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November 2016

Fish Report & Photo Archive

SLOW DAY

by Indy Crew, 11-01-2016

Today was a long anticipated day of fishing. We ended up looking for kelp on our way down and found little for our efforts. We arrived to our destination with a few hours to scour the area for Tuna and Wahoo. The result was minimal with only smaller grade fish to shake off. We are continuing south to fish at first light tomorrow. We hope to have an action packed report for you! Wish us luck.

WAHOO ACTION

by Indy Crew, 11-02-2016

Great start for us today. We had steady action picking away at Wahoo all day down here. Everybody had a few chances and we managed to put together a good catch of Wahoo. We tagged a few school grade Tuna as well and all the persistence payed off. We are headed south tonight and we are going to sniff around for some larger Tuna. Let's hope we can keep the ball rolling. Matt and Indy crew.

WORTH THE WAIT

by Indy Crew, 11-03-2016

Today started as one of those days we burned our eyes out for little satisfaction. We covered a lot of good country looking for Tuna. We made a little move in the afternoon and got our anchor down with great signal of big boys. We fished until dark and managed a nice taste of the bigguns. Their was a few casualties in the heat of battle but we managed to get 2 cows and one super cow. We also had sign of the smaller Tuna to try for in the 25-100# range. Chartermaster Danny Mun of Melton Tackle got his fish of a lifetime today tackling a Yellowfin at 328 pounds. Tomorrow we try again in hopes of a few more trophies.

HIGH HOPES

by Indy Crew, 11-04-2016

Well today the Tuna pretty much gave us the fin... We woke up this morning rearing to go and no one showed up. We spent the day doing a few Grouper drifts to pass some time for the evening hit. We found some more school size Tuna to 50# but they weren't all that cooperative. All show and very little go. We anchored up in the afternoon and the conditions were a bit different. We never saw the sign from the previous day. I guess that's the way it goes hunting for trophy Yellowfin. We are headed up the line looking for more Tuna and Wahoo tomorrow. Wish us luck.

WORKING UP

by Indy Crew, 11-06-2016

i just talked to Matt and he would like to pass on the past couple days of fishing. They have been busy catching Wahoo and Tuna. Very good fishing for both species. The plan is to scout around offshore in the morning and try to pick up some Dorado. If time permits they will try somewhere along the beach for Yellowtail before calling it a trip.

ETA

by Indy Crew, 11-08-2016

The Independence will arrive Wed. 5:30AM. For those of you going on Wednesdays' trip Judy will start sign in shortly after 6:00 AM. Be sure to bring your passports with you when you come up to sign in.

Melton Tackle JP

by Indy Crew, 11-10-2016

Jackpot winners Danny Mun 337 1st place. 2nd place Bob Lucas 70.0 pound wahoo. 3rd place Jay Tevelde 58.6 pond wahoo. Thanks again to everyone. This was a great trip with a great group of guys.... and girls. See you next year.

Stan Vanderburg Rod & Reel

by Indy Crew, 11-11-2016

Stan Vanderburg 13 Day
Hello everyone we've been traveling down the past few days with another great group of fishermen and high hopes. We stopped by Everingham Bros. for a brimming supply of sardines and off we went. Stan has again brought the ultimate in fishing swag and everyone is a winner. We have a few new faces on board and there are a few of our friends are missing, sea you all soon. Great weather down here and we will begin the process on Sunday morning. Wish us luck, Jeff and the Indy crew
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11-11-2016

Wahoo on a stop

by Indy Crew, 11-12-2016

We made a stop yesterday to grab a few Hoo for dinner and found some good action on them. After a while it was time to get going. Everyone had a few chances to get some. We will be down in the zone tomorrow early to begin the process. Wish us luck, Jeff

Great Start

by Indy Crew, 11-13-2016

We had good fishing for 70 to 150 lb. tuna today. Majority of the fish were 70 to 80 lb. with a hand full of those 100 lb. or better type in the mix. 41 tuna and a few wahoo was the score. With the decent sign of fish we are going to camp out and try it again tomorrow, good weather out here as well. Wish us luck, Jeff

