ON OUR WAY HOME....

We found only sporadic yellowtail action yesterday, but had good weather to look in. other than that, we have had another great trip, great action on tuna, small , medium, and extra large , as well as the Wahoo action, yellowtail and dorado, grouper. many thanks to Dennis Evans for all the great rods and reels, jigs , line, hooks , assorted reel bags, and tackle boxes, the list goes on and on.....also thanks to charkbait , and fish n fools for everything they contributed. We will arrive back at San Diego at approx. 0545 tomorrow, sea you then, the Indy crew

8-Day Begins

Hello again from all of us on the Independence, We have made the turn around and are headed down on an 8-day adventure. The jackpot-pot winners from the Tunaholics 10 day were the following anglers: Norman Chibana with a 255 pound Yellowfin Tuna, Eric Canales with a 252.6 yellowfin tuna and Don Ames with his 249.8 pound yellowfin taking third place. The other cow catchers on the trip were in random order were Glen Moore 245, Bob Lowes 232 and 249, Paul Markovitz 212, Angie Shanahan with her first cow ever at 203.6, congratulations Angie and Scott McRenolds with a 228 for a total of 10 tuna over the 200 pound mark. we want to thank our charter master Dennis Evans as we as all the anglers on this years trip, also a big thanks to all the sponsors, fish n fools tackle and Charkbait tackle who donated lots of swag for the gang on-board from, Shimano, Accurate reels, Makaira, Open water, Penn rods, Seaguar Fluorocarbon, Braid, Tady, Sumo, Boomerang tool, Lead master, 5 Star fish processing, Eagle claw hooks and Shamrock sabikis. Watch for updates thoughout our trip, Mark Pisano and Crew

Independence returns from a 10 Day Tunaholics trip with a good haul of 10 Cows

Independence arrived at Pt. Loma Sportfishing under skipper Jeff DeBuys' hand November 2. She had been on a ten-day Tunaholics trip with 28 anglers including chartermaster Dennis Evans, and there were ten yellowfin over 200 pounds in the plentiful mixed catch.

"We went after big fish," said DeBuys to dock reporter Bill Roecker. "Mission accomplished. We had about 25 tuna over 100 pounds, and found good yellowtail fishing on high spots. We had a great day on wahoo, and went through the trolling rotation twice. Bombs were good producers."

Norman Chibana pictured above won first place for his husky 255-pound yellowfin. He said he got it with one of the boat's kite outfits, after it took him around the rig twice. The boat rod sported 130-pound Izorline spectra on an Avet 50 reel and a Super Seeker 6463 XXXH rod.

Eric Canales of Wilmington won second place for a 252.6-pounder. It bit a sardine on a 9/0 ringed Owner Super Mutu hook tied to 100-pound Izorline and 130-pound spectra on an Accurate ATD 12 reel and a Super Seeker 2 X 4 rod.

Don Ames of Redondo Beach won third place for a 249.8-pound tuna. He said he bagged it with a squid under the kite on a boat rod. "It bit right around dark," he said, "and took me around the boat six times during an hour and 20-minute fight."

Bob Lowes of Lake Forest bagged a brace at 234 and 249 pounds. He used the kite with a double sardine rig on 8/0 Hayabusa hooks for one fish and a 3/0 ringed Owner Super Mutu hook on the other tuna. He fished that one with 80-pound Blackwater fluorocarbon and 130-pound Line One spectra on an Avet 30 EX reel and a six and a half-foot OC rod.

Glen Moore of Northridge found a 246-pounder on the boat's kite rig.

Jerry Price of Whittier nabbed a 226-pounder with a sardine on a 5/0 Mustad hook, 130-pound fluorocarbon and 130-pound Izorline spectra on an Avet 30 W reel and a Seeker 6465 XXH rod.

Scott McReynolds of Woodland Hills caught a 228-pound yellowfin on a squid with the boat's kite outfit.

Paul Markovitz of Fresno took 45 minutes coaxing his 212-pounder to the boat. It was his best fish ever, and came on a sardine pinned to a 6/0 ringed Owner Super Mutu hook. He fished with 130-pound Seaguar Premier fluorocarbon, 130-pound Izorline spectra, an Accurate ATD 50 reel and a six and a half-foot Calstar rod wrapped by M&M.

