Was on this in 1989 for my first ever fishing trip at 18 yrs old -- what a way to start. Ha!

That table off the bait tank looks deadly to hips.

Did a three day great boat great peeps just rock fish not what I was expecting. Need to hit a 5-8 day.

Bow bait tank?!

I can still remember what this vessel looked liked when it was purchased by Paul and it was just a hull. He hired the best boat builder to put this beauty all together. Reminds me a bit of his former boat the MONTE CARLO out of 22nd st landing. Always nice to run into Paul when he’s on his walks in the marina. Love this boat

How is the line set up ?

that guy is a nut! ive had many nuts on these trips! lol

Unfortunately the hull is plywood with fiber glass shell wood beams😮

Thanks for the video man!

this chris long , Charlies son when I was Yunger still love that boat , and now I'm 60yrs old , and it's been long time since I've gone fishing, would love ta go on long range trip , thanks for showing boat , hope Lance is doing good hope ta hear dark 😊😊😊😊😊

Great boat great crew awesome captians

Wow,,,,,LETS GOOOO

Sometimes I use a large cross lock $$$ swivel up top … then use a 3 foot section of 150/200# mono with a solid ring and a 300#+- split ring on the bottom attached to my jig … Sometime I just crimp on a $$ Swivel onto my wind on leader (100-130-150-200#) and just attach that cross lock swivel onto the split ring with assist hook attached to my jig… I’m beginning to like using a 5/0 3x-4x treble on the bottom of my 400#-500# jigs … I use either an Owner that he’s using or a Mustad Lock Jaw treble … I’ve been using the same Owner treble hooks but only a 2/0-3/0-4/0’s on my smaller jigs Your hook ration goes up I believe … and if you stitch their mouths shut they can’t get as much oxygen.

Excellent video … straight forward and 100% correct … keep it simple 🤪

After you hook a fish and land it do you cut it all off and re tie?

In the future please check a\c , under the matresses, toilets , showers and pictures of the food. Chris Randal? CHECK THE FISH HOLDS!

So concerned with stupid soda machines on all the boats Go on the tomahawk if you need a soda machine 👎

My buddy just got back from trip on this one. Says great crew! Good food! Fishing was a little slow but thats fishing . Everyone had a great time. Tight lines!

This boat is about as nice as skid row motel. terrible customer service , terrible food , fuel surcharges just to drive in circles , not even trolling , for 2 days . The toilets were plugged from the last trip overflowing crap and toilet paper on to the deck to be left there. I had to help with the deck hand duties. Capt? This apple few far from the tree. Why would you go south when the bite is now north? To pocket the fuel surcharge ? One shining star: JOSH! .This deck hand worked hard and with little help from the crew. Great attitude. Very talented. Find a better boat and capt Josh. Thank you and you ONLY. Mandoman.

Lost a monster Black Sea bass cause the stock hook broke in half on my jig when fishing in Baja Mexico. Never make that mistake again

No stateroom views below deck ? Eight foot rods have to go sideways...that's a trip killer.

🎉🎉🎉🎉🎉🎉🎉🎉🎉❤

Snowgun

Are the main deck or lower deck cabins more desirous?

Sick

I fished with Charlie long on the great vag we usto plug the boat a lot of great trips 👍 thanks Lance

Those small hooks you trashed work good on the smaller slow pitch rockfish jigs … I do use the Owner Monsters or the Mustad assist hooks in the 7/0, 9/0, 11/0, and 14/0’s … Lately I’ve been making my own assist hooks using 500# hollow core cord doubled with a 7x7 seven strand wire doubled as well … I’m using the Owner 6.5 and 7.5 (450#) solid rings … if you can find the Owner Monster with the shorter cord lengths … I like them … one thing great about the Owner Monsters is they have that clear protective sleeve over the cord…

I just picked up a 300g Rip Roller for big BFT. It came with mustad ultrapoint assist hooks. Should I still swap them for 7/0 monster assist hooks?

Have your ever tried the quick rig 450lb test swivel instead of the 200lb?

I day l will make a reservation on this boat. I think the intrepid and independence are top boats.

Hey I appreciate you posting these videos. I've fished a few of the LR boats, but always wondered about the layouts of the others.

Shogun rocks

It sure is a shame that one of your crew is such a fake ass dude other than that good fishing guys

What's the rope material made of?

Ya,!!! Quick rig swivels and split ring to jig .....F*#king Perfect

It has a soda fountain that is awesome. I don't know why all the big boats don't have a soda fountain it would be awesome.

I love riding on the independence very wide and stable. Soda fountain and DirecTV in room. All the space in awesome.

I fish on the independence and it's a awesome boat. Smooth riding 30 foot stern. It has so much room. TV DVD DirecTV in your room.

Theres always one

I like the below deck heads.

I fished the Searcher on a 3-day years ago. The tackle storage is not good. You need to see that area when it's full of boxes and people trying to work. Skipper works hard but not a warm a fuzzy type. I would fish her again on trips 3-day or shorter.

You’re a moron

Thank you.👍🏼

I would only open and use the split ring one time. And only if you can’t solder your own rings.

Not bad, looks like a small 3/4 day boat on steroids

Keep teaching the kids to fish jesus loves fishing

Fenatanyl is used to kill people research it on you tube complete setup hope your crews allright don't stay up late peace

LOL Chris, likewise, I just wanted to find a good fishing spot near the fentanyl dispensers.

In my experience, 60 to 80# Fluorocarbon gets me many more strikes but the downside is that instead of Tuna, I get Wahoo and/or king mackerel and they will slice my leader like a hot knife through butter. I've lost many $20 lures in the Caribbean. Results with steel leaders aren't as good. What say you?

This boat is luke a mini cruise ship