September 2013
Fish Report & Photo Archive
HAMACHI BONANZA.....
by Indy Crew, 9-01-2013
While sliding south looking for offshore game fish we did not really see all that much today. Late in the day we made it to the island and made up for lost time very quickly. 18 to 25 lb. yellows were raining on till dark. salas 6x jr. for the yoyo guys, 7x long rod guys killed em as well .limit style fishing was the call of the day. The weather remains good, and spirits are high on board tonight. Check back with you later, Jeff and the Indy crew (Have great Labor Day weekend and Be Safe)
DORADO FACTORY..
by Indy Crew, 9-02-2013
Today was more or less a travel day, as we had to bust a move one way or another. We did run across some yellowtail, marlin, and zillions of small Dorado we released back to the ocean. The weather is hot and very little wind at present. We will see where we end up for tomorrow's fishing activity, until then, tight lines and sharp hooks... the Indy crew
SKINNIES AND TROPHY YELLAS..
by Indy Crew, 9-03-2013
Today we had lots of chances at quality Wahoo, and 35 to 50 lb. yellowtail. The guys that did the best on the yellows were yo yo jiggin salas 6 xs, and the raider jigs did the best on the skin. We had a hand full of grouper up to 50 lbs. also. . With great weather again today everyone had a blast trying for bigguns all day long. I think we are going to spend the remainder of the trip offshore, in hopes of more of that epic fishing we had on the way down. Please wish us luck, Jeff and the Indy crew
AHI AND DORADO....
by Indy Crew, 9-05-2013
After leaving the rocks we made our way up to the islands for some afternoon yellowtail fishing to break up the ride. The following day was spent catching some more of those beautiful 25 to 35 lb. yellowfin tuna along with some bull Dorado. We had good action on both at times. As hard as it is to pin point the bluefin tuna, we are going to dedicate our last day to hunting the ever elusive bluefin tuna. The weather looks favorable to do so as well. With a fabulous catch already in the R S W wells, we are off and running in pursuit of short fins, please wish us luck, Jeff and the Indy crew
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The Independence returns home from the Coastside Fishing Club's 8 Day trip
by Bill Roecker, 9-07-2013
Jeff DeBuys docked Independence at Point Loma Sportfishing September 7 after a good eight-day trip with the Coastside Fishing Club and chartermaster Jeremy Kangas. There were 30 anglers, who had near-limits of yellowfin, bluefin tuna and yellowtail. They also caught 51 dorado and three grouper.
"It really looks right," said DeBuys to Bill Roecker. It's a classic fall setup, with yellowfin down there and up here. And we're not done with the bluefin tuna yet. We got our trophy yellowtail at Alijos Rocks, but there's no tuna there. We did find eight wahoo."
John Hom won first place for a 42-pound yellowtail. He said he bagged it with a sardine on a 5/0 Mustad J hook on an 80-pound dropper loop.
Jonny Allos of San Diego won second place for a 37.8-pound yellowtail.
The grouper was a 60-pounder, and came into the lineup late, so the angler's name was missed.
TURN AND BURN....
by Indy Crew, 9-07-2013
We finished up our 8 day Coastside fishing club trip yesterday with some yellowfin tuna and dorado, arriving early this morning for the weigh in. first place went to john Hom with a 42 lb. yellowtail, second Johnny Allos with a 39 lb. yellowtail, and Aldi Ujkaj in third with a 60 lb. grouper. Many thanks to everyone who made the trip this year, and to Jeremy KANGAS for putting it together, we will see you all next year. After a quick turn around we are out on a 7 day Young's Tackle Extravaganza, good load of bait, and high hopes for the up coming weeks. I am writing there is one heck of a tackle raffle and give away, so when I have something to report I will give the details. Please wish us luck, Jeff and the Indy crew, Paul, Tyler, Oscar, Luke, Cole, Ed and Rolf
Getting a few Wahoo
by Indy Crew, 9-09-2013
.. hello everyone we started off fishing offshore for some yellowfin tuna action, not like last trip, but things changed out there , not surprised. we made it to the sub tropical wahoo grounds in time for a good sample of what
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Good Action On Skinniest
by Indy Crew, 9-10-2013
Things got going early today for the early morning fisherman. a few yellowtail, and then good action on wahoo. lots of chances on these blue water speedsters gave everyone a run for their money.. lots of our anglers caught their first wahoo this trip, i think they are hooked. after a while it looked like we were pretty much done, and the fish were done as well. we are
YELLOWTAIL BONANZA
by Indy Crew, 9-11-2013
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FULL SPEED SUNDOWNER
by Indy Crew, 9-12-2013
we spent the day offshore in search of tuna fish today. the weather was just a bit more windy than we like, but in the end it did not matter. some short stops on yellowfin, and then with a little bit of day lite left we got a good school of 40 to 60 lb. bluefin that bit till dark. we put 77 of those down in the R S W tank .
