Independence Sportfishing - San Diego, CA


July 2021

Fish Report & Photo Archive

TRIP 21-11 JACKPOT FOR 3 DAY

Photo Credit: Matt Kaullen
by Matt Kaullen, 7-02-2021


Jackpot winners trip 21-12 3 day.
1 Art Hernandez 194
2 Doreen Galchutt 162
3 Keith McReynolds 160
Honorable mention Randy Dumont 177


TRIP 21-11 FINISH WAS EXCELLANT

by Matt Kaullen, 7-02-2021


We have been busy out here. We finished up yesterday on a great trip. We ended up with good fishing for bluefin tuna. We made the turnaround and are back on scene on another 3 day with lots of bluefin around. A little tougher to get a bite but nonetheless we are getting ample opportunity. We will keep you posted and hope to have lots of good news. Matt and Independence crew

 


ETA

by Matt Kaullen, 7-03-2021


The Indy will arrive at PT. Sportfishing 0515 Sunday morning.


TRIP 21-12 MORE BLUEFIN THIS TRIP

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by Matt Kaullen, 7-03-2021






trip 21-12 Thatta Girl!!!! Great job Daisy

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by Matt Kaullen, 7-03-2021



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trip 21-13 ANOTHER EXQUISITE 3 DAY

Photo Credit: Brian Pfier
by Brian Pifer, 7-05-2021


Left on a 3 day trip on the 4th and traveled south searching for bluefin tuna. Arrived on scene late last night hoping for flat fall fish. We were able to catch 2 fish. One at 130lbs and another at 120lbs. Stayed in the same area for good sign of fish today. We managed 24 bluefin and 11 yellowfin for our day. Hoping for more  tonight. Wish us luck!!


Photos for 7-05-2021

7-05-2021
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trip 21-13ETA 6:30 am

by Brian Pifer, 7-06-2021


ANGLERS DEPARTING ON TRIP 21-14, it is advisable for you to arrive early, several boat

will be arriving tomorrow, there I cannot stress to you to get here to get parking.. Thanks Judy


GOOD BLUEFIN BITE

Photo Credit: Brian Pfier
by Brian Pifer, 7-06-2021


Finished up our 3 day with a bang on Bluefin Tuna. Our group had a blast with excellent sign of fish all day. Ended our day with 56 Bluefin Tuna and 3 Yellowfin Tuna. The fish are showing and starting to bite. Come on out and have some fun.


TRIP 21-13 JP WINNERS

Photo Credit: Brian Pfier
by Brian Pifer, 7-07-2021


1ST ALAN SPRINGER 126# BFT


2nd LUCAS SMITH 113.5 BFT


3rd MIKE STEELE 65# BFT


GREAT START

by Brian Pifer, 7-07-2021


Awesome start to our 3 day trip so far. Finished our day with 44 Bluefin Tuna 2 over 100lbs and 6 Yellowfin Tuna up to 50lbs. Great sign of fish around. We are hoping for another good day tomorrow.


ANOTHER GOOD DAY

Photo Credit: Brian Pfier
by Brian Pifer, 7-08-2021


Excellent fishing again today on the Bluefin Tuna. We were able to scratch all day for 55 Bluefin and 3 Yellowfin Tuna. Incredible sign of fish around varying all sizes. We have one more day and hope to go out with a bang.


GOOD SHOW

by Brian Pifer, 7-09-2021


What a show the Bluefin put on for us today. Incredible sign of Bluefin of all sizes. 20-40 pounds all the way to100-200 pounders. We ended our day with 34 Bluefin with 3 over a 100 pounds. We ended our 3 day trip with solid finish.


TRIP 21-14 JP

Photo Credit: Brian Pfier
by Brian Pifer, 7-10-2021



1st place Paul Rubio 120lb Bluefin




2nd place David Kobzeff 112lb Bluefin




3rd place Daniel Lutz 93lb Bluefin




Great job guys




 




 



HEADING SOUTH

by Mark Pisano, 7-11-2021








Hello from the bridge of the Independence, We left Saturday on the first of several 7 day trips with our longtime charter-master Shermin Lim. We got a good jump from the point and are headed for points south. After lunch Shermin had lots of give aways of tackle and clothing as well as a raffle with 3 custom rods among other gifts for those onboard. Weather is beautiful and the week ahead looks good as well. We will start fishing first thing Monday and will report then. Take Care Mark and the entire Indy staff.








