We had a great time this year on our Independence trip. Last Saturday, Captian Mark Pisano and his son took us out to San Clemente Island. We searched for exotics but to no avail. However, we did have a great day of rockfishing and awesome service. Thanks Mark! Click here for the pictures from Homan Khaki and click here for our 2008 Indy Video. Pictured here is Ricky Saucedo with a nice red!

Check out the latest video creation from Homan. Our guys had a great time on the Independence. They fished San Clemente Island. The exotics were a no show but fun was had by all! Click here to view the Video.

Independence Fish Report

WE'RE BAAAACK.....Hello to everyone on the beach. We left Point Loma Sportfishing about 11:30 yesterday on our first trip of the season. On our way out of the harbor we stopped off for some bait and headed south. We started fishing today and we had good fishing for rock cod and everyone is having a great time. We're glad to be back and doing what we love to do

Independence Fish Report

Hello everyone, we are finally out on our first long-range trip of the season. We have been busy prepping the Independence for another fantastic season in which we departed yesterday on an 8-day trip. Our sponsor for this trip is young's tackle and Jims Custom Rods. We have a good load of bait, and have everyone rigged and ready for the trip. We didn't see much in the way of fish sign in our travels today, but we will be at our destination tomorrow shortly after lunch. There were some great giveaways for all today as well, and everyone is looking forward to a fun time out on the water. Wish us luck, the Indy crew, Jeff, Kyle, tom, Sean, Dan, frank, Ed, and Rolf

Independence Fish Report

Happy Mother's Day to all the Mom's from the Indy. Report to follow later.

Independence Report

Skipper Jeff DeBuys is running a week-long trip aboard Independence, the first regular run for the boat this new season. The latest posting:

"Here is a quick report for the last few days. Yesterday we arrived at Alijos around 1330, and looked around trying various spots for some smaller tuna, as well as some medium grade yellowtail. The last spot was to be our best, as we had a good hit on a nice grade yellows just before dark. Last night we had a no show on the yellows. We anchored in a different spot for the morning, and were surprised to have decent action on medium grade, as well as 4 tuna from 40 to 70 lbs. The weather has been up a little bit, but I think it will subside soon. We are going to try this again tomorrow, please wish us luck."

Independence Fish Report

Hello everyone, here is a quick report for the last few days. Yesterday we arrived at Alijos around 1330, and looked around trying various spots for some smaller tuna, as well as some medium grade yellowtail. The last spot was to be our best, as we had a good hit on a nice grade yellows just before dark. Now then last night we had a no show on the yellows. We anchored in a Different spot for the morning, and were surprised to have decent action on medium grade, as well as 4 tuna from 40 to 70 lbs. The weather has been up a little bit, but I think it will subside soon. Katie's dad would like to wish her a happy birthday. We are going to try this again tomorrow, please wish us luck, Jeff and the Indy crew.

Independence Fish Report

Today we fished for a half a day at Alijos, before throwing in the towel. Things were on the slow side with just a hand full of nice grade yellows for our efforts. We are now headed to Cedros Island for some more yellowtail fishing. The weather is still on the breezy side out here. Check in tomorrow, and wish us luck, the Indy crew.

Independence Fish Report

Good evening everyone, we fished the Baja Coast today, and had good fishing for big yellowtail. We tried various spots, and all of them had fish willing to bite our offerings. Also we had very good weather. We plan on moving up the coast for Tomorrow, and see what we can muster up. Thanks for checking in on us, and Have a good night. Jeff, Kyle and the Indy crew.

Independence Fish Report 5-15-2008

Hello and good evening to everyone. Today we had great fishing, and Great weather to go along with a great time. Tonight we are going to Have a delicious fish dinner, while we figure out where to go for tomorrow. We will sea you all later, the Indy crew

Hello and good evening to everyone. Today we had great fishing, and Great weather to go along with a great time. Tonight we are going to Have a delicious fish dinner, while we figure out where to go for tomorrow. We will sea you all later, the Indy crew

Independence Fish Report 05-16-2008

INDY will dock at Point Loma Sportfishing at 6:30am Anglers going out on Saturday May 17,Sign in will begin at 7am, you must arrive no later than 9am. Thanks everyone.

Independence Fish Report

Indy Finds Willing Biters

Independence docked May 17 at Pt. Loma Sportfishing after an eight-day Young's Tackle trip with 31 anglers. Skipper Jeff DeBuys weighed the catch, happy with a good experience.

"It was just about a perfect group," said chartermaster Robin Joo. "We got about 90 per cent of our yellowtail on iron. There were more on the yoyo jig than the surface iron."

The trip produced near-limits of yellowtail, a few tuna, plenty of rockfish and three halibut. The best flattie was an 18-pounder caught by Brian Friesen of Fresno.

"It bit on a blue and white Salas 6X jig," said Brian. "I dropped it right on his head."

"The temperature was just 65 degrees at Alijos," said skipper DeBuys. "The best tuna and honorable mention goes to Keith Wolf of Lancaster, whose 58-pound tuna had its tail removed at the boat by a shark.

"The ocean conditions are looking normal for the winter-spring season, and Cedros is right where we left it last year. The island fishing hasn't changed. Benitos has good sign. We ended with near-limits of yellowtail, and we released about 200. We didn't keep any yellows under 18 pounds at the Rocks. Next month we should see the spring-summer conditions."