"I'm giddy with joy," said Angie Shanahan, Photo #1 of Austin, TX about her 203.6-pound tuna, a lifetime achievement. She got it with a double sardine rig under the kite with the boat's outfit.

Owner Mark Pisano was at the dock to take the boat out on her next foray into deep southern waters after cow tuna, wahoo, dorado and other fall gamefish.

good day on yft

Good evening from the Indy, today was our first day of fishing and we had great fishing on 14 to 25 pound yellowfin tuna, the day was capped by a wide open sundowner where the fish bit well into the dark of night, until we had our fill. The weather is just gorgeous, flat seas and very comfortable temps. Tomorrow the plan is to target bigger tuna and hopefully some wahoo. Thanks for checking in, the Indy guys.

The Independence has great fishing on 14 to 25 lb. Yellowfin

"Good evening from the Independence, today was our first day of fishing and we had great fishing on 14 to 25-pound yellowfin tuna, the day was capped by a wide open sundowner where the fish bit well into the dark of night, until we had our fill. The weather is just gorgeous, flat seas and very comfortable temps. Tomorrow the plan is to target bigger tuna and hopefully some wahoo. Thanks for checking in, the Indy guys."

Monday Nov 7

Hello everyone, today we enjoyed good weather and had a nice day of fishing on various species of game fish. We picked at yellowfin tuna most of the day that were in the 18 to 80 pound range, add in a handful of wahoo along with some nice yellowtail and dorado and in was a fun day to be on the water. Tomorrow we are going to switch gears and try the offshore scene for something different to do. Thanks for checking in, the Indy guys

Independence catches some Yellowfin, Wahoo & Yellowtail

"Hello everyone," said the Independence report from owner-skipper Mark Pisano November 6. "Today we enjoyed good weather and had a nice day of fishing on various species of game fish. We picked at yellowfin tuna most of the day that were in the 18 to 80-pound range, add in a handful of wahoo along with some nice yellowtail and dorado and in was a fun day to be on the water. Tomorrow we are going to switch gears and try the offshore scene for something different to do. Thanks for checking in, the Indy guys."

Final Report for Variety Special

Hello everyone, here is our final report for the trip, we had very good yellowfin action to end our last day in the lower zone, add in a few yellowtail, pargo, wahoo and a bluefin tuna we had a great day of fishing. We then worked north all night and all morning hoping to find a good area of yellowtail which never happened for us. We are planning to be in first thing Saturday morning 5AM, Docking at Point Loma Sportfishing. Have a good day, the Indy guys.

The Independence returns with a very nice mixed fish catch, November 10, 2012

Mark Pisano brought his Independence home to Pt. Loma Sportfishing November 10 after an eight-day trip with 29 anglers aboard. Their story was much the same as others recently. The fishing was good, and the catch was mixed species, typical for fall eight and ten-day trips.

Jim Kostelecky, pictured of Pasadena won first place for his 79.8-pound yellowfin tuna. He said it bit on his chrome Salas 6X Jr. jig tied to 40-pound Big Game line and 80-pound Izorline spectra. He fished with an Avet JX reel and a Seeker 875 rod.

Tom Kroes of Tipton won second place for a 54.8-pound tuna, and posed the Jim. Terry Watkins of San Diego won third place for a 48-pound dorado, but failed to appear for the jackpot shot.

WE ARE OFF AND RUNNING.......

OFF AND RUNNING .... Hello again from the bridge of the independence. We had a quick turn around on Saturday, left San Diego harbor with a good supply of sardines for our 11 day big tuna special. The weather has taken 2 days to calm down, but things look to be heading in the right direction. We have been rigging everyone and talking fish the last few days, and we have high hopes for the trip. Please wish us luck, and thanks for checking in, Jeff and the Indy crew

Good start

Hello everyone, our satellite email is not working in the lower zone at the moment. Capt. Jeff did call in when he had signal to say the fishing has been good the last two days, they have one cow at about 220, the rest of the tuna are all mixed up in the 50 to 190 lb. range for the most part. There also has been a few wahoo to spice up the action from time to time. The weather started off bad on departure day but has turned in to beautiful flat warm fishing weather. The plan is to do this again tomorrow. Thanks for checking in the Indy guys.

