Graphtech Rods/Avet Reels 3-day

We departed on our Graftech Rods/Avet Reels 3 Day this morning. We loaded everyone early, got our bait, and started heading south for the bluefin grounds. At lunch Rick did his giveaways and raffles. Some lucky customers got new reels and new rods to add to their collection of gear. We will be in the zone right at dark hoping to connect for the night bite. Stay tuned!

Trip 24-12 day 2

Last night the fish didn't cooperate like the last few nights for the guys. The guys put a lot effort at the rail and managed 8 bluefin. We drove and covered all areas where the bluefin was seen today but wasn't able to connect daylight hours. Found a few kelps that produced a few small yellowtail. We are trying a different area tonight. See what happens.

Trip 24--12 last night of fishing

After looking all day, we came up short. The bluefin disappeared again. As we keep fishing for these bluefin, It amazes all of us why they show at night and disappear during the day hours or vise versa. Maybe one day we will figure out the patterns of these fish. Until then we will keep trying to catch these creatures of interest. We will be in tomorrow morning 0600 eta and turning around

on another 3 day.

Jackpot from trip#24-12

Jackpot Winners

1st Sal Anguiano 68lb bft

2nd Doug Aihara 65lb bft

3rd Gary Vaneede 59lb bft

Thank you, Rick/Graftech/Avet and everyone for coming out hope you all enjoy yourself and see you all soon.

TRIP#24-13 3 Day Blue Moo Krewe

We left yesterday morning on our annual 3 Day Blue Moo Krewe with a great group of people. Got down to this lower zone for very little results. A couple guys had schools stick with them for 4-5 hours that paid off. Other than a few dabs of fish we never saw a school. Hope today they decide to float and tonight they show a little better. We will check back soon.

Night bite

Made a 65 mile move late evening and it paid off for some 80-130lb bluefin. See what today brings

our way.

There are some spots open for our Mother's Day trip, departing Firday. Don't wait, book your spot. 

independencesportfishing.com or call 619-226-6006

Jackpot from trip # 24-13

Blue Moo Krewe Jackpot Winners

1st Dave Linkiewicz 150lb bft

2nd Armondo Figueroa 140lb bft

3rd Eric Weiss 140lb bft

Thank you everyone

WESTERN STATES METAL ROOFING CHARTER IN ACTION

We departed on our Western Metal 2 Day yesterday afternoon with an awesome group of mostly beginners that have never been on the water before. Boy, were they in shock when we got in on the action of these bluefin tuna. With most of the fish ranging over a 100lbs we had some long epic battles. Great job everyone. We are hoping to get another shot tonight.

Jackpot winners on the Western States Metal Roofing trip

Western Metal Jackpot Winners

1st Paul Rubio 187lb bft

2nd Phil Burgess 157lb bft

3rd Jordan Gayle 150lb bft

Thank you Rubio Family, Western States Metal Roofing, and everyone who was able to come out on the Indy.

Some good action going on, don't miss out

Some good action going on, don't miss out

There are a few openings on upcoming trips. Check out our website @indpendencesportfishing.com. 

Fish on!

The big ones came out to play last night. We left on a Mother's Day 3 Day trip yesterday afternoon and bomb down to the old zone from a few days ago. Seeing nothing on the way down, we got the 911 phone call about a lot of fish being seen. They weren't kidding. Some of the biggest schools we've seen this year so far. Most of the fish is 100-180 pounds so be prepared and have the right gear.

Bluefin, Bluefin, Bluefin!!

Happy Mother's Day to all the Moms, from everyone on the Indy.

The night bite is on!!!

These bluefin are ranging from 18-200lbs, so bring an arrangement of jigs.

250 grams to 500 grams.

100lb minimum on your reels

Trip 24-17

We departed today on a 2 Day Open Trip with anglers ready to fish. We got to the zone around 5pm this afternoon and saw some nice schools right away. We started hooking a few fish but were under gunned gear and line wise. We managed to land 1 150lber out of 6 fish we hooked. Hope tonight brings chaos.

Jackpot winners for 2-day May 13-15, 2024 trip

2 Day Open Jackpot Winners

1st Mark Schneekluth 180lb bft

2nd Chris Sebourn 153lb bft

3rd Ron Hobson 151lb bft

Great work guys and thank you everyone for an awesome trip.

2 -day trip #24-17

Independence Sportfishing

  · 

Roy and the guys left yesterday morning on a 2 Day Open Trip. They topped off the tanks with some nice sardines and headed out looking for these bluefin. Roy called a said theirs no shortage of fish. He said they're some really nice schools around but was hard to get bites last night. Make sure you have multiple style jigs with you on these 1-3 day trips.

Smaller jigs are a must with these smaller grade bluefin 150, 200, 250, 300 gram jigs. You may also want in your tackle box some 300, 320, 350, 400, and 450 gram jigs. You just never know what your gonna need so be prepared.

Nice one!

