Doesn't get much better

ANOTHER BANNER DAY........
Hello everyone, we had another excellent day out here , featuring Wahoo, Tuna, Yellowtail, Pargo, and excellent weather to work in. Things got going very early , and kept going all day long for us. At times the action was hot hot hot, and made for some fun times. Tuna up to 40 lbs. some lunker Yellowtail, a few Hoo and there you have it. We are going to sign up for some more of this tomorrow, so tune in then. sea ya, Jeff and the Indy crew

Instant replay

Today was a replay of yesterday, as we had great fishing for Tuna, and a few Wahoo, and some Yellowtail . Hot balmy weather and biting fish , can't get any better than that. We are relocating for tomorrow , so tune in, sea ya them , Jeff

Wahoo

Just to let you know what's happening. Good Wahoo fishing today. Check out the pictures here and on Facebook. More detailed report this evening.

Another great fun day

Steady fishing for us again here on the Indy, as the action started a bit later today, but the quality surely made up for it. Good fishing for Wahoo up to 50 lbs. and the Yellowfin were good grade as well, 18 to 25 lbs. throw in a few Dorado and Yellows and that was our day. The weather is pleasantly warm, fall for sure. We are going to run up the beach and finish off our Yellowtail quota for tomorrow , thanks for checking in on us, Jeff and the Indy crew

Mixed bag today

Today we gained altitude and caught a variety of fish in the process. Premium Yellowtail , Halibuts, big Calicos, and some rock fish for the effort. It was a fun time whether you were watching football, or fishing, most did both. We are going to look for some Mahi Mahi for tomorrow to seal the deal before we call it a trip. Outstanding weather I might add as well. Sea ya all later, Jeff

Icing on the cake & ETA

We had a great morning today catching bull Dorado and everyone got fixed up with ease. Flat calm weather, hot sunny skies, perfect way to end our epic trip. What worked this trip ? For the Wahoo capt Jimmy's bombs , and Salas 6x jr, the Yellowtail favored the 6 x and 6x jr. The Tuna ate all the above jigs, as well as bait, Dorado ate all the above also. Many of the guys caught their first Wahoo this trip, as well as excellent fishing for everything else, the complete long range experience. Super great weather, and a super great group made for a 10 plus rating. We will be back to San Diego at 0530 tomorrow. Sea ya then , Jeff
P.S. For those of you going on Mondays trip Judy will start sign around 7:00am. Please be sure to bring your PASSPORTS

Kimura Returns.

We returned yesterday from a super successful 8 day Kimura tackle trip. The jack pot winners were 1st place Ron Iwamiya with a 48 lb. wahoo, 2nd place Horst will with a 47 lb. wahoo, and Vic Rosasco with a 44 lb. wahoo. Thanks to Gary Kimura, and everyone who made the trip this year. Sea ya soon. Currently we are on our first day of the Ellison family charter, and we have put on the brakes to fish for yellowtail , and let the storm down below dissipate before we venture down. Great yellowtail fishing for us today , with 18 to 30 lb. fish on tap, great starter kit for everyone. We are going to make our way down as soon as the coast is clear. Wish us luck, Jeff and the Indy crew

Kimura returns....

We returned yesterday from a super successful 8 day Kimura tackle trip. The jack pot winners were 1st place Ron iwamiya with a 48 lb. wahoo, 2nd place Horst will with a 47 lb. wahoo, and Vic rosasco with a 44 lb. wahoo. Thanks to Gary Kimura, and everyone who made the trip this year. Sea ya soon. Currently we are on our first day of the Ellison family charter, and we have put on the brakes to fish for yellowtail , and let the storm down below dissipate before we venture down. Great yellowtail fishing for us today , with 18 to 30 lb. fish on tap, great starter kit for everyone. We are going to make our way down as soon as the coast is clear. Wish us luck, Jeff and the Indy crew

Really good fishing today..

Today we slid down the coast a bit more to the south to fish yellowtail, and had an awesome day catching 18 to 30 lb. yellows. The 6 x yo yo guys killed em and every other method worked well too. The remnants from the storm were still visible today, wind and rain but it looks like the weather is going to shape up in the next few days. We easily caught our daily limits today, and are on the move south with the improved weather. Wish us luck, Jeff and the Indy crew

Fabulous day of wahoo fishing.....

Good evening from the Indy. The Ellison group experienced wahoo 1 0 1 today, as the morning was just ok , and the afternoon was great fishing for skinnies up to 60 lbs. 95 percent of the group caught their first wahoo today, as everyone caught a fish today , and some caught 2 or 3 fish. 40 to 60 lb. ers was the grade , just beautiful. Capt Jimmy's wahoo bombs, and salas 6x jr, pink n black did the trick, a few on bait, marauders. Really great weather , awesome group to fish with = excellent day. We are going to run down to the tuna grounds for tomorrow , so wish us luck, Jeff

Fantastic fishing today......

Sorry we don't have any pictures today, but we did have an awesome day tuna fishing for 18 to 35 lb. yellowfin. It was just too busy to take a few pics, maybe next time. We made a few drifts in the morning with fair results, but in the afternoon we hit a large school that went ballistic , biting everything we threw at them. Everyone on board needless to say is fat and happy on the tuna thing. Some one had a go pro under water filming the aquarium like scenario , and I can't wait to see the footage. So on ward and up ward we go, gaining altitude for the next day or so, great weather today as well. Check in, in a day or so and see how we end the trip, sea ya then Jeff

ICING ON THE CAKE .........

