hook, on 40-pound Seaguar fluorocarbon and 40-pound P-Line. He used 65-pound Power Pro Spectra on an Avet LX reel and an Avet seven-foot rod.

"It was my first trip," he noted. "My best fish before was a local tuna of 32 pounds. He beat me up bad. He bit after a long soak, took me around the boat twice, and he came to gaff up by the bow."

Garrick Sakado of Torrance won second for a 107.6-pound Tuna that came on the boat's kite rig with a squid baited on Mustad 7691 11/0 hooks. The kite rig uses 130-pound Izorline and Izor Spectra with an Avet 50 reel and a Super Seeker 6463 XXXH rod.

Mark Walsh of Huntington Beach won third place for a 96.6-pound Alijos Rocks Yellowfin.

Last Few Days

Hello again, we have been covering a lot of water the last few days, our goal for this trip was to fish tuna above 28 30. 000 latitude which is club waters for the Avalon tuna club. Tuna fishing has been very tough with just a few handfuls of yellowfin to show for are efforts. We did take a day off the tuna grounds to have a fun day catching yellowtail and had good action on those. We have one last day offshore so wish us luck. The Indy guys.

Avalon Tuna Club returns

The Independence will arrive at Point Loma Sportfishing at approximately 6am on Wed Oct 13, the sign-in for Strikeforce Tackle group will begin at 7am. Be there early just in case the boat has completed its unloading of fish, loading of groceries and clean up of boat we may get away early.

Independence Sportfishing Trip Update (101310)

AVALON TUNA CLUB (101310)!!! The five-day annual Tuna club trip aboard Independence returned to Pt. Loma Sportfishing October 12 with chartermaster Casey Dodge of Rolling Hills and 18 anglers. The club rules for fish catching on the trip didn't allow for fish caught south, and Guadalupe Island wasn't available, so the winning fish came from only 50 miles below San Diego, said skipper Mark Pisano.

Joe Davis of Newport Beach won first place for a 24.2-pound Yellowfin Tuna. He said it bit a sardine on a 2/0 Eagle Claw hook tied to 25-pound Big Game fluorocarbon. He used 30-pound Spiderwire on an Abu Garcia Revo Toro reel and a seven-foot Fenwick rod.
Jack Byers of Santa Barbara won second place for a 24-pound Tuna, and Eduardo Ribas of Rio de Janiero took third place for a 22.2-pound Yellowfin Tuna.

Tuna avalon final

Hello everyone, We have returned from our 5 day trip with the Avalon tuna club members, Fishing on the offshore grounds for the trip were very tough to say the least, the guys hung in there and had a great time on-board with some of the best weather (ocean wise) this season. On the final day of the trip we did find 2 schools of bluefin tuna that would not give us the time of day as well as some dolphin holding a good amount of yellowfin tuna which we did pick up 6 fish off of ending the day with 11 yellowfin. The jackpot winners for the trip were as follows: Joe Davis 24.2 yellowfin tuna, Jack Byers 24.0 yellowfin tuna and Edwardo Ribas 22.2. Thanks again to all who made the trip, next years will be a 7 day trip departing Sat. October 8th 2011.

Off To A Good Start

We arrived at our destination around midday and did not see very much life around, but tried one of our hot spots from a few trips ago and were able to scratch 35 tuna for our efforts. The conditions were not good in my opinion, as the current was not pulling much at all. Nonetheless we had a good time in the sunny, hot weather. We will try this again tomorrow in hopes of more biting beauties. Wish us luck, Jeff, Paul S and the Indy crew

Looking elsewhere

Today we saw fish from the time the sun came up, until we left around 1500 hrs. They would boil around, but not bite that well. The lack of conditions might be the problem. We tallied up 19 tuna, a couple of wahoo, some yellowtail and Dorado for our efforts. We are on the move right now, and are going to look somewhere else for tomorrow. The weather is awesome, as good as it gets. That's it from here; wish us luck, the Indy crew

Action at the Rail

Today was just what we needed, as we were very busy from sun up to sun down. The action was full speed at times, and then it would back off and go to 3 or 4 going. yellowtail, and tuna were on the menu, and everyone had a blast yanking and pulling in the hot sunny weather, everything was the hot ticket as far as catching fish, bait, jigs, and everything. We are going to look somewhere else tomorrow, so tune in, and see what happens, Jeff, Paul S. and the Indy crew

Wow What A Day!!

