BAJA FISH GEAR 7 DAY

We departed on our Baja fish gear 7-day, Ed Tschernoscha had many great tackle raffles, and give-a-ways. Fishing today was good for us. We chalked up 155 mixed fish, tuna and Dorado, with some of the tuna 45 to 50 lbs., and some school size as well. The weather was not perfect like the last month, but good enough. We are going to try something different for tomorrow, so please wish us luck, Jeff and the Indy crew

Independence departs on Baja Fish Gear 7 Day Trip

"We departed on our Baja Fish Gear 7-day," said the report from Independence September 1. "Ed Tschernoscha had many great tackle raffles, and give-a-ways. Fishing today was good for us. We chalked up 155 mixed fish, tuna and Dorado, with some of the tuna 45 to 50 lbs., and some school size as well. The weather was not perfect like the last month, but good enough. We are going to try something different for tomorrow, so please wish us luck."

YELLOWTAIL BONANZA

well the last couple of days have been action packed with good grade yellowtail for all to enjoy. The long rod guys with their 7 x' s and the yo yo 6x jr as well as bait were all the hot ticket. The weather has been really hot down here. We are going to concentrate on tuna for the next few days, please wish us luck, Jeff and the Indy crew

HERE IS WHAT WE KNOW....

After last nights report we continued to catch more yellows in the dark, as well as a few 40 lb. sea bass to top off the already great day. Today was spent off shore fishing for tuna, and we had good fishing for 15 to 50 lb. tuna. All were yft, and a few Dorado. The weather has been very pleasant for the entire trip. We are going to give it another go for tomorrow, so wish us luck please, Jeff and the Indy crew

Indy returns. Saturday

The Indy will arrive at approx. 5am, There is a Marathon Saturday, so get to the Landing early so yo don't have to deal with that and I can start sign in earlier than 7 if anyone gets there earlier..Judy

Independence lands Yellowfin, Dorado and Seabass

"After last night's report we continued to catch more yellows in the dark," reported the Independence September 6, "as well as a few 40-pound sea bass to top off the already great day. Today was spent off shore fishing for tuna, and we had good fishing for 15 to 50-pound tuna. Most were yellowfin, and a few Dorado. The weather has been very pleasant for the entire trip. We are going to give it another go for tomorrow."

WE ARE DONE.....

We had some action on bluefin tuna as well as yellowfin tuna to end the trip on a good note. We will be back to San Diego tomorrow at 0500, the Indy crew

HERE WE GO AGAIN....

We want to thank everyone who joined us for the Baja Fish Gear 7-day trip, it was a success, and thanks to Ed for everything. Jackpot winners were: 1st place William Toth with a 49.4 Yellowfin, 2nd place our Chartermaster Ed Tschernoscha with a 46.6 Yellowfin and 3rd place goes to Jeff Jedinak with a 44.6 Yellowfin. Nice catch guys and see you all next year. We are out again on Young's Tackle 7-day extravaganza; we have bait and an eager group of anglers ready to try for fish. Thanks for checking in, and wish us luck, Jeff and the Indy crew

Independence returns with near limits of Yellowtail & Tuna

Independence arrived at O-Dawn-30 September 8 at Point Loma Sportfishing. Skipper Jeff DeBuys tied up and remarked that fish was excellent, with near-limits of yellowtail and tuna, with some decent dorado in the mix. His seven-day trip fished offshore with 21 anglers. William Toth of Vista won first place for a 49-pound yellowfin, a tuna he bagged with a sardine on a 3/0 Mustad hook on 30-pound Seaguar Premier fluorocarbon and 50-pound Power Pro spectra. He used an Avet JX reel and a Super Seeker 6470 rod.

Ed Tschernoscha of Baja Fish Gear won second place for a 46.6-pound yellowfin, and posed with his fish. Jeff Jedinak of San Clemente won third place for a 46.6-pound tuna.

ON THE HUNT...

