June 2020
E-Mail Governor Newsom
Dear Governor Newsom,
I write to request that you re-open charter sportfishing. The boats have implemented the proper plans and protocols. Tens of thousands of Californians are desperate to return to work in order to be able to provide for their families. It is proven that outdoor activities, especially those in an environment with ample sea breeze, are a healthy alternative to being at home. Fresh fish, outdoor exercise and sunshine are all provided by permitting sportfishing to return. Please save another group of Californians from further disaster.
respectfully yours,
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AVID FISHERMAN
It is incumbent upon all of us to copy and paste this letter and send it to the following E-Mail address:
gavin@gavinnewsom.com
Maybe if enough of us send this it may get some much needed attention.
EVERYTHING IS A GO
As of 1:00PM this afternoon we received an E-Mail from Ken Franke, president of California Sportfishing Assn {SAC} that the sportfishing fleet could immediately begin running trips out of San Diego. Obviously this is wonderful news. For those that have been waiting for this news to book their trip, I would highly recommend you visit our website, go to the schedule and see what is left to book. For these trips that still have openings they are expected to fill rather quickly. One final note I would like to thank Ken Franke for all of his hard work and those of you that sent the E-Mail to our governor. There is no doubt both of these helped a lot....John Collins
John Collins Season Opener
INDPENDENCE STRONG !!!
Hello everyone, we are off and running on the John Collins 8 day adventure. We took a nice load of bait and got an early jump out of the point. John put together a fantastic array of gifts for the gang with a big raffle to start the trip off. Currently our coarse is South down the coast, with the weather being up the plan is to fish tuna on the tail end of the trip when weather reports look good in a few days. The independenceâs new engines are preforming well and are giving us a little more push with being a bit quieter! The group is excited to get fishing after the long lockdown we all faced. If you are fishing with us this season plan on targeting the bigger grade bluefin on upcoming trips with a lot of 100 plus pound in the local zone. We will report on what we find in the lower zone when we get there as the first boat of the season on an 8 day trip. We hope everyone is doing well and hope to see you on our upcoming trips. Thanks for checking in. Mark and the Indpendence Team
TRIP 20-6 FIRST DAY
Sample Yellow tail this morning
Photos for 6-15-2020
6/15/2020 HELLO AGAIN FROM INDY
Hello again from the Independence! We started the trip looking for that better grade yellowtail that we had last spring on our 7 and 8 day trips. Well we got them on the bite again and by days end we had our daily limits of 18 to 35 pound fish. Dropper loops and egg sinker rigs were by far the best way to go but the yoyo jig guys had plenty of bites as well. Weather was good so we are going to spend the night and get another day in on these beauties. Wish us luck, Mark and the Indy crew.
20-6 Lower Zone Yellowtail
Good day everyone, we finished off in the lower zone with another fantastic day of yellowtail fishing. We were able to tank up on some large scad mackerel during the night and the fish really responded to it! We ended with limits again on beautiful 20 to 40 pound fish for the day. Weather continues to improve all the time as well. With Tuna on everyone’s mind we are heading North looking to finish up the trip on bluefin and yellowfin tuna. Wish us luck the Independence crew. On a side note we have a few open spots on upcoming trips if you want to get away and enjoy the outdoors!!!! give Judy a call at the office
20-06 YF & BF on the bite
Good evening everyone, we had another great day of fishing today on both yellowfin and bluefin tuna. Beautiful weather and all day biting fish made for a perfect offshore day. Tomorrow we are going to do a little trophy hunting on the bigger tuna that had been around. Good night Mark and the Indy crew
TRIP 20-6 JACKPOT WINNERS
TRIP 20-6 JP WINNERS
The John Collins 8 day returned this morning with a beautiful catch of Yellowtail and Tuna. A great bunch of anglers and a good time was had by all. Jackpot winners are:
1st place Mike Haddock 123lb BFT
2nd place Jim Mitchell 119lb BFT
3rd place Craig Carlson 69.4lb BFT
20-7 Another trip underway
Hey guys we left yesterday with a great group of anglers on our seeker sponsored trip. We have our good friend Lori as the charter master and we are beyond eager to get into some action! It’s great to be back on the water. We will keep you posted throughout the trip on what we do. Wish us luck. Matt and Independence crew.
GREAT DAY ON THE WATER
We have had great fishing for big Yellowtail today. The dropper loop as well as the flyline bait has produced. Lots of personal bests today. Lets see if we can keep it going. The weather is back to hot and balmy and we are really enjoying the nice fish to go with it. Matt & the Indy crew
Photos for 6-25-2020
06-28-2020 BLUEFIN SAMPLES
We had a little sample of bluefin yesterday in the 25-35#class. We have been working our way north for our final day of fishing. Seems like there is a good spread of fish up and down the coast. We are kelping our way up looking for tuna and we will keep you posted if we run into anything
Matthew R Kaullen
