July 2019
trip 1910 5 day Melton trip
WE left yesterday for 5 days on our Melton Tackle sponsored trip . Danny Mun is onboard as the chartermaster. We got right into some heavy action on bluefin tuna up to 90 pounds. We were pretty busy there for a bit and landed a great catch. There is a ton of tuna around right now as you all know but you really have to work at it to get a school that wants to bite. With good sign of biting fish we stuck around again today and managed to capture a few more. We are off to a good start and hope to keep em coming. Melton tackle had a great giveaway for the folks onboard and we are all hungry for some more hot action. Lets see what tomorrow brings. Pictured here is Yoshi with a nice Bluefin Tuna
Matt and independence crew.
trip 1910 scratching on fish
We had plenty to look at yesterday but it was really tough to get one to go. We scratched up a few yellowfin for our efforts but the fish just didn’t want to cooperate. We have good weather and we aren’t giving up just yet. The volume of fish out here is insane its just a matter of finding the right one. Wish us luck. HAPPY INDEPENDENCE DAY!
trip 1910 Melton-Dan Mun Chartermaster
COUPLE BLUEFIN FOR TODAY..Nice
Photos for 7-05-2019
trip 1910 Final wrap up
1st place Art Ng 84.2
2nd place Danny Mun 80.4
3rd place Ramon Diaz 80.1
Thanks again guys see you soon!
trip 1911 Great start
trip 1911 Half Moon Bay
Bob and Sherry from Half Moon Bay Sportfishing and Tackle shop are back with the whole gang. We motored south the last day or so to get into position for some yellowtail. The yellows were here waiting for us! We got right to business hooking fish mostly on the sardine and the surface iron. We have beautiful fishing conditions as well as hot and sunny weather. Everyone onboard was fortunate enough to land one of these beauties. We are very excited at the whopping start and we are sticking around to see what tomorrow brings. All is well out here and our group is really having a blast. Wish us luck tomorrow. Matt and Indy crew
Photos for 7-08-2019
trip 1911 another great day
Another great day of yellowtail fishing today. The gang had a blast again tugging on these strong specimen. We were blessed with another great day of weather and fishing so we are moving up the line. We will be looking offshore in our travels and will keep you posted. Wish us luck
Photos for 7-09-2019
trip 1911 more yellowtail over the rail
TRIP 1911 yellowfin on the bite
Tuna time!
We had some great fishing yesterday on school size yellowfin. We checked out a new area down here and it payed off. It was great to find a biting school of tuna for a change and we took full advantage. We are working our way up now to get into position and try for a trophy bluefin for our last day. Wish us luck.
Tuna time!
We had some great fishing yesterday on school size yellowfin. We checked out a new area down here and it payed off. It was great to find a biting school of tuna for a change and we took full advantage. We are working our way up now to get into position and try for a trophy bluefin for our last day. Wish us luck.
ETA 5:15 am Saturday 7/13
Good Day Everyone, the ETA for the Indy will be 5:15am..Anyone departing tomorrow, please bring your passports to my office for verification. See you all
trip 1911 Jackpot winners
1 Kyle Machalowski 34.6
2 Allan Rigg 31.8
3 Matthew Moul & Richard Fishel 31.4
Thanks again guys for being such a rad group. See you guys soon
TRIP 1912 Sherman's Tuna Runners Departs
Hello everyone, we are out on Sherman’s tuna runners 7 day trip. We are going to start fishing in an hour and will report tonight. Sherman had lots of tackle and rods to giveaway from the sponsors of our trip. A big thanks to Salas lures, Fins fishing, Okuma/soft steel, Calstar rods, Yozuri, Batson enterprises, BD outdoors and Starbucks coffee. Thanks for checking in Mark and the entire Indy crew.
trip 1912 Shermans beauties
We started fishing Monday at about 9:30 and started catching good grade yellowtail as soon as the Anchor came tight. We spend the next 7 hours catching 18-30 pound yellows with very few under 18 pounds. The weather is nice and we are going to try this again and see how it goes. Wish us luck! The Indy Crew
trip 1912 todays fishing
trip 1912 white sea bass
trip 1912 Premium fishing
Hello again from the Independence, we had good yellowtail fishing again on premium grade fish in the 25-40 lb. range! We also had 6 white sea bass as a bonus today in the 20-25 pound class. Weather remains beautiful and we are heading up tonight in search of yellowfin tuna. Wish us good luck. The Indy crew
Photos for 7-16-2019
TRIP 1912 Yellowfin Tuna Action
We have spent the last two days working north and have enjoyed good yellowfin tuna action at times. The weather remains very nice and we will finish the trip in the northern tuna area in hopes of glory. Thanks for checking in. Mark and the Indy crew
trip 1913 todays yellow tail bite
trip 1913
Today we arrived at our destination and the group got right down to business. The yellowtail were hittin and we are very happy with the strong start. Beautiful weather and it looks as though there are a few yellowtail around these parts. Great group of anglers and quite a few regulars are onboard with Rick Ozaki as chartermaster representing Avet reels as well as this Graftech Rods. Lots of great giveaways as usual. We are hoping for more biting fish in the morning.
trip 1913 night bite
This is how we ended up this evening. Trying for a night bite!
Photos for 7-22-2019
trip 1913 another fun day
Another fun day yellowtailin down here. We had a good shot in the morning and took off around noon for the next speciesism. We will be offshore tomorrow looking for yellowfin. The Weather remains absolutely calm and we are all in good spirits with high hopes for what tomorrow brings. Matt and Independence crew.
trip 1913 YELLOWFIN
Yellowfin is what was on the agenda yesterday and today. There is quite a bit of it around down here and when it bites it puts on a great show. We had a good day yesterday on the school size fish as well as some Mahi Mahi. The water is warming up creating the prime conditions for these. We are looking to connect again today so wish us luck.
TRIP 1913 MAHI
Jack and Brian show off the exotic Mahi
trip 1913 ETA 5:30am 07/27/2019
The boat Independence will arrive at 5:30am on 7/27/2019, Anglers departing tomorrows trip
don't forget to bring Passport to my office for sign-in at 6:00am..Parking lot is full, try to be here when the boat arrives to get someones parking spot from Returning Anglers.
TRIP 1913 JACKPOT WINNERS
1 Bob Retmier 42.4
2 Mike Brady 38.8
3 Dale Lethcoe 37.2
Thanks again to a great fun group. See you all next year.
trip 1914 FUN FISHING yt
Fun Fishing
We took off with another great charter group; Tahoe Tuna Club. Lots of regulars on the boat and we are not lacking some of the best attitudes towards fishing. A very fun group indeed.The yellowtail fishing down here has improved a bit and yesterday we stayed busy yanking and cranking. The grade of fish is a little mixed up but nevertheless a worthy day of fishing. This weather continues to shine and the passengers are outright satisfied. We are gonna be on the grounds again today looking for yellowtail, tuna and maybe a strike on wahoo. The water is warming up all the time and its that time for the tuna and wahoo to start filtering in. We have our fingers crossed .
Photos for 7-31-2019
