Good Fishing today

Good evening from the Indy crew. What a pleasant day we had today catching albacore under beautiful warm conditions. We saw very good signal on the albies, but not all wanted to bite our offerings. We hope they change their minds for tomorrow, as we will give it another try in the morning. Most of the fish are beautiful 25 to 35 lb.ers. And the total for today was 66 fish. Thanks for checking in on Jeff, the Indy crew and us

Indy's Arrival on 8/3

The Indy will arrive at approximately 7am on Tues Aug 3rd, Sign in will begin at 7am. Thanks for checking in..

Bright Future in trips ahead

Good sign, no bite. Today we saw fish, but getting them to bite was again another story. The end result was 4 tuna for our efforts, and we took off for home. Things are looking up for the future, as the slow fishing today only points to a bright future in the next trips ahead. Jeff and the Indy crew

INDEPENDENCE TRIP UODATE (080310)

A GOLDEN CHARTER (080310)!!! Jeff DeBuys brought Independence home to Pt. Loma Sportfishing August 3 after a five day Tom Golden charter with 31 anglers. Golden told Roecker he had made six such charters on the boat.

"We always have fun on the Indy," he remarked, "and we had decent fishing, too."

Chad Richardson of Queen Creek, AZ posed with two other fishermen displaying their catches. He had the best Yellowtail, a 28.8-pounder.
Doug Stewart of Angel Fire, NM got a 38-popund Albacore, and Bill Hawkins of Federal Way in Tacoma, WA found a 20.6-pound Halibut.

Kimura's Tackle Charter

Hello everyone we just wanted to check in today we departed on our Kimura's tackle 5-day trip. It is great weather and we picked up a very good load of bait we just finished our seminar. Thanks to Gary at Kimura's Tackle, he had great giveaways, which included: rods, reels and loads of tackle. We are going to try are luck tomorrow offshore for tuna so wish us luck. talk to you soon
Capt Kyle, Capt Paul, Billy, Paul M., Kevin, Justin and Ed & Tom in the galley.

Off Shore Fishing

Good evening everyone today we were offshore fishing for tuna and it was very frustrating there was really a lot of fish that did not want to bite. We got a few albacore for are efforts but saw a whole lot of them. So we are going to be fishing for yellow tail tomorrow so wish us luck
The INDY CREW

Kyle Cummings Masters The Iron

Today was a good day that's for sure, we had some wide-open action on premium grade yellow tail 25lb to 45lb fish it was some fun action surface iron, yo yo, and jig all of the above. The guys are sore from pulling on the homegaurds. We had a 12 year old Kyle Cummings that had a good day he learned how to throw the iron and he pulled in his limit of these big yellows he had a blast along with the rest of the gang. It has been a great trip so far and we hope to end it off with a bang on the off shore tuna grounds. So wish us luck we are going to need it things have been tough out there hopefully tomorrow is the day. So we will talk to you soon thanks for checking in on us,
Capt Kyle, Paul S, Billy G., Paul M., Kevin, Justin & Ed and tom

We're comin' Home

The Indy will arrive at approximately 5:30 am on Sunday 8/8, Sign-in for Tahoe Tuna Club will begin at 7am. Thanks for checking in..

INDEPENDENCE TRIP UPDATE (080810)

SOME BIG ONES (080810)!!! Independence, skippered by Kyle Karcher, docked at Pt. Loma Sportfishing August 8 after the five-day Kimura's Tackle trip with chartermaster Gary Kimura aboard, along with a good of catch of Cedros Island Yellowtail.

"We spent two days at the island and two days fishing offshore," said Kyle to dock reporter Bill Roecker. "We had good yellowtail fishing and got some big ones. There's still very good sign of Tuna offshore, and more bait than I've ever seen. We saw spot after spot of small sardines and Spanish mackerel.

"There hasn't been a good water (satellite) picture for weeks," he added.

Richard Levy of Whittier and the LAPD wasn't entered in the jackpot, but he got the best 'tail, a 44-pounder. He said it bit on a 2/0 ringed Gorilla hook and 25-pound Izorline. He posed at the scales and with the winners as honorable mention. "He fought for 30 minutes," remarked Levy. "I couldn't get him off the rail."

