Action Packed

the last few days we have been traveling and fishing along the way. A few tuna and wahoo yesterday , and great yellowtail fishing today along with some school sized tuna to fill in. Action packed pretty much sums up today, surface pluggers and yo yo guys were busy along with the bait guys. Great way to spend November 1 st. We are looking for kelps tomorrow and some dorado, wish us luck, Jeff and the Indy crew

ETA Monday Nov 3

Hi Everyone, The ETA for The Indy will be 5:30 am, anyone going on tomorrows trip, bring your Passports to the office for verification..Thank you..

Milton Tackle Underway

Good evening everyone, we departed Monday afternoon on our annual 10 day Melton tackle extravaganza with a beautiful load of bait and some eager fishermen. Again this year our host is Danny Mun from Melton's. Danny has had an awesome give away presentation, tons of tackle, apparel ,and rod and reel; Okuma and Calstar for the lucky ones. With some breezy weather around , we have been traveling down all the time and will begin fishing very early tomorrow. Please wish us luck, Jeff and the Indy crew

Early Report

Take a look at the photos on Facebook. Looks like the boys are having fun. Good Wahoo and Tuna fishing so far today. Should get a more complete report later.

GREAT START

Greetings from the independence. We got off to a whale of a start today with wahoo, tuna, yellowtail , grouper , dorado .. Biting fish pretty much sums it up for us. The yellowfin stole the show with 18 to 35 lb. fish we got our daily limits on these beauties easily. Throw in a couple hand fulls of big wahoo and a few dozen chunky yellowtail , and there you have it. Everyone had a super great day, yanking and cranking in the hot sun. We are going to keep trying for fish, so tune in tomorrow and see how if goes, sea ya then , Jeff

Great variety on tap

Good evening everyone. Today was another busy action packed day here on the independence. From the pre-dawn hours things were in high gear, Tuna, Yellowtail , Wahoo , Grouper were on tap out here. Again we obtained our limits of these beautiful 20 to 40 lb. Yellowfin with ease today. Throughout the day Wahoo would make an appearance, as well as Yellowtail and Grouper for the bottom dwellers. As far as the larger model Tuna, we went on a tour yesterday, saw some sign, but no bites except for 15 to 20 lb. fish on porpoise. Very good 10 day variety style fishing going on right now. We are off to another zone for the next few days, so check back and see what's biting, sea ya then , Jeff

Great day on the Indy

Hey everybody we spent the day fishing for Wahoo today under cloudless sunny skies, and 5 kts of wind if that. We had some chances, and put together a day on these beauties. Capt Jimmy's bombs and salas 6x hot pink got a lot of action today. We also dredged up some large Yellowtail in the afternoon to spice things up. Fishing wise and weather wise this is the typical 10 day variety trip, really good fishing for us here on the Indy. We are going to give it another go for tomorrow, wish us luck please, Jeff

Every thing is A OK on the Indy

Good evening everybody, another excellent day out here. We had lots of chances on these jumbo Wahoo again today. Same as yesterday, capt Jimmy's bombs and Salas 6 x jr were the hot jig set ups for today. A few on bait as well. It's all about horse power, the guy that cranks his jig the fastest , gets the most bites, simple as that. Beautiful flat calm weather makes it all the more sweet out here. We are changing locations for tomorrow, sea ya then, Jeff

ON OUR WAY HOME

Well since departing the hot Wahoo zone we have been catching a few Yellowtail and Halibut. The ride up has been really great, pretty much all trip. We are going to be back to San Diego tomorrow at approx. 0530 to unload our beautiful catch. Sea ya then Jeff

ETA

The Indy will be arriving at Point Loma Sportfishing tomorrow morning at 0530. I will start sign in for the 13 day trip at 7:00 AM. Please be sure to bring your passport.

Melton tackle returns....

We arrived this morning and unloaded a great catch of tuna, wahoo, yellowtail, grouper. 1st place jack pot winner was bob Lucas with a 61 lb. wahoo followed by Scott linkletter with a 58 lb. wahoo and Andy rafkin won 3 rd place with a 46 lb. grouper. A great time was had by all, and a huge thanks to Danny Mun from Melton tackle for all the great fishing swag . Thanks to everyone who made the trip this year a big success, see you all next year, Jeff and the Indy crew

Rod & Reel Radio 13 Day...

