Dennis's Charter trip Returns

The Indy will arrive at Point Loma Sportfishing at approximately 6am on Tuesday 11/2. Sign in for Kimura's Charter group will begin at 7am..

Back on the road again

Hello eveyone, We returned from our latest adventure with the Dennis Evans group, We want to thank all who made the trip and hope to see you soon. The big fish honors for the trip belong to the following anglers:1st place Ken Aiso 156.4 YF, 2nd place George Brereton 92.6 YF and 3rd place Norman Chibana 71 lb. Honorable mention goes to Dennis Steinmentz for a 60.6 Hoo..We are back out on the Kimura's Tackle 10 day trip and are headed south in very nice warm weather with a good supply of hot dine's. Gary Kimura's had the usual array of give aways for the raffle onboard and we are sitting down to a nice prime rib dinner as I type. We will start our fishing on Thursday so check back and will continue with the reports during the voyage. Wish us lots of luck, the Indy crew.

Independence Sportfishing Trip Update 11/02/10

TRYING COWTOWN (110210)!!! "We had ten glorious days," said Independence skipper Jeff DeBuys, "with 22 eager anglers. We visited The Ridge, The Rocks and Cowtown, where we spent two days. There was some sign of bigger fish down there, and we lost one of about 275 pounds at color. We got one on the boat that looked about 160.

"Yellowtail fishing was very good on The Ridge," continued skipper Jeff, "and we found good Yellowfin and big Wahoo at The Rocks."

Ken Aiso of Long Beach got the big tuna, a 156.7-pounder on the Pt. Loma Sportfishing scales. He had a little story about the big fish.

"He went out and then he went down," said Aiso. "He fought me for an hour. He took me all the way around the boat at least twice, and when he came up, it was on the starboard bow."

Ken said he hooked his winner on a sardine and a 5/0 ringed Eagle Claw hook. He used 60-pound Blackwater fluorocarbon and Daiwa Samauri Braid 80-pound on a Talica 16 reel and a Calstar 765 L rod.

George Brereton of Woodland, WA won second place for a 92.6-pounder, and Norm Chibana of Gardena won third place for a 70- pound Yellowfin Tuna. Dennis Steinmeter of Corpus Christi, TX had the big Wahoo, a 60.6-pounder, on a Yo-Zuri Marauder in Tony the Tiger color scheme. He stood in with the winners.

Fair start to the trip

Good evening, Today we started our fishing about mid day and fished until dark, for the day we ended with 48 yellowfin tuna up to about 65 pounds with most of the fish in the 25 to 35 pound range, we also landed 1 wahoo and some nice yellowtail to about 40 pounds. There were good signs of fish but a lack of current made the fish reluctant to bite our hooks, tomorrow we'll try a different venue and try to get on some wahoo. The weather is postcard perfect with flat and I mean flat seas and no wind with air temps in the 80's. Wish us luck, the Indy crew.

Varity Central

Hello everyone, the weather continues to be as good as it gets, a flat ocean with no wind and hot. Today we had very good fishing on Dorado, we also caught Wahoo, Yellowtail and Yellowfin tuna. Overall it was a very nice day to be out here on the Pacific Ocean. Tomorrow we are planning to look at the finger bank for bigger yellowfin. Wish us lots of luck, the Indy guys.

A Day For Trophies

Today we did some big game hunting and ended up having a great day on quality yellowfin tuna, we end up with 7 cows that taped out at 209, 213, 222, 234, 240, 242, 243. We also caught 8 more fish that went 140 to 180. Our weather was a key to the good fishing with another very flat calm day to work in. Tomorrow we will try this again, Today was a first for us on the Indy as 12 year old Luke Appel landed a 240 pound yellowfin tuna all by himself WOW!!!!. Have a great night, we will, The Indy guys, Mark, Paul, Kyle, Billy, Doug, Lil' Kyle, Ed and Tom.

Holy Cow!!!

Hello everyone, I have to make this short and sweet as we are beat up and have much work to do for tomorrow's fishing. We had 26 tuna today that went 140 to 250 pounds, 5 of those are cows in the 209 to 250 range, the rest are in 140 to 195 class. The weather continues to be beautiful down here but the report is calling for it to pick up for the ride home. Sleep well my friends, we will. The Indy boys.