Randy Britton of Lawton, OK won first place for a 38.2-pound Yellowtail. He said he bagged his fish with a Salas 6X jig in scrambled eggs color, on 50-pound Izorline. He used a Trinidad 30 reel and a Calstar 765 L rod.

Gordon De Jager of Crestline won second place for a 37.8-pound Yellow, and Will Horst of San Carlos won third place for a 37.4-pound 'tail.

Tahoe Tuna Club Departs

We're back, we returned from our Kimura's tackle shop 5-day trip today. The trip went great and what a fantastic group of guys to fish with, to say the least. Big fish honors went to Randy Britton Lawton Ok. with a 28.2 Yellowtail, 2nd place was landed by Gordon De Jager of Crestline, Ca. a 37.8 Yellowtail and 3rd place went to Will Horst of San Carlos, Ca bringing in a 37.4 yellowtail, great job guys. We want to thank everyone who made the trip this year, and a special thanks to Gary Kimura our Charter master on the trip. If you are in the Chino Hills area stop in and chat they enjoy talking fish stories. We departed on the Tahoe Tuna Club for another 5 days Thanks for checking in, the Indy Crew.

Yellowtail Action At Its Finest.

We started off with excellent bait, and even better weather. Monday we stopped the boat for some yellowtail action, and were not disappointed in our efforts, as we had great action on yellows up to 40 lbs. we are off to another area for tomorrow in hopes of more of the same, maybe a few exotics. Thanks for checking in on Jeff, the Indy crew and us

Fishing for Yellows

There is no such thing as a slam-dunk out here in the fishing world. Today we had different conditions, and as a result fishing was different. It took quite some time to get things figured out, but when we did it was good fishing for big yellows and big bull bass. To best describe the day, a good time was had by all. With all the rosie offshore reports pouring in, we have opted to stay and try for exotics, and trophy yellows. The weather is good. Please wish us luck, Jeff and the Indy crew

Exotics Over The Rail

Nothing is easy. We were again at the lower islands trying for yellows and anything else that we might encounter. As far as exotics, we caught a halibut, and a grouper, as well as good fishing for yellowtail. Everyone had a great day in the warm sunshine yanking and cranking. As the offshore thing is very poor right now, we are going to end the trip up on the coast somewhere. Thanks for checking in on Jeff, the Indy crew and us

INDEPENDENCE TRIP UPDATE (081310)

SECOND YELLOW EVER WINS THIRD!!! Jeff DeBuys returned Independence to Point Loma Sportfishing August 13 after a five-day Tahoe Tuna Club charter. With poor offshore conditions, the trip found good Yellowtail fishing and a few exotics at the islands instead.

Jeff Keyser of South Lake Tahoe, CA, won first place with a 49.6-pound Grouper. He fished a sardine on a 6/0 Owner circle hook, 50-pound Blue Izorline, a Penn Senator reel on a Blackfin rod.

\"I knew I had something big,\" he said, \"but I didn\'t know it was a Grouper. We had a bunch of moments on the trip where it was wide-open. The Indy crew is awesome. Jeff knows how to hunt \'em down.\"

Ernie Antonini, of Santa Ana, placed second with a 38.4-pound Yellowtail, and first-time long ranger Peter Shapiro of Woodland Hills took third with a 35.4-pound Benitos Yellowtail.

\"This was my second fish ever!\" Peter said. \"The boat was gonna leave and I hooked him on the retrieve.\"

The Indy heads back out on a seven-day Rusty Hook charter today.

Rusty Hook Tackle Charter

Hello everyone, We returned from our 5 day Tahoe tuna club trip with a great catch of yellowtail, the offshore action was not an option with next to nothing being caught by the entire fleet so the call to spend the trip fishing yellows was an easy one and we are very thankful they did not disappoint. The big fish honors were as follows: 1st place was Jeff Keyser landing a 49.6 Grouper, 2nd place was Ernie Antonini with a 38.4 Yellowtail, and 3rd place was Peter Shapiro coming in over the rail with a 35.4 yellowtail. We are back on the road again headed south and will start our 7-day adventure in the lower zones in search of Wahoo and yellowfin tuna to begin the voyage, the weather is up a bit with about 15 to 18 knots of wind and a little chop to go with it but the ride is very nice going south. The forecast looks better after the weekend. Wish us lots of good luck. The Indy guys.

