Gaining Altitude

Today we traveled and fished our way up the beach with just a dozen nice grade yellowtail for the effort. It seems like all of our hot spots are now vacant of those beauties we were on the past few months. We have a good ride for the moment, but looks like some wind tomorrow. We've had some great fishing the past few days and now time to head for the barn. Check back tomorrow for an ETA, Jeff

ETA

We have a decent ride up the line and will be back to San Diego at 0630 tomorrow. For those passengers leaving on Mondays trip Judy will start sign in at 7:00 AM. Please be sure to bring your passports with you when you come up to sign in.

KIMURA 8 DAY JACKPOTS

1st Brian Le 51 lb. Wahoo
2nd Ron Nishimura 50.6 Wahoo
3rd Tim Moorhouse 50 lb. Wahoo
Thanks to everyone who made the trip a huge success, sea you all next year.
We departed on our Ellison Family 7 day trip with a good load of bait and lots of familiar faces headed down to the promise land. Wish us luck, and we will report later on when we have something, Jeff and the Indy crew

BUSY DAY TODAY

We got down to business about mid day and had great action on Wahoo and good grade Yellowfin tuna till dark. Everyone was busy yanking and cranking enjoying the great weather down here. We are try this program again tomorrow, wish us luck, Jeff

FULL SPEED

Today was an awesome days fishing for 25 to 35 lb. YellowfinTuna, and we got a bonus hit on Yellowtail that rounded out the day. Limit style for the Tuna , and steady pick for the Yellas. Throw in a hand full of Wahoo and there ya have it, just really good down here rite now. We are going to try for Wahoo tomorrow, wish us luck , Jeff

BANNER DAY

The Ellison group clobbered the Wahoo today, simply put, they killed em. From sun up till sun down they were busy. Excellent grade fish were on tap and now we are gaining altitude to look for some more Yellowtail tomorrow. Decent weather out here, 12 kts. of breeze and looks to stay good for a while, sea ya Jeff

ELLISON FAMILY ETA

We've had an extraordinary pleasant 7 day trip with excellent fishing and beautiful weather along with a fabulous group of people that made it all happen, we will be arriving back to San Diego 0715 tomorrow, sea ya all then. Judy will start sign in approx 8:00 AM. Be sure to bring your passports with you when you come up to sign in. Jeff and the Indy crew

ELLISON FAMILY RETURNS

The Independence returned with a fantastic catch of Wahoo, Yellowfin Tuna and some Yellowtail, and we want to thank both Mark and Matt Ellison and their entire crew for another fun filled trip, we look forward to the next adventure, Jeff and the Indy crew

Tunaholics 10 day underway

We've been underway since yesterday with the usual Tunaholics crew and a few new faces along with Dennis Evans our gracious host. We picked up a great load of sardines and we have great weather on the horizon, other than that we are rigging and getting ready for whatever we may encounter down here. We will report when we have something to share with you all. Wish us luck, Jeff and the Indy crew

UNDERWAY

We fished our way down today and got a sample of Wahoo and Tuna to get things going. We are going to try this again tomorrow, the weather is heavenly, wish us luck , Jeff

ANOTHER GOOD DAY

We had good action on Wahoo and Tuna today with the morning and afternoon being the best conditions. Hot weather down here with a little breeze in the afternoon made it a all around great day on the ridge. We are going to try for bait and sea if it helps things out. Wish us luck, Jeff and the Indy crew

INCREDIBLE SHOW TODAY

After hunting around for half of the day we found what we were looking for, in the way of trophies, the Tunaholics again for the 4TH year in a row got the first hit on cows down here. We were prepared for battle and had some losses as well as victories, and when the dust settled they accounted for 5 cows , 202 to 240 lbs. and a hand full of 140 to 160 lb. fish . Excellent conditions down here. We are going to try this again tomorrow, wish us luck please, Jeff

HEAVY LOSES

Good evening everyone, we did battle with these brutes again today and pretty much got our butts kicked. We landed 5 good ones and a couple of cows out of it, but only landing a fifth of what we hooked. That's the way it goes when you trophy hunt. Many chances today. We are moving up the line and will try for Wahoo and schoolie Tuna the next few days. Nice conditions down here and excellent weather. Sea ya later, Jeff

EAGER TUNA

We fished an area with sum better grade ridge Tuna today. Everyone got to yank and use sum tags so I would call it a success. Good fishing , just what we needed. We are going to concentrate on Wahoo tomorrow now that things have thinned out so to speak. Still good weather down here, just a bit more breeze to keep us cool. Sea ya , Jeff

MAJOR LOG JAM

Wow, what a day today, flat calm weather and jumbo Wahoo chewing the paint off the boat. From sun up till sundown they was a hittin, the Jimmy bombs and salas 6x tar baby were the way to go. Long drifts for 10 to 20 fish , just about as good as it gets. We threw on a hundred Tuna or so for the guys who needed sum and there ya have it, excellent, excellent day. We are on our way up at present, gonna try for sum Yellowtail tomorrow, sea ya then , Jeff

ICING ON THE CAKE

We made a few stops for Yellowtail today and were greeted by biting fish in the 15 to 25 lb. range biting the jigs pretty well. Blue & white 6 X was the hot jig. Everyone got to catch 4 or 5 fish before throwing in the towel and starting for home. It was a great way to end a perfect trip. We are traveling up with very good weather. Everyone says hello to Angie , we all missed you this year, and sea ya soon. We will have an ETA tomorrow , sea ya then Jeff

ETA

Very nice ride up the line, another stellar Tunaholics trip in the books. We will be back at 0530 tomorrow. sea ya then Jeff
For those of you leaving on Sundays trip Judy will start sign in about 6:00AM. Be sure to bring your passports with you when you come up to sign in.

TUNAHOLICS 10 DAY RETURNS

Dennis Evans Tunaholics returns this morning with a stellar catch of Wahoo,Tuna and Yellowtail. Here are some standouts.
Scott McReynolds 245 Tuna
Terry Williams 205 Tuna
Derek Harper 207 Tuna. 1 st place
Keith McReynolds 210 Tuna
Tommy Tamanaha 190 Tuna. 2nd place

Joey Nakagawa 215 Tuna
Joe Franke 207 Tuna
Jay Grahm 206Tuna
Norm Chibana 202 Tuna
Jesse Lugo 135 Tuna. 3 rd place
Great job everyone, and many thanks to Dennis Evans and everyone who made the trip this year such a huge success. Way to go on the first score lower banks Tuna , 5th year in a row. Sea ya all next year, Jeff and the Indy crew

MELTON TACKLE UNDERWAY

Well here we go again on our annual Melton Tackle 10 day adventure. We left yesterday with a great load of bait and spent the day traveling and getting everyone rigged up for the upcoming battles. Melton's very own Danny Mun is once again the charter master and boy did he bring some giveaways! Everyone walked away with a ton of tackle and swag. We are gonna start fishing tomorrow and hope to start by targeting some Wahoo. We have a great group of friends aboard and we are ready! Wish us luck. Matt and Indy crew.