Independence Sportfishing Fish Report

Hello, here is what happened here today. We awoke to feeding yellowtail all around the boat and had a great morning pulling, and yanking on fish. The rest of the day was spent doing the same thing, only the fish were bigger, and a few halibut made their way on board as well. The highlight of the afternoon was a 50 lb. broomtail grouper caught by Ken Boone. The weather is just outstanding, and everyone is having a fabulous time. Thanks for checking in on us, see you tomorrow, the Indy crew

Independence Sportfishing Fish Report

Good evening everyone from us out here on the independence. We again had a great day on the yellowtail down here. From sun up to sun down we had steady action on yellows up to 50 lbs. we did not encounter any exotics like yesterday, but a great time was had by all. The weather continues to be outstanding for us as well. Tomorrows plan we are going to look for some Mahi Mahi, so please wish us luck. Good night from Jeff, Kyle and the Indy crew

Independence Sportfishing Fish Report

Here is our final report for the Kimura 5 day trip. Today we fished offshore for Dorado & yellowtail. We had a good day by most standards, and the weather was outstanding. We will dock at 0600 tomorrow, see you then, Indy crew

Independence Sportfishing Fish Report 08-03-2008 (second report)

The Indy will arrive at Point Loma Sportfishing at 6am. Anglers leaving on Mondays trip be there early, I will begin sign-in at about 7am.

Kimura

Chartermaster Gary Kimura was more than pleased with the outcome of his five-day charter aboard the Independence with skipper Jeff DeBuys and 29 other anglers.

"The crew was spectacular," said Gary at Pt. Loma Sportfishing August 4, "and Jeff was absolutely great!"

Fishing wasn't bad, either, with most anglers sporting near-limits of quality yellowtail from Cedros Island. Norman Takaki of Diamond Bar had the best forktail, a massive 45-pounder he caught with a sardine on a 3/0 Flyliner hook. He said he used 30-pound Seaguar fluorocarbon leader and 65-pound Spectra on an Avet LX reel and a Calstar 765 L rod custom-wrapped by Kimura's Tackle.

Robert Nabarrete of Ontario won second place for a 33.4-pound yellowtail. A 47.4-pound broomtail grouper won third place for Ken Boone of Riverside.

Independence Sportfishing Fish Report

Good evening everyone, The Indy returned from a Kimura's Tackle trip on Monday. Our Jackpot winners were as follows: 1st place was Norm Takaki with a 31.6 White sea bass, 2nd place was Robert Nabarrete with a 33.4 Yellowtail, and 3rd place as Ken Boone with a 47.4 Broomtail grouper. Thanks for a great trip. We departed on a 5-day Sakamoto open charter yesterday With Rick Ozaki as Chartermaster. We had quite a good day today fishing for yellowtail. Everyone had a great time yanking & pulling on these beauties. The weather is really great as well. We are having a delicious shrimp dinner tonight, and key lime pie for dessert. We are going to try this again tomorrow, so please wish us luck, Jeff, Tommy and the Indy crew

Independence Sportfishing Fish Report

Today's report is pretty much like yesterdays report, as we had great fishing for big yellowtail once again. Most everything was working for them, jigs, bait etc. The weather is still great. We are going to try this again tomorrow, so we will see you then, Jeff, Kyle and the Indy crew

Independence Sportfishing Fish Report (second report)

Here we go again. Another identical report. Today was just like the other days here, except there was many more 30 to 40 lb. yellowtail coming over the rail again today. We are going to try our hand at the offshore scene tomorrow in hopes of some dorado, and maybe some tuna if the fish gods are up to it. Thanks for checking in on Jeff, Kyle, the Indy crew and us

Independence Sportfishing Fish Report

The Indy will arrive at 6:30 am on Saturday Aug 9, Anglers departing on Saturday, please arrive early, the parking lot is extremely full and you need to arrive when the boat returns to snap up parking from returning Anglers. Sign in will begin at approx 7:15.

Independence Sportfishing Fish Report

- The Indy will arrive at 6:30 am on Saturday Aug 9, Anglers departing on Saturday, please arrive early, the parking lot is extremely full and you need to arrive when the boat returns to snap up parking from returning Anglers. Sign in will begin at approx 7:15.

