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Captains Mark Pisano, Jeff Debuys & Paul Strasser
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07-03-2009 - Hello again, It,s about noon on the 3rd and we have had a fair morning on the albacore, so far we have about 60 fish on the boat in the 14 to 20 pound class. The weather is good and that has been key in getting the fish to bite. Right now the fish are down but we're looking for the big afternoon float like the albacore are known for. check back later and see how our day ends up. There are 3 other boats in the area and everyone is catching fish. Talk to ya later.
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07-03-2009 - The Indy will arrive at Point Loma Sportfishing at approximately 6:30 am on July 4... Sign in for July 5th will begin at 7am. Everyone please have a safe and fun Holiday.
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07-02-2009 - Today we spent looking offshore in hopes of bluefin tuna and/or albacore and we found good signs of bluefin, getting a bite on one was another story. We ended up with 12 bluefin in the 20 to 30 pound range. Tomorrow we plan to check out another area for albacore. Thanks for checking in, the indy guys.
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07-01-2009 - Hello everyone, We are currently on our annual Purfield's 5 day adventure. The offshore fishing has been slow so we made the run down the coast to start the trip fishing yellowtail at the islands and we were not disappointed to say the least, the last 2 days of fishing has been outstanding for yellows in the 15 to 20 pound class. We also have had a few hits on the bigger fish in the 25 to 40 pound range along with a couple of nice halibut. The weather is very good as well. With a great catch of yellowtail in the hatch, we are planning to head offshore in search of albacore and bluefin. The weather looks good, so wish us good luck that we get on'em.
The Indy boys
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06-29-2009 - We are back, Hello to everyone, the e-mail onboard is still giving us problems. This is a recap for our 3 day family/Kids trip that we do with Rick Ozaki of Avet reels, Graph tech rods, Fish Trap iron and Yo zuri line and products. Fishing was slow overall as we spent the first day offshore and caught a mix of Albacore, bluefin tuna and yellowtail. The second was spent on the coast from San Martin Island and Santo Tomas where water conditions were cold and dirty. Many of the kids onboard caught there first tuna or yellowtail. The top three fish won an Avet reel. First place went to Alex Sissoyev with a 30.8 Bluefin Tuna, second place went to Dylan Lackey with another bluefin that tipped the scales at 27.2 and third place went to Joshua Zane with a 20.4 yellowtail. we had 14 kids on between the ages of 8 and 15 and some caught there personal best and/or first, Jordan Zane landed a 14.4 albacore his first,Jake Gleiderman had 19.8 yellowtail, Cody Lee 14.2, Matt Matich 15.4 yellowtail, Seth Holman 14.6 albacore. Again this year just a Super group to work with, Thanks to all who made the trip and we hope to see you next year. we also want to send out a special thanks to Harry and Sarkas from Avet reelsfor there donations and Rick Ozaki and Dave Rocchi from Avet and west coast marketing for there donations as well. Next year will be a 4 day trip so we have an island option in the form of Cedros or Guadalupe for a better shot at yellowtail of offshore tuna. See ya fishing soon, Capt. Mark Pisano
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06-28-2009 - The Indy will arrive at Point Loma Sportfishing at
6am, I will begin my sign in for the 5 day trip at approxiamtely 7am. Departure could be between 10 and 10:30am. Thanks for checking in.
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06-26-2009 - Good evening fellow anglers today we departed on our 3-day family trip. This year we will be giving away many prizes starting with Avet reels for 1st 2nd and 3rd place jackpot along with Graftec rods and Mako sunglasses and a tackle packets thanks from our sponsor’s Rick Ozaki from Westcoast Marketing and Harry and Sarkas from Avet reel company. Today was a travel day and hope to get into action tomorrow keep in touch thank you the Indy crew.
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06-22-2009 - We are in until friday when we depart on our annual family 3 day trip. We will depart at noon so please check-in by 10 AM with Judy.