Another action packed day

by Indy Crew, 11-15-2016

Another sensational day here on the Indy , as it was an all day affair sun up till sun down. The grade was a bit better as we landed a cow along with a fair amount of fish in the 100 to 150 lb. range. This is good living, everyone is yanking and pulling. We are going to give it another go tomorrow, sea ya then, Jeff

KEEPS GETTING BETTER

by Indy Crew, 11-16-2016

Here's the abridged report, great sign and excellent fishing for us here on the Independence. Again things got going early and ended with a nice sundown hit. Things are changing rite now, and definitely in our favor as the grade now is trophy fish. We had quite a few chances and some worked out and some couldn't close the deal at the very end. We have a full day and a morning till we head up. The weather is good as well. Sea ya later, Jeff

ANOTHER DAY IN PARADISE

by Indy Crew, 11-17-2016

Today we had different conditions for most of the day but the guys stuck with it and put together another great day on quality Yellowfin. Lots of fish this trip over the century mark, and chances at bigguns keeps us on our toes. Not pictured are all those 130 to 170 's the guys are racking up. One more morning to try our luck and then it's off to San Diego. Wish us luck, Jeff and the Indy crew

NICE FINISH

by Indy Crew, 11-18-2016

We positioned ourselves for a morning hit and a morning hit we got. We picked up 27 fish up to 170 lbs. in a couple of hours. Everyone had a chance to tag a few more fish before calling it quits. We've had a great time down here , won many battles and lost a few as well. Currently we are cruising up with good weather. We've had what I call a perfect trip, fishing , weather , great group and all that was missing were a few of our good buddies Robert and Pat, we look forward to seeing everyone next year. We will post an ETA in a few days, sea ya then , Jeff

Homeward Bound. ETA 5am

by Indy Crew, 11-20-2016

We will be arriving back to port Tuesday at 0500. We've had an awesome fishing trip with excellent results and a great time with all of our friends onboard. We would like to thank all the great sponsors Stan has accumulated, and look forward to the next adventure. Sea ya. Jeff and the Indy crew
AVET, HONEYWELL, Okuma, Gamakatsu, Maxima, Ballyhood, Lead Masters, Booyaa, Cousins Rods, Aftco, Fishworks, Sol, ZipFiz, Knott2Kinky, Tady, Sabiki, Catchy Tackle, Tim Bailey & Assoc. Fish and Fame, Get Sum, Smitty's Belt, All Fishing Reel Speed, Sportsman's Seafood Processing.

STAN VANDERBERG 13 DAY RETURNS

by Indy Crew, 11-22-2016

The Independence returned this morning with an awesome catch of Yellowfin Tuna and Wahoo. Jack pots
1st 251 lb. Tuna David Echeverria
2nd 230 lb.Tuna Pat Miller
3rd 211 lb. Tuna Art Preston
Thanks to Stan for everything and to everyone who made the trip a success again this year. Sea ya all on the next one , Jeff and the Indy crew

SAV-ON TACKLE

by Indy Crew, 11-26-2016

Happy Thanksgiving to everyone, we departed on our annual 15 day extravaganza with high hopes and some great fishermen onboard. Loaded with sardines we hope the fish gods are on our side and the weather cooperates. Roger Eckhardt Mr. Sav On himself is out with us and proceeded to spoil everyone with tons of great tackle and fish wear. We will report anything of interest throughout the trip so stay tuned in and wish us luck, Jeff and the Indy crew

READY TO FISH

by Indy Crew, 11-28-2016

We made a brief stop at the Wahoo zone and due to the super windy conditions we mustered up a hand full of skin before continuing south. We still have lots of breeze and will start the fishing process tomorrow, wish us luck, Jeff

NICE STARTER KIT

Sal Proetto scored a nice 247 this afternoon

Photo Credit: Indy Crew

by Indy Crew, 11-30-2016

Hello everyone we got down here and got rite to work yesterday even though conditions were not the premium conditions to work with. Despite all that , we have had a great few days down here and with a bunch of time left I feel we will prevail. Again good sign of 75 to 140 lb. fish and shots at premium grade also, as Sal Proetto scored a nice 247 this afternoon. We had sum real yanking and cranking this morning in the dark, pure chaos. Wish us luck, Jeff