TUNAHOLICS STRIKE AGAIN; FIRST 300# OF THE YEAR

Hello again everyone, the Indy returned with an awesome catch this morning which included 5 cows , the largest weighing in at 304 lbs. landed by Joey Nakagawa after a long battle on 80 lb string. A 223 lb.Tuna by Keith McReynolds a 207 lb. Yellowfin by Tommie Tamanaha and honorable mentions for a 229 lb. Tuna for Scott Smith and another right at 200 for Scott McReynolds. The Tunaholics led by Dennis and Angie Evans again rose to the occasion to go deep down and make the first score for the 4th year in a row, way to go everyone. There were plenty of beautiful grade Yellowfin, slug Yellowtail and Wahoo this time to make it a memorable 10 day trip to say the least. A huge thanks to Dennis and Angie and to everyone who made the trip such a huge success , sea ya soon , Jeff and the Indy crew

ON OUR WAY

We fished our way down south and reached our destination this evening. We caught a few wahoo for our efforts and are going to try it again tomorrow. Wish us luck.

Travel Day

Tough travel day for us we covered lots of good ground for a few fish. We are still headed south to arrive at our destination early in the morning. We are keeping our fingers crossed for good fishing and workable conditions. Wish us luck!
Captain Matthew and the Indy Crew

Travel Day

beautiful weather and good fishing. Everyone had a chance to pull on school size tuna today and bit of wahoo. We are headed north tonight looking for more wahoo in the morning. Matt and crew.
Matthew R Kaullen (pictures on Facebook for this trip)

Travel Day

beautiful weather and good fishing. Everyone had a chance to pull on school size tuna today and bit of wahoo. We are headed north tonight looking for more wahoo in the morning. Matt and crew.
Matthew R Kaullen (pictures on Facebook for this trip)

WAHOO TODAY

We had a great day fishing for wahoo. We were able to get everyone a wahoo to take home. Lots of fun in the sun today. We are traveling north tonight looking for more fish in the morning.
Matthew R Kaullen

Action on Yellas

Checking in... We had good yellowtail fishing today. Lots of winding and grinding and the result was rewarding. The yo-yo jig was the hot ticket. We are gaining altitude tonight and looking for more biters in the morning. Matt and Indy crew.

ETA 11/11/2015

We are headed home and calling it a wrap. We had some wind to deal with this morning so it made things a bit tougher. We will arrive at the dock tomorrow morning at 0530. Has been a lot of fun with another great group. Thanks again to Danny and Melton Tackle for putting on another successful trip. See you in the morning530AM! Matt and Indy crew.

Final Report Melton Tackle

We are headed home and calling it a wrap. We had some wind to deal with this morning so it made things a bit tougher. We will arrive at the dock tomorrow morning at 0530. Has been a lot of fun with another great group. Thanks again to Danny and Melton Tackle for putting on another successful trip. See you in the morning! Matt and Indy crew.

We're off and running......

Stan Vandenburg 13 day extravaganza is underway , as we departed yesterday. Already the fish gods have been good to us as Bob got a nice wahoo for dinner. Stan has already begun the massive tackle giveaway process which could take another few days to complete, and everyone is a big time winner. We have a great collection of fishermen out with us this trip, and a very nice load of bait from E B bros. bait co. So the stage is set, wish us luck, Jeff and the Indy crew

STILL UNDERWAY

Today's picture is of Mike Conklin and his wahoo that won him a beautiful SEEKER / AVET combo for the first skin caught on a Vander bomb. Great weather to rig up for the trip, and a few seminars to get everyone on the same page , so to speak. We will begin the quest tomorrow, sea ya then , Jeff

Excellent Start

Today things were ON. Great conditions prevailed for most of the day and we put it to good use. 85 yellowfin tuna for the efforts went into the RSW hatch. Most fish were 80 lbs. or better, and I would say the bulk was 100 to 185 lbs. , just excellent fishing all day long. The weather is still good, but we'll see about that. Hoping for a repeat tomorrow, sea ya then , Jeff

LOOKING GOOD

Things are going really well down here for us, as we put together another exceptional day on these giant yellowfin tuna. The morning hit was something rite out of the story books, as everyone had one on, 150 to 230 lb. fish, really something. We continued to open the RSW hatch pretty regularly as we tallied 93 tuna today and a pretty fair amount of those were 100 lbs. and up. Everyone worked like an all star team, everyone. The weather was up but we had minimal effects from it. 3 fish over 200 lbs. today and a really big one that escaped in the dark tonite. We are going to try this again tomorrow, wish us luck, Jeff

TOUGH CONDITIONS TODAY

We had lots of wind today and things were on the tough side as far as what we did the last few days down here. We did sum driving around in sloppy conditions and managed to scrape up 30 tuna for our efforts. Most fish today were 70 to 145 lbs. , nice grade for a blown out day. We are going to try it again tomorrow , sea ya then , Jeff

Changes

Good evening from the Independence. What's the old saying, " nothing lasts forever " well that pretty well sums up things down here. We had some good action this morning on 130 to 180 lb. fish with a stand out 260 lb.er caught by Mike Conklin. After the morning hit we caught sum here and there but it looks to me that the prevailing conditions aren't going to work for us. We are on the move to greener pastures. Sea ya later, Jeff

LOTS OF WATER

Lots of water covered today and lots of fish seen, finally late in the day we connected. We had a legitimate shot and landed 7 tuna " 5 fish were 125 to 170 and a few 60 lb.ers. The weather was spectacular and looks to stay that way. We are gaining altitude all the time, sea ya later Jeff

REAL DEAL SKINNIN TODAY

Things didn't look so hot today in the morning , but after lunch the switch was in the ON position. 40 to 60 lb. Wahoo were chewing the zincs off the boat. Quite the display they put on, bingo after bingo, everyone had the best fishing they had ever seen on these toothy speedsters. Capt. Jimmy's Bombs were the hot ticket , as well as Salas and Tady jigs. Flat calm weather made it easy to see the aquarium style fish shooting through the corner biting jigs rite at the boat. We landed 80 fish in about 5 hours. We're having trouble sending pictures , but we'll keep trying. From here we go up all the time, gaining altitude, sea ya later Jeff and the Indy crew

GOOD MORNING FROM THE INDEPENDENCE

Another sunrise here today, here's a few more pics from the other day, we stopped along the coast for a few Yellas yesterday and are headed for the barn. We will be back to San Diego Tues. 0530. Sea ya then , Jeff

Stan Vandenberg 13 Day Arrival

The Indy arrived yesterday with a bountiful catch aboard which included a few cows and many Yellowfin in the 140 to 185 lb. slot size. A good showing on the Wahoo as well. We want to thank Stan and all his sponsors ( sorry I left the list on the boat Stan ) for all their support and great products we use to catch fish. Here are the jack pot winners: 1st place Mike Conklin 260lb Yellowfin Tuna; 2nd place John Madden 232lb Yellowfin Tuna; 3rd place Gary Balbach 190lb Yellowfin Tuna. Many thanks to everyone who participated this year and made the trip a memorable one to say the least. We look forward to the next adventure, Jeff and the Indy crew

SAV-ON TACKLE OFF AND RUNNING

A happy thanksgiving to all our wonderful passengers, and those who want to wet a line with us. We departed on our annual 15 day Sav-On extravaganza yesterday with an excellent group of hearty trophy hunters and a good supply of sardines from E B bait co. The weather was a bit ominous when we departed but is shaping up now. Roger Eckhardt is our host and already busy organizing all the big time tackle giveaways. We are headed down and will have a report in a few days when we get something figured out, wish us luck, Jeff and the Indy crew