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06-21-2009 - The Indy returned this morning. After the weigh in the jackpot winners were as follows:
1st place Eugene Okita with a 90.8 yellowfin, 2nd place goes to Rick Berg 59.4 yellowfin, and rolling in at 3rd place was Paul Gaines with a 59.0 yellowfin. a big Thanks to Big Fish tackle for all the give away tackle and all the anglers who made this years trip and hope to see you on next years trip the dates are Sat. 6/12/10 to Sun. 6/20/10 for 8 days next year. Great trip guys. The Indy Boys.
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06-20-2009 - The last 2 days were spent off shore looking for Bluefin and Albacore. On Saturday they managed to bring on board about 64 albacore. The signs are good for fishing Albies, the weather was excellanet. The independence will arrive at Point Loma Sportfishing at 6:30am on Sunday Jun 21.. Thanks for checking in.
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06-18-2009 - Today was another good day of fishing in beautiful flat calm weather with the Baja coast as the back drop. Yellowtail fishing for 14 to 18 pound fish was the order of the day. They bit jigs and bait both and the guys finished off their trip limits on the yellows. Tomorrow the gang will be offshore fishing in the albacore/bluefin area so hopefully the good fortune continues. Check back and see how the day goes. We have room on the first (3) 5 day trips in july, with the albacore, bluefin tuna and yellowtail all in easy range. These trips have the potential to be really good variety trips. Give us a call and get onboard the Indy.
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06-17-2009 - Hello again, Jeff called in tonight with the days report, Fishing was again good for both yellowfin tuna in the 30 to 60 pound range and yelowtail in the 18 to 40 pound range. They had about 140 mixed fish with a few stand-out yellows up to 45 pounds and a few bigger tuna as well. They took off and are headed up the line to try a day at one of the islands to try to finish off on there limits of yellowtail and then fish the last full day offshore for albacore and bluefin. This 8 day is turning out to to be another great trip. The weather is flat calm as well. Check back for reports on the last 2 days of fishing.
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06-16-2009 - Hello everyone, The e-mail onboard the boat is still down. I did however talk to captain Jeff Debuys tonight and this is his report for the first two days of fishing. They headed down toward alijos and in route to the rocks looked at an area that had some signs of albacore and bluefin tuna. The wind was up a bit in the 15 to 18 range, they did not have a whole lot to work on as 3 yellowfin tuna and one albacore in the 20 pound range were all they had to show for their efforts. The gang arrived at the rocks at noon and had very good action on yellowtail with many in the 30 to 45 pound range, along with 18 yellowfin tuna most in the 35 to 55 pound range, the biggest being 90 pounds. Today however the tuna bit much better with 85 beautiful yellowfin hitting deck of the Independence, most of which again were 30 to 55 pounds. The yellowtail also made a good showing thoughout the day and 130 fish were tagged, many of which in the 30 to 45 pound bracket. The weather has been about 15 knots and choppy seas but during the course of the day the wind backed off until they had to use a balloon on the kite to keep it flying. Jeff said they are planning to spend another day doing the same and see how it goes, he did mention the Excel on a 5 day trip had 80 mixed albacore and bluefin today and wants to check that out for at least one if not 2 days on the way home. The 7 and 8 day trips this year have seen some great fishing and are really the best valued trips we offer. Next season's schedule will be up in the next week, so if you want to plan on fishing one of these trips with us next year check back and give us a ring for more info. Thanks for checking in and stay tuned for more on the big fish tackle 8 day adventure.
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06-15-2009 - We are back out on the Big Fish 8 day trip, reports to follow soon.
