Independence Sportfishing Trip Update (053110)

NON-STOP ACTION (053110)!!! Jeff called in on the first day to report, and went on to say that everyone onboard really enjoyed an afternoon of non-stop action for both Albacore and Bluefin. The fish are in the 20 to 30 pound range with a few stand outs up to 40. The weather is very nice and they plan on spending the night and try it again tomorrow. Thanks for checking in on us and wish us lots of luck, The Indy gang.

Independence Sportfishing Trip Update (060110)

ALBIES AND BLUEFINS!!! The guys had another good day on the Bluefin and Albacore. The weather has been flat calm for the last 2 days which has been key to the good offshore fishing. With an excellent start to the trip they are headed south and will be at the stones tomorrow to mix things up a bit with hopefully some of that good grade Yellowfin and Yellowtail. Everyone is having a blast so far, wish us luck on our continued good fortune, Thanks for checking in and we will report later.

Independence Sportfishing Trip Update (060410)

ALBACORE AND BLUEFIN(060410)!!! Good evening, Captain Jeff Debuys called in with a fantastic report from the offshore grounds. First the good news, the weather is very very nice, second the fish made a good Jump to the north toward San Diego and are now within easy 3 day range of the point inside the 200 mile mark!!!. Now the great news! and I quote "fishing does not get any better in any ocean, this fishing is very reminiscent of the mid 90's". The guys had an excellent day on both the Albacore and Bluefin Tuna most of which are in the 20 to 30 pound range, they did land (8) standout Bluefin that were 50 to 65 pounds as well, by days end it was catch and release fishing and off to the coast to finish the trip. This would be a good time to call your favorite boat and schedule a trip, fishing looks to epic as the season continues. Our next trip with openings is a 7 day trip on july 9th, this is a great group to fish with, the price incls. Mexican permits. Many of our fellow long range boats have openings on select trips as well. I am really excited to be on the next trip with Rick Ozaki and the gang from Westcoast marketing departing this Sunday on the annual Yellowtail / offshore shoot-out. For those of you going, plan on doing some offshore Albacore/Bluefin fishing as well as the Yellowtail fishing we normally do on this trip. Have a great day from The Indy Staff, Mark Pisano, Paul Strasser and Judy Collins as well as all the crew. good night!!!

Independence Trip Update

TIME TO GO FISHING!!! Jeff DeBuys docked Independence at Pt. Loma Sportfishing June 6 after a great seven-day trip with 29 anglers.

"It was good in many places," he said, smiling. "It's time to go fishing! We got all we needed in 64-degree water. We saw some small bait, and we got a Yellowfin in with the Bluefin."

Thor VanHorn of Tustin won first place for a 55.8-pound Bluefin. He took the shortfin with a sardine on a new 4/0 Owner Offshore hook tied to 40-pound Seaguar fluorocarbon, 40-pound Izorline and 80-pound Line One Spectra on an Avet HX reel and a Seeker 6465 XH rod.

Marty Brutlag of Quincy won second place for a 55.6-pound Yellowfin, and Joe Schilling of Panama got third place for his 55.2-pound Bluefin tuna.

Independence Sportfishing Trip Update (060810)

BLUEFIN & ALBACORE!!! Hello again from the Independence, Here is an update for the last few days of fishing; we started the trip offshore and had good fishing for Bluefin Tuna and Albacore. The fish only bit late in the afternoon both days. We are now headed to fish Yellowtail for a couple of days, as the winds are forecast to pick up offshore. We will check back in in a couple of days with our Yellowtail report. The Indy Crew

Independence Sportfishing Trip Update (061610)

ANNUAL YELLOWTAIL SHOOT-OUT(061610)!!! This is our final round-up on the 6 day annual Yellowtail shoot-out. We want to thank everyone who made the trip with us this year and also thank Rick Ozaki our great charter master for all the great prizes as well as Avet reels our sponser and reel of choice on the Indy. The Winners for the shoot-out in the Yellowtail bracket: Brian Atkinson and Stephen Paccione both tied with book end 37.2 pound Yellows and split the $1,000 dollar gift cert. for a future Indy trip, Tom Kang and Dale Lethcoe tied with 35.2 Yellowtail and won an Avet reel. Bluefin Tuna bracket: winner again was Stephen Paccione 42.8 Bluefin and won an Avet reel, 2nd place went to Sid Staxrud with his 33.4 Bluefin and won a $300 Indy gift card, 3rd place Tuna went to Sal Proetto's 31.8 tuna and gave him a Graph-tech rod and 4th place fell to Oscar Juat with a 28.8 Bluefin that won him an Indy Jacket. Finally the Albacore bracket 1st place when to Kevin Atkinson for his 34.2 Albie and took an Avet 2-speed, 2nd place went to Ron Barron with a 33.6 Albacore and won a $300 indy gift card, 3rd and 4th was another tie between Sal Proetto and Sam Lewis for their 31.6 Albacore tuna and both won rods. This was a very fun trip from the good fishing to the laker party nights at dinner. There maybe a spot or 2 on next years trip so give a ring for availabilty. Have a great day!

Independence Sportfishing Trip Update (062010)

TRIP UPDATE (062010)!!! We have returned and again departed on our next 7 day adventure. The Jackpot winners for the 8 day Big Fish Tackle shop charter were Scott Smith with his 115.0 Yellowfin Tuna, 2nd biggest fish went to Delrick McCoy with a 110.8 Yellowfin Tuna and the thrid place fish was caught by Ron Hirao and came in at 108.6, also a beautiful Yellowfin. We want to thank everyone who made the trip and a special thanks goes out to the gang at Big Fish Tackle in Seal Beach. We are now headed south with a very nice load of sardines and plan to start the trip at Alijos rocks and we should be there Tuesday morning early. Check back for more on the current trip as we start our fishing.

Independence Sportfishing Trip Update (062310)

ALIJOS AND THE RIDGE (062310)!!! Hello everyone, let's get caught up on fishing for the last 2 days. We ran down non stop to Alijos due to the fantastic fishing that we and the other boats have had over the last month, we arrived early AM to find things had changed and the Yellowfin Tuna not on the bite, we caught 2 tuna for the entire day. We did however make a nice catch of Yellowtail for the day, just not what we had hoped for. We took off at dark for the ridge to try something different, we arrived at 9AM and got busy on 18 to 25 pound Yellowtail and had a great day on those, they bit the surface iron and yoyo jigs as well as the dine's. the plan for tomorrow is to head north and look offshore for Bluefin and Albacore for the next few days. The weather is on the breezey side but not bad. Wish us lots o' good luck, we will need all we can get. the Indy crew.

Independence Sportfishing Trip Update (062410)

RIDGE TO THE NORTH (062410)!!! Good evening to all, Today our fishing was a very nice surprise, The overall offshore picture has been very poor to say the least, it's not that the fish are not around, more that it has been very windy and rough and that usually spells doom when looking for open water fish. Today we traveled north from the ridge and got lucky in the form of 50 Bluefin Tuna and 15 Yellowfin Tuna that we caught off 2 kelps that we got on. The weather was 25 knots of wind and a close together steep chop, had the weather been good who knows but I have to think it would have been much better. All and all a very good sign for up coming trips. The forecast is calling for better weather in the upcoming week. Stay tuned for more on the trip. Thanks for checking in, the Indy guys.