The last few days we were fishing for tuna and Dorado off shore with just moderate success. The better grade fish were hard to come by, as only 8 made their way on board, 35 to 40 lb.ers, and the rest were smaller grade. We covered a lot of water, and are going to try somewhere for tomorrow. The weather is really good out here. Thanks for checking in, the Indy crew

Independence has some sucess fishing for Dorado & Tuna offshore

"The last few days we were fishing for tuna and Dorado off shore with just moderate success," said the news from Independence September 10. "The better grade fish were hard to come by, as only eight made their way on board, 35 to 40-pounders, and the rest were smaller grade. We covered a lot of water, and are going to try somewhere for tomorrow. The weather is really good out here."

MORE FUN IN THE SUN....

The last couple of days have been very productive fishing days for yellowfin tuna, yellowtail, and some bluefin tuna. We have been busy all hours of the day and night, as we had good fishing on yellowfin last night on the 6x jr's and after day light sardine was key to get a bite. Fish up to 40 lbs., and great weather, you can't beat it! We are going to re locate for the next few days, so we will send another report when we know something more, the Indy crew

Independence has a great day fishing & catching Yellowfin, Yellowtail & Bluefin

"The last couple of days have been very productive fishing days," observed the report from Independence September 12, "for yellowfin tuna, yellowtail, and some bluefin tuna. We have been busy all hours of the day and night, as we had good fishing on yellowfin last night on the 6X Jr. and after daylight, sardine was key to get a bite. Fish up to 40 pounds and great weather, you can't beat it! We are going to relocate for the next few days."

Indy returns. Saturday 9/15

Hi everyone, the Indy will return at Point Loma Sportfishing at approximately 6am. sign in for the next group begins at 7, Thanks so much..

YELLOWTAIL, YELLOWFIN .....

yesterday was spent catching good grade yellowtail, and today we scratched away at schoolies, and a few 40 lb. yellowfin tuna. a great way to end our trip. we will be in at 0545 tomorrow, the indy crew

WE ARE BACK AT IT......

After a quick turn around we are out on another 7-day trip. We would like to thank all the sponsors of the Young's tackle 7-day trip, Salas jigs, Avet reels, Promar, Tady, lead masters, Daiwa. Thanks to Young's Tackle, and all who participated in the event. Jackpot winners were as follows: 1st place went to our Chartermaster Mac Mcleod with a 42# yellowfin, There was a tie for 2nd place split to Robert Brigham & Rik Williams each brought in a 41.6# Yellowfin. Congrats!! See you all next year. This trip we have our friends from SavOn Tackle with many regulars, some new fisherman, this year. With some sardines on board and a few destinations in mind we are off and running. Thanks for checking in, Jeff and the Indy crew

Independence returns from 7 Day Young's Tackle trip, Spetember 16, 2012

Skipper Jeff DeBuys docked Independence at Pt. Loma Sportfishing September 15, after a seven-day Young's Tackle adventure with 27 anglers.

"We found decent offshore fishing," said Jeff, "with some premium yellowfin and lots of schoolies. We fished below for most of the tuna. They were up to 40 pounds. We got a few bluefin, too, in 83-degree water. I guess you can take everything you thought you knew about fishing and throw it away; bluefin in 83 degrees!"

Mac McLeod of Lakewood won first place for his 42-pound yellowfin tuna. He said he bagged it with a sardine on a 4/0 Mustad hook. He fished with 50-pound Izorline fluorocarbon and 50-pound Daiwa spectra on a Talica 12 reel and a Calstar 700 H rod.

Rick Williams of Belleville, MI won second place for a 41.6-pound tuna, and Bob Brigham of Redondo Beach tied him with an identical yellowfin tuna.

QUALITY DAY FOR US.......

Today was a great first day, as we started off with a school of BIG bluefin tuna which was the first stop of the trip. We had many casualties, but when the smoke cleared we landed 10 of these beauties, 90 to 130 lbs. and lots of heartaches. After that a school of those 35 to 50 lb. yellowfin got on us and we landed 55 of those along with a few smaller ones. The weather is just perfect, and we are planning to give this go for tomorrow, please wish us luck, Jeff and the Indy crew

WHERE DID THEY GO?