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06-14-2009 - Hello everyone, We are back from our yellowtail shoot-out and we had a great trip with a graet group of anglers. The money jackpot went to the top three fish and they were Sam Esposto with a 41.4 white sea bass, 2nd place went to Dave Taylor with a 41.0 white sea bass and rounding out the big fish was Dale Lethcoe's 36.0 yellowtail. Great job on the Big Ones, guys. We want to thank our sponsors for this year's annual Y.T. shoot-out, Harry and Sarkas from Avet Reels who have been long time sponsors of us, going back to the Islander days. Most of the top ten yellows were caught using the JX and LX avets including the largest yellowtail for the trip. All of our loaner tackle on the Independence has been Avet and Seeker rods from day one and they continue to be a big part of our success. A big thanks goes out to Rick Ozaki from Westcoast marketing which includes Graf-tech rods, Fish Trap Iron, and Seaguar fluorocarbon Line, as well as long time tackle shop sponsor Sav-on Tackle and Rodger Eckhardt for all there give away gifts and help. The top ten yellows and Prizes were as follows: Dale Lethcoe with a 36 lb. fish won the $1,000 gift Cert. for an Indy trip, 2nd place went to Allen Mackenzie's 35.4 lb. yellow and won an Avet HX with Graf tech rod, 3rd was Roder Malech with a 34 lb. yellow, who won an Avet HX and $100 gift cert,4th place was Sam Esposto also with a 34 lb. yellow, who won a Avet HXW and $100 gift cert. 5th place was Carmen Morales with a 32.8 yellow, who won an Avet JX and $100 gift cert. 6th place went to Chris Cornette with a 30.2 yellow, who won a cal-star rod and $200 gift cert. 7th place went to Gilbert Sausedo with a 30.2 lb. yellow and won a Graf-tech rod and $200 gift cert. 8th place went to Ray Morales with a 29.8 lb. yellow, who won an Indy Jacket and $100 gift Cert. 9th place went to Dale Lethcoe with a 29.4 lb. yellow, who won an Indy hoody and $100 gift cert. and last but not least, for 10th place was Sam Esposto with his 3rd winning fish a 29.2 lb. yellotail, who won a Indy hoody and $100 gift cert. We would like to thank everyone who made the trip this year. Next year will be a six day yellowtail shoot-out, so it will give another day to target trophy yellowtail, possibly at Guadalupe Island or Alijos Rocks. For the trip we ended up with 428 yellowtail, 2 White Sea Bass, 1 Black sea bass released and lots and lots of Calico bass, most of which were released. We have departed on our Big fish Tackle 8 Day Adventure and are headed south in good weather with a great load of bait. We will report in later with our first day's report. Thanks for checking in, The Indy Gang.
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06-12-2009 - The Indy will dock at Point Loma Sportfishing at 6am. Anglers going out on our 8 day trip departing on 6/13, Sign in will begin at 7am, departure will be between 10am-11am. See you all in the morning.
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06-11-2009 - Our Computer seems to be having a few bugs so transmitting is slightly off. The Fishing the last few days has been outstanding. Yellowtail ranged for 15-25 pounds. Today’s catch was seemed to be even better than the day before. Today 2 white seabass were amongst the hot bite of yellowtail. Friday we are going to fish off shore for Albacore, and then head for home. Check back for an ETA. Mark, Jeff and the Indy Boys.
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05-31-2009 - The Indy just returned this at morning at 6am with an epic 8-day fishing trip. The first of the season. The conditions and water temp couldn’t have been better. Great way to start off the season. Our Jp winners for this trip were as follows: 1st place was Bob Hunt with a 56.8 YF, 2nd place was David Hensley with a 56.2 YF and rounding out 3rd place was Ken Morris with a 55.0 YF. Honorable mention goes to Adan Bonelli with a 64.7 Yellowfin. Good catch everyone.. We also want to let everyone know that we also had a great catch of YT, a few Albies and some Halibut. Some Yellowtail on the average weighed in at 50+ lbs. Thanks to Dick Shaffer of Purfield’s Pro Tackle for putting together a great bunch of Anglers. Thanks again everyone for an outstanding trip.. Jeff, Kyle and the Indy Boys.
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05-30-2009 - Hello everyone, Today was our last day of fishing on this great trip and the fishing and weather remain good. We spent the day looking for something different and we found them in the form of halibut. We put 21 nice flat fish on the boat up to 35 pounds, just a great way to end the trip on a high note. Fishing on this 8 day was as good as any summer or fall venue we offer. The same trip is on the schedule for next year. The dates for 2010 will be up soon so check back on our schedule page for next years dates.