Young Kim of Roland heights won first place on the trip for his 48.2-pound yellowfin tuna. He said he hooked it on a mackerel and a 3/0 Flyliner hook. He used 30-pound Blackwater fluorocarbon leader, 40-pound P-Line and 80-pound Berkley Spectra backing on a Daiwa Saltiga 30 T reel and a Calstar 800H rod.

Minsoo Kim of Vancouver, BC won second place for a 46.2-pound Alijos yellowfin and Brian Friesen snatched third place for a Cedros Island yellowtail of 37.4 pounds.

The Independence will return from her next trip May 24.

Independence Fish Report 05-17-2008

Hello again, We'd like to thank everyone that participated in our Young's Tackle and Jim's Custom Rods trip that returned this morning. Our Jackpot winners were Young Kim from ROWLAND HEIGHTS, CA. with a 48.2 Yellowfin, 2nd place popped-in with a 46.2 Yellowfin by Minsoo Kim of N VANCOVER BC and rolling in at 3rd place was Brian Friesen of FRESNO with a 37.4 Yellowtail. Nice job. We departed on our Big Fish Tackle 7 day trip shortly after 11:30; the weather is very nice as we are headed south. We took on a good load of sardine with some mackerel mixed in. We will check back and let everyone know how things go on the fishing when we start out. Have a good evening, The Indy guys.

Independence Sportfishing Fish Report 05-21-08

Call in from the boat this morning. Weather has been very inconsistent non cooperative, not easy to receive reports. Mark said they were into a school of Yellowtail and will try to send a report tonight. watch for updates after 7:30 tonight.

Independence Sportfishing Fish Report 05-22-2008

Hello everyone, We are all doing well at here in the big blue pacific, here is a recap for the past few days of fishing, the weather to start the trip was very good so we looked offshore for tuna and albacore while the weather was good to no avail. The conditions were a bit on the cool side as we looked at some three hundred miles of water during the day light hours and lot more as we traveled Thursday the night. After the not so good report from Captain Jeff on his last 8 day to the rocks we chose to look at the ridge and found some good action on yellowtail to 48 lbs. after that we headed up the beach to finish off on the yellowtail and again we had good action on good grade fish to about 35 lbs. The offshore weather is poor at the moment so we are not going to look our on the way home but may try a few spots along the coast to stay out of the wind and seas. That's it for now, we will report on the last day of fishing later on. Have a good day, the Indy boys.

Independence Sportfishing Fish Report 05-23-2008

Phone in from the Indy, weather is not cooperating. Looks like its quite windy, which means the boat will arrive at Point Loma Sportfishing between 6am-6:30am. Those Anglers departing on tomorrows trip I will begin sign in at 7am. See you tomorrow. Judy

Independence Sportfishing Fish Report 05-25-2008

Hello again from the Independence. We returned on Saturday from a 7 day trip with Big Fish Tackle, Thanks to everyone. We departed Saturday on an 8 day, this one sponsored by Purfields Pro Tackle. After we wedged the boat with choice sardines, we headed south. The weather finally straightened out for us as well. Today we stopped the boat on some kelp for some good grade yellowtail. Currently the weather is still good, and we will be at our destination tomorrow morning. Thanks for checking in on us, Jeff, Paul Indy crew, Sean, frank, Ben, Ed & tom

Independence Sportfishing Fish Report 05-26-2008

We would like to wish everyone a happy memorial day. As for today, we had a great day out here on the water. We had good fishing and good weather to boot. Our catch included 40 bluefin tuna and some albacore and yellowfin tuna, just what the doctor ordered. I am looking forward to the coming season, as I like what I see so far. We are going to give this day out here, in hopes of a repeat for tomorrow. Please wish us luck, Jeff and the Indy crew.

We had a great day out here on the water. We had good fishing and good weather to boot. Our catch included 40 bluefin tuna and some albacore and yellowfin tuna, just what the doctor ordered. I am looking forward to the coming season, as I like what I see so far. We are going to give this day out here, in hopes of a repeat for tomorrow. Please wish us luck, Jeff and the Indy crew.

Independence Sportfishing Fish Report 05-27-2008

Here is a quick report for today. Today we had slow fishing compared to yesterday. The weather was up today, and the fish were down. We did manage a couple of albacore to 30 lbs., and a couple of yellowfin tuna about 22 lbs. each. We plan on going somewhere different for tomorrow's activities. We hope the weather backs off a little bit for us. Check back for more updates, the Indy crew

Independence Sportfishing Fish Report 05-28-2008

Hello again everyone, things were definitely on the windy side today, as we fished for yellowtail all day. That did not deter these fish from biting our offerings. All techniques were working today on these bruiser yellows. Not even the wind could beat us down, as everyone was busy at the rail winding & grinding. We are going to give this a whirl tomorrow; in hopes that we can see the type fishing we had today again tomorrow. Thanks for checking in on Jeff, Paul and the Indy crew.

Independence Sportfishing Fish Report 05-29-2008

Good evening everyone, today we had good fishing for yellowtail. Calico bass, and a couple of nice halibut. The weather was good at times and very, very windy depending on where you were fishing. Again the grade of fish today was just outstanding. We are not sure what we are going to do for tomorrow, but check backs tomorrow for a full rundown, good night from the Indy crew

Independence Sportfishing Fish Report 05-30-2008

Well, here is the report for today aboard the independence. Today we truly enjoyed the day, and scenery, and the fishing of course. The weather at times was really breezy, and not so breezy depending on where you were. Today's fishing was done way off the beaten path, and the quality of fish will certainly show, as these had not been hit for a while. As we head to San Diego, we may stop and wet a line for a couple of hours if the weather allows. Good night from the Indy crew