Fishing at the Rocks

Hello from the Independence, Sorry for the late report but we have been fishing our butts off the last couple of days, we arrived to the rocks early Sunday morning about 08:30 and started to look around for wahoo and tuna and after about 2 hours of looking it become apparent things had changed, we saw very little sign of fish and life in general, we ended the day with only 8 tuna in the 60 to 100 pound range and 2 yellowtail. We spent the night on the anchor and fished bait and made a tank of squid along with a few scad for our effort. Day 2 was a different story when the sun came up there was signs of fish and birds and we got a jig strike on wahoo first thing and landed (7) 35 to 50 pound fish and lost quite a few in the process. We put the anchor down and got busy on the tuna, by days end we put tags on 55 tuna in the 50 to 130 pound range along with a few more wahoo. The weather is very nice as well. Tomorrow we will be back at it again and will send another report. Thanks for checking in, The Indy crew.

Heading North

Good evening, today we chose a different pace of fishing and had very good yellowtail fishing with most fish in the 14 to 22 pound range with some up to 30 lbs. We also took a look offshore for yellowfin tuna but came up empty for the effort. The weather today was hot and sunny and the ocean like butter. We are headed north and plan on fishing in the afternoon closer to home. Wish us luck, the Indy crew.

Fun In The Sun

Hello again, Today was spent in beautiful sunny flat calm weather, our target species was good grade yellowtail and we landed some really nice fish with many in the 30 to 40 Pound range. We are currently headed north in very nice weather and plan to make a stop for a few hours before calling it a trip. Have a good day, We will arrive at Point Loma Sportfishing at approximately 6am on Friday 8/20. The Indy boys

Rusty Hook Returns

Hello everyone, we have returned from our Rusty hook 7-day adventure, first off we want to thank the entire group as well as Alex from the shop for making the trip. The Big fish for the trip were as follows1st place goes to Phillip Frank with a 136 pound YFT, 2nd place goes to Ed Rudolph with a 116.4 YFT, and 3rd Place goes to Keith Shindledecker with a 100.2 YFT. We are now back out on the Steven's six-day trip and are making way south in nice weather with a good load sardines, the plan is to start the trip long. Wish us luck, the Indy crew

A Travel Day

Hello from the Indy, Today we traveled south in calm seas and comfortable weather,we'll start fishing tomorrow morning and see how things go. Wish us luck, the Indy crew.

Fun Day of Fishing

Hello to all, first our weather was absolutely beautiful today with 5 to 8 knots of wind and a very mild sea state, air 83 degrees and sea temp 72.5. We ended the day with 21 wahoo 40 to 60 pounds, 47 yellowfin tuna up to 90 pounds, 1 yellowtail and 1 Dorado for 19 people. This is a very limited load charter with the Stevens's brother's friends and family trip. We are staying the night in hope of a repeat. Have a good night, the Indy boys.

Independence Sportfishing Trip Update (082010)

TUSKER TUNA TAKES THE TOP SPOT (082010)!!! The Rusty Hook charter aboard Independence returned August 20 with chartermaster Alex Masumoto and 29 other anglers, who enjoyed a visit to Alijos Rocks, the 13 Spot and Cedros Island on their seven-day trip. Jeff DeBuys skippered the expedition with assistance from owner-operator Mark Pisano.

"When we got to The Rocks there was no current and no fish," said DeBuys to dock reporter Bill Roecker. "But the next day conditions improved, and we picked up 55 good Tuna and a dozen big Wahoo. The Tuna ran 55 to 130 pounds.

"Then we went up to where the Porpoise Tuna had been found and we found the Porpoise but no Tuna with them. We got lots of Yellows on the 13 Spot, some on the surface iron. Then we went up to Cedros for 30 premium Yellowtail and filled our limits, late in the day."

Varity

Today was typical of a mixed bag day in the fall, we caught yellowfin tuna to 120 lbs., Wahoo to 60 lbs.,yellowtail to 45 lbs. along with some Dorado and Amberjack that we released. Our weather has been sensational the entire trip, we are headed back north and will fish as we go.