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05-29-2009 - Today the Independence worked north in flat calm conditions. Jeff reported excellent water temp. for albacore and bluefin with lots of surface bait. They did see a good amount of life and caught 3 albacoe in the 15 to 27 pound range at 200 plus miles from the point. Later in the day at 160 from the point they landed 2 bluefin tuna in the 18 pound backet. Overall the water looks right for us to have a good albacore season and the fact there is fish 200 plus down the beach is a great sign as well. So far the trip has been steller in all respects. The guys have one more day to fish and plan to look at San martin island for Seabass and Halibut.
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05-28-2009 - Good evening, Today the gang spent the day at benitos and had good fishing, it was mostly catch and release but a great time was had by all on the indy. Everyone got to tag a nice 30 pound class yellowtail and the calico bass fishing was wide open and they were released. The weather is also still flat calm. tomorrow will be spent working north looking for albacore and bluefin tuna.
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05-27-2009 - hello again, Jeff called in with another good report, The entire boat caught limits of 35 to 55 pound yellowfin tuna and near limits of good grade yellowtail and are headed north in flat calm weather.
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05-26-2009 - Good day, Fishing is still very good on the Independence although a bit more on the manageable side. Today the bite was classic spring 8 day fishing with 3 to 5 fish hooked at one time most of the day. The tuna are 40 to 50 pounds and the yellowtail being kept are 20 to 40 pounds for the most part. Stand-out yellowtail were caught by Chris Wise with a 50 plus and Mary Hollifeild with a 40 plus. The group also released many smaller yellowtail (under 20 pounds) throughout the day. The weather remains good as well. The plan is to spend another 1/2 to 3/4's of a day then start to work north looking for something different. Thanks for checking in, the Indy gang
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05-25-2009 - Good morning, Jeff called in late last night when the dust settled and the fishing was absolutely epic on the first day. Both yellowfin tuna in the 25 to 50 pound range and yellowtail in the 15 to 40 pound range bit with reckless abandon, taking all offering cast into the water. At days end,the boat had their limits of both species along with many fish released back into the wild. With a self imposed 20 pound size limit for the rest of the trip, things could not have started better for the 2009 season. Stay tuned for more reports from the indy. Thanks for checking in,
Jeff and the Indy crew.
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05-23-2009 - Hello everyone, We are back fishing after the off season of doing our annual boat work, just the usual painting, new carpet in the galley, more A/C in the galley. We also installed a new state of the art Furuno CH 300 sonar to add to the deadly array of electronics on the bridge. We have been busy with many other projects to keep the the indy in first class condition. We departed on Saturday at 10:40 am and after taking on a choice batch of sardines with a few chovies mixed in, Capt. Jeff Dubuys put the boat on a southly track in very good weather. The plan is to start at the rocks to see how the conditions are as no one has fished there in about a month. Thanks for checking in and we will report on the fishing on Tuesday.
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03-10-2009 - Fred Hall Outdoor Show in Long Beach was a big success for us. Thanks to everyone that came to our booth and went onboard the Indy for our Open House. We had raffle onboard consisting of an Avet Reel 50-2speed and a Seeker 6463 XXXH Rod combination set.. Friday night’s lucky winner was Lew Hurlbutt of Tehachapi, California, Saturday night was Kevin Kelly of Newport Beach, California, and Sunday night was Randy Lujan of Covina. Congratulations!!! If anyone should have any questions regarding the boat or our scheduled for 2009 and our availability please call us
We will be happy to help you. Mark, Paul, Jeff, Judy
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03-03-2009 - Stop by and see us at the Fred hall show. March 4th thur 8th. The boat will be At dock #7 across the bridge from the Hyatt hotel.
