Good evening to all. The report for today is as follows. We hit lots of kelps today in an attempt to put together a respectful day. We did have a couple of kelps that were promising, but all the rest were vacant. We ended up with 55 fish, yellowtail and Dorado. We are going to try for some island fishing tomorrow, in hopes that San Martin is ready. The weather today was windy and choppy. Wish us luck tomorrow, Jeff and the Indy crew

Fetch Chater Returns

Skipper Jeff DeBuys docked the Independence at Point Loma Sportfishing August 3, after a five-day trip with 31 passengers.

"We had one good day of albacore fishing," said Jeff, "and then we just kind of hung out and fished paddies after the albies went down.

Dick Woolsey of McKinleyville won first place for a 40.4-pound albie. Arlen Williams of Stockton and his son Steve, also of Stockton, won second and third places, for albacore of 39.8 and 34.6 pounds.

Hello again everybody, here is a brief account of what went on around here today. We were in the offshore tuna mode and had very good success at a couple of areas throughout the day. Everyone had an absolute ball pulling and yanking on these quality fish. The weather is still good and we are going to keep it that way. We plan on looking around the offshore zone again tomorrow. Jeff, Mark and the Indy crew

Good morning everybody, we fished a different area yesterday, and ran across some albacore, but the little devils did not want to cooperate. We did stop the boat numerous times, and had some good action a couple times. This was a perfect way to end our 5-day trip. Everyone had a really good time throughout the entire trip. The weather was premium every day. the Indy crew

Sharks in Force

Jeff DeBuys docked Independence August 13 after a five-day trip to the island with 31 anglers.

"We had a good catch," said skipper Jeff. "The sharks are there in force, though, and they got their tax.

"But it was good fishing on the flyline and on the kite," he continued. "The guys have stepped down to 30 and 40-pound outfits and 2/0 hooks, to get bit. Fluorocarbon is a must. It was hot and sunny on the lee side."

Frank Olachia of Westminster won first place and the high roller jackpot for the best fish not caught on the kite. He got a 66.2-pound yellowfin with a sardine on a 2/0 Gorilla hook and 40-pound Izorline. He said he used a Pro Gear Yellowtail Special reel and a Calstar custom 765 L rod wrapped by The Rusty Hook. Store owner and chartermaster Alex Masumoto did the award honors.

Jerry Newman of Minifee won second place for a 64.4-pounder, and John Pollock of Huntington Beach took third place for a 63.8-pound Guadalupe yellowfin tuna.

Guadalupe, Benitos & Offshore

Owner-skipper Mark Pisano docked the Independence August 18 following a five-day trip with 29 anglers. It was the Tuna Turner charter, with Pete Fosselman of San Dimas as chartermaster. Pete won second place for his 74.6-pound tuna.

First place went to Hide Kashima of Chicago, IL for a 121.8-pound yellowfin tuna, possibly the best one on bait so far this season from the island. He said he fished a sardine on a 2/0 Gorilla hook, and landed his best tuna ever on 60-pound fluorocarbon leader and 80-pound Izorline Spectra backing on a Tiagra 16 reel at sunset. He used a Calstar 7465 rod, he said.

Loren Cogswell of Pasadena won third place for a 71-pound tuna. Sam Raiter of San Francisco bagged the best tuna (131 pounds) from Guadalupe this year with a squid on the kite, and stood in the lineup shot for Cogswell.

Tuna Trackers Trek

Mark Pisano skippered the Independence on a five-day trip to Guadalupe Island that returned to Pt. Loma Sportfishing August 23. Chartermaster Al Frink was aboard when the anglers scored on tuna, two marlin and two mako sharks.

There was no jackpot, so second skipper Kyle "Rooster" Karcher and head deckhand Frank Villanueva posed with two of the bigger yellowtail that came from the island.

Catch Moore Tuna

Skipper Jeff DeBuys docked Independence at Pt. Loma Sportfishing August 28, after the Catch Moore Tuna Charter; a 5-day trip to Guadalupe Island.

"I only have five tags left," said 18-year old Chase Anderson of Hermosa Beach. It was Chase's second time on the Independence. "My dad and I will be fishing it every year. This was my first five-day. The Indy is awesome. We only had one mako bite the motor off a tuna."

Barry Anderson of Hermosa Beach was first place with a 98.2-pound tuna. Barry fished a 2/0 Owner hook, 40-pound Izorline XXX, and a Trinidad 40 reel on a Custom Pete's Rod.

Evan Levy was second for a 88-pound tuna, and Andy Hanley of Redondo Beach was third for a 73-pound yellowfin. Joel Schafur of Redondo Beach won the special yellowtail jackpot for a 44.4-pound mossback.

"We had a good catch," remarked Skipper Debuys. "Great weather; a little choppy on the way back, but we had good fishing with a definite bonus on some good yellowtail action."