Well, the jumbo bluefin tuna we tangled with yesterday were no where to be found today, but we did have good action on those 30 to 50 lb. yellowfin, as well as the schoolies, and some nice dorado. absolutely gorgeous weather sums it up. We are going to try somewhere different for tomorrow, maybe use those 6x jr's and some 7 x's Matt Salas sent down for us. Wish us luck please, Jeff and the Indy crew

Indpendence lands 10 Bluefin at 90 to 130 lbs. & then finds a school of 35 to 50 lb. Yellowfin

"Today was a great first day," wrote Independence skipper Jeff DeBuys September 16, "as we started off with a school of BIG bluefin tuna which was the first stop of the trip. We had many casualties, but when the smoke cleared we landed 10 of these beauties, 90 to 130 pounds and lots of heartaches. After that a school of those 35 to 50-pound yellowfin got on us and we landed 55 of those along with a few smaller ones. The weather is just perfect, and we are planning to give this go for tomorrow."

ANOTHER FANTASTIC DAY.....

Wow, today was a very busy day out here. Very nice grade yellowtail was on the menu, along with some dorado. Thanks matt for all the jigs, the 6x jr, and 7x for the long rod guys were a huge HIT, I mean hit. The guys with bait got their share also. We are going to try for some bait tonight, and then try somewhere different for tomorrow. Most everyone is pooped out from today, so I hope the bait comes on fast and easy. Bill wants to say hi to Sherill, and looks forward to getting back on Saturday. Thanks for checking in, Jeff and the Indy crew

YET ANOTHER GREAT DAY ......

We all had another fantastic day here on the Indy, as we caught lots of tuna up to 40 lbs., and some dorado, and yellowtail, which we did not need, and a few Wahoo. All this under flat calm, hot sunny skies. Great action sums it up for us. We are going to give this go for tomorrow, thanks for checking in, Jeff and the Indy crew...couple spots open for upcoming trip departing on Saturday 9/22. Call for details..

YET ANOTHER GREAT DAY ......

We all had another fantastic day here on the Indy, as we caught lots of tuna up to 40 lbs., and some dorado, and yellowtail, which we did not need, and a few Wahoo. All this under flat calm, hot sunny skies. Great action sums it up for us. We are going to give this go for tomorrow, thanks for checking in, Jeff and the Indy crew

Indy catches lots of Dorado, Yellowtail & a few Wahoo

"We all had another fantastic day here on the Indy, as we caught lots of tuna up to 40 pounds, some dorado, yellowtail, and a few Wahoo. All this was under flat calm, hot sunny skies. Great action sums it up for us. We are going to give this go for tomorrow, thanks for checking in, Jeff and the Indy crew. We have a couple of spots open for our upcoming trip departing on Saturday 9/22. Call for details."

WHAT A GREAT FINISH.....

We had good fishing today to end our trip. We caught yellowfin tuna, 18 to 35 lb. ers, a Wahoo, and some Pargo and yellowtail. We are currently traveling back to San Diego, and will have an E T A sometime tomorrow. We feel we have been very fortunate this trip to have a great catch, and everyone is just relaxing and enjoying the ride home. Sea you all later, the Indy crew

Indy's Arrival 9/22

The scheduled arrival time will be approximately 7am-7:30am..Sign in for trip#20 departing on Saturday will begin at 7am..Watch for another report from the Captain later on today..Thanks for checking in..

GOOD WEATHER,

It has been good traveling the past few days, and we will most likely be back to San Diego between 0730 and 0800 tomorrow. It had been a great trip, and lots of fun fishing with everyone, and thanks to our friends at Sav-On Tackle for everything again. Sea you at the dock, Jeff and he Indy Crew.

JP Winners From Sav-On Trip

Hello again from the Independence, We have returned from our Sav-on Tackle 7 day adventure and are headed down on another 7 day trip. The jackpot winners from the trip were the following anglers1st place goes to Mark Conroy 134.0 BFT, 2nd place goes to Brett Edmondson 133.8 BFT, and 3rd place goes to Don Klahs with a 128.6 BFT: We ended up with 6 bluefin tuna over the 100 pound mark for the trip along with great fishing on the yellowfin tuna and yellowtail with a mix of wahoo, dorado and pargo. we are currently headed south in good weather with a fair load of bait and will check as the trip progress's. Thanks for checking in, Mark and the gang