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01-27-2009 - Hello everyone, We have finished with the 2008 season and are now preparing for the 2009 season during the next couple of months of our yearly boat work period. I would like to mention the final trip of the season we had with Rick Ozaki of West Coast marketing. The many of you that know Rick and righthand man Dave Rocchi know all the work these guys put into their sponsored trips. Products were donated by Rick along with Richard Hightower from H&H marketing, Yo-zuri, Seaguar Line as well as Hayabusa Hooks and Rick's line of Raider jigs and Graph-tech rods. Harry and Sarkis from Avet reels and Ali from Bloody Decks.com all donated products to make this an exceptional trip. Many thanks to them from us on the Indy for doing such a great job. Special thanks also to Dave Roochi from Avet and Westcoast Marketing for all of his time working on the passengers' reels and tackle thoughout the trip. Rick Ozaki and his product line also do the family/kids trip every year and much work goes into making this a one of a kind trip for the kids and parents every year. This year's trip is all ready sold-out and the kids as well as my son can't wait for the trip. New this year for Rick is a 6 day trip in July which is close to sold-out as well! For those of you in question about next years 16 day adventure with Rick's group the price will be the same as this year and you can call Judy for more info. We have many sponsors during the season we would like to send a big thanks to: First the tackle shops in alphabetical order: Big fish tackle in Seal beach, Fisherman's Hardware in Huntington beach, Fish n' Fools in Granada hills, Jim's custom rods, Kimura's tackle in Chino hills, Purfield's tackle in Culver City, Rusty Hook in San Pedro, Sav-on tackle in Santa Fe Springs and Young's tackle in La Palma. Our tackle sponsors for the 2008 season were Accurate reels, Avet Reels, Blackwater Floro-carbon, Fish trap Iron, Graf-tech rods, Hayabusa hooks, Izorline mono. and fishing products,Owner hooks, Raider Jigs, Seaguar floro-carbon, Seeker rods and Yo-zuri mono. And last but certanly not least our great charter groups in order of charter by date, Ric and Brian, the Baja Paddy Hoppers, the Golden group, The Sakamoto Gang, Tuna Turners, Tuna Trackers, Brent and Grant Stevens Group, Globe motor sports and Chi-Chi's Arriba Tuna Club. We again would like to thank all of those who fished with us in 2008 and look forward to seeing all of you in 2009.
Sincerely, Mark Pisano and Paul Strasser and the entire Independence Staff
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01-22-2009 - The Independence just returned from its 16-day trip. Incredible fishing at its best. Our jackpot winners were: 1st place Betty Stewart a 267 pound, soaking wet she’s less than 130 pounds, 5 ft high. Remarkable. Way-to-Go-Betty!!!! 2nd place goes to Andy Baldwin with a 225.1 Yellowfin, and topping off 3rd place goes to Clarence Becker 224 pound Yellowfin. In 2007 Clarence had a 209 and 190. As the say.�The older one gets the better one gets.� Here is a list of impressive fish brought home by our Anglers: (not in order of size) a long with the 224-pound tuna that Clarence brought home he also landed a 201. Louie Marzari a 208.6, Charles Smith 197.8. Allen Smith, 185, 210.8, and a 212, John Jeffreys 200.2, and a 185…John Hancock a 213 and a 192.8, Ken Buzzell a 191.7, Scott Bishop 184, Conway Woo 210.8 and a 208, Frank Bartel 220.4. There were many fish at the dock that were not weighed in that were over the 150 pound mark that we want to give congrats to, so guys if you didn’t weigh in your tuna you are also deserving a great big WOW. Well everyone this concludes our season. We want to make mention that we had an impeccable 2008 season. We sincerely appreciate your support. Anglers that fished the aboard the Independence this year THANK YOU, and we hope that you enjoyed fishing the Indy as much as we enjoyed having you with us. Last but not least thanks goes out to our fish processors: Fisherman’s Canning Service, Five-Star Processing and Sportsman’s Seafood. They were always there on time and did a great job helping and assisting when the boat returned. Anglers that did not have the opportunity to fish with us because we had a sold-out season, now is the time to call in with your reservation. Some of our trips for 09 are already gone or getting close to that point. Our fishing season will resume in May. See you all at Fred Hall in Long Beach March 4-8.Stop by our booth and say hi. Thanks again for an impressive 2008 season. Mark, Paul, Jeff, Kyle, and the Indy Crew and Judy.
