ETA Friday 4/3/15

Our ETA for the Indy will be approximately 6;30am.
See you all soon..

Jackpot Winners

Hello everyone we are back after a very bumpy three days traveling home, we were all glad to be on a big steel boat which made the ride a lot better than it could have been. Big fish on the trip went to Paul Rubio with his 219.5 Yellowfin Tuna on the right, Rodger Long and his 214.5 Yellowfin on the far left, Paul also took third with a 205.5 Yellowfin that his brother Mike is holding in the middle, nice job guys. First time long ranger Mark Johnson landed a 202 for his personal best as well as Mike Rubio landed his best to date with a 181 pound Yellowfin tuna. Wahoo jackpot was taken by Dale Lethcoe at 47.0. A Big thanks goes out to all who made the trip, Rick Ozaki charter master who put together all the give-a-ways from our sponsors, Avet reels, Seaguar fluorocarbon, Graftech rods and Raider jigs thanks again so much.

ETA Sunday

The independence will dock at Point Loma Sportfishing at 6:00 AM Monday.

Fun 3 Day

Hello again from the independence. We recently returned from a very successful 3 day adventure that included good Yellowtail fishing, as well as Calico bass and nice reds and a few lings. With great fishing, good weather and a super fun group of fisherman we had a really fun weekend. The jack pot winners are Troy Terwilliger and Jim Lanford with 26.5 lb. Yellowtail and Liping Wang got 3rd place with a 25 lb. Yellowtail. Many thanks to everyone who made it out on the trip, sea ya all soon.

A Sad Day For The Independence Family

A Sad Day For Our Family
It is with a heart full of sadness that we inform you of the passing of Sam Lewis. For those that knew Sam you know how much he will be missed. For those of you that did not know Sam it's really to bad. A true gentleman in every sense of the word. Sam made 36 long range trips on the Independence and during that time made a lot of good friends. His personality was such that you immediately wanted to be a part of every thing he did on the boat. Every time he would get bit he would let out a yell that had the boat erupt with laughter. When he would sit down for dinner every one wanted to be at his table just to hear his stories. I could go on for hours with stories about Sam. I just want to say we will all miss you and I'm sure we will all meet again. God bless you Sam..
John Collins and the entire Independence Family

Underway Sav On Tackle

Hello again from the independence. We were pleasantly surprised with our bait from Everingham Bros. Bait co. this morning; they really do a fine job for us year after year, and are headed south for 16 days with a super great group of fishermen. Sav on tackle is our sponsor this trip and big Ed Cazeres is the charter master. Beautiful weather rolling down the coast right now and looks to stay this way for a while. Tomorrow mucho give aways, along with tackle seminar and some R&R for all. On a sad note, my, our, great friend Mr. Sam Lewis passed away 2 days ago, he was a true gentleman, and always a pleasure to be around and fish with on the Independence. He will be missed greatly, and our condolences go out to his family and friends. Sam my friend rest in peace.. Jeff and the Indy crew

All is well on the Indy......

All is well on the Indy......
Hello again from the Indy, we have been very busy rigging and raffling , here are a few of the luck ones with their new Makaira reels and seeker rods. Beautiful weather out here rite now, and good sign of schoolie yellowfin tuna yesterday afternoon. We should be down in the grounds Sunday , and start the process. Oscar is sporting a new look for the season. Wish us luck, Jeff and the Indy crew

Bleach Blond Oscar

Oscar's new hair doo

LOCK N LOADED

LOCK N LOADED
Well, we are as ready as can be for the bank style fishing, and should be there tomorrow mid day. With any luck we can try for a late afternoon hit. There were some great giveaways and big raffle items provided by Sav On tackle as in okuma reels, Phenix rods, coastal American rail rods, owner hooks ,leadmaster bombs, seaguar floro, blue water bags, and thanks to Rosie and Sean fishermans processing for all the pupu platters and giveaways. We did pick up a lonesome wahoo today, way to go Max. Tune in later for more reports, sea ya then, Jeff and the Indy crew

STARTER KIT......

Well, we've been here a day and a half and I can honestly say I'm not super impressed by what I see , and what was going on last week down here we don't see the volume. We've scratched out a day here today, but we're gonna need more action than this. Hopefully tomorrow

All is well on the Indy......

Good evening from the Indy. We saw good sign again today , and put another day together, 26 tuna with fish from 75 to 211 lbs. and sum schoolies 30 to 50 lb.ers as well. We had a few tussles with the locals, grinners so you had to be on your game and pull them in before they ate everything. Everyone is doing great, and the weather is fantastic. Wish us luck tomorrow, Jeff and the Indy crew