Wow, where do we begin? I guess we will start at daylight, and we saw signs of tuna, yellowtail, and Wahoo and a few grouper. Things got right into gear with Wahoo jumping all around the boat. It was evident that we were in for a great time. We had steady fishing for these massive speedsters all day long. The average Wahoo was 50 lbs., with a few bigger ones for the lucky few. When all the smoke cleared we tallied up 73 Hoos, and a dozen tuna and yellows. The weather has been just as flat as it gets, very little wind. There were some bonified bingos, as we had stops for 27, 20, 11 10, fish. We are going to try for the bigger tuna tomorrow, Jeff, Paul S and the Indy crew

kinda slow today

Today we tried for bigger tuna. We did not see the sign that was so consistent, but we did manage 21 tuna up to 100 lbs. we caught some Dorado, a few Wahoo, and a couple of hand full of grouper. The weather not so good, as the kites had trouble staying up. We plan on giving this day to redeem itself, so please wish us luck, Jeff and the Indy crew

Slow Start today

This place looked awful this morning, and after really checking every square inch of this place we found 1 fish to stop on. From 1400 till dark we managed to salvage the day with 20 tuna, and an assortment of Dorado and big yellowtail. We had very good visual, and everyone enjoyed the afternoon. This sounds like a broken record, but the weather is absolutely perfect. We are moving up the line to try for some yellowtail in the afternoon tomorrow. Thanks for checking in on Jeff, Paul S, and the Indy crew and us

Strikeforce returns

The Indy will return on Saturday 10-23-2010 at approximately 5:30am, Dennis Evans Charter sign in to begin at approximately 7am.

yellow icing

Today aside from traveling, we made a stop for trophy yellows, the icing on the cake so to speak. Most everyone made the best of their time breaking down gear, and relaxing. Here we go again about the weather, excellent. We are on our way up, and will try for some red cod in the morning. Have a great evening, the Indy crew

In and Out

We arrived early this morning to unload a great catch with jackpot fish going over the 100-pound mark. Jackpot fish were as follows: 1st place was Edward Gains with a 112.4 Yellowfin, 2nd place was for Mark Bush 86.6 yellowfin, and 3rd place was a 79.8 grouper. We did a quick turn around and departed on the annual Tunaholics 10-day extravaganza. With a good supply of premium sardines, we are headed down right now with no destination. We will figure out our starting point tomorrow. Spirits are high, and everyone is eager to get started. Please wish us luck, Jeff and the Indy crew

rigging, football, relaxing

Today was spent rigging up and preparing everyone for the up coming days ahead. After that most everyone watched football, and just relaxed the rest of the day. There were some outstanding giveaways, and I think the best ones are yet to come, as there is a truckload yet to be given out. The weather is a bit breezy, but not too much to handle. We have made up our minds for the starting point, and we should be there tomorrow, Jeff and the Indy crew

Fair Fishing today

We started the trip today with some tuna action, and we almost had one fish per angler. Throw in some Dorado, and yellowtail and we are off and running. The grade is still very good, 60 to 75 lbs. and we are going to try this again tomorrow. The weather is up a bit, but still comfortable on the Indy. Thanks for checking in on Jeff, the Indy crew and us

Bigguns

Today we had some chances at large tuna, but we had some heartbreaks instead. We did not see any large volume, but we saw enough to keep us interested. The one fish we landed was around 165 lbs. and the 2 fish we lost at gaff were 175, and 270 lbs. we had some action on 25 to 40 lb. fish to help ease the pain. The weather is still great. Everyone would like to give a big hello to Tim, and he is surely missed on the trip. We plan on doing something different for tomorrow, More updates soon to come so keep checking back with us!
Jeff and the Indy crew

Steady Action

Today was very, very good fishing on the shallows down here, The main attraction was yellowtail, and tuna, and a few marlins we released. It was steady yanking and pulling in the hot sunny weather. All methods were the hot ticket today, jigs bait, whatever one put in the water. We are going to try another spot tomorrow in hopes of some tuna. Thanks for checking in on Jeff, the Indy crew and us

Outstanding Fishing!!!

For the second consecutive day we had OUTSTANDING fishing. Today's activities included steady, 4 to 7 going on 25 to 40 lb. tuna, and 25 big Wahoo. The over all day was as good as it gets down here, as there was always hot action going on somewhere on the boat. The yellowtail was present, and some guy's tags some, and all the rest we released after yesterday's bonanza hit. It is time to move up the line, and we have decent traveling weather. We are going to make a stop tomorrow, and wet a line somewhere. Thanks for checking in on Jeff, the Indy crew and us

Happy Halloween

Today we watched football, and relaxed while traveling up the line. We did make a stop to try for yellows and bass, but the conditions were not up to par. the weather is up a little bit, and we are giving ourselves plenty of time to get home. We will be in on Tuesday at approximately 0600. We have been blessed again with a very good fishing trip. Good night, the Indy crew