"There were times on this trip when you could throw a plug (jig) and get a 30 or 40-pounder whenever you wanted," said Independence skipper Jeff DeBuys at Pt. Loma Sportfishing August 9.

"It was a plugger's paradise at Benitos, for very good yellowtail fishing. We also got some dorado off the kelps.

The Indy's trip was for five days, with 31 anglers aboard. David Brown of Markleville won first place for his 36.6-pound yellowtail. He said he got it with a sardine on a dropper loop sunk by a 16-ounce weight. He used a 2/0 gorilla ringed hook and 80-pound Blackwater line on an Accurate 665 two-speed reel and a six and a half-foot Offshore rod.

Independence Sportfishing Fish Report

Hello everyone, Our report for today's winners from Sakamoto Charter were as follows: David Brown took 1st place with a 36.6 Yellowtail, Don Klahs bringing home 35.2 Yellowtail, and 3rd place was Randy Britton with a 34.6 yellowtail. Don Klahs has been on the Indy 3 times this year and has placed in our winner's category all three times. Congratulations to our FISHING GURU Don Klahs. Saturday we departed on our annual Rusty Hook 5-day trip in good weather, after taking on a good load of sardines we pointed the boat south the rest of the day and had a great prime rib dinner with all the fixings. Today we headed south looking offshore for kelps and tuna, the weather is still good so wish us luck on the trip. Mark, Paul and The Indy Guys.

Independence Sportfishing Fish Report

Good evening from the bridge of the Indy, Today we fished the entire day offshore and had a mix of yellowfin tuna, yellowtail and dorado. The fish were in the 12 to 20 lb. class for the most part. Our weather has come up a bit with about 15 knots of wind but the sea state is very mild. We plan on doing something different tomorrow so wish us some luck, Have a great day, The Indy boys.

Independence Sportfishing Fish Report

Hello again, Here's a recap from the last couple of days, we fished Guadalupe Island for a rather slow day. We did catch a Wahoo and lost a few first thing in the morning. We also caught some nice yellowtail and 2 yellowfin tuna in the 30 pound class but overall not what we had hoped for. We then worked our way back up the line looking for kelps offshore for another slow day; we had some yellowtail and Dorado to show for all day of looking and no tuna. It's our last day fishing and the day started off good with a mix of nice yellowfin and bluefin tuna. So we hope we can keep hooking fish rest of the day. Thanks for checking in, The Indy boys. The Indy will be dock at Point Loma Sportfishing at 6:00am. Anglers departing on Thrusday's trip sign in will be at 7:00am.

First Guadalupe Wahoo

The first wahoo of the summer season to come from Guadalupe Island was caught by Ron Vollmer of Hermosa Beach, while fishing aboard the Independence. The skinny was in a pack midway down the lee side.

"It was the first thing in the morning," said Ron, who packed his 30-pound class fish off in a cooler before pictures could be taken. "I was fishing straight mono on 40-pound Fluoro, with a 2/0 circle hook."

"We hooked seven and got one," remarked owner-skipper mark Pisano at Pt. Loma Sportfishing after docking the rig August 14. The trip was a Rusty Hook charter of five days, with 30 anglers.

Retired fire chief Ken Buzzell of San Pedro won first place for a 43.6-pound mossback yellowtail that made an error when it attacked his Sumo 6 jig in dorado colors. Ken said he fished with 60-pound Izorline XXX line, an Avet HXJ reel and a Calstar 700 H rod.

CHP officer Dave Duenas of Alhambra won second place for a 40.8-pounder, and John Ortiz of San Pedro took third place for a 38.8-pound yellow.

Independence Sportfishing Fish Report

Hello everyone, lets get caught up from the last few days. First day was a little slow off shore, as we tallied 14 fish, albacore, yellowfin, and bluefin tuna for our efforts. The next day we had fair fishing for good grade yellowtail up to 40 lbs. the following day was the same as previous, good grade yellows. The weather is exceptionally great as well. While every day has not been banner, we are having a good time catching quality fish. We will be offshore tomorrow, so please wish us luck, Jeff, Kyle and the Indy crew

Independence Sportfishing Fish Report

The Indy will arrive on Tuesday morning at approximately 6am, those Anglers departing on Tuesday trip with the Tuna Trackers sign in will begin at 7am. The parking is at a primium during the summer so it is suggested that you arrive early to obtain parking from Anglers returning.

