INDY : Catalina Family & Friends Trip 4/12-4/13....A

[Z-TUNAKILLER]

Hey Now, BETTER LATE THEN NEVER....lucky me, I got an invite, went fishing Catalina, got a call from a good friend of mine Barry Wiggins, he
is the professional photographer on the San Diego long range boat
" Independence ", ( I've fished several 10 day trips on this boat, its AWESOME ) we went fishing last weekend, for a Family's & Friend's
trip, Owner's/Capt's. Paul and Mark were taking a weekend off, after
doing allot of boat servicing/repairs from all of last years fish killing trips.


I arrived at the San Pedro 22st. landing around 8:30am on sat. got on board and saw Barry busy taking pics of all the passages. went to my assigned stateroom an dropped off my carrier on bag, stopped off in
the galley to see Chef Ed, for some fresh coffee & some Indy's world famous fresh hot out of the oven cinnamon buns... MMMMMMM .....


Capt./crewman Sean untied the boat around 9am. it was a beautiful day, we headed for the New, San Pedro Bait Barge for some live anchovies & squid......OMG .... i had to look at it twice, Man....i though i was down in San Diego getting bait for a 10day....VERY NICE SET UP !



Indy got to Avalon around 11:30am, harbor master boat got us hooked up with a nice spot. Crewman Sean chummed up a wide open Bonita & Calico bite, after a few hours fishing, the red cup crew got together to go see
the island. Later that evening a guy and his girlfriend on a very nice
private boat pulled up along side of us he was looking for one of his
friends that was on the Indy with us, his friend was ashore so he said
he would be back later, but before he left he asked what we were
having for dinner that evening, my reply was rib-eye steaks,
boneless chicken breast on the grill, he said sounds good but how
about some fresh White Sea Bass ? Next thing i see is him pulling out
2 - 20+lb. WSB from a large cooler and he says how about some
surf & turf......... I said I'm ...ALL .IN !


Sean got busy with his fillet knife and dinner was almost ready, we were just waiting for Chef Ed to get back to the boat. Little later the red cup crew got back an dinner was being prepared, baby green's salad, steaks, WSB, chicken, baked potato's & corn on the cob.



Capt. Paul's Birthday was on Sun. so we celebrated by singing
Happy Birthday to him after dinner and had his BD cake with
ice cream for desert .......



Sun. morning Capt's. Mark & Paul got the Indy warmed up around 4:30am an we untied and headed SW side of the island, man there was a allot of private boats fishing the WSB on Sun. after a few hours with no luv we headed out for some rock fishing .. got on the anchor and Bam wide
open again, reds, salmon grouper & sheep-head .........


WHAT A GREAT TRIP ....


THANK YOU VERY MUCH FOR THE INVITE CAPT'S PAUL & MARK !





just a few pics of all the action.... ENJOY.



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CAPT. Paul & Family

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Capt. Mark & Family

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Capt.-Crewman Sean

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Dbl. Hook Up !

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Red Cup Crew on the Island

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I'm Not Scared of No Crab ?

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Taco time

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Helping Chef Ed, by Getting my cheese burger Grilling on !

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Just a few of the Rock Fish from Sun. Slay Fest..


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Heading Home


CHECK OUT THE INDY'S WEB-SITE, I THINK I HEARD CAPT. PAUL
SAY THAT THEY HAVE OPEN SPOTS ON A FEW TRIPS.

http://www.independencesportfishing.com/index.php


Z
FISH ON !

Picture's By: Barry Wiggins

[rusty6]

sounds like an epic trip man, quit makin me hungry, dinner is in an hour haha.

[JSAUCE818]

bOoYah!!! man...you can fit that many people on your toon!?....lol..jk...thanks for the report and pics....good read.....

[vanillagurilla]

good stuff. way to go Z your a lucky fella. ive been stuck in the house for weeks :(. no money = no gas lol.

[Ricky-Ray]

What a great report and pics. Thanks for sharing. Your one lucky man to get an invite like that.

[Z-TUNAKILLER]

Thanks guys, yeah it was a very fun weekend for all on this trip, I hope I get an invite for next years trip.:appl::thumb::beer:


I forgot to mention, Barry took almost all the pics, my camera batt. was low.


Thanks Barry !


ToonZilla

FISH ON !

[JapanRon]

Z-TUNNAKILLER,

Great report. Thank you very much.

Await further adventures.

JapanRon

[pokerface12]

Gettttttttttttttttttttttttttttttterrrrrrrrrrrrrrr-done! Great report Norm. It seems like you had a good time. Also, god job on the REDS!!

[Z-TUNAKILLER]

Thanks .... JR



Gettttttttttttttttttttttttttttttterrrrrrrrrrrrrrr-done! Great report Norm. It seems like you had a good time. Also, god job on the REDS!!


HEY pf12, thanks ....... 1st. post..


Welcome to FNN Board, New Member...:thumb:


can't wait to read all your fishing reports and see some good pics...


ToonZilla

FISH ON !

[Ronira]

I am jealous like you can not believe. Nice report Z dawg, I'm hungry as hell now. :lol:

[FishBandit]

Been wondering where youve been the last couple few days. Killer trip and nice job on the fishes. Cant wait till summers here.

[bassguy]

Hey Norm,

Looks like you had a hell of a trip, good times for all. One of these days, I would like to go on a trip like that. Thanks for the report and great pics.

[Z-TUNAKILLER]

HEY THANKS GUYS

quote:
Ronira I am jealous like you can not believe. Nice report Z dawg, I'm hungry as hell now. :lol:


Ron, no need to be JEALOUS ...:mrgreen:... having good friends that give you the opportunity/invites you to go fishing, is a blessing. :thumb:


ToonZilla

FISH ON !

[Wingnut]

That's AWESOME "Z", congrats on a beautiful day with family & friends... priceless! :mrgreen:

[Wyatt-Da-Bassaholic]

Nice Pictures. Looks Like You Guys Had Alot Fun.

[Z-TUNAKILLER]

hey thanks WN, great trip with very nice ppl. = lots o fun...:thumb:


Nice Pictures. Looks Like You Guys Had Alot Fun.


yeah WDB, Barry knows his SH-T when its pic time, my camera took the larger pics, Barry's are the smaller one.... He ROCKS !

I posted on a few other sites, I've been getting allot of pos. replies for my report and Barry is getting allot of PROPS ! :appl:


ToonZilla

FISH ON !

[Z-TUNAKILLER]

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Sunday,
April 20th, 2008
9 AM to 5 PM San Diego Sportfishing Landings
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MAP LINK:

http://www.independencesportfishing.com/pages/contactus.php





GREAT FRIENDS & FISHING


WHO GOING ON SUNDAY, I JUST GOT A CALL FROM BARRY, I'M RIDING DOWN WITH HIM,
HOPE TO SEE YOU DOWN AT THE LANDING ?

I'LL BE ON THE INDY


ToonZilla

FISH ON !

[Mike K.]

So...do these people give a fu(k (or even know) that you post pictures of their families on the world wide web??

[Z-TUNAKILLER]

So...do these people give a fu(k (or even know) that you post pictures of their families on the world wide web??




Hey Mike K., do me a favor please, if you don't have anything positive to say after reading any of my threads, don't bother posting a reply, their are enough no i all, sarcastic & negative people on this web-site and I'd rather not read your or their replies.


Thank You.....


oh yeah by the way, i e-mailed Barry a link to this thread, he forwarded it to the owners of the Indy and he told me they loved reading my post, with his pics and were happy to see a very nice fish report about the trip on FNN.....



ToonZilla

FISH ON !