Independence makes improvements

Hello everyone, here is what we have been doing on the independence. First, we spent 3 months doing our annual boat work, haul out etc.. Nothing too extreme, just subtle improvements where needed. We did run a 3-day freezer special 2 weeks ago and it was a success. We are currently on a 6-day trip that we departed on today, May 13 Th. We have decent weather and a good load of bait, and are heading down the coast. That pretty much gets us up to speed on the water. We have 2 great sponsors this trip, Izoreline (Steve Ichinokuchi) and Young's Tackle (Robin Joo). We will report again tomorrow, Jeff, Kyle and the Indy crew, John, Tommy, Sean, Ed and Garret

Independence fishes some favorite areas

Good evening everyone. Here is what we know so far. Yesterday was spent off shore looking at some favorite early season areas. We saw quite a few kelps for not too much, mostly small yellows, and some bonito. Today we had good fishing on good grade yellowtail, 18 to 30 lbs. along with lots of wind. We plan on sticking around here to see what tomorrow brings for us. Thanks for checking in, Jeff, Klye and the Indy crew

Independence finds some tuna

Hello again everyone, here is the report for today. We stayed in the general area as yesterday and had some really, really good yellowtail fishing on jigs, and bait. Toadies grade of fish was even better than yesterday's grade. Today was straight bigguns biting all day long. We have not made up our minds what to do for tomorrow, but we are going to try something different. Good night from the Indy crew

Independence has breezy weather

Hello today was very slow in the offshore fishing department. The weather is a bit breezy as well. We will return to port tomorrow at 0600, good night, and the Indy crew

Indy will dock on saturday

The Indy will dock at approximately 6:00am on Saturday. The Sat phone for emails were working properly, therefore I did not receive any updates on fishing for Thursday. All anglers departing on Saturdays trip we plan to make an early departure, Sign-in begins at approx. 7:30am, not 8:30am

Indy arrives in San diego

Good afternoon everyone, we arrived back in San Diego this morning, and weighed up our jackpots. First place fish was a 41lb. Yellowtail caught by Dan caves. Second place was 37-lb. yellowtail caught by Robin Joo. Third place was a 150-lb. Black Sea bass caught by jimmy lee. We want to thank Young's tackle and Izorline for sponsoring the trip. We are currently headed back out on another 6-day extravaganza with high hopes. This trip is sponsored by big fish tackle. The weather is good at this time, and we are making good speed down the coast. We will report again tomorrow when we can. Thanks for checking in on us, Jeff and the Indy crew, Tommy John, Sean, Mike, Frank, and Ed & Garret.

Independence has a spectacular fishing day

Good evening everyone, we made the run further south, and it has made a significant difference for us. We have had spectacular fishing today on tuna and yellowtail. We always had a couple going, and at times 5 or 6 fish hanging. Most fish 25 to 50 lbs., and a handful of standouts, 75 to 80 LB fish. Everyone is having the greatest time ever. The weather is outstanding as well. We hope to repeat this tomorrow. Wish us luck, Jeff and the Indy crew

The independence couldnt ask for anything better

Well, I have to say it does not get any better for springtime fishing down here. We had just outstanding fishing today again. Some of the yellowtail exceeded 50 lbs., and the tuna were ever present again. If this sign of things to come, sign me up for a full share. The weather continues to be perfect as well. I really look forward to the 8-day trips coming up in a week or so. We plan on sticking around again tomorrow for the a.m. hit, and then heading it for the barn. Thanks for tuning in, Jeff and the Indy gang

Independence heads home

Good afternoon everyone, we are on our way back to San Diego at the present time. The morning started off on a slow note, but quickly changed around 0800. Things got going, and I am sorry to say we had too head for home, but not before tagging 40 mixed fish. The weather is good, and most people are resting, and reading etc.we will have a better picture of Fridays ETA tomorrow, so check in then. See you later, the Indy gang

Independence will dock at Point Loma tomorrow

Good Day everyone, The Independence will dock at Point Loma Sportfishing Friday May 25 at 6:15am.

Independence has one last catch

Good Day everyone, we had good travelling weather today, and not too much to report except 1 bluefin tuna on the troll. The Independence will dock at Point Loma Sportfishing Friday May 25 at 6:15am.

Indy Tests Alijos

"Jeff put us on 'em good!" said Chartermaster Gary Buddenbohm of Big Fish Tackle in Seal Beach at Point Loma Sportfishing May 25. He was just back from a six-day trip a "flyer" to Alijos Rocks aboard the Independence with skipper Jeff DeBuys.

"We had good weather and made good speed downhill," said DeBuys at the scales. We got there in time to spend two days and a morning fishing. It was typical but good spring fishing, in 68-degree water. There was good sign of tuna and they were readily biting.

"The tuna averaged 40 pounds, and 40-pound line was the right stuff," he continued. The yellowtail ran from 15 pounds to over 50. If you wanted yellows you put on a small sinker; if it was tuna you were after you fly-lined 'em. Fishing was full speed on the kite. Yoyo iron fishing was good with heavy, large jigs."

Mordy Kay of LA won first place for a 102.6-pound tuna. He got the fish with a squid on the boat's kite rig.

Gary Moates of Seal Beach and the LA Rod & Reel Club won second place for an 83-pound yellowfin, and Cathy "Cookie" Killeen of Seal Beach and Big Fish Tackle won third place for a 72-pound yellowfin tuna.

John Carmadella of San Dimas got honorable mention for a 52.2-pound yellowtail, a lunker that sucked in his mackerel bait and gave him a 30-minute fight.

Independece will be home

the Independence will arrive at Point Loma Sportfishing at approximately 7am on Monday May 28. Have a safe Holiday.