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01-21-2009 - The Indy will arrive at approx. 6am on Jan 22.
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01-18-2009 - Well, today was a relaxing day of movies and much needed rest for all. The weather was breezy in the morning and lasted until late in the afternoon, and then it was civil. We have had a great trip, and a great group to enjoy every day out here. We will have an e.t.a. Sometime in the next few days. The Indy crew
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01-17-2009 - Well, today was our last day fishing on the bank. We awoke to different fishing conditions, but we did a minor adjustment and things got off to a good start as Clarence Becker landed a 215 lb. tuna right out of the gate. The rest of the day was really fun fishing for tuna and Wahoo. We ended the day with 26 tuna and 10 Wahoo for our efforts. The weather is a little breezy, but good enough to travel. We have had an excellent trip by any standards. We will check in later, Jeff and the Indy crew
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01-16-2009 - Well, we have seen better days, and worse days out here. Today was right about in the middle as far as fishing goes. We had a change in conditions today, and we sat where we had been doing well, and we did o. k. By today’s standards. We ended the day with 17 tuna, the largest one 175 lbs, and the remaining ones that beautiful grade of 100 to 160 lbs. the wahoo made a brief showing and we caught 1 fish. Thanks for checking in on Jeff, the Indy crew and us
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01-15-2009 - Hello again from us out on the high seas. Things were pretty much the same today as yesterday, except that the over all grade of tuna was better today. The score is as follows. We landed 22 tuna, 10 of those were 130lbs to 185 lbs. Most 150 to 175 lbs. there were 2 stand outs, Frank Bartel caught a 215 this morning, and Allen smith got a 204 lb. this the afternoon. The remaining grade was a good 80 to 95 lbs. we did get 3 Wahoo. The weather continues to be outstanding for us. Everyone is having a great time so far, with 2 more days to fish. Please wish us luck, the Indy crew
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01-14-2009 - Good evening from the independence. Today we saw very good sign of tuna for most of the day, but getting them to bite was another thing. We ended the day with 23 tuna, half 70 to 100 lbs. and the rest 130 to 200 lbs. big fish honors went to Charlie Smith with a fish right at 200 lbs. also there was a hand full of fat Wahoo landed. The weather is as goooood as I have seen it out here. We will try this again tomorrow, Jeff and the Indy crew
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01-13-2009 - Hello again, today we saw good signal early and late in the day, but we did not have the caliber of fishing we had the past 3 days. We did catch 17 tuna and 10 Wahoo for our efforts. There were no big fish honors today, as the biggest fish was a 170 lb. fish. The weather is quite outstanding, and we are enjoying the heck out of it. Jeff and the Indy crew
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01-12-2009 - Hello again from the independence. We again had great fishing for beautiful grade yellowfin tuna, and a sprinkling of Wahoo. The over all grade of fish is 130 lbs. to the biggest being 250 lbs. there were some 75 to 90 lb. fish also. The final tally for today was 39 tuna 7 Wahoo. Big fish honors goes to Betty Stewart with a 250 lb. giant on the kite. The weather is fantastic as well. We will try this again tomorrow. Please wish us luck, Jeff, Kyle and the Indy crew
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01-11-2009 - Good evening from the vessel independence. Things are going just fine for us out here on the high seas. We again had a good day today, pretty much like yesterday, 40 tuna, half of them 125 lbs. to 225 lbs. most 150 to 190 lbs. and the rest 70 to 90 lbs. everything is working on them. Allen Smith caught a fish right at 200 lbs. and Conway Woo had one at 215 lbs. and I cant remember who the other lucky guy was. The weather is good as well, and we are going to try again tomorrow, so please wish us luck, Jeff and the Indy crew