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Nice finish
by Indy Crew, 9-13-2013
NICE FINISH.....today we got things going early, as the bluefin tuna were early birds , showing in the dark.beautiful grade 40 to 55 lb. fish along with some school size yellowfin made up our catch today. as for the weather it was not as pretty. we will be back to san diego at 0530 tomorrow, sea ya all then, jeff and the indy crew
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Youngs Tackle JP
by Indy Crew, 9-14-2013
YOUNGS TACKLE JP WINNERS...we returned from our 7 day this morning, and our winners were first place kevin kwon 50 lb. bluefin, huy huynh 48 lb. bluefin, mike giardino 47 lb. bluefin, good going guys. we really want to thank our sponsors for the trip, calstar rods, lead masters, phinix, promar, avet, salas jigs, owner hooks, thanks again to everyone who made the trip, a pleasure fishing with you all. we are out on the 7 day variety challenge we departed on this afternoon with big prizes for the top 14 fish of the trip. we will check in later on , jeff and the indy crew, matt, kevin , cole, larry, ed and michele
Mixed Bag
by Indy Crew, 9-15-2013
MIXED BAG TODAY... today we started off wirh some 60 to 65 lb. bluefin tuna 3
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by Indy Crew, 9-16-2013
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Independence returns from their Young's Tackle 7 Day Trip
by Bill Roecker, 9-17-2013
We returned from our seven-day this morning, and our winners were:
First Place: Kevin Kwon, 50-pound bluefin
Second Place: Huy Huynh, 48-pound bluefin
Third Place: Mike Giardino, 47-pound bluefin
"Good going guys. We really want to thank our sponsors for the trip: Calstar rods, Lead masters, Phenix, Promar, Avet, Salas jigs, Owner hooks. Thanks again to everyone who made the trip, it was a pleasure fishing with you all. We are now out on the seven-day variety challenge. We departed on this afternoon with big prizes for the top 14 fish of the trip. We will check in later on."
Fun Fun in the sun
by Indy Crew, 9-17-2013
FUN FUN FUN IN THE SUN...
ANOTHER STELLER DAY
by Indy Crew, 9-18-2013
ANOTHER STELLER DAY...
AS GOOOOD AS IT GETS....
by Indy Crew, 9-19-2013
With some help from one of our great code boats we were able to put together a FANTASTIC morning thanks to captain Toussaint. He was in the right place again and a quick heads up from him resulted in our good fortune. Fishing was off the charts for 25 to 40 lb. yellowfin tuna. Tie a 12 / 0 hook on a piece of rope and a sardine and drop it over the side. When the dust settled we were fat and happy. The weather is looking pretty good out here as well. We are going to keep looking offshore again tomorrow. Thanks for checking in, Jeff and the Indy crew
LITTLE COLOR TO OUR CATCH...