Independence Sportfishing Trip Update 11/08/10

INDY'S ON THE BANKS, TOO!!!! "Today we did some big game hunting and ended up having a great day on quality Yellowfin Tuna, we end up with 7 cows that taped out at 209, 213, 222, 234, 240, 242, 243. We also caught 8 more fish that went 140 to 180. Our weather was a key to the good fishing with another very flat calm day to work in. Tomorrow we will try this again, Today was a first for us on the Indy as 12 year old Luke Appel landed a 240 pound Yellowfin Tuna all by himself! Have a great night, we will, The Indy guys, Mark, Paul, Kyle, Billy, Doug, Lil' Kyle, Ed and Tom."

The next day, Indy's report said, "I have to make this short and sweet, said the report for November 7 from Independence, "as we are beat up and have much work to do for tomorrow's fishing. We had 26 tuna today that went 140 to 250 pounds, 5 of those are cows in the 209 to 250 range, the rest are in 140 to 195 class. The weather continues to be beautiful down here but the report is calling for it to pick up for the ride home. Sleep well my friends, we will. The Indy boys."

Good Yellowtail Action

Today we fished the ridge and had good fishing on 18 to 30 pound yellowtail, the fly-lined mackerel worked best with the dropper loop and iron working a little as well. We also tagged some school size tuna and a few grouper to add some variety. The weather laid down and was nice sitting on the anchor as we did most of the day. Tomorrow will find us on the coast in search of some yellows or seabass; Wish us luck, the Indy crew.

Nice Weather

Hello again, Today we traveled up the Baja coast in nice sunny weather, we made a few stops along the way for not much fish, nonetheless we enjoyed the day on the water and had more great food put out by chefs Ed and Tommy. Tomorrow will be a travel day due to us fishing the southern coast for the entire trip. Thanks for checking in, The Indy boys.

Indys Return

The Indy will arrive back in port at Point Loma Sportfishing at approximately 6am, Sign in for Indy Avet Reels-Cow Tuna Shoot Out will begin at 7am,

Kimura's tackle final report

We have the final from our Kimura's 10 day trip, we want to again thank all who made the trip with us this year and hope to see you again soon. The Jackpot fish for the trip are as follows: Gary Vandyk landed a 265.2 yellowfin tuna to take top honors, 2nd place went to Howard Sawa for his 261.0 yellowfin and thrid place fish was caught by 12 year old Luke Appel and his yellowfin tipped the scales at 248.4, Great job on those bigguns. Other cows caught on the trip, Jerry Watkins 216.8, Dan Wasnick 245.4, Jay Tevelde 213.6, Guy Mitchell 210.0, Pat Calandrino 203.6, Frank Woolsey 213.4 and 226.8, Cliff Hart 244, 238, and 217, James Russell 217.4, and Gary Vandyk also landed a 231. Everyone had at least 1 of the bigger model tuna and most all onboard had there personnal best. Next years trip will have a few openings as a few passengers from this years trip cannot make it next year, call now to reserve a spot as this trip fills up every year. Thanks for checking in, the Indy gang.

rigging and relaxing

Hello again from the independence. Yesterday we departed on the annual 12-day cow shoot out. We are heavily armed with live bait, and everyone on board is in high spirits. Today was spent talking about giant tuna, as well as rigging up properly for these beasts. Aside from that, most watched football, and told fish stories. The weather is absolutely gorgeous, and looks to stay good for a while. We have high hopes for the trip, and look forward to doing battle in the next few days. Thanks for checking in on us, Jeff and the Indy crew

good weather fair fishing

Today was the first day of fishing, and we saw good sign of tuna, and not a lot of biters. We did manage 4 fish in the 130 to 150 lb. class, and some biting 40 lb. ers. We are going to try in another place for tomorrow. The weather is very pleasant. Good night from the Indy crew

Back on Track

Sorry for the lack of reports the last few days, so lets get caught up. We had a technical problem and got it fixed, so we are on line again. The last few days we had fair fishing on smaller tuna, and bonus kelp for some wahoo. As for today we had a really good day of yellowfin tuna fishing, fish 90 to 190 lbs. and biting well. The weather is as good as it gets, and everyone is having a fantastic time so far. We are back on line, so thanks for checking in on Jeff, the Indy crew and us

there is some wood going on

Here we go, yesterday was on the slow side, but today we put some serious wood to the tuna out here. Things got going rather early, as in before daylight, and ended after dark. It was an all day affair pulling and yanking, and more pulling. When all the dust settled we caught 109 tuna, 85 of which are 100 lbs. or better, most fish are 125 to 170 lbs. and 8 fish 170 to 190 lbs. Needless to say most anglers are worn out and battered. The weather is just gorgeous out here. Thanks for checking in on us, sleep well, as we certainly will. Jeff and the Indy crew

Heading Home

Good evening everyone, we have been on the move in the direction of San Diego for the past two days. Everyone is in relaxed mode, and trading fish stories from the past few days. The weather is up, and our e t a for wed. Is still up in the air. We will have a better idea tomorrow, so check in then, Jeff and the Indy crew

Indy's Return

The Indy will arrive at Point Loma Sportfishing at approximately 9:30am on Wed Nov 24.

