Independence Sportfishing - San Diego, CA


September 2016

Fish Report & Photo Archive

Combined reports

by Indy Crew, 9-01-2016


Hello everyone, we have been busy the last couple of days catching very nice grade yellowfin and bluefin tuna. The yellowfin have been mostly 25-40 pound fish and the bluefin have been mostly 70-100 pounds. Weather has been nice for the most part with 15-18 knots in the afternoon. We have one last day out here and will check in tomorrow. Take care and we will send a wrap up report later in the trip.

ETA Saturday 9/3/2016

by Indy Crew, 9-02-2016


The Independence will arrive at Point Loma Sportfishing at 5:30am on Saturday 9.3.2016...anyone departing on the next trip don't forget your original passport..bring it to my office please

THANK YOU SPONORS

by Indy Crew, 9-04-2016


We just departed on our Young's Tackle trip on Saturday and we'd like to give a great big thank you to all of the sponsors...2016 YOUNG'S TACKLE TRIP SPONSORS

SHIMANO
DIAWA
PHENIX ROD & ACCESSORIES
TACKLE SPECIALTIES (CALSTAR ROD)
AVET REELS
ACCURATE REELS
CHAEIL FISHING TACKLE
ALL FISHIN (MEGA BAIT, CANDY BAR, STOP SALT
OWNER HOOKS
G-LOOMIS
PROMAR
CUSTOM ROD COMPONENTS
SALAS LURE
TADY LURE
IZORLINE
LED MASTER
SPORTSMEN'S SEAFOOD & PROCESSING


KEEPING AN EYE OUT

by Indy Crew, 9-05-2016


Hello again from the Indy, we are currently out on Youngs tackle, MAc's 7 day trip. There are some excellent sponsors for the fishing swag, and as far as the fishing is concerned we are having great Yellowtail fishing while we keep an eye on the weather down below. We have some breeze up here, but it's fishable for sure. That's all we know right now, we'll keep you up to date as things progress , wish us luck, Jeff

GOOD TIMING

by Indy Crew, 9-07-2016


We arrived to our secondary desired destination in time to get in a half day's fishing and were pleasantly surprised to put together an awesome day on 70 to 100 lb.Bluefin Tuna. We had many chances at these beauties and ended up with 43 fish for the effort. Everyone is stoked on the action , so we will try it again tomorrow , sea ya then , Jeff

MORE CHANCES BFT

by Indy Crew, 9-08-2016


Good evening everyone, we gave the Bluefin area another try today but found different conditions and less sign. We did have some chances and picked away 1 at a time throughout the day. Great weather was on tap for all to enjoy. We are going to try something different for tomorrow, sea ya then, Jeff

ETA

by Indy Crew, 9-09-2016


The Independence will dock at 05:00 Saturday morning. For those of you leaving on Saturdays trip Judy will start sign in approx. 06:30. Be sure to bring your passports with you when coming up to sign in.

DECENT SCRATCHING

by Indy Crew, 9-09-2016


Today the morning was a decent scratch on 18 to 30 lb.Yellowfin Tuna, and the afternoon was slooow , hard to get on any fish. We will be tied up at 0500 tomorrow, sea ya then

YOUNGS TACKLE J.P.

1st place Gary Wheeler 99 lb. Bluefin Tuna 2nd place Mac McLeod 93 lb. Bluefin Tuna 3rd place Robert Franklin 91 lb.
by Indy Crew, 9-10-2016


1st place Gary Wheeler 99 lb. Bluefin Tuna
2nd place Mac McLeod 93 lb.Bluefin Tuna
3rd place Robert Franklin 91 lb. Bluefin Tuna
A huge thanks to everyone who made the trip this year, and to Mac and Kevin See you all next year

Tunaholics Departs

by Indy Crew, 9-11-2016


Yesterday we departed on our 7 day Tunaholics extravaganza with high hopes and a beautiful supply of sardines. Everyone is now rigged up and awaiting our arrival to the grounds tomorrow, so until then we will enjoy all the great giveaways from Dennis Evans our host. We'll check in when we have something to report, sea ya then ,Jeff