by Indy Crew, 9-20-2013
we spent the day in the bluefin grounds and had good action on tuna 18 to 22 lbs. with the excellent weather and flat calm seas it was a great way to end our adventure on a high note. We will be back to San Diego at 0530 tomorrow, sea ya all then, Jeff and the Indy crew
Indy Challenge Return
by Indy Crew, 9-22-2013
Yesterday we returned from our Indy challenge and departed on our Seeker 8 day trip. We want to thank everyone on the trip this year,the Winners of the top prizes for the trip were,Randy Koenig with his 69 pound bluefin tuna taking home the $1,000 grand prize gift certificate for an Indy trip next year. Marco Lopez took 2nd with his 68.4 bluefin tuna and won a 2 speed Avet reel, Robert Yoon landed the largest Yellowtail at 40.4 pounds and won an Avet 2 speed reel, Jaime Zachea caught the largest Dorado which weighed 23.6 pounds and won an Avet reel. In the rod category Brian Giguere won a Seeker rod for his 61.2 bluefin tuna. Good job everyone on the big ones. A big thanks goes out to both Harry and Sarkas from Avet reels and Darrin and all the guys at Seeker rods for another year of sponsorship on the Independence
Rough Start
by Indy Crew, 9-23-2013
We have started fishing on the current 8 day Seeker trip, the nice weather that had been present the last few days took a turn and we fished the day offshore in 20 plus knots and a choppy sea state. We did get on one spot that bit wide open for us, the only problem was, it was a mix of 8 to 12 pound fish along with the 25 to 40 pound yellowfin tuna, the small fish out numbered the larger grade and out hustled them to the bait as well. We did tag some nice fish anyway. The plan is to duck out of the wind for a day or two and fish some yellowtail. Wish us luck the Indy guys
The Independence returns from their 8 Day Seeker Rods Trip
by Bill Roecker, 9-23-2013
On September 22, the Independence returned to Pt. Loma Sportfishing, and posted this: "Yesterday we returned from our Indy challenge and departed on our Seeker 8-day trip. We want to thank everyone on the trip this year. The Winners of the top prizes for the trip were Randy Koenig with his 69-pound bluefin tuna taking home the $1,000 grand prize gift certificate for an Indy trip next year.
Marco Lopez took 2nd with his 68.4-pound bluefin tuna and won a two speed Avet reel. Robert Yoon landed the largest Yellowtail at 40.4 pounds and won an Avet two speed reel. Jaime Zachea caught the largest Dorado which weighed 23.6 pounds and won an Avet reel. In the rod category Brian Giguere won a Seeker rod for his 61.2 bluefin tuna. Good job everyone on the big ones. A big thanks goes out to both Harry and Sarkas from Avet reels and Darrin and all the guys at Seeker rods for another year of sponsorship on the Independence."
Good weather/good yellowtail
by Indy Crew, 9-24-2013
Today was a nice day, we were able fish in some beautiful weather and catch good grade yellowtail most of the day, and most of the fish are 18 to 24 pounds. We plan on doing this for another day and then weigh our options at the end of the day. Wish us luck, the Indy crew.
Camping-Out
by Indy Crew, 9-25-2013
We camped out in this beautiful weather and fished the yellows another day, fishing was again good on 18 to 24 pound fish, with a nice catch of yellowtail we are going scouting tomorrow and see if we can find some wahoo and dorado to the south. Wish us luck, the Indy crew
ETA Seeker Trip
by Indy Crew, 9-28-2013
The Indy will arrive at 6:45 am on Sunday 9/29/2013. Anglers departing on Kimura's Trip, Sign in to begin at 7am. Bring your passports. Thanks Office
lots of water to cover
by Indy Crew, 9-28-2013
We have been covering a lot of water the last three days, the tuna have been mostly on the small side but we did land a stand out 65 pound fish, 3 White sea bass and a nice grouper.the yellowtail we've been catching have been good grade 15 to 25 pound fish. The wahoo and dorado have pulled a no show on us the last few days. We plan to work north and hope for some better grade tuna. Wish us luck. ETA 6:45am Sunday
Bottom of the 9th
by Indy Crew, 9-28-2013
We finished the trip on a good note with a nice hit on 30 to 60 pound bluefin tuna and 20 to 30 pound yellowfin tuna, the weather also came down finally for us today and it was beautiful!!
We will be in around 7am. Thanks for checking in, the Indy guys.
Seeker eight day final report
by Indy Crew, 9-30-2013
Hello again, the Seeker rods 8 day is a wrap, we want to thank everyone onboard this year as well as our long time sponsor Seeker rods along with Salas Jigs, Soft steel monofilament, Okuma reels and Inox lubricant. A big thanks goes out to Denny our charter master who held the raffles and give away the gifts from our sponsors. The jackpot winners were Jason Mavar with 1st place for his 67.3 pound bluefin tuna, 2nd place went to Donald Upperman with a 64.4 bluefin tuna and Lloyd Doyle wrapped up third with his 60.0 yellowfin tuna.
