Independence Sportfishing trip 12-10 12-Day Indy Cow Challenge

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12-Day Indy Cow Challenge

12-10-2011 - Here we go again. Yesterday we returned from a very successful 15-day Sav-On Tackle extravaganza. I thank everyone who came out on the trip, and the good people from Sav-On Tackle. Jackpot winners were: Big Cow for 1st place Vlad Chernoguz 283.7 YF, 2nd place Joseph Solomon 264.4 YF, 3rd place Ron Barron 236 YF. We had a total of 15 cows. Posting cows in no particular order were: Sam Reiter 216, Don Klaus 210, 211, Dan Hoover 217, VLad Chernoguz 227, John Hancock 206, 270.6, Joseph Solomon 230, Mike Banda 225, Dale Lethcoe 223, 215 & 215, Ron Barron 200. Excellent Catch guys. After getting the boat turned around and loading up with sardines we are on our way down south again, this time a 12-day Indy Cow Tuna Challenge. There are huge prizes for the 12 largest tuna. We have an eager group of anglers, and good weather at the moment. If the sat phone will allow it we will try to post a few reports when we get down there. Thanks for checking in, Jeff and the Indy crew. We still have a few openings on our 16-day trip departing Jan 6.

12-10-2011 - Here we go again. Yesterday we returned from a very successful 15-day Sav-On Tackle extravaganza. I thank everyone who came out on the trip, and the good people from Sav-On Tackle. Jackpot winners were: Big Cow for 1st place Vlad Chernoguz 283.7 YF, 2nd place Joseph Solomon 264.4 YF, 3rd place Ron Barron 236 YF. We had a total of 15 cows. Posting cows in no particular order were: Sam Reiter 216, Don Klaus 210, 211, Dan Hoover 217, VLad Chernoguz 227, John Hancock 206, 270.6, Joseph Solomon 230, Mike Banda 225, Dale Lethcoe 223, 215 & 215, Ron Barron 200. Excellent Catch guys. After getting the boat turned around and loading up with sardines we are on our way down south again, this time a 12-day Indy Cow Tuna Challenge. There are huge prizes for the 12 largest tuna. We have an eager group of anglers, and good weather at the moment. If the sat phone will allow it we will try to post a few reports when we get down there. Thanks for checking in, Jeff and the Indy crew. We still have a few openings on our 16-day trip departing Jan 6.

Over The Rail!!!

12-14-2011 - Wow, off to a great start. We arrived early today and got busy right away. Paul Geurts started things off with a beautiful 280 lb. tuna, and we were off and running. We picked fish all day, and the afternoon was fast pace action. Mark Backus landed a giant 365 lb. tuna, followed by Moe Alcala with a 240 lb. fish. When the dust settled we had 32 tuna for our efforts, the rest being 125 to 190 lbs. we are going to try this again tomorrow, and will send a report if we have signal. Sea yaw then Jeff and the Indy crew

WE'RE GETTING READY

12-12-2011 - Almost there. We have had good traveling weather for the most part, some rain, and wind. A few tackle seminars, and movies, and rigging for the trip. We should be at our destination Wednesday morning, so if we have satellite signal we will report our activities. Please wish us luck, Jeff and the Indy crew

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

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2nd Day Fishing

12-15-2011 - Sorry Everyone, This report just came in late last night due to Sat Reception Hello again from the independence. Our second day down here was again a good one. We had chances at these beauties all day long, and when the day was over we tallied 20 good grade tuna, and 5 cows. Here are some standouts; John Lawrence caught 2 fish, 285 lb. and a 205 lb. tuna. Hubert Owen got a 260 lb. tuna, Moe Alcala got another 260 lb. fish, and big fish guy Mark Backus got a 220 tuna to add to his collection. The weather is good, and everyone is having a great time. We hope to keep the ball rolling, as the over all grade of fish is just outstanding, 120 to 195, and some big ones to spice things up. We will keep a report going as long as we can get a signal to send them. Please wish us luck, Jeff and the Indy crew

We're Back on Line

12-19-2011 - Back on line after losing our sat. signal. here is what we know so far. We are on our way back to San Diego now, and here is what went on the last few days down here. We were able to keep the momentum going and put together a great trip for quality yellowfin tuna. We were catching 25 to 40 tuna a day, with shots at big fish a couple times a day. We landed some real beauties, and lost some real beauties, but that’s the way it goes with bigguns. There are 4 guys that have a couple of fish over 200 lbs. and some with 1 big fish over 200lb. the over all grade is exceptional, 125 to 195 lbs. We will wait and see what mark Backus’s fish weighs on the scale, as it taped out at 365 lbs. a true chubby monster. All I can say is, we had our chances, and you get what you get out here. The weather was good to us, and made for perfect drifts in the buffer zone. On a different note Bob Jutras would like to wish his wife a happy birthday. We will report again in a day or so, with our E T A for Thursday, so in the meantime, thanks for checking in on Jeff, the Indy crew and us


Soon To Arrive Home

12-20-2011 - Good weather, smooth sailing. We are making good headway coming home due to the good weather, so I will have to say we will be arriving back to San Diego around 0545 Thursday if all goes as planned. We again have been blessed with great fishing, and good weather for this trip. There are many guys that caught their personal best tuna, and everyone gained vast amounts of priceless experience you can only obtain out here on one of these trips. If all goes well at the scale, we should have 13 cows, and a few that might sneak in there. This was an Indy cow shoot out, so we would like to thank some of our sponsors who help out in the prize dept., Avet reels, Seeker Rods, and The owners of Independence. We will see you all when we get back, Jeff and the Indy crew

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

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Cow shoot-out returns

12-23-2011 - Hello everyone, We have returned from the cow-shootout 12 day adventure. First off we want to thank everyone very much who made the trip with us this year. In terms of fishing and weather it was just a fantastic trip. The prize winners this year were Mark Backes with his monster 355.2 yellowfin which looks to be the biggest yellowfin tuna caught in the long range fleet this year, Mark won the grand prize $1,500 gift cert. for a 2012 Indy trip. 2nd place went to John Lawrence with his 284.2 and won an Avet HX reel, 3rd place went to Doug Mets and he won an Avet LX reel, 4th place was caught by Paul Geurts with his 275.2 yellowfin tuna which took an Avet Jx reel, 5th place was Owen Hubert with 265.1 and won a Seeker rod, 6th place fell to Modesto Alcala with a 264.2 and took home Seeker rod, 7th place went to Phil Havlicek with a 233.5 yellowfin an also won a seeker rod, 8th place went to Bob Carter with his 207 and won an Indy jacket, 9th was Michael Noblett with his 205 and took an Indy Jacket, 10th place was caught by Jeff harris with his 200.7, 11th place fish went to Steven Zeng with a 198.4 and Mark Backes took 12th place with his 192 yellowfin and each took home an Indy Sweatshirt.