TOUGH SLEDDING WITH NO SNOW....

Things were on the slow side today in the offshore zone. We did lots of driving, and had 21 tuna for our efforts. The weather was up just a little bit, but still quite fishable, tomorrow is another day; we have high hopes, the Indy crew. ETA for Saturday is approximately 5:30am. Watch for another report..coming soon.

FINAL DAY...

today was spent out on the bluefin grounds, and things got off to an early start for us. We got a school of 15 to 20 lb. tuna that kept us busy for quite a while. There were some 30 to 45 lb. fish in the mix, as we caught7 of them also. 81 tuna for our efforts today, a great way to end our trip. We will be back to the dock at 0530 tomorrow, sea ya then, Jeff and the Indy crew

GREAT START FOR US....

Thanks to everyone who made the annual Westcoast Marketing trip, and to rick Ozaki for everything provided for the trip. Jackpot winners for this trip: 1st place Paul King from KERRBILLE, TX. With a 70.2 BFT, 2nd place goes to Allen Smith of SANTEE, CA. 64.4 BFT and 3rd place goes to Mike Rubio from PHOENIX, AZ with a 62.4...Nice fish guys.
Today was the first day of the Tahoe Tuna Club 7-day, and we got off to a great start. Things were biting very early on this morning, as we positioned the boat on this water structure just rite. The morning hit ended about 1100 and the rest of the day was slow till dark, then we got into a school and added 6 more beauties. The total for the day was 71 bluefin 45 to 70 lbs with many 50 to 60 lb.ers in the mix... everyone had a fun time fishing for these gorgeous fish today. The weather is great, and we are going to give this another try tomorrow, check out the pictures on FB, good niter, Jeff and the Indy crew

Independence reports winners for the West Coast Marketing trip & talks about the Tahoe Tuna trip

"Thanks to everyone who made the annual Westcoast Marketing trip," wrote Independence skipper Jeff DeBuys August 4, "and to Rick Ozaki for everything provided for the trip."

Jackpot winners for this trip:
1st place Paul King from Kerrbile, TX, for a 70.2 BFT
2nd place goes to Allen Smith of Santee, for a 64.4 bluefin.
3rd place goes to Mike Rubio from Phoenix, AZ with a 62.4-pounder. Nice fish, guys.

"Today was the first day of the Tahoe Tuna Club seven-day, and we got off to a great start. Things were biting very early on this morning, as we positioned the boat on this water structure just rite. The morning hit ended about 1100 and the rest of the day was slow till dark, then we got into a school and added six more beauties. The total for the day was 71 bluefin 45 to 70 pounds with many 50 to 60-pounders in the mix. Everyone had a fun time fishing for these gorgeous fish today. The weather is great, and we are going to give this another try tomorrow."

GOOD SIGN, NOT BITING...

We gave the bluefin tuna area another try today, only to see good schools of fish that did not want any thing to do with us. We caught 9 fish 60 to 70 lbs. for the half day we spent there. We are off to look somewhere different for tomorrow, so please wish us luck, Jeff and the Indy crew

LITTLE BIT O LEG WORK PAYS OFF

Today we covered lots and lots of water in search of some kind of tuna to catch. Bottom of the ninth 2 outs and we hit one out of the park. We got on a spot of yellowfin tuna that really wanted it. When all was said and done we put 78 of these beauties in the R S W well chilling down. Nice grade 18 to 39 lbs. fish. The weather is still good, but could be in for a change. We are going to check out an island for tomorrow. Please wish us luck, and check out the picks on FB, Jeff and the Indy crew

THINGS GOT GOING EARLY...

wow, did we have a great day today fishing for quality yellowtail, giant calico bass, and throw in a few sea bass, there you have it. Early was the call, and if you missed the early bite, things kept rite on going through out the day. The guys with the salas 6x and 6x jr yo yo jigs did really, really well, as did the bait guys. After day light, the long rod guys got lots of chances with the 7x and 5x salas casting plugs. Everyone is pretty wiped out from all the hot action on these 18 to 30 lb. yellas, and had fun pulling on huge bull bass in the afternoon. We are going to give this another look tomorrow in hopes of a repeat showing on the c bass and yellows, wish us luck please, Jeff and the Indy crew

ANOTHER FUN DAY...