The Independence has a couple spots available on upcoming 5 day trips departing on August 14th and August 19th. Call Judy at (619) 226-6006 to book your spot now while spots are available.

Tax Man Adds To Challenge

Independence docked under Jeff DeBuys' hand August 19 after a five-day trip with 30 aboard. Jeff tied up at Pt. Loma Sportfishing and weighed the best of the catch.

"It was challenging fishing," he said. "The tax man (white shark) is around at Guadalupe Island, and he is taxing. There were times when he got maybe 40 percent. The offshore fishing is slow, but there's a few golden paddies. We got one wahoo on an orange and black Marauder, and we ate him for dinner."

Chek Tang of Alameda won first place for his 40.5-pound yellowfin tuna. He said he got it with a sardine on a 2/0 Gamakatsu hook and 30-pound Big Game line. He used a Torium 20 reel and a six-foot rod of unknown make.

Deseree Frentress of Portland, OR was second for a 39.4-pound yellowtail, and Bruce Little won third place for a 38.2-pound yellowtail.

Independence Sportfishing Fish Report

Good evening everyone, The Indy arrived at Point Loma at 0600, back from our Tuna Turners Charter with our charter master Pete Fosselman. Our Jackpot winners are as follows: Chek Fong Tang with a 40.4 YFT, Desera Frentress with a 39.4 YT, and Bruce Little with a 38.2 YT. Congratulations to Desera, She was able to hold her own with the guys. The Indy Crew

Independence Sportfishing Fish Report

We departed on a 5-day trip yesterday at 1030. We ran south for the day & night and arrived at our destination in the morning. Things went well for us as we caught yellowtail up to 45 lbs., and tuna up to 50 lbs. The weather is also very good. We plan on giving this a try for tomorrow, thanks for checking in on Jeff, Kyle the Indy crew and us

Independence Sportfishing Fish Report

Good evening from the independence. We started the day very early, and had spectacular action on yellowtail until dark. Boy, what a great time we all had today. The weather is just outstanding. Everything was the hot ticket, jigs, bait etc... Great visual for everyone to see as well. We are going to try a different ocean tomorrow, please wish us luck, Jeff, Kyle and the Indy crew

Independence Sportfishing Fish Report

Well, here is the final report for our trip. Today we fished the rich Baja waters for offshore species. We had a sample of albacore, yellowfin tuna, bluefin tuna, dorado, & yellowtail. Flat calm weather was the call once again. Looking back on the trip, I would give it a very high rating in all aspects. We will arrive in San Diego at 0600 Sunday. Good night, Jeff, Kyle and the Indy crew

Independence Sportfishing Fish Report (second report)

The Indy will arrive at Point Loma Sportfishing at 6am on Sunday. Anglers departing on the Indy, Sign-in will begin at 7am. We were able to leave on our trip last week because everyone showed up on time. The parking lot is at a premium, share a ride if you can, if not be there early.

Tuna Trackers Limited Load

Independence docked August 24 at Pt. Loma Sportfishing. Skipper Jeff DeBuys weighed the best of his catch after the five-day trip with 22 anglers.

"We fished Guadalupe for two days," said Jeff. "We had great yellowtail and yellowfin fishing. Then we went to Benitos for a day, and had spectacular, non-stop fishing on quality yellows. We fished offshore on the last day, and saw good water structure and scattered sign of tuna everywhere."

Al Frink chartermastered the trip. Sheldon Siskin of Manhattan Beach showed off a typical bluefin of about 20 pounds. There was no jackpot on the trip, so skipper DeBuys invited three anglers to pose with their best fish.

Sam Lu of Venice had a yellowtail. Don Garcia of a Tustin Ranch got a nice yellowfin, and Brad Hellwig of Stockton found a good yellowtail.

Independence Sportfishing Fish Report

Hello again, today was our turn around day; first off we want to thank all of our anglers and sponsors who have been so great to work with this season. The Tuna Trackers Charter was a super group, their choice not to do jackpot, but they all fished hard and steady the entire trip. We departed at 10 am with the Steven's group and cleared the point at about 11:15 and are presently headed south in good weather. We plan to start the trip offshore looking for tuna and see how that goes, check in later and wish us lots of good luck, The Indy boys.

