Lots of variety today

Today was a great start to the trip as we caught yellowtail , yellowfin tuna, grouper, wahoo , dorado , and a White Sea bass. It was a great day for everyone on board the Indy as we have some guys that have never been down here before. Everyone had a great day and the weather was just rite, just enough breeze to keep you cool. Wish us luck tomorrow, as we hope to keep the ball rolling, Jeff and the Indy crew

Another action packed day

Hello again everyone from the Indy, we had another excellent day down here with quality and variety being the focus today. Everyone got to yank on a c bass or grouper, tuna, pargo, wahoo , yella and the weather is as good as it gets. Thanks for checking in, and wish us luck tomorrow, Jeff

Outstanding Day

Today was one of those days you read about as fishing was as good as it gets for 18 to 25 lb. yellowtail. Aquarium style fishing sums it up, the surface pluggers had a field day along with every other method out here. There were a few skin to be had as well , and I would say we are all fixed up on yellas. Excellent weather again today as well. We are going to start working up and get into the tuna zone for tomorrow, wish us luck, Jeff and the Indy crew

They Be Hittin

We had another fantastic day here on the Indy as we found another area of yellowfin tuna that put on quite the show for us. Great fishing for 12 to 22 lb. fish , or I should say excellent fishing today for the schoolies. It didn't take long to get fixed up and now we are gaining altitude all the time. We've had an awesome trip so far and we have one stop to make tomorrow before calling it a trip. The weather isn't too bad either, thanks for checking in on us, Jeff

ETA FOR SATURDAY 8/6/2016

GOOD MORNING ANGLERS, JUST A UPDATE on the Boat, it will arrive back in port at Point Loma Sportfishing Landing at 5am...Anyone departing, bring your passport to my office for verification, and remember the parking lot will be jugged..your responsibility to get here on time...

Tahoe Tuna Club Returns

Tahoe tuna club returned this morning with an excellent catch , jack pot winners were 1st place Dan Whitmore 50 lb. White Sea bass, 2nd Alan Preston 38 lb. White Sea bass, and 3rd Gene Preston 56 lb. grouper. Mike Moore got the honorable mention 54 lb. wahoo. Great job everyone ! And many thanks, sea ya next year. We turned the boat around and departed on the Rusy Hook annual 7 day with a good supply of sardine and lots of eager anglers, we will report later on when we got something, Jeff and the Indy crew

Great Start

We enjoyed good wahoo fishing today, and had many opportunities to capture the toothy , wily wahoo. Some did really well and sum couldn't get the hook to stick, but that's fishing. We had a great time and the weather was good as well. We are going to go try for sum yellowtail and tuna for the next few days , so wish us luck, Jeff

Full Speed Today

Hello again from the Independence, today we experienced excellent fishing for 18 to 30 lb. yellowtail. Everyone really enjoyed the event, as the long rod pluggers absolutely killed em and anyone who put a bait in the water was instantly rewarded with a fish. Salas 7x was my first choice. After the yellas we jigged up a couple of yellowfin on our way to our next spot and pretty much called it a day. Good weather in the A.M. and lots of wind the rest of the day. We are trying for bait tonite and a few yellows in the morning, wish us luck, Jeff

No barn burner

The past few days have been quite the challenge to muster up a catch. We've covered lots of water for sum yellowtail and tuna and dorado, neither in huge numbers. We have one more day and we're going for glory. Wish us luck, Jeff

ETA FOR SATURDAY 8/13/2016

The Independence is due in at 5am, Anglers departing tomorrow, don't forget to bring your passports to my office for verification. Thanks

Strong Finish

Hello again from the Indy, we had a great ending for our trip , as we connected with a school of yellowfin tuna late in the afternoon and landed 25 fish , 22 of those were 70 lbs. and the rest were 30 lb. fish. Great what to end the trip. We will be back to San Diego at 0500. Sea ya then, Jeff

Rusty Hook Jack Pots

We returned this morning and weighed up a 75 lb. yellowfin for Gene McKenna and a pair of 72 lb. ers for second and third Alex Masumoto and James Thomas. Great job everyone. We cleared the point with a good load of bait and a happy group of fisherman , this trip sponsored by Avet reels. We will report later on when we got something, wish us luck, Jeff and the Indy crew

WORLD CLASS YELLOWS

Today was as good as it gets for Yellowtail fishing. Beautiful grade fish biting full speed for hours. The Salas 7 X guys killed em every cast and all I can say is it doesn't get any better. We got on a dab of Yellowfin late and threw on 40 fish before calling it quits. Stay tuned , we're just getting started. Jeff and the Indy crew

GREAT VARIETY

Another stellar day here , as it all began after dinner last night, Sea Bass and Grouper, and after daylight some Wahoo , Dorado, Pargo, and some good action on that schoolie Yellowfin Tuna, 150 or so to end the day. Everyone had a great day again and we're looking forward to tomorrow, great weather, sea ya later, Jeff