We all had another fun day down here yellowtail fishing, and after we had enough full speed action we headed to the offshore zone to seek out those yellowfin tuna that we got on the other day. We had pretty sloppy weather to work in, and only managed a couple of hand full of smaller fish before we ran out of day light. Such as the weather is we are going to gain some altitude while we can and make a stop some where tomorrow to fish. Thanks for checking in on us, Jeff and the Indy crew

IT'S A WRAP...(6:45 ETA 8/10)

IT'S A WRAP... we made a stop today for some halibut and were pleasantly greeted with some great action on big halibut. As we got 7 of them in an hour. A great way to end our beautiful trip. We will be back to San Diego at 0645 tomorrow, sea yaw then, Jeff and the Indy crew

Tahoe Tuna Club Unstoppable

Good evening Anglers, after returning this morning from our Tahoe tuna club trip, we want to give a great big THANK YOU to our chartermaster Al Pierson. What an epic trip. Our Jackpot winners were: 1st place goes to Tom Pierson of S LAKE TAHOE with a 75.2 Bluefin, 2nd place goes to Conway Woo from FRESNO with a 69.4, 3rd place was Ken Deck from PLACENTIA with a 68.2 Bluefin, Honorable Mention to Christine Kubota of DAVIS, CA. bringing home a supersize Bluefin of 71.3lbs. "Christine, you rock girl". We are now on our way down the coast with a great tank of bait and boat full of seasoned anglers to tackle the bluefin , yellowfin and yellowtail.After lunch Alex the owner of the Rusty Hook in San Pedro had a great time giving away prizes and gifts. The weather is great and the fishing looks good in our the future. We will keep you up to speed through the trip so stay tuned The Indy crew. Paul, Jesus, Tyler Kevin Tristan, Rolo and Michele.

Hook-Up

Good evening anglers,our day started with beautiful weather 10 to 12 knots of breeze and not much swell. After a jig strike we stopped the boat and landed 20 bluefin tuna. We picked it up and looked around for a few hours, then we found what we been looking for .When the smoked cleared 7 hours later we ended up with limits of bluefin for the day ranging in size from 20 to 45 pounds, what a day. Today 30 and 40 lb was the line of choice, we are going to try this again, so stayed tuned in, good night the Indy crew, Paul,Tyler,Jesus,Kevin,Tristan, Michele and Rolo.

Excellent Bluefin Tuna Fishing

Captain Paul Strasser called in this morning with an update from their current 7 day trip. We have had some unbelievable Bluefin Tuna fishing. We had around 200 Bliuefin Tuna on the first day. The fish are 20 to 25 pounds and another school of 35 to 45 pounders. Fly lined sardines are the tickets. We have about 200 more fish here on our second day. We will be heading to the Yellowtail grounds for the next few days.

We do have one opening on trip 16.

Bluefin Still On The Bite

Good morning anglers, yesterday was another great display of bluefin fishing in the offshore grounds. By late afternoon we started for another area in hopes for some great yellowtail fishing. Once again the tuna were all that nice 20 to 40lb range and 30 to 40 lb test with Fluorcarbon worked the best .So far this morning we are picking some 25 to 30 lb yellowtail and great hopes for the rest of the day stay tuned. One spot open for 8/30 call in for details.. The Indy crew.

Mixed Bag Good Fishin'

Good afternoon fellow anglers. I mentioned, yesterdays yellow bite got better as the day got older by sundown we had a beautiful catch of quality fish ranging from 22 lbs to 40 lbs. the yellows were eating everything from fly line sardines to various color iron. Last night bite consisted of 2 large white seabass and a handful of yellowtail. Our morning started slower but by the afternoon we had a mix bag of yellowtail and lots of large calico bass that were released and a 29 lb halibut to add to the mix we are set up to catch seabass tonight then off we go to check out the yellowfin area wish us luck. The Indy crew.

ETA Saturday 8/17/2013

The ETA for Saturday is 5:30am. The next Angler group for sign in may start early as well..See me at the Office..Thanks Judy (bring your Passport)

Independence describes their 7 Day trip "Unbelievable". Bluefin limits, Yellowtail, Yellowfin +

Paul Strasser called in from the Independence to give us this report. "This fishing is unbelievable. We started the 1st 2 Days by catching limits of Bluefin. After that we ventured down towards the Islands. We had an unbelievable catch of Yellowtail. After that we had a bunch of guys that wanted to catch Calico bass. We anchored in an area where where the bass we caught went from 4 to 7 lbs. We released all of the Bass. We ended up with Bluefin, Yellowtail, Calico Bass & a 28 lb. Halibut. Today we ventured offshore in an area where we have been catching Yellowfin. We ended up with a little more than 2 a round. The fish are anywhere from 25 to 35 lbs. Today we will be heading for home, our ETA is Saturday morning.

"We do have a couple of openings in the future on the Independence. If anybody is interested give Judy a call 619-226-6006."

Starting Home Saturday ETA 5:30am

Good afternoon anglers well today we started in the yellowfin grounds in hope to round off are trip. By 6:30 we were hooked up, this grade of yellowfin was beautiful 25 to 35 lb . We had jig stops through out the whole day are last stop ended in the dark . We will be heading up tonight and hope for a hit in the morning on some bluefin before we head for the barn . On a different note I would like to say hi to Jordyn and Jack Pollock and to let them know dad is having the trip of a life time and some day he will take you on the Independence if you are good in school take care folks from the Indy crew.ETA Saturday 8/17/2013
The ETA for Saturday is 5:30am. The next Angler group for sign in may start early as well..See me at the Office..Thanks Judy (bring your Passport)

BACK AT IT ...