Good day to all,

Today we fished our way south looking for offshore tuna and kelps for not much at all, some small tuna and yellowtail that we released and a couple of handfuls of dorado that we tagged. Last night we stopped and caught two tanks of mackerel, which will help us on the yellowtail fishing for tomorrow. The weather is beautiful with little or no wind and sea. Check back later during the trip for more updates as we go. The Indy guys,

Hello From Indy

Good evening from all of us on the Independence, today we fished yellowtail and got our limits of nice 16 to 25 pound fish, We caught fish on both jigs and bait with Squid being the hot ticket fished with 40 lb. test and an egg sinker. The weather is very nice and looks to be good the next couple of days. We are changing gears and will spend the rest of the trip looking for tuna offshore with the good weather forecast in hand. Wish us lots of luck, The Indy crew.

Another Perfect Day On the Pacfic

Today was another good day of fishing for us here on the Independence; good grade Dorado and school size yellowfin with some 30 to 50 pound fish in the mix. Our weather remains perfect with 2 to 5 knots of wind and plenty of sunshine. The guys are sitting down to a nice dinner with a gorgeous sunset in the background. Tomorrow we plan to look at another area that has had bluefin tuna in it and see if we can connect with some short-fin as well. Have a great night, the Indy crew.

Double the fun!!

We have 2 spots open on our first 10-day of the season, plenty of variety of fish to come over the rail, If you'd like to have double the fun of a 7 or 8-day try a 10..We'd like to have you join us. call in or email for some details.

The Indy sees some nice 40 lb. Yellowtail come to the deck

Indy's on The 23 Spot! Here on The Ridge, yellowtail to over 40 pounds gang-bite all day long, on everything we show 'em: sardines, iron jigs yo-yoed and on the surface, swimbaits and sinker rigs. Frenzied yellows swarm and push after my mint-colored surface jig to see which fish gets the prize to chew, shoving one another to get the iron. We release dozens. Dorado crowd under floating kelp, blast out as we slide up to the paddie, backs knifing out of the water, greyhounding right up to the Indy. Yellowfin tuna snap with great vigor!

Chef Ed and assistant Michele set three fine meals and two snacks daily: prime rib, Eggs Benedict, rack of lamb, delicious chicken and fresh yellowtail with sauce and vegetables. Step aboard Independence with owner-skipper Mark Pisano, Captain Jeff DeBuys and host Bill Roecker, for the fishing time of your life!

Indy's Arrival 9/29/12

The Indy will arrive at 5:30am Saturday morning, the next group should be there early due to parking..Thanks everyone

The Independence has a great day landing Dorado & Yellowfin

"Today was another good day of fishing for us here on the Independence," said the report for September 27, "with good grade Dorado and school-size yellowfin with some 30 to 50-pound fish in the mix. Our weather remains perfect with two to five knots of wind and plenty of sunshine. The guys are sitting down to a nice dinner with a gorgeous sunset in the background. Tomorrow we plan to look at another area that has had bluefin tuna in it and see if we can connect with some short-fin as well."

Indy challenge results

Hello again, we returned from our Indy challenge trip with a really great group of anglers. The winners of the prizes were: 1st place going to Andy Jaenichen with a 47.0 yellowfin tuna and taking home the $1,000 gift certificate for a future Indy trip, 2nd place went to Alfred Lee with his 44.6 yellowfin tuna and winning an Avet 2 speed reel, 3rd place fell to Jeff Hall in the Yellowtail category with a 25.8 yellowtail and taking home an Avet 2 speed reel, 4th place in the Wahoo category was taken by Ron Iwamiya with a 67.0 Wahoo winning an Avet reel, 5th place went to Peter Koga in the tuna category with his 28.6 yellowfin tuna winning a Seeker Rod,6th place fell to Doal Miller in the Dorado category with a 23.4 Dorado and winning a Seeker rod, 7th place went to Ron Nishimura in the Dorado category with his 17.6 Dorado and winning a Seeker rod, 8th and 9th place ended in a tie in the Yellowtail category with 25.0 yellows for Abel Saldana and Brian Grant both winning Indy Jackets and 10th place rounding out the winners was Dane Barriault taking home an Indy hoodie.. We want to thank everyone for fishing on this year's trip, look for next year's Indy challenge trips in the schedule. Thanks for checking in, Mark and Paul and the entire Independence staff.