Hello everyone, Our last ten day trip winners and big fish were as follows: Jesus Ortega with the 1st place 264.8 pound yellowfin tuna. Art Lyons took 2nd place with a 238.6 pound YFT, and 3rd place fish for Gene Houseworth, which tipped the scales at 134.7 pounds. Honorable mention with cows not eligible for the jackpot were Jesus Ortega with another 241 pound cow and Eric Garris with the big fish of the trip which weighed out at 296.8 pounds.

We want to thank everyone on board for this years pre-Christmas trip as well as our sponsor, Fisherman's Hardware in Huntington Beach. We want to wish everyone a great Christmas and Happy New Year from the Independence team and hope to see everyone again in 2009.