GORDO BANKS PANGAS
September 20th, 2026

Other than Monday, where we experienced heavy rains and winds, we had a calm rest of the week. We are now closely following a storm development in the Pacific, expected to be in close proximity to us around the 25th and 26th. Following these storms has been challenging as the forecast is drastically changing directions every few hours. We should have a more accurate path within the next couple of days. We are hoping for no big storms within the next few weeks as our busy season is right around the corner. We are expecting a big influx of anglers the first week of October.

The tuna bite towards Vinorama continues to be spotty. On Tuesday, most boats were able to land a handful of tuna; the rest of the week you were lucky to land a couple. Our live sardine supply was scarce this week, especially towards the end of the week where we didn’t see any. We had to rely on bags of dead sardines (from the East Cape) and frozen squid, which worked as good. We did see more action throughout the early morning before the big schools of skipjacks took over. Per usual, we continue to see shark infested waters throughout the grounds of Vinorama and San Luis. On Tuesday, a school of sharks took over a nice size tuna, estimated at around 150 pounds. Most of the tuna at Vinorama are in the range of 15 to 70 pounds, with some bigger ones in the mix. That same Tuesday, one of the local commercial guys landed a 280-pound tuna at Vinorama on a live caballito. This was a tough fight on 50# test, though they were able to land it in under 2 hours.

The highlight of the week was a more consistent bottom bite. Most of this action came throughout different rock structures at Iman on big chunks of skipjack. We saw bigger dogtooth snapper, some in the 40–55-pound range. We also had a handful of mullet and barred snapper.

Adding to the bottom mix, we had a handful of medium size/big grouper, most of them in the 40-to-65-pound range.

Not much action to report at the Inner and Outer Gordo. Not many boats have been trying these grounds as most charter boats are focusing their efforts at Vinorama and Iman. This weekend, one boat reported seeing big yellowfin feed at the Inner Gordo. More boats will be trying these areas next week.

Good Fishing, Brian

GORDO BANKS PANGAS
September 13th, 2026

We are now at the most humid time of the year. This was a very slow week, both for fishing action and foot traffic at our marina. We had lots of rain early in the week, though it didn’t affect our fishing plans as it did not come with much wind. As we near October, and if the weather permits, we are expecting bigger groups of anglers within the next couple of weeks.

Water temps are very warm, in the 89–91-degree range throughout most of the fishing grounds. Most boats continue to focus their efforts at the Vinorama area as we continue to target yellowfin on live sardines. This was a much slower week for tuna in this area as the bite was spotty most days; lucky to hook into one or two. The few boats that hooked up reported dealing with sharks, either taking their fish or chasing it right next to the boat. Because of the shark situation, many boats decided to try for bottom, or cover ground trolling lures. Not much came from trolling lures, but a couple of small dorado.

Not much action to report from Inner or Outer Gordo either. We had one of our pangas try specifically for big marlin and tuna at both Gordos for 4 consecutive days; long 10-12 hour days. Unfortunately, they did not report any hookups. 

The best opportunities came from bottom structures at San Luis and Iman. Most of this bottom action came on chunks of skipjack, some of the smaller snapper on sardines. We had a good variety of snapper (dog, barred, and mullet), triggerfish, and some grouper.

Good Fishing, Brian

GORDO BANKS PANGAS
September 6th, 2026

We got lucky on Wednesday and Thursday as we only experienced one of the far edges of Hurricane Marie. We saw moderate winds in our area and a significant amount of rain and thunder both days. As you have probably seen on social media or news outlets, there was major flooding in the Cabo San Lucas area; this seems to happen too often, as downtown Cabo’s infrastructure cannot handle large amounts of rainfall. We did not see much damage in the San Jose del Cabo area, other than a few neighborhoods losing power for a few hours. As of now, we do not see any new storm developments in the Pacific within the next 10-12 day period.

The tuna bite towards Vinorama slowed down significantly as compared to previous weeks, especially after the storm passed. Earlier in the week (Monday and Tuesday), we still had plenty of action on live sardines. Towards the end of the week, you were lucky to land one or two; still, we continue having issues with sharks. Many captains decided to focus more on bottom structure throughout the areas of San Luis, Iman, and Inner Gordo. We saw good cubera snapper numbers, most of them small to medium size. The best bottom action came from Iman and Inner Gordo.

Inner Gordo has provided the best opportunities as there is a good chance at some bottom action early in the morning and then transition into looking for a nice size tuna while slow trolling live bulito or skipjacks. Last Sunday afternoon, one of the private boats landed a 310-pound yellowfin on a live skipjack.

On Monday and Tuesday, we had 4 tuna in the range of 155 to 210 pounds. On Tuesday, one boat also landed a 530-pound Black Marlin that was hooked on a live skipjack; this was a tough 3 hour-battle as their gear was set up for tuna. Towards the end of the week, we started seeing smaller size tuna (40-50 lbs.) at the Inner as well.

We continue to see a good sardine supply, even after the storm. Caballito schools remain scarce, though we have seen some medium-size schools come into the marina channel area around mid-day.

Good Fishing, Brian