Independence Sportfishing Trip Update 11/24/2010

TUNA SHOOTOUT (112410)!!! Independence arrived at Pt. Loma Sportfishing November 24 after a 12-day Avet reels Cow Shootout trip with skipper Jeff DeBuys and 29 passengers.

"We spent a few days on the lower banks," said DeBuys, "and then we went out to the Buffer Zone. We had good fishing there, with the bulk of a couple hundred fish at 125 to 160 pounds. We found a few of 'em on meter marks."

Mark Roden of Placentia won first place for a 175.6-pound Tuna. He bagged the winner with a sardine on a 7/0 Eagle Claw hook on 130-pound Seaguar Premier fluorocarbon and 130-pound Line One Spectra. He fished with an Avet 50 reel and a Super Seeker 2 x 4 rod.

"It took about an hour and a half," said mark. "He bit close to the boat, and then made a long run, and took me up and down the side of the boat. He came up in the starboard corner. I loved my new rod."

Rick Berg of Saratoga won second place for a 173-pound Tuna, and John Arndt of Huntington Beach won third place for a 161-pounder.

We're Off and Running Again

After a rude, and rough ride home from our avet 12-day trip we are pleasantly content with our weather at the present time. After a day off to enjoy Thanksgiving with friends and family, we departed on the annual 12-day Savon Tackle extravaganza with great bait and high hopes for the trip. Today we got right down to business, and started to rig everyone up with all the latest techniques to do battle with whatever we run across. Most of the afternoon was spent watching football, and just enjoying the fabulous weather. To top things off, there was the huge raffle, and giveaway session that really got things going in the right direction. please wish us luck on the trip, Jeff and the Indy crew

We Are Ready

After a few days of travel, we are getting closer to our starting destination. We are ready to do battle with what ever we might run across in our travels. The weather is up a bit again, and looks to be breezy for the next few days. We are going to try for fish tomorrow. Jeff and the Indy crew

Cow Shoot-out 12 day final

We have the final for the cow Shoot-out, first we want to thank everyone who made the trip this year and hope to see everyone again soon, The Grand prize on the trip went to Mark Roden for his 175.6 yellowfin which earned him the $1,500 gift cert. for another trip on the independence, 2nd place for the Avet 30W/2-SP went to Rick Berg with a 173.4 yellowfin, 3rd place went to John Arndt for a 161 yellowfin that took an Avet 30/2-SP, 4th place was caught by Dale Lethcoe and weighed in at 158.2 to earn an Avet HX/2SP, 5th place fell to Ric Kramer for his 155.6 yellowfin and won an Avet JX/2-SP, 6th place went to Dale Lethcoe again with a 150.4 yellowfin and won a Seeker rod, 7th place was landed by Tom Drake and tipped the scales at 147.2 and earned another Seeker rod, 8th place fell to Fred Lee and weighed in at 146.6 and took the final Seeker rod, 9th Place was John Arndt again with a 146.2 yellowfin that put a new Independence jacket on his back and last but not least 10th place and our final prize was caught by Bob Crawford that weighed in at 145.4 and took home an indy sweatshirt. We want to thank our sponsors Avet reels and Seeker rods very much for being on board with the Independence since day one. Next years trip will again have lots of great prizes and this trip will be a 10 day trip for 2011. Thanks again everyone and have a great christmas and new year. Next year will be season 8 for the Indy.

Off To A Good Start

Today we started our trip on the fishing grounds, and had some success on tuna up to 250 lbs. . Gary Ondrisko caught the first big one, a 202 lb. tuna, and then Al Brandenburg stole the show with the whopper fish of the day, a 250 lb. er. We had good action on 120 to 150 lb. fish early, and then had to wait till afternoon for more action on 50 to 80 lb. fish. All things in consideration, we had a good day. The weather is shaping up, and we look forward to tomorrow, so please wish us luck, Jeff and the Indy crew