Independence Sportfishing Fish Report

Good day, here's an update from our trip so far, we got on a school of yellowfin that wanted to bite and we had steady fishing on 20 to 50 pound fish throughout the first day. Day 2 so far has been good as well with a Better mix of tuna in the 40 to 50 pound range. We also caught some 15 to 22 lb. yellowtail in the mix. We are headed to another area to look for yellowtail and dorado. The weather has been excellent, hot, flat, and sunny! Wish us luck on the fishing for tomorrow and we hope everyone is well. The Indy guys.

Independence Sportfishing Fish Report

Good day, here's an update from our trip so far, we got on a school of yellowfin that wanted to bite and we had steady fishing on 20 to 50 pound fish throughout the first day. Day 2 so far has been good as well with a Better mix of tuna in the 40 to 50 pound range. We also caught some 15 to 22 lb. yellowtail in the mix. We are headed to another area to look for yellowtail and dorado. The weather has been excellent, hot, flat, and sunny! Wish us luck on the fishing for tomorrow and we hope everyone is well. The Indy guys.

Independence Sportfishing Fish Report

Hello from the Independence, Today we decided to try for species other then tuna and we were pleasantly surprised on the day we had. We started the day with a jig strike which was a 75 pound wahoo, we ended up with 4 large wahoo for the day and we lost a few as well. We also hit a few kelps which held lots of the dorado, after tagging enough of those for the guys we headed in for some yellowtail and had wide open action for the last couple of hours of daylight, The fish were mostly 12 to 18 pounds and they bit the iron very well. We are now headed for home with a great catch aboard and will arrive to San Diego between 6:15am and 6:30AM on Friday. Thanks for checking in Mark, Kyle John, Frank, Sean, Rolf and Tom.

Independence Sportfishing Fish Report

The Indy will dock at Point Loma Sportfishing at approximately 6:15-6:30am. Anglers departing on The Sav-on tackle trip should arrive early due to heavy congestion of parking in the lot. Sign in begins at 7am.

Wahoo On The Troll

Maraurder jigs trolled behind the Independence produced five wahoo for angler aboard the Stevens charter, with Brent Stevens as chartermaster. The boat returned under owner Mark Pisano's hand August 29 with 22 anglers accounting for 120 tuna and plenty of yellowtail. The tuna were caught at Guadalupe Island. "Today we decided to try for species other than tuna," wrote skipper Pisano August 27, "and we were pleasantly surprised on the day we had. We started the day with a jig strike which was a 75-pound wahoo, we ended up with four large wahoo for the day and we lost a few as well. We also hit a few kelps which held lots of the dorado, after tagging enough of those for the guys we headed in for some yellowtail and had wide open action for the last couple of hours of daylight, The fish were mostly 12 to 18 pounds and they bit the iron very well."

There was no jackpot on the trip, so a lineup featuring some of the wahoo was photographed. Ken Larson of Lake Mills, IA had a 53-pounder, Tom Peterson of El Segundo got a 44-pounder, and David Schwartz of Stanford, CT stood with a skinny that hadn't been weighed.

Independence Sportfishing Fish Report

Well, hello again from the independence. On our recent return today our jackpot winners were 1st place Randy Boone with a 55 pound yellowfin tuna, 2nd place a 53 pound wahoo, and taking in 3rd place was Jerry Shapiro with a 46 pound yellowfin. Great trip everyone. We departed on a 5-day trip yesterday. This trip sponsored by Sav-On tackle. There were many great giveaways for all. As for today we had a good day on big dorado, as well as some big yellowtail. The highlight was an afternoon bite on big yellowfin tuna, most were 70 to 90 lbs. and there were some heartbreak on lost fish. The weather is incredible out here. We plan on giving this a try tomorrow, please wish us luck, Jeff, Paul and the Indy crew

Independence Sportfishing Fish Report

Good evening from the bridge of the independence. We hoped for another showing of big tuna like yesterday, but all we got was a small sample in the afternoon. We kept busy for the most part pulling on great quality yellowtail, and managed 2 tuna 60 to 85 lbs. for our efforts. We still have great weather, and are going to try our hand at some fast paced yellowtail action for tomorrow at another hot spot. Thanks for checking in on us, the Indy crew