 


 


WAHOO

Photo Credit: Mark Pisano
by Mark Pisano, 7-13-2021


Good Yellowtail fishing along with some early season Wahoo


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7-13-2021
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trip 21-15 YELLOWS AND WAHOO

by Mark Pisano, 7-14-2021


Hello from the Independence, We have been very busy the last three days fishing both daytime and nighttime. Fishing has been good on the Yellowtail and Wahoo. The yellows have been super nice size fish in the 25-45 pound range for the most part. We also had some school type fish in the 12-18 pound range but very few. The Wahoo are mostly 30 to 50 pounds. Weather has been beautiful every day. We are planning to try for Tuna on the way home so wish us luck!!!! Mark and the Indy crew. Take care


trip 21-15 YELLOWS A BREWIN'

Photo Credit: Mark Pisano
by Mark Pisano, 7-15-2021



trip 21-15 More photos of a great trip

Photo Credit: Mark Pisano
by Mark Pisano, 7-17-2021


Thanks to Sherman for a great trip, our jackpot winners were: 1st place Jay Love 55 pount BFT, 2nd place Dave Gloor 51.5 Wahoo, and 3rd place was Joe Ruiz 44 pound BFT. We hope to see you all next year. Captain Mark and the Indy Crew.


trip 21-15 FANTASTIC WAHOO BITE

Photo Credit: Mark Pisano
by Mark Pisano, 7-17-2021








TRIP 21-15 WHAT A TRIP

Photo Credit: Mark Pisano
by Mark Pisano, 7-17-2021



TRIP 21-15 SHERMAN YELLOW TAIL & WAHOO

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by Mark Pisano, 7-17-2021





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OFF TO A GOOD START

VERY NICE ONE
Photo Credit: Matt Kaullen
by Matt Kaullen, 7-19-2021


After a turn and burn we are back on the grounds with another great group. Graftech Rods with Rick Ozaki in the charter master seat and everyone walked away a winner per usual. There were rods as well as Avet reels handed out and we have already put them to good use. We started out with some really fun Wahoo fishing and we are picking away at those beautiful grade Yellowtail. The weather is picturesque and we are already off to a hefty start. We are gonna hang for a while and hopefully get in on some more of the same tonight and tomorrow. Wish us luck. Matt and Independence Crew


Photos for 7-19-2021

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NICE START
Photo Credit: Matt Kaullen

GREAT YELLOWTAIL FISHING

Photo Credit: Matt Kaullen
by Matt Kaullen, 7-20-2021


 

Good bite on nice grade Yellows. Enjoy the pics.







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TRIP 21-16 JP WINNERS

Photo Credit: Matt Kaullen
by Matt Kaullen, 7-24-2021


1 Mike Hakala 45.5 Yellowtail


2 Wade Cornelius 44.5 Yellowtail


3 Jack Pietrusiak 57 Grouper


Thanks again guys for the wonderful week of fishing. Looking forward to next year.


Matt and Independence crew.


GREAT DAY

Zack doing some research withDreadnought Irons
Photo Credit: Matt Kaullen
by Matt Kaullen, 7-26-2021


Well the gang is back together again for the annual Tahoe Tuna Club charter. After a couple travel days we utilized the time to get ourselves rigged and ready. We arrived yesterday and got busy real quick. We had an excellent day of fishing catching our daily limit of Yellowtail and we had some Yellowfin tuna up to 25 pounds in the mix. Lots of action yesterday just how we like it. The tuna put on a good show and we will be focusing more on them again today. The weather is calm for now and its great to have this happy group aboard again. Wish us luck Matt and Independence crew


trip 21-17 TAHOE TUNA CHASERS FINAL DAYS

by Matt Kaullen, 7-30-2021


Fishing has been fun and busy for us the past few days. We got our fill of yellowtail and started focusing on tuna. We had some good action on school grade yellowfin on our way up and feel very fortunate to say the least. We found a nice bubble of water that we were able to pick away at those tuna and a sprinkle of mahi. We are hoping that those fish will continue to show up down here as they were very aggressive. Yesterday we took the road less traveled and fished our way up the beach. We had good weather to go along with the variety style fishing. We had lots of fun catching calico bass, halibut, and white seabass. We have a few hours this morning to make a few drifts for some lingcod and reds before we start the ride up. This group has always brought some good luck with their awesome attitude to make the trip a lot of fun. We will see you guys at the dock tomorrow morning 5:30am. Matt and Independence crew

 


TRIP 21-17 WHAT A TRIP

Photo Credit: Matt Kaullen
by Matt Kaullen, 7-31-2021





TRIP 21-17 ITS A WRAP

Photo Credit: Matt Kaullen
by Indy Crew, 7-31-2021


Thanks again to the Tahoe Tuna Club. We had a great time and some good fishing to go along with it. See you guys next year.
Jackpot winners
1 Monti Ashman 38 wahoo
2 Gary Gee 24.5 yellowtail
3 Dan Hoover 66.0 grouper
Honorable mention
Christine Kubota 55.5 wahoo


TRIP 21-18a Great fishing for first day

Photo Credit: Matt Kaullen
by Matt Kaullen, 7-31-2021


We are back at it again and we left on a 3 day open party yesterday. We got in the zone yesterday evening and got straight to business. We had an epic night bite on 40-100+ pound bluefin. There’s seems to be great potential here and it’s great to see more reaction out of these fish. We are hard at it again today and have started our catch for the daylight hours. We will be on scene and keep you posted. Wish us luck. Matt and Indy Crew


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