Getting Started

We arrived in the lower zone mid day yesterday. Pretty good life around and we were able to make a good day of it. Bruce Sogioka shows off a sample with this beautiful fish 202#. We are hanging tight and hoping for more action.
 

234# Yellowfin Tuna Don Sogioka

Angler Don Sogioka caught a beautiful 234 pound Yellowfin Tuna aboard the Indy with Captain Matt Kaullen.

Good Day

Similar conditions today. We had 2 more fish over 200#including  one that Richard Jones got weighing 202#. We are still blessed with great weather and the forecast looks good. We are gonna give it another go here again tomorrow. Wish us luck. Matt and Indy crew.

GOOD GRADE

It was a little harder to hook a fish today. They were jumping around all day behind the boat and we managed to scratch. The grade of fish is excellent. We had pretty good Wahoo fishing as well I think everyone hooked one as it was hot and heavy for a bit. We are hanging tight and hoping for more big boys to bite. Indy crew.
 

Picking away

Little bit tough conditions for us out here but we're rolling right along. We are still seeing fish putting on a show but you would think that you could hook a lot more... so we sit here and wait for more to surrender. We are still steady picking away at good grade fish 120-200+. We have had some great wahoo fishing to go along with this beautiful weather and we are gonna give another shot tomorrow. Wish us luck. Matt and Indy crew

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Couple nice wahoo

The Independence checked in with some Wahoo action!

another steller day

Lots of action today on 40-80# yellowfin as well as a couple big boys. Here's Sharon from Oahu with yet another nice one. This is her first cow congrats Sharon. She is giving the guys a run for their money. Our weather continues to be stellar to say the least. We have 2 more days down here and we're hoping to stay on it. Wish us luck. Matt and Indy crew.


 

GOOD ACTION

We had more good action today on 40-80# tuna with some shots on the better ones. We picked away at a few more Wahoo as well. Tomorrow is our last morning and we have to start heading up the line. We have better ones on our mind for the morning and hoping it all unfolds. Wish us luck

Good one for Rocky

The reel doctor looks happy.

GOOD FINISH

On our way home. We had another hit on tuna in the morning and finished with good action. Call it a success. We had great weather our whole trip thus far. We are traveling up the line breaking down gear cleaning the boat up and sharing stories. Great group of fisherman and woman on board. Looking forward to seeing you all next year. Thanks to Rick Ozaki, Avet Reels, Seaguar , and Raider jigs.

ETA 04.13.2017

ETA. not sure at this point, spoke with captain and he said they are traveling slowly home..could be by 10:30am or 12:30pm on 4.13. I will try to keep everyone posted with another eta tomorrow after 7am..

ETA 04.13.2017

New ETA, 1:30pm.

Off and running

Off and running Fishermans Depot
Good afternoon everyone, we departed on Wednesday for our final 16 day trip of the long season for us here on the independence. We stopped by Everingham bait co. for a great load of bait for our trip before heading out to points south. The weather has been breezy the past few days but looks to clean up when we arrive to the grounds. Everyone was a big time winner in the raffles and giveaway dept.  as Charlie Eng put out some serious swag, rods , reels , line, jigs ect.... We will begin the process on Sunday , wish us luck, Jeff DeBuys   F/ V Independence
 

Lucky Boys with Toys

We Be Ready
Well in about 24 hours we will begin this event and with any luck be able to stay put and scratch at the beautiful grade tuna and wahoo. Everyone is rigged and ready, the weather looks to be on our side, so all that's left to do is try for em. Wish us luck, Jeff and the Indy crew

Tres Amigos

We found some Wahoo action!

Location, Location

Well we arrived at our starting point yesterday and were greeted with less than good conditions and sign of fish. Throw in a more than healthy shark population and things are tough out here. We gave it another morning with the same results , so we're off to the promise land, we did have some Wahoo action , but the writing is on the wall, time to move.

Wish us luck,
Captain Jeff

Here's JB

Don's Cow

Jerry Watkins

Tim Moorhouse

Indy Update

Improving for sure
Well the saying goes " it can only get better " applies in the fishing world for sure, as the first few days were slooow fishing. Today on the other hand we had better conditions and lo and behold better fishing. It wasn't wide open , but we had decent action on 50 to 205 lb. tuna with better sign of those 80 to 100 lb. fish. So with plenty of time left we hope to keep the ball rolling. Wish us luck, Jeff
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Elmer Says Hi

Captain Jeff DeBuys checked in with another nice picture. Check out Elmer with his nice sized Yellowfin Tuna.

Dennis Saylors

Angler Dennis Saylors and a nice Yellowfin Tuna assisted by Oscar.

Picking away

We are still at it out here, and today was not as good as yesterday but good enough to keep everyone at the rail. 20 fish for,the effort most being 60 to 100 lbs.  with great weather and 3 more days to fish we are hoping for a strong finish. Sea ya then, Jeff
 

John is red hot today

Don is unstoppable

Art is getting em

Dave & Jim

Master Chief 215

Darrin Daniels

On The Upswing

Today we awoke to stellar conditions which lasted all day long. What followed was a classic all day pick on beautiful grade yellowfin and a few wahoo. The majority of the fish were 80 to 125 lbs. , and we had a handful of standouts that were 170 to 215 lbs.  Some guys were really in tune today and caught their daily limit , 5 fish. We are going to keep working at it with just a few days left and hope to keep the ball rolling. Excellent weather looks to be around for a while as well. Enjoy the pics , Jeff and Indy crew

Steve Pettibone with 205

Dans Ono.

Here's Charlie

Tim Moorhouse with a 190

Now its getting real good!

Good evening from the Independence, we saw the same conditions today and were greeted with biting fish all day long with some good flurries at times. Yesterday was good fishing, today was excellent fishing for that 80 to 125 lb. yellowfin with a handful of better ones 150 to 205 lbs. The weather is just as good as the fishing, making for a very nice time down here. With one more full day left we are hoping for another shot at em before heading up. Everyone is doing real fine, sea ya later , Jeff and Indy crew

Fine job David

Nice one Jim

Jim Man

Morning Hit

Checking in from the Indy , we had another great morning bite on that nice grade fish we have been working on. Good showing on 75 to 140 lb. fish , and we had one Heavy one that broke off after a long tussle. Great weather continues and we opted to head up to the rocks and do sum yellowtail fishing so wish us luck on that. Jeff