Captain Roy Rose and the boys are returning tomorrow morning around 0600 with a load of bluefin and some rockfish. Thank you everyone for a fun trip.

Foreman Charters 3-day

Capt Roy and the guys are headed out on our annual 3 Day Foreman Charter with an awesome group of guys. Majority of these guys are from or near Capt Brian's home town in San Clemente making it a fun trip catching up with everyone. We hope our timing is right and these fish want to bite. Wish us luck.

3 Day Foreman Charter

Last night was a little tough for us catching wise. Still plenty of fish around and seen fish all day, but same story, hard to get bites. Today we managed 2 smaller 20-25lb bluefin and lost a few. We have high hopes for tonight with lots of fish around.

In Loving Memory of Mike Foreman

3 Day Foreman Charter

We had a successful last day. Captain Roy doing his thing, always putting everyone on fish. We had a slow plunker bite first thing in the morning on 18-25lb fish with light line. Then spent the afternoon chasing the big fish around. We managed some nice fish right before dark and right before we had to go home in the dark. We will be back tomorrow bright and early at 0500. 

Thank you Bob, Cale, and everyone for a great trip once again on the Foreman 3 Day. See you all next year.

New Trip Alert

NEW TRIP ALERT

Knee Deep Brewery and Rich Denio has chartered/ sponsored the Indy for 10 days December 11th-21st. Good time of the year for that big yellowfin on the lower banks, wahoo on the ridge or Alijos Rocks, yellowtail along the coast, and much more. Whatever your itch is come join us on a SIP/SAIL/FISH trip with an awesome group of people. Book now while it last.

Tahoe Tuna

Left yesterday morning on our annual Tahoe Tuna 3 Day. No fish for us last night but we've had some action this morning.

Welcome to the Independence Roy Rose!

The Independence team would to welcome Captain Roy Rose to the Independence Sportfishing.  Many of you know Roy from his decades of taking fisherman on Long range trips. Roy brings a wealth of experience and knowledge to the Independence team. His enthusiasm to make Fishing fun for all will undoubtedly make trips on the Independence even more special. Captain Brian Pifer will still be running trips along with Roy and the entire crew of the Independence. If you'd like to go fishing with us, check out our schedule.  There are not many trips left with openings.
Hope to see you out there soon.
Thank you,
Mark Pisano & Paul Strasser, Brian Pifer, Billy Bellew, Paulina Paulson, Romolino Ghio, Tyler Cook, Luis Peralta, Ed La Combe, Rolo Rittman, Aaron Robbins, Paulina Paulson- owners & crew, & Office statff  of the Independence Sportfishing.

Tahoe Tuna

Good action this afternoon on smaller fish. Mercy landed this beautiful grade bluefin on a sinker rig. She's been smiling ever since. Had a few opportunities in the dark with Dan pulling this nice bluefin as well. We are heading home. 0500 eta.

Thank you Tom and everyone with Tahoe Tuna for coming out. See you all in a month

Graftech 8 Day

Captain Roy Rose and the guys left yesterday morning on our annual 8 Day Graftech/Roger Eckhardt Limited Load. Roy did his tackle seminar this morning. After going over the gear, everyone will be needed for the trip, Mike Banda did a raffle and giveaways. We still have another day of travel before we arrive at our destination.

Graftech 8 Day

Today Captain Roy did a tackle seminar this morning and discussed what species we will be targeting, talked about limits, etc. Spent the rest of the day getting everyone rigged up for yellowtail fishing and a possibility of tuna. We will be fishing by 11am tomorrow morning. Wish us luck

Graftech 8 Day

They bite!!!

What a start to our trip. We arrived around noon with a great surprise of these 30-50lb yellowfin tuna and 15-24lb yellowtail. Very good sign of fish boiling around right as we were getting our anchor down. Mike Banda with this 45 plus pound yellowtail to start his trip out. We are going to try and make some scad mackeral and try again tomorrow.

Graftech 8 Day

The big ones came to play today

 

 Epic fishing going on down below on yellowtail and yellowfin tuna. If you've never experienced an 8 day trip before and love to catch yellowtail, these spring time 8 days are the way to go.

 

We are going to make bait again tonight and try to focus more on tuna tomorrow. Stay tuned with another report

Graftech 8 Day

The action continues 

Everyone finished tagging the yellowtail they wanted by finishing off with a few slugs. As the day went on the tuna showed better and better. Roy and the guys caught what they could on the tuna before heading up the line. With the weather up, we will be traveling all day tomorrow hoping for calm seas.

Graftech 8 Day

Relaxing day along the beach. We spent the day hopping from spot to spot trying for seabass. Never connected, but caught plenty of junk to go along. We are going to make a few cod drifts tomorrow morning before calling it trip and heading home.

Graftech 8 Day

Good cod fishing to end the trip. We will be in tomorrow morning around 0630. 

Shout-out to Roger, Banda for stepping in, Graftech Rods, and everyone for coming out with us.