WOW, CRAZY, GOOD

Today started off very early as the Tankers were on the chew. By daylight we had 15 of them in the hatch. Mixed in with them were lots of big Yellas, and after the sun came up the Wahoo put on a great show and the guys rallied up 55 of them for the day. Throw in a couple 3 dozen big Pargo and that's what went on down here today, just fabulous fishing here on the Independence. Really good weather made it all the more surreal. Gaining altitude all the time now. Sea ya, Jeff

ETA

Good travel weather for us here, excellent fishing, and we will be tied up in San Diego at 0515 tomorrow, Saturday August 20th 2016 . Judy will start sign-in about 6:30 AM. Be sure to bring your passports with you when you come up to sign-in. Sea ya then Jeff

Avet Jackpot winners

1st randy fry 55 lb sea bass
2nd Philip Kudenov 54 lb. sea bass
3rd Edrei Rios 49 lb. wahoo
Honorable mention David Hill 60 lb. sea bass
Thanks to Avet Reels and to everyone who made the trip a huge success, sea you all next year. Jeff and the Indy crew

John Collins 8 day

We departed yesterday on our John Collins 8 day extravaganza with great bait and good weather. There were lots of great giveaways, Avet Reels, Seeker Rods, Phenix Rods, and salas lures just to name a few. Everyone is eager to put their new rods n reels to the test. Tomorrow we start, we'll report then, Jeff and the Indy crew

Wow. Busy Today

Well gang we got off to a great start today after the slow fishing yesterday, as the guys that fished all nite were rewarded with big yellows and tanker c - Bass. When the sun came up so did the ocean, as the fishing today was beyond our wildest dreams. Off the hook wahoo and tuna fishing, as we caught 135 skin, and 135 tuna , as well as pargo , dorado , yellas, and c - bass were all biting today. Excellent weather , just enough breeze to keep you cool. We are going to try this tomorrow, wish us luck, Jeff

Another Stellar Day

Things are going well for us here on the Independence as we had another excellent day on the 30 to 50 lb. wahoo and yellowfin 15 to 25 lb.fish. We added 50 more wahoo and 100 tuna to the RSW along with sum grouper and dorado , pargo. Everyone has been busy putting in the effort to try for these beauties and it really shows, great catch so far. We are going to change locations and try for more wahoo again tomorrow, so wish us luck, Jeff and the Indy crew

More Bingo's On Skin

Another fabulous day here on the Independence as we pieced it together again tallying 53 more beautiful wahoo for the effort. I think that brings out total to 238 wahoo for the trip. The jimmy bombs and salas 6x Jr. were the hot jigs for sure and the guys who know how to work em really did well. All we really need now is some yellowtail and we are going to look for sum of them tomorrow, so wish us luck, Jeff

Great Day 4 Yellowtail

Today we ran up the beach fishing the yellowtail spots and put together a decent day on 15 to 28 lb. fish. The long rod 7x guys did well as did the yo yo and sardine guys. We didn't quite have daily limits but pretty close. Really nice weather continues here for us and looks to stay for a while. We are now gaining altitude all the time and will post a ETA on Saturday for our arrival on Sunday. Sea ya then , Jeff

ETA SUNDAY 8/28/2016

0630 ETA
We've really had an extraordinary great trip this past week, and all good things must come to an end. Sensational wahoo fishing, and great tuna and yellowtail, with enough sea bass and grouper , pargo to make it an awesome event. We will be back to San Diego at approx. 0630 tomorrow, sea ya then, Jeff

JOHN COLLINS JP WINNERS

1st place Dave Peck 43 lb. Wahoo
2nd place Bob Watanabe 42.6 Wahoo
3rd place Jason Mavar 42.2Wahoo.
We want to thank Master Chief John Collins for putting it all together and to everyone who made the trip such a huge success, sea you all next year. Jeff and the Indy crew

A BIG THANK YOU

Just wanted to say what an awesome trip with a great group of anglers. From beginning to end it was something we will never forget. I have been doing this for over 25 years mostly as a crew member. It was a real pleasure to be part of this adventure as a passenger. Can't say enough about the entire crew. They did a fantastic job both outside on deck and in the galley. Thanks also to the company's who provided the many products for give-a ways.
Avet Reels, Seeker Rods, Phoenix Rods, Mothers cleaning and polishing products, Fisherman's Landing Tackle, Point Loma Sportfishing Tackle, AFTCO, Lori Byron, Jerry Brown Line One Spectra, Blackwater, Smitty's Belts, Richard Hightower Seguar, Sportfishing Vessel " San Diego", Crystal Pier Cottages, Izorline, Salas Lures, Tady Lures Terrifin, and Judy Collins for buying each passenger an Independence T-Shirt. Thank you all...John Collins

STEVENS CHARTER

Hello everyone, we are currently on our Steven's brothers six day adventure. We took on a nice load of dine from the bait receivers and headed,out west to the Bluefin/Yellowfin tuna area. We have had decent fishing for nice grade tuna with most fish in the 40-70 pound class. We are going to do this for a couple three days and then see what options we have to target some of the other species. The weather has been bumpy and windy but looks to be improving all the time. We will report in as we progress in the trip. Thanks for checking in. The Indy crew.