Independence 16 day trip 1-7-11

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Here We Go Again

01-07-2011 - After a brief one-night vacation, we are back at it again. We returned from our annual Baja fish gear 10 day. I would like to personally like to thank Ed Tschernoscha for another successful trip, as well as all who joined us for another new years fishing event. Jackpot winners were as follows: 1st place goes to Vladimir Kustudic of Vista, Ca, with a 180.2 Yellowfin, 2nd place goes to Kerry Iwanaga of PLACENTIA, ca, with a 177.8 Yellowfin, and 3rd place goes to Ivan Fujinaka of SAN FRANSISCO, with a 167.6 Yellowfin.. 16 year old Josh Torres of Sylmar Ca. brought home a 171 pound Yellowfin. Way to go Josh...... Everyone that participated in our Christmas special trip brought home several tunas over 100#. Super trip for everyone.. We are currently traveling, as we departed yesterday on yet another extravaganza, Rick Ozaki, west coast marketing 16-day trip. We have lots of good sardines as well as a boatload of top-notch fisherman eager to do battle with whatever we might encounter. Today was spent rigging, relaxing, and handing out all the HUGE giveaways for the trip. The weather looks to be in our favor, and we will report anything that might interest you all that are stuck on land. Sea you then, Jeff, Billy, Kevin, Justin, Paul M., Doug, Rolf and Ed,


Independence Sportfishing
San Diego, CA 92106
Phone (619) 226-6006
info@independencesportfishing.com

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rolling and rigging

01-09-2011 - Not much to report from the last few days, the weather is good, the raffles are excellent, and the company is great. We are all rigged and ready for battle, and will start fishing tomorrow. Thanks for checking in on Jeff, the Indy crew and us


Off To A Good Start

01-11-2011 - Here is what we have been up to so far. The last 2 days we have been fishing, and having lots of fun in the process. The first day was on the slow side, but today was good fishing for tuna in the 125 to 180 lb. category. There are even some Wahoo on the bank that want to play. The weather is still breezy, but not too bad. We have lots of time left, so we hope to have some more action like today. Today’s hot hand belonged to Dane Barriault, as he was unstoppable. Rick Ozaki was a close second with a hand full of nice tuna for his efforts. Thanks for checking in, Jeff and the Indy crew

rolling and rigging

01-09-2011 - Not much to report from the last few days, the weather is good, the raffles are excellent, and the company is great. We are all rigged and ready for battle, and will start fishing tomorrow. Thanks for checking in on Jeff, the Indy crew and us

Off To A Good Start

01-11-2011 - Here is what we have been up to so far. The last 2 days we have been fishing, and having lots of fun in the process. The first day was on the slow side, but today was good fishing for tuna in the 125 to 180 lb. category. There are even some Wahoo on the bank that want to play. The weather is still breezy, but not too bad. We have lots of time left, so we hope to have some more action like today. Today’s hot hand belonged to Dane Barriault, as he was unstoppable. Rick Ozaki was a close second with a hand full of nice tuna for his efforts. Thanks for checking in, Jeff and the Indy crew

another Good Day

01-12-2011 - Good evening from the Independence. We had good day fishing for quality yellowfin tuna. The numbers were not huge, but we managed 23 of these beauties, most all 130 to 185 lbs. and the 2 lucky anglers today were Allen Smith with a 285 lb. tuna, and Charlie Smith with a 225 lb. tuna. These two guys are not related, just good fisherman and fun to hang out with. We did have 2 heartbreaks, as when the bigguns were biting, we pulled the hooks on 2 very very large fish. The weather is good at the moment, and looks to be shaping up for us. So, with that said, even when everything is looking sooo good, as just a few more feet to the gaff, things happen, and that’s fishing. Jeff and the Indy crew

Surrounded by Tuna

01-13-2011 - Good evening everyone, we started things off in style, as my good buddy, and ace fisherman Allen Smith AGAIN landed an estimated taped wt. 299 lb. tuna first thing in the morning. We pulled the hook on another BIG one, as they say that’s fishing. The other lucky angler was Jeff Liu who caught a 195 lb. Yellowfin in the afternoon. We had good fishing again on great quality 125 to 180 lb. fish. The weather is good, and the afternoons are a bit slower than the a.m. Jeff and the Indy crew