Hello everyone, checking in from the INDEPENDENCE , we have had excellent fishing this morning for bull dorado, beautiful fish, bigguns. Everyone got to yank and pull , and pull and yank till we had enough. Plenty to go around for all. There were wahoo in the water as well , but not in the biting mood. It was the perfect ending for the 1 st annual Ellison charter group. I really have to applaud everyone on board here for a SUPER fun group to fish with, as well as their fish catching ability, I would give everyone a huge 10 +++++ and the trip a 10 +++++ .. The weather has been even better than words can describe, so we are on our way home with a beautiful catch aboard, and some tired fishermen. Sea ya all later, Jeff

Ellison family 8day returns

The Ellison family and friends returned this morning with a gorgeous catch aboard the independence. We would like to sincerely thank both Mark and Matt Ellison for putting together such a super fun group of people to fish with this year. Everyone had a wonderful time , as well as the crew, and the catching was off the hook , great job everyone ! We look forward to the next adventure, sea you all then , Jeff and the Indy crew

UNDERWAY WITH STRIKEFORCE

Hello again from the Indy, we are underway on the strike force trip, we got away late from the dock but are now in full fishing mode, this morning we catching school size yellowfin tuna and a few yellowtail, the weather is nice but a bit on the windy side. On the way down we were able to catch some Dorado for tonight's dinner. Wish us luck as plan to run further south tonight.

YF,Dorado,Wahoo

Hello everyone, we have had good yellowfin tuna fishing the last couple of days along with a few dorado. We did have an unusual jig strike on the trek south, a wahoo bit the jigs that was about 3 pounds and about 20 more bit our jigs that were about the 4-8 pounds, we released all to live and grow up to fight another day. With the warm water this year there have been lots of out of the ordinary sights for us. We plan on giving the rocks a try tomorrow so wish is luck. The Indy guys

Hello From The Indy

Hello again from all of us here on the Independence, after catching yellowfin tuna for the first part of the trip we have changed things up and ran out west to fish for Wahoo, and we had a fair day on the skinnys. After that we headed up the line hitting kelps for Dorado as well as getting a late bite on yellowtail, yesterday we had a very nice day on Wahoo and Dorado fishing kelps offshore, most of the Wahoo were in the 35 to 50 pound range and the Dorado in the 12 to 18 pound class. We are going to try for Yellowtail on the last day of fishing. Weather has finally let up today, 15 to 25 knots has been the norm for the past 8 days, not the usual fall bliss we are use to, the final leg home looks good for the ride in. Have a great day, from all of us here on the Indy!!!

ETA Friday 10/24/14

The Indy will dock at Point Loma Landing at 6am. Anyone departing on tomorrows trip, bring your passports to my office..

LATE START - STRONG FINISH

LATE START - STRONG FINISH
After a late start on the 6th annual Strike Force Tackle 10-day charter, despite windy weather. We secured our limit of 15-30 lb. Yellowfin. Paddy-hopped for 12-20 lb. Dorado and XL Wahoo in the 20-55 lb. range and Yellowtail for everyone. Jackpot winners were:
1st Place
Chartermaster Alex Mobile with a 55.5 lb. Wahoo; 2nd place Valerie Otero with a 54 lb. Wahoo; and a 3rd place tie between Brent Mobbley and Phillip Jones with 43 lb. Wahoos. We want thank everyone who made the trip this year and Alex Mobile for the all the great give aways. The Grand prize this year was two Strike Force custom-built wood tackle boxes won by Ronnie Cochran and Scott Graham. See you next year!! Mark, Paul and the Indy crew.

Tunaholics Back Out

Good evening everybody from the Independence. On Friday we departed on the annual Dennis Evans finest Tunaholics 10 day extravaganza with a good load of bait and a banner group to fish with again this year. There have been so many great giveaways that it's impossible to count them right now, maybe later. The offshore scene yesterday didn't produce as much as we had hoped, but we put together a morning today on Yellowtail and a few Tuna to tag. The weather is up a little bit and we are headed down, so wish us luck, Jeff and the Indy crew

Weather up, skinnies down.

Well , we took our turn at the wahoo hole and things didn't quite work out like we would have wanted. The fish pulled a no show for us, as only a few were landed out of a dozen attempts. It was a windy choppy day, coincidence they didn't bite, I don't know. A few hoo and couple hand fulls of dorado for the effort. We are going to relocate for tomorrow and see if we can get it going. Thanks for checking in, Jeff and the Indy crew

It's Cow Time on the Indy

Today was real deal fishing for Yellowfin tuna from 100 to 315 lbs. the sign is good as well. 3 big stand outs today , 315, 247, 209 lb. as well as lots of 140 to 180 lb. fish. We definitely had our chances today, and everyone did really well I must say. Picture perfect weather made things even sweeter out here. I think we are going to camp out and try it again tomorrow, check out the pics on F B. Sea ya all then, Jeff

Another nice day.....

Again today we had lots of chances at quality yellowfin tuna. Some of them did work out , and some did not, but that's fishing. We had action on fish from 100 to 170 lbs. and a few bigguns that won their freedom. Not quite the sign we had yesterday, but we have no complaints on the day, as the weather and good fortune down here is hard to beat. There are some pics from today on F B, just a sample of the quality fish down here. We are on the move up all the time, sea ya all later, Jeff