OFF TO A GOOD START

by Indy Crew, 9-12-2016


We got busy as soon as we got down here today , and put together a great action packed day with full speed Tuna , and a few Wahoo and Dorado to round things out. Excellent weather and there you have it. We are going to stick around and see what happens here tomorrow, wish us luck, Jeff

FANTASTIC DAY

by Indy Crew, 9-13-2016


Hey there gang, today was a super action packed day fishing for Wahoo , and Tuna. It was reel deal Wahoo bingo's and some good grade Tuna biting big time for everyone on board. We had a little bit of Yellow last nite, and hope they bite to tonight. Excellent weather down here to work with. Some of the skin today were 50 to 70 lbs. just beautiful fish. We are camping out and trying it again tomorrow. Sea ya then Jeff

QUALITY AGAIN

by Indy Crew, 9-14-2016


Another banner day here on the Indy. A very early bite on jumbo Yellowtail got things going in the rite direction and after daylite the Wahoo and Tuna took over. Plenty of action going on out here, really gooood fishing rite now. We are gaining altitude now getting in position for more Yellas tomorrow. Sea ya then , Jeff

MUCHO YELLOW TODAY

by Indy Crew, 9-15-2016


Good evening folks, we had a one stop shopping type day here on the Indy , as the Yellowtail fishing was as good as it gets. 18 to 25 lb. fish biting everything, long rod 7x guys killed em, 6x yo yo and bait were all instant bites. We got fixed up and then made a few more stops for Bass and such. We've had an awesome trip and now time to start the ride home. Sea ya all later ,

E T A 0645

by Indy Crew, 9-16-2016



Excellent fishing, excellent group, excellent weather. 10 +
Here's what worked, the Jimmy bombs, salas 6x jr, catchy 33's and sum horsepower for the wahoo. Everything else is just a matter of execution, the tuna and yellowtail were pretty basic fishing, bait or jig. Sea ya later, Jeff and the Indy crew,

Passengers going on next trip, remember your passports, bring them to my office Thanks Judy

TUNAHOLICS RETURNS

1st place jack pot Al Smetona 59 lb. Wahoo 2nd place Norman Rodewald 46 lb. White Sea Bass 3rd place Roy Habelitz 45 lb.
by Indy Crew, 9-17-2016


1st place jack pot Al Smetona 59 lb. Wahoo
2nd place Norman Rodewald 46 lb. White Sea Bass
3rd place Roy Habelitz 45 lb. Wahoo
A huge thanks to Dennis Evans and everyone who made the trip a big success this year, sea you all next year. Jeff and the Indy crew

SEEKER 8 DAY

by Indy Crew, 9-18-2016


We departed yesterday morning on our Seeker sponsored trip with charter master Brian "Bubba" Porter. Lots of familiar faces and a few new ones as well. The giveaways have already started and everyone was gifted something great. We are still traveling down with great weather so far. We will begin fishing in the morning and will give you the play by play.

Matthew

Great Day 4 Yellowtail

by Indy Crew, 9-20-2016


We got started in the right way down here. We found good sign of Yellowtail in the morning. Flurry style fishing at times. The yo yo jig seemed to work as well as the sardine. We ended up tagging our share till they stopped biting and continued our quest southbound. We have been monitoring this storm to the west of us and have a good window to make the pass. Weather is still beautiful and everyone is having a great time. We are going to be targeting Tuna and Wahoo the next few days. Wish us luck. Matt and Indy crew.

MIXED BAG

by Indy Crew, 9-20-2016


What a great day of fishing! We started off with good weather and great Wahoo fishing. Everyone had more than their chance at a few toothy critters. We ended our day with a sun downer bite on good grade Yellowfin Tuna. The weather is beautiful and a bit humid to say the least. Our plan for tomorrow is to try for more of this beautiful grade Tuna and a few more Wahoo. Wish us luck. Matt and Indy crew.