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Stan Vandenburg is the host with the most on this years 13 day extravaganza, and along with Jeff Larson have compiled a HUGE , HUGE, pile of fishing swag this year. Here are just a few of the sponsors, avet reels, seeker rods, gamakatsu ,maxima, ballyhood, leadmasters, tady, salas smitty belts, pelagic, aftco, zip fizz, xtreme, spenco, fishworks, high tides ,Von zipper, sol, sharks tooth, just to name a few. We have a great load of bait from everingham bros. and a lot of our regular big fish guys I love to fish with , so with a few options off our bow, we start the rigging process, good weather looks to be abundant for now, we'll check in in a few days when we have something, looks like we may stop tomorrow and catch a wahoo dinner if we can, sea ya then, Jeff

Great Traveling

Not too much to report except we caught a hand full of big wahoo , and are going to enjoy the heck out of them when Michele prepares them for some tasty meals. Even more swag is still being distributed to everyone, and Tyrone Burton won a 2 speed avet and seeker rod for the first wahoo today, and he is as happy as I've ever seen that man :) everyone is doing great, rigging up for the up coming battles. Beautiful weather, sea ya, Jeff

SUPER GREAT START...........

Good evening everybody, we arrived to the grounds and got busy immediately this morning. We were busy all day long catching 70 to 125 lb. tuna, really good sign at times. 117 tuna for the efforts, and everyone had a grand ole time yanking and pulling today. We are hoping to tie into some bigguns tomorrow, so stay tuned , and yes the weather is outstanding, also Dan Noll won the other avet and seeker combo for the first fish over 100 lbs., sea ya later, Jeff

Banner 2nd Day

Everything is great here on the independence.......
Well, day # 2 here, and we had another banner fishing day here on the Indy. Beautiful grade yellowfin tuna, flat calm weather, and everyone is a happy camper. We had a couple of excellent drifts today that resulted in 75 tuna, 50 of which were 100 to 200 lbs, most being 110 to 170 lb fish. Things look good around here, and we are eager to see if more bigguns are around. Check out FB , there are a few pics from today. Sea ya all later, Jeff

WOW , DAY 3

ITS GETTING BETTER.
Hey gang, here is what we know so far. Today things got going early on, and kept going till about 1200 hrs and then it virtually evaporated for the rest of the day. Bigguns and more bigguns for us here. I looked at the tally board when the dust settled, and 38 tuna was the number for the am hit. They had 10 fish written down for the cow column , but it was really really busy and I think 8 cows for sure, maybe 10. Everything we caught today was over 100 lbs, and the bulk was 130 to 190 lbs , just incredible fishing down here. I wish I had more pictures, but we were on the ropes for hours, and I did get a few, see them on FB , the 2 stand out cows were caught by Jeff Larson , #255 and bob riddle with a # 250, the weather is as good as the fishing, outstanding. Thanks for checking in, I hope we can keep the ball rolling, Jeff

ITS A WRAP FOLKS .

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Well, this morning didn't disappoint us again as the large tuna were very cooperative again, things got going early and by 0900 hrs we were done for the trip. No cows for us this morning but what we did catch was the same beautiful grade we caught every early morning here, lots of that 130 to 195 lb. fish. Another 30 fish this a.m. In the fresh RSW hatches and there you have it. With a couple of brimming wells of fish on board we are on our way home with choppy weather, I'm glad to be on the big boat. Everyone is pretty tired, and most are horizontal or watching movies, and very happy with the trips success. We will report back in a day or so, sea ya then , Jeff

Smooth Sailing....

Well , better late than never, as our weather is really good for the last leg home. We have had an extraordinary great fishing trip, great weather while fishing, super great group of guys to fish with, and Stan Vandenburg , and Jeff Larsen as our hosts with the most. Lots of personal bests were obtained by many of our guests this trip and everyone did a heck of a good job while all this went down, the Indy crew included. We will be back to San Diego at 0530 tomorrow, sea ya then Jeff and the Indy crew

On The Road Again

Greetings from the Independence. We unloaded the beautiful catch from Stan Vandenburgs 13 day trip and tallied up 12 cows and lots and lots of quality tuna for everyone. The jackpot winners are: 1st place Jeff Larson 270#, 2nd place Bob Riddle 264.7#
3rd place Alex Romans 235#. In no particular order the following anglers also caught cows:Mike Smith 209#, Robert Worthington 207#, David Echeverria 212#, Johnny Jones 225#, Dave Sokoloff 203#, Tyrone Burton 225#, Chris Johnston 240#, Tim Moreno 240#,Abraham Feltus 202#. We want to thank Stan for everything and thank everyone who made the trip a huge success. We departed on 15 day Sav-On tackle this morning with a very eager and well equipped group of guys. We will report back when we have something. Sea ya then. Jeff