October 2019
trip 1923 Ellison Charter Trip
We are off with a bang on our annual Ellison family charter. We have arrived to good fishing here and we are having a blast. Good friends and family yanking cranking and cheering each other on never gets old. We are hanging tight and hoping for another good day of fishing tomorrow. Wish us luck. Matt and Independence crew.
AND THE BITE GOES ON
WE have managed to stay pretty busy the past few days with great fishing. The weather is what I would call perfect to go with the great vibes onboard. We are all getting in on the action and having some fun to say the least. Lets hope for some more of the same. Your husband Matt and the entire boat and crew all wish you were here Kerry!!Next year! Wish us luck. Matt and Independence crew
Photos for 10-03-2019
trip 1923 Ellison's Charter
Photos for 10-04-2019
trip 1924 fish report
Hey guys we left a couple days ago for the Indy shootout 10 day. So far so good! We picked up where we left off and back into the yellowfin action. The gang is busy at the rail working hard to capture these at times tricky fish. Light line and a small hook is the key to success. Persistence pays off though and we are stoked with our start. Wish us luck. Matt and Independence crew
trip 1924 Photo and report
We made a little move to put us into position for a variety package and it has paid off so far. We had good fishing for yellowfin, yellowtail, dorado, and wahoo! Lots to do down here and the guys are excited. We will be here for a couple more days with the same thing on our mind. The bombs will be flying im sure as we have a very eager bunch who really wants wahoo. Wish us luck. Shout out to Steve! Brett says hello and all is well
Photos for 10-12-2019
trip 1924 Nice dorado
INDEPENDENCE SHOOTOUT JACKPOT WINNERS
1st WILLY SCHARFEN 58.6 YFT
2nd CHRIS JOHNSON 49.8 YFT
3rd BRETT GOLDBERG 46.8 WAHOO
Congratulations to all. Looking forward to seeing you next year...Matt & indy crew
WAHOO
Phenix Rods trip departed on Wednesday with a good load of bait. After a couple of days of travel we got right down to business as evidenced by the photos.Pretty good Wahoo fishing down below. We are going to give this another try tomorrow. Wish us luck. Paul & the Indy crew.
Photos for 10-18-2019
GOOD FISHING
Today was another good day of fishing. We had good fishing on Yellowfin Tuna to 35lbs. We also had another great day of Wahoo fishing. I think we will give this another try tomorrow. Wish us luck. Paul & the Indy crew
Photos for 10-19-2019
ANOTHER GOOD DAY
Today was another of those days where you appreciate being on the water. We had decent Yellowfin Tuna and Wahoo fishing today. The quality of the Yellowfin this year is very impressive.We will be giving this another go around tomorrow Paul & the Indy boys.
YELLOWTAIL
We had pretty good Yellowtail fishing today as evidenced by the photos. We will see what tomorrow brings. Paul & the Indy crew
Photos for 10-21-2019
trip 1925 terrifice day on the water
We had an incredible fishing day today starting at sun up and ending at sun down. Action through out the whole day ended up with 62 giant wahoo and limits of dorado we will be here one more day the pictures speak for them self enjoy, Paul Strasser and the Indy Crew
Photos for 10-22-2019
trip 1925 We are having a great day
Photos for 10-23-2019
trip 1925
JACKPOT winners
1st place John D'Ornellas 61.4# Wahoo
2nd place Norman Chibana 55.# Wahoo
3rd place Donald Ames 53.8 Already turned his wahoo in to Processing Wahoo
Honeralble mention Matthew Ford 60.4 Wahoo
The plaque that Paul Strasser is holding was hand sculptured excusively for the Indepence
by Matt Ford.. Thanks Matt its awesome
Trip 1926 Banner Beginning
We had a banner start down here! We are feeling very fortunate for sure to roll into some great tuna fishing. The grade is fabulous lots of 30-40 pounders. We sat on the anchor all day and scratched a few nice wahoo too. We hope for some more of the same with a bit more focus on wahoo today. All is well everyone is enjoying the great giveaways on this Melton Tackle sponsored trip with Danny Mun onboard as charter master. We have a ton more time and high hopes of more great fishing. Matt and Indy crew
Photos for 10-30-2019