All good

The email is not working again in the lower zone, Jeff did call in on the hand held phone to let us know the fishing has been good the last two days with the bulk of the tuna being 80 to about 170. There has been a handful of cows hooked and lost with none making it aboard. Weather is beautiful flat calm, the guys are now headed up and may be able to send a full report in a day or two. Thanks for checking in on us.

LETS GET CAUGHT UP...

Well first of all we are back on line, as we have been down in the lower zones. as far as fishing goes, we have been busy putting together another good catch of quality yellowfin tuna, and wahoo resting in our r s w wells. we had shots at big cows every day, and as we all know even with all the right gear set up perfectly, you still need a bit of luck to land the beast. We only landed a couple, and had numerous bigguns break off right at the boat. the rest of what we did catch is a beautiful 90 to 220 lb.. grade tuna, lots of 130 to 175 lb. fish. The weather has been outstanding to say the least.
Everyone has had a great time yanking and pulling in the warm tropics. We have just a morning left to fish, so we will report again tomorrow when the last fish is gaffed. Thanks for checking in on us, Jeff and the Indy crew FYI:Get in on the big Cows the Day after Thanksgiving has a couple openings..Call in for details

LONG BUMPY ROAD HOME............

Yesterday we stopped for a brief time to try for some Wahoo, and the weather was almost unfishable, really poor traveling etc... we did catch a few fish and then it was time to keep plowing our way up. I will say we had excellent weather while down in the grounds, so it evens out, we have a very good catch for 11 day fishing trip, and we pay the price traveling home. I would take this scenario 99 % of the time. Quite a few personal bests for many this trip. We will be back to San Diego tomorrow at the advertised time 1200, sea you all then, Jeff and the Indy crew

HERE WE GO AGAIN...

We hope everyone had a great Thanksgiving Holiday. We want to thank everyone who participated in the 11. 25 day that we just completed, and I will say it was a huge success, lots of fun and a great group. Jackpot winners were as follows: 1st place Dave Sokoloff with a big 216 lb Yellowfin, 2nd place Quinn Chenelle a whopper of a Yellowfin of 209, and 3rd place Dane Barriault 194.6 congrats guys.. Today we departed on another trip, this one a 15 day SavOn Tackle special, our usual Day after Thanksgiving trip with a good supply of sardines, good weather in the forecast, and some eager fisherman. We will add another report soon, please wish us luck, Jeff and the Indy crew

Good fishing

jeff called in on the sat. phone tonight to report good fishing on yellowfin tuna on the first day of the trip. Most tuna are in the 130 to 180 pound range along with (6) fish over the 200 pound mark. Weather is nice as well, the e-mail is not working in the lower zone so Jeff will update the trip on the hand held Sat. phone. We should get update's every evening so check back when you can. Thanks, Mark Pisano and the entire Indy staff.

More great fishing

Hello everyone, fishing was again very, very good. For the day we kept 60 tuna, 40 are in the 150 to 250 pound range!!! The other 20 are 100 to 150,There are at least 12 of those over 200 pounds Wow what a day, weather remains good and the smell of Ben-gay is in the air. We are having a blast to say the least.

They are biting!!!!!

The day went pretty much like yesterday, another sixty five tuna that we kept, smaller fish being released to grow and do there thing. 10 more cows up to 245 and lots of fish in the 150 to 199 pound range. Excellent fishing sums up the day. Only a few wahoo have been caught as the tuna are very aggressive. The sardines, chucks and kite have all been working. With 4 more days of this type of fishing we may have some time to try for wahoo. Thanks for checking in, Jeff and the Indy guys.

Slower pace

Hello everyone, Jeff called in to report that fishing has slowed a bit but still had pretty decent action on that 100 to 180 pound fish, only 2 cows made it on the boat today with a few more being hooked and lost due one reason or another. The weather remains good and the plan is to give it another day out here.