Independence Sportfishing - San Diego, CA


April 2025

Fish Report & Photo Archive

Rick Ozaki 16 Day

by Brian Pifer, 4-03-2025


We reached our destination early this morning and had no trouble loading up on flying fish. We set our anchor for the grey light bite, but unfortunately, it didn't materialize. Around 10 am, we started our trollathon (extensive trolling) and immediately got into some steady wahoo action for a few hours. We had lots of bites, but many fish fell off—typical wahoo fishing! We tried again in the afternoon for tuna, but couldn't find any over 100 pounds. We're going to try again tomorrow and hope the bigger tuna move into the area.


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Rick Ozaki 16 Day

by Brian Pifer, 4-05-2025


Finally found some tuna that wanted to play! We're going to give it another morning here, hoping the tuna bite continues before we make a decision on moving to a new area.


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Justin Carpenter 5 Day

by Brian Pifer, 4-14-2025


We arrived back to port late on our Rick Ozaki 16 day and turned around for our annual Justin Carpenter 5 day. We loaded our group, got bait, and took off for the bluefin grounds. We will be in the zone right at dark. Hope we have good timing. Wish us luck


Justin Carpenter 5 Day

by Brian Pifer, 4-16-2025


Good daytime bluefin action with a sprinkled of yellowtail on kelps


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Phil Friedman 5 day

by Brian Pifer, 4-22-2025


Great start to our 5 day


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Phil Friedman 5 day

by Brian Pifer, 4-23-2025


With bluefin limits nearly reached and two full days of fishing ahead, we've decided to maximize our opportunities and head down the coast. We'll be on the hunt for yellowtail and keeping a keen eye out for any larger bluefin that might be cruising through.


Phil Friedman 5 day

by Brian Pifer, 4-24-2025


Our gamble to head south paid off with some quality fish coming over the rail today. We are hoping that tonight , the big ones want to play.


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Phil Friedman 5 day

by Brian Pifer, 4-25-2025


Finished the trip off with nice reds and lings. We will be in at 0500 tomorrow. Thank you Phil Friedman and everyone for joining us.


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Youngs Tackle 6 Day

by Brian Pifer, 4-29-2025


We've had amazing fishing so far this trip. We are just shy of limits and we are hoping to top it off tonight


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