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01-10-2009 - GOOD EVENING EVERYONE, WE FINALLY MADE IT DOWN TO OUR FISHING SPOT, AND SAW GOOD SIGNAL TODAY ON TUNA 140 TO 200 LBS. WE ENDED UP WITH 10 WAHOO AND 35 TUNA FOR OUR EFFORTS. SOME TUNA WERE IN THE 70 TO 95 LB. CLASS, STILL FUN TO CATCH. WE WILL TRY IT AGAIN TOMORROW, PLEASE WISH US LUCK, JEFF AND THE INDY CREW
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01-08-2009 - We are still in our traveling mode and should reach our destination soon. We have had very good weather and we are looking forward to our first hit on tuna. Computer seems to be back on track. Check back soon
Jeff and the Boys
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01-07-2009 - The computer is not picking up our signal but as soon as it is working we will send in all our reports. Sorry for any interruptions. We are still traveling anyway so not much to report. Jeff
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01-06-2009 - We departed San Diego at approximately 9am. Stopped by the bait barge and loaded up with bait for our 16 day trip. What a great way to start off 2009. West Coast Marketing group had a great bunch of give-aways and we are currently rigging up and having seminars to get ready for anything we may encounter on this trip. Stay tuned and check back for more updates. Jeff, Kyle and the Indy boys.
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01-05-2009 - We arrived back in port today with an epic catch. Our Jackpot winners were as follows. 1st place was Andy Bosforo with a 346.8Yellowfin, 2nd place was Paulo Brasil with a 323 Yellowfin, and 3rd place was Ruben Brasil with a 322 Yellowfin. Congratulations to all of you. Everyone on this trip worked very hard to bring home their personal best. It definitely shows as the boat brought home 19 over 200 and 4 over 300. Some of the other big tuna that were weighed in were (not in order of size) Robert Douglas had a 229 and a 211, Larry Lauve had a 256, Rubin Brasil 215, and a 240, Robert Dreesseen 290, Al Besara 202, Roy Sakul 230, 240, Peter Moose 198, Doal Miller 215, Sam Fillingame 242, Calvin Kumamoto 258, Mike Williams 224, Ryal Richards 232 and a 246. Thanks to a great bunch of guys and hope to see you all next year. This is the trip that was. All of our 300 pound winners received Independence Jackets. You deserve it. The Indy Crew
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01-04-2009 - ETA for the Indy to arrive at Point Loma Sportifishing is set for 10am.
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01-04-2009 - Departing Independence passengers on Jan 6, sign in begins at 7am please. Boat will try to depart at 10am
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01-02-2009 - Wow! What a day we had today on the independence. About the only way to describe things here today would be to say it was just plain epic fishing for bigguns. Things got off to an early start, and proceeded to amaze us all day. We ended up with 16 tuna, 8 over 200 lbs. and 3 over 300 lbs. for the day. Andy Bosforo landed a 350 lb. fish, mike Brennan landed an amazing 340lb. tuna on 100 lb. line, and Rubin Brasil landed a 355 lb. tuna also. As for the remaining lucky guys who got big fish today I lost track of who got what, but we will get it all figured out when we weigh them all on Monday. We are truly fortunate to be involved in this fishery we have here. The weather is still great as well. Thanks for checking in on Jeff, the Indy crew and us
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01-01-2009 - HAPPY NEW YEAR!!!!! We hope everyone has a great 2009 from the staff of the Independence.
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01-01-2009 - Well, happy New Year to all. I am pretty sure we here on the Independence caught the first cow of 2009, one of our passengers, Doal Miller landed a 202 lb. tuna at 0630 this morning. Sam Fillingame landed a 240 shortly after that. Then Ryal Richards also landed a 240 lb. tuna, his second of the trip. There were some 100 to 160 's also, as well as school fish today. We are going to give this a try again tomorrow, so please wish us luck, Jeff and the Indy crew
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