The Indy returned on Saturday with a great catch aboard, along with the rusty hook anglers looking a bit tired. Our JP winners for this years Rusty Hook trip was 1st place Jerry Newman from MENIFEE CA with a 46.8 BFT, 2nd place Justin Padilla from MENIFEE Ca. with a 45.6 BFT, and 3rd place goes to Bobby Gonzales from San Pedro with a 42.8 BFT. After a quick turn around we were on our way with another lucky group, sponsored by Avet reels. Harry Alajajyan, Mr. AVET himself, is with us and he donated six brand new reels along with Avet wear for all on board. With a load of sardines and some eager fishermen we set out on the offshore grounds for better or worse. We caught 30 tuna, and are going to try some different scenery for tomorrow. The weather is good and we have high hopes for the future days ahead, please wish us luck, Jeff and the Indy crew, Matt, Jesus, Kevin, Oscar, Luke, end and Rolf

COMBO PLATTER...

We had a good morning on quality yellowtail, with all methods working, yo yo 6x jr, dropper loop, and sardines all doing well. We left the island for some yellowfin tuna in the afternoon, and got a school later in the afternoon that provided chances for everyone for some AHI. We are going to try to top off our yellowtail today, and then spend some time up in the bluefin zone. The weather is good, and everyone is going just fine enjoying the good fishing and company. Sea you all later, Jeff and the Indy crew

MORE FUN IN THE SUN...

Today began early with yellowtail biting in the grey. After a while it was off to search mode. We checked a lot of water and managed to put together a day, throw in a couple of big sea bass and halibut and there you have it. we are going to give this one more try today while the weather is up in the offshore grounds, and then head up to try for bluefin for a couple of days. Pretty fun fishing, with some of the yellas pushing 40 lbs... Thanks for checking in on us, the Indy crew

CHALLENGING...

The yellowtail grounds were not as productive as we have seen in the past. What fish we did see did not want to play. We did get a sample here and there, but for the most part it was tough. The plan is to go up to the bluefin grounds for the last 2 days and hope they are in a good mood. Please wish us luck, the Indy crew

Homeward Bound...ETA 8/24 5:30am

We spent the last couple of days in the bluefin grounds for sporadic action at best.There is just not that much sign at this time. I am sure they will make another appearance sooner than later. We will be back to San Diego tomorrow at 0530 am, the Indy crew

Good fishing

Hello again from the Independence, we returned yesterday from our Avet sponsored 7 day trip, we want to thank Harry from Avet and all onboard who made the trip this year. We are now out on the Steven's brothers charter, after putting on a good load of bait we put the Indy on a Southerly coarse in good weather. The day started slow for us, but a mid morning call from Tommy on the supreme that the tuna were back on the bite led us to a fantastic afternoon bite which started at 2 PM and took us into dark on one drift for limits of 25 to 50 pound bluefin tuna for the day. The weather was heavy rain all afternoon but the sea state was very nice with a lite breeze and no sea, by 6 pm the gang was done fishing and having a good time with cocktail hour in the salon. We are planning to try this again tomorrow and take it from there. Wish us luck, the Indy guys.

Raining tuna

Today was another good day of offshore fishing, it again rained all day long but the bluefin didn't miss a beat. We stopped the Boat at 7 AM and drifted all day for limits of 40 to 75 pound tuna. Other than the rain the sea state was nice with lite winds and a mild sea condition. After the last two days of non-stop action,we are planning to switch gears and try our hand at some yellowtail fishing and see how that goes. Wish us luck, the Indy guys.

Lots of fun!!

Hello everyone, we have spent our last three days enjoying good weather, good friends and all around great times. Fishing was a bonus to all that. We did a little of everything, yellowtail and calico bass at the Islands, some nice yellowfin tuna offshore and a wide out bite on 18 to 25 pound yellows to end our last day of fishing.Currently we are traveling home to very nice weather and will be in at 05:30 hours. Take care and we will see you all soon, the Indy guy's.

LET'S GO FISHING....

LET'S GO FISHING....well the independence just returned from another successful Stevens's bros 6 day trip we have departed with Coastside fishing club for an 8 day fishing adventure. Armed with a good supply of sardines and a group of very eager fisherman we are headed for points south. Good weather is in the forecast and we hope it sticks around for a while. Check out the reports later on, Jeff and the Indy crew, Matt, Kevin, Oscar, John C. and Michel, and Rolf

WOW, THIS IS GOOD LIVING

Spectacular fishing barely describes the fishing today on the Indy. First thing early morning bluefin tuna ripper, followed by outstanding yellowfin tuna fishing right up till dark. The yellowfin tuna stole the show, although the bluefin were pretty eager too. Throw in a bunch of bull Dorado and call it a great day. With 300 or so mixed fish in the R S W hatch, we are going to sit tight and try this again. Beautiful weather is in the forecast again. Thanks for checking in, Jeff and the Indy crew