Terrific Day

by Indy Crew, 9-21-2016


Another awesome day for us today. We started off last night with a great nighttime bite on good grade yellowtail as well as good Tuna. This morning started off with a good hit on yellowfin and we decided to look for more wahoo and we connected. Lots and lots of fun for us today. The guys are stoked and everyone got their fill of fish today. Lots of sore bodies on this boat right now! Our plan is to try for a few more yellowtail tonight and some exotics. The weather is still good and we have time to try for a few more wahoo tomorrow. Wish us luck!

Captain Matt

BANNER DAY

by Indy Crew, 9-21-2016


Another awesome day for us today. We started off last night with a great nighttime bite on good grade Yellowtail as well as good Tuna. This morning started off with a good hit on Yellowfin and we decided to look for more Wahoo and we connected. Lots and lots of fun for us today. The guys are stoked and everyone got their fill of fish today. Lots of sore bodies on this boat right now! Our plan is to try for a few more Yellowtail tonight and some exotics. The weather is still good and we have time to try for a few more Wahoo tomorrow. Wish us luck! Matt & the Indy crew

ANOTHER GREAT DAY

by Indy Crew, 9-22-2016


We had another great night bite on the jumbo grade yellowtail last night. We traveled up today for the few wahoo we needed. We are going to keep traveling up tonight and try for a few bass tomorrow. Everyone is having a great time out here and I think they're pretty much worn out. We have had a busy last couple of days and nights. Thanks for checking in! Matt and Indy crew.

ETA

by Indy Crew, 9-24-2016


The Independence will dock at 06:15 Sunday morning. Judy will start sign in for Sundays trip approx 06:30. Be sure to bring your passports with you when coming up to sign in.

GARY KIMURA 8 DAY

by Indy Crew, 9-27-2016


We're off and running on the 11 th annual Kimura 8 day extravaganza with lots of familiar faces and some soon to be familiar faces. Great weather and another stellar load of bait from E. B. Bait co. We will begin the process very soon, so check back later on, Jeff and the Indy crew

STARTER KIT

by Indy Crew, 9-28-2016


Hello again from the Indy , today we got down to business and put together a decent day on nice grade Wahoo. Now that we have got our feet wet , we are off and running. Exceptional weather greets us every morning, and looks to stay that way. Thanks for checking in, and look for more updates, Jeff

SEEKER JP WINNERS

by Indy Crew, 9-28-2016


Sorry for the delay our jackpot winners for the seeker 8 day was 1st place Thomas Mannix 60.4# Wahoo
Greg Tchejeyan 60.2 Wahoo
Brian Wilson 40.5. Wahoo
Thanks again to everyone we had a great time with great fishing and great people. Look forward to seeing you all again next year. Thanks to Brian Porter and Seeker for the great giveaways. Always a great trip. Matt

EXCELLENT ACTION

by Indy Crew, 9-28-2016


Hello everyone, we had outstanding fishing for that 18 to 30 lb. Tuna and a good mix of Wahoo as well today. Throw in a couple of big Dorado and there you have it. Limit style Tuna , just great fishing and great weather for us down here. We are going to keep at it, sea ya tomorrow, Jeff

LOG JAM

by Indy Crew, 9-29-2016


Today was one of those days you dream about, as Wahoo fishing was literally off the hook. From sun up till sun down we were busy pulling on these 40 to 60 lb. beauties with a few bigger ones mixed in. Again the hot lures were Jimmy Bombs and Salas 6x. Absolutely the best weather one could imagine out here. We did have another shot at sum big Bull Dorado and that nice grade Tuna to round things out, and we are going to try this program again tomorrow. Sea ya then, Jeff

TOPPED OFF

by Indy Crew, 9-30-2016


Hey there gang , we had another stellar day here on the Indy. Excellent Wahoo fishing again and then we topped off our Tuna quota on those 18 to 30 lb. beauties. Spectacular weather is still the norm and we are currently gaining altitude. Fat and happy pretty much sums up the vibe on board. Sea ya later, Jeff