December 2017
1st fish of the trip. Cathy Needleman
Geno
trip 1729 Dan & Fritz
trip 1729 Don is on
trip 1729 Dane & Joey
trip 1729 Jason
Getting Caught up
Let's get caught up
Hello everyone, we were off line for a while , so here's what's going on out here on the Indy. We had good fishing the first 3 days on that beefy bank fish , 140 to 230 lbs and lots of that 150 to 185 lb. fish. We had a few shots at cows every day and have around 10 so far. The last couple of days down there things slowed down to less than 15 fish a day, so we made a move to the beach to try for bigguns. Throw in sum wahoo and great weather and that is the quick summery. Here is a few pics and we will post some more in the next few days. All is well here, Jeff & crew
DONE DEAL
Well all good things must come to an end , and we are done with the fishing part of this adventure. We spent sum time up on the beach hoping to cash in on some of that big fish bonanza , but the key ingredient failed to show up. We did manage some good action on schoolies and one hefty 270 lb. beast. All & all we have no complaints with our trip. Here's a few more pics for today, and we'll send a few more tomorrow. Heading up. Jeff & crew
Photos for 12-06-2017
INDEPENDENCE ETA
All is well here on the Indy , we had very windy conditions the past 24 hrs but things have subsided considerably. Headed up the line and looking at a 0530 arrival the landing. Nice quality fish this trip and a stellar group to make it happen. Sea ya manana, Jeff & crew
SIGN IN FOR AFTCO 10 DAY
Judy will start sign in for AFTCO 10 day at 6:00AM. Make sure you bring your passports with you. Thank you
Photos for 12-08-2017
trip 1929 Roger's Tuna Classic
1st place jackpot Dane Barriault 267 yellowfin
2nd place Ernie Shin 230 lb. yellowfin
3rd place Fritz Jacobsen 229 lb. yellowfin
Other cows
John Jeffries 226
Don Klahs 206
Joe Solomon 218
Jason Hong 203
Paul Gains 203
Eugene Okito 202
Felix Alejandro 210
Doug Blalock 211
Roger Eckhardt 212
With 12 cows aboard and lots that just missed the mark we had a very nice trip on quality tuna and wahoo. A huge thanks to Roger and everyone who made the trip this year a huge success, much thanks , Jeff & crew
Beautiful Day and weather
Hey everyone we are back out on the grand Pacific Ocean and back online with the Aftco 10 day. The giveaways were substantial as always. Thanks to Aftco Products, Christie Shedd and John Collins! The Raffle that John put on for Friends of Rollo was ultimately spectacular. So far beautiful weather and eager fisherman as we await the fishing grounds. Stay tuned and wish us luck.
Matt and Independence crew
The man The myth The legend.. John
Mighty Joe
GOOD START
Great start for us today. Excellent grade fish and picture perfect weather. We are sitting tight and hoping for more tomorrow.
trip 1730 Another beautiful fish over the rail. Nice job Ed.
trip 1730 Matt
trip 1730 The kids on fire!
trip 1730 Doal
trip 1730 Jon shows off his beautiful fish
trip 1730 The boys doing work.
trip 1730 Joe has be on fire. Way to go
A great day for us today yanking and cranking. We are seeing good signal of those beautiful grade tuna. Conditions were a little different for us but none the less plenty of action. We plan on trying again tomorrow and hope to continue with great results. Matt and Indy crew
What day we had today
What an absolutely great day of fishing for us today. We stayed busy throughout the day scored some personal bests as well. We are very happy and fortunate for these mighty fish. Excellent day to say the least with good friends big fish and greasy weather.
Matthew R Kaullen
trip 1730 Representing 22nd st Landing
Representing 22nd st Landing
Jeremy John Matt and Gus
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Personal bests today
What an absolutely great day of fishing for us today. We stayed busy throughout the day scored some personal bests as well. We are very happy and fortunate for these mighty fish. Excellent day to say the least with good friends big fish and greasy weather.
Matthew R Kaullen
trip 1730 Tim Kyleberg
Tim Kyelberg with a dandy.
Gus with YF 12/14/2017
Capt Gus had a good day.
Epic Day...11/14/2017
Today was another epic day of pulling on trophy class tuna. Are really enjoying ourselves and have been very fortunate to say the least. Our weather continues to amaze as well as our catch. We are going looking for yellowtail tomorrow and will keep you posted. All is well with lots of smiles to go around. Matt and Independence crew
trip 1730
You can hide but we know who you are. Good yellowtail Ron
Yellow hunting
We have spent the last few days fishing for yellowtail on the beach. We have managed to scratch away for our efforts. Yesterday was a bit breezy but we are back to greasy weather. We are going to continue our search the remainder of the day with lots of good country to scout out
trip 1730 John Collins
Happy birthday Johnnycat 52 looks good on you
ETA 12.19.2017
The Independence will arrive at Point Loma Sportfishing at approximately 6am.
We would like to wish Everyone a Very Merry Christmas and a Very Happy
New Year. God Bless Everyone...
AFTCO 10 DAY JACKPOT WINNERS
1st Matthew Cawley 143.9# Yellowfin Tuna
2nd Gustavo Gutierrez 139.9# Yellowfin Tuna
3rd Francisco Sanchez 128.3# Yellowfin Tuna
AFTCO REPS COMMENTS
The trip started off at the bait receivers where the SWAG was passed out. T-Shirts, Ball caps, visors, sun masks, owner hooks, cup holders from extra-tuff. After the goodies were passed out there was a buy-in raffle. Those prizes consisted of (2) Avet reels, (1) Accurate reel, (4) Graftech rods, (2) Phenix rods (3) 3/4 day trips on the LIBERTY, (4) 3/4 day trips on the SAN DIEGO, (4) $100.00 gift certificates for FISHERMANS LANDING TACKLE. The raffle generated over $2300.00 to which the entire amount will be donated to the "Rollos Kids" fishing program. Many thanks to all of those who participated to help this very worthwhile program.
On the fishing part of the trip it couldn't have worked out any better.For the first few days we were pulling on Yellowfin Tuna from 80#- 140#. Many of the passengers were rewarded with their personal best. Once we had our fill of these beauties we took off in search of Yellowtail. We spent the next couple of days hitting various spots along the Baja coast picking some here and there. You don't realize just how many you have caught until you start adding them up. Matt decided to try an area about 100 miles south of San Diego for our last stop of the trip. The Yellowtail got with the program especially for the guys YO-YOING. They enjoyed a great return for their efforts. About 1 hour before it was time to call it a trip some Bluefin Tuna found us and we managed to pick off 12 of these beauties from 20-55 lbs. Great ending to a great trip.
In closing, I would like to give a much deserved WELL DONE to Matt, the deck crew, and the boys inside making those delicious meals. A great group of passengers to fish with and hope to wet a line with you again...Thank you John Collins
INDEPENDENCE ETA
The Independence will arrive at 5:45-6:00 AM Sunday morning.