Headed Home

Hello again from the Indy, We have spent the last 2 days in search of fish and have come up with just a sample or two of school size yellowfin tuna. The yellowtail fishing was a little better as we landed some nice yellows up to 30 lbs. and 1 White sea bass about 25 lbs.. The Weather has been pleasant most of the trip back north with a bit of afternoon wind up to 18 knots. The Group has had a blast and our ETA to Point Loma is around 9:30 AM on Thursday morning. Have a great day, the Indy guys and gals. Sign in begins at 9am for The Tuna Trackers.

Headed Home

Hello again from the Indy, We have spent the last 2 days in search of fish and have come up with just a sample or two of school size yellowfin tuna. The yellowtail fishing was a little better as we landed some nice yellows up to 30 lbs. and 1 White sea bass about 25 lbs.. The Weather has been pleasant most of the trip back north with a bit of afternoon wind up to 18 knots. The Group has had a blast and our ETA to Point Loma is around 9:30 AM on Thursday morning. Have a great day, the Indy guys and gals.

Independence Sportfishing Trip Update (082610)

INDY TAKES ALIJOS YELLOWFIN (082610)!!! A brace of big Tuna from The Rocks were the top fish aboard Independence when owner-operators Mark Pisano and Paul Strasser tied the big boat up at Pt. Loma Sportfishing August 26 after a six-day flyer. Tuna fishing was good, they said, and some large Wahoo and Yellowtail were also caught. The best fish was a 121.4-pounder caught by Jonathan Swain of Dubuque, IA.

Chartermaster Grant Stevens, a Beverly Hills plastic surgeon, weighed in a 120.8-pound Yellowfin he took with a sardine on a 2/0 ringed Owner Flyliner hook on 40-pound Blackwater fluorocarbon and 60-poundSpectra on an Avet LX reel and a Calstar 77 Special rod.

Brent Stevens of Manhattan Beach bagged a big 51.4-pound Yellowtail. Cat Stevens of Santa Monica (Grant's daughter) got a personal best 35.4-pound Yellowtail. She's 21 and a student at the Berklee College of Music in Boston, MA.

Steven's 6 day returns

We returned from the Steven's Brothers 6 day adventure and the big fish for the trip were as follows: Jonathan Swain just nicked out Grant Stevens with a beautiful 121.8 pound yellowfin tuna, Grant followed up with a 120.8 pound yellowfin which he landed on 40 pound test, Grant also landed a 115.6 for third best fish of the trip. Brent Stevens landed his personal best yellowtail with a 51.4 yellow as well. Everyone onboard did catch as least one wahoo, Catherine Stevens landed a 37.8 pound yellowtail on her first ever long range trip. We want to thank everyone who made the trip this year and of course a special thanks to Brent and Grant Stevens as well as Jonathan Swain for putting the trip together and making it one grand adventure, as always. Thanks for checking in, Mark Pisano and Paul Strasser.

Tuna Trackers Catch YT

Hello again from the Indy. Here is what we've been up to the last few days. We started the trip off yesterday with some afternoon yellowtail fishing, and did much of the same today. The fishing for big yellows and monster calicos was really good today for everyone on board. The weather was absolutely perfect. All methods were working, including great surface iron; the salsa 7x and 5x did a good job on them bigguns. We are going to try our hand at the offshore scene for tomorrow, so please wish us luck, Jeff and the Indy crew

rough weather, tough fishing

Today was spent offshore, fishing for what ever wanted to participate. We saw some sign of yellowfin tuna, but I think the weather had something to do with the low fish count, 18 fish for our efforts. We are going to try in a different area tomorrow in hopes of better fishing. Please wish us luck, Jeff and the Indy crew

Indy's Arrival on 8/31

The Indy will arrive at Point Loma Sportfishing at approximately 5:45am. Thanks for checking in..

Bluefin Bonanza

Good fishing today best describes our day. Today we spent offshore within 3 day range, and we were pleasantly surprised with a great day of bluefin tuna, albacore and a few yellowfin tuna. When all was done we had 71 bluefin and a few of the others. Things look good for the upcoming trips; so don't be left at the dock. The weather was flat calm, plenty of sign. Thanks for checking in, Jeff and the Indy crew