Oh What A Day

01-14-2011 - Hello and good evening from the Independence. Here is a quick rundown of our day. The early morning was the best showing, but we were busy for most of the day. The quality just keeps rolling right along, as today’s big fish honors go to Philip Nishida for an absolute beast that taped out at 375 lbs., in second place was Rick Ozaki for a 266lb. cow, and Charlie Smith and Dane Barriault each had 180 to 190 lb. fish. The rest of the guys had to settle for the stock grade fish, 125 to 180lb. fish. We had a fantastic day, our best day yet. The weather is great, and everyone is super high spirits. We really hope to keep the ball rolling, so please wish us luck, good night, Jeff and the Indy crew

another Good Day

01-15-2011 - Good evening from us here on the Indy. Today was very much like yesterday, as things got going early on, and then we kept busy until dark. Today’s super stars are Rick Ozaki with a 265 lb. tuna, and Wesley Cerny with a 230 lb. tuna. These were the 2 fish that stood out from the rest. I am positive everyone is happy with the stock grade 100 to 180 lb.ers we have been catching, although seeing these jumbos every morning has everyone in high hopes of connecting to one. We are going to give it another try tomorrow, Jeff and the Indy crew

Independence Sportfishing
San Diego, CA 92106
Phone (619) 226-6006
info@independencesportfishing.com

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01-16-2011 - Hey, just checking in from the independence. Today was again very good action for us here on the Indy. The quality is just awesome, all good fish. We had lots of chances today, and made the best of it. As far as the big tuna, they bypassed us this morning, and we caught 1 fish 255 lb.er by our chef Ed Lacomb. The weather is very good, toasty, hot. All I can say is, things are going very well for us, and I might add, we are really enjoying ourselves to the fullest. Jeff and the Indy crew

What Happened

01-17-2011 - Today was the day I was dreading, as the beautiful fishing conditions we had went away, and so did all that great fishing we had. We did manage a fish or two, but today sucked. The weather is gorgeous, so maybe things will turn back around tomorrow. Jeff and the Indy crew

Its a Wrap

01-18-2011 - Today conditions were much like yesterday, and it took until noon to find the right area to try for fish. We had fair fishing, as we had 1 fish per angler today for the grand finale. We are now on our way home, under beautiful skies, and flat calm weather. We have had a great trip in the aspect that there were ample shots at trophy tuna, and some we caught, and some got away, that’s fishing. We are going into relax mode for the next few days, so we will report in a day or two. Eta will be posted Friday afternoon... Thanks for checking in. Jeff, the Indy crew and us

Smooth Sailing

01-21-2011 - The last few days have been very enjoyable for the ride home, as the entire ocean has been flat, and very little wind out here. The perfect ending to a great trip. Everyone is well rested now, and ready to unload the boat tomorrow. We have a 0700 E T A for our arrival tomorrow. I must say this trip has been very enjoyable in every aspect, and I look forward to the trip next year, thanks for checking in on Jeff, the Indy crew and us


Independence Sportfishing
San Diego, CA 92106
Phone (619) 226-6006
info@independencesportfishing.com

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Thanks to the 16 day sponsers

01-26-2011 - We would like to take the time to thank all the great sponsers of the westcoast marketing 16 day trip, A big thanks to Rick Ozaki first off for putting this trip together for the sixth year in a row, Avet reels gave away a 50SDS, PROEX30, HXJ 2SP and HX 5/2 and 2 reel bags, Seaguar gave away 25 spools of 100 pound flourcarbon leader, 36 shirts and 25 hats, Raider jigs gave away 50 Raider 200's and 36 t-shirts, Graftech 6 jig rods, Yozuri hybrid line for the entire trip along with 25 large Marauders, Izorline 100 lb. Mono., Bloody decks custom t-shirts for everyone, Doug Taylor Custom T-shirts for everyone, Five star fish processing $400 worth of gift certs., tackle packs with the following tackle for everyone: Yozuri and Seaguar flouracarbon, fish trap jigs, yummy flyers, Michael Flowkes dvd's, Mustad hooks, Owner hooks and Berkley big game line and Spectra. A special thanks to Richard Hightower for many of the gifts. From the Indy Staff we want to thank all the Passengers and sponsors on the trip, next year again will be a 16 day trip so please confirm with Rick to assure your spot, Have a great day and the jackpot winners will be posted later today.

Jackpot winners

01-27-2011 - The Jackpot winners for the last trip of the 2010/11 season were the following anglers: Philip Nishida's 333.8 yellowfin tuna took top honors on the trip followed by Allen Smith with the 2nd and 3rd place fish 289.8 and 276.7, other cows on the trip were landed by Rick Ozaki with 2 fish going 262.8 and 242.7, Wesley Cerny with a 228.7 and Charles Smith with a 228.6. We again want to Thank everyone onboard this year as well as the sponsers for all the great gear. The Indy will be in doing the usual paint and yearly dry dock to clean things up. We will be at the fred hall again this year, check back for dock location of the Independence during the show for tours of the boat.


Independence Sportfishing
San Diego, CA 92106
Phone (619) 226-6006
info@independencesportfishing.com