GORDO BANKS PANGAS
July 5th, 2026

Productivity and good action continue to show offshore, which makes it the best option if you are after tuna, wahoo, dorado, and marlin. Many boats tried our high spots from Vinorama to Iman, though there was not much to report as we continue to see shark infested waters most days. While covering these grounds with Rapalas and Ballyhoo, some lucky boats were able to land one or two wahoo in a morning outing. These wahoo were small to medium size, most of them in the 18-to-25-pound range.

We also saw a handful of medium size dorado in the mix. The boats that tried for wahoo throughout these grounds, then finished off the day targeting Roosterfish inshore. Roosterfish action continues to be decent throughout the shorelines next to our marina and La Laguna/ Punta Gorda/ Zacatitos areas. A good area has also been the Hotel corridor, especially the trailer park area (in front of Honda Dealership). Surprisingly, we haven’t seen many Roosters in the 50+ range as we did last year. The bigger size Roosters (30+) continue to show at the shorelines of San Luis.

We did not see many of the bigger 100+ tuna this week, though we did see more consistency on the medium 40 to 80 pounders.

Most of these tuna were caught offshore while looking for porpoise schools. Many of these tuna were caught on poppers. On most days, we start to see some action around the 20 to 25 mile mark. The 1150 Bank continues to be one of the most productive areas as we are also seeing an occasional big dorado and wahoo while trolling lures and ballyhoo. On Tuesday, one boat reported loosing a couple nice wahoo to sharks out there, though it appears that not many other boats had issues with sharks this day. This boat landed 1 nice wahoo and lost 4 others (2 to sharks). They hooked these wahoo on marlin lures and ballyhoo.

Blue marlin in the 200-to-300-pound range continue to make a presence as we hear reports of a handful hooked every day.

Not much bottom action to report at this time. One of the pangas landed a handful of small snapper and grouper earlier in the week throughout rock structures at Cardon and La Fortuna (close to shore). These fish were caught on cut up caballito/green jacks.

Good Fishing, Brian

GORDO BANKS PANGAS
June 28th, 2026

Another successful week, consisting mostly of offshore action. Most boats focused at the 1150 Bank and its surrounding areas as porpoise schools were spotted in that vicinity most days. The ideal water temperature was 80-81 degrees. Most of the bigger tuna came on live baits (caballito, green jacks, skipjack), while the smaller/medium ones came on poppers. The biggest tuna landed by the fleet this week came in at 167 pounds, though many boats reported losing fish after long battles (1 to 2 hours), reported in the 200-pound class.

Even though we did see smaller tuna in the mix this week (5-10 pounds), most of them were in the 70-to-130-pound range.

While looking for action offshore, many boats reported hooking into nice size blue marlin (200- 350 pounds). These marlin were hooked on rigged ballyhoo and lures. On Friday, one of our charters landed a 325 blue marlin; unfortunately, it died after a 2-hour fight. This fish fed many families in the community and a good portion of it was donated to the less fortunate.

A handful of big 30–50-pound dorado were also caught while covering grounds with lures, feathers, and ballyhoo. One medium-size wahoo was caught this way as well.

We continue to see shark infested waters from Vinorama to Cardon, and also Inner/Outer Gordos. A few boats did try out the area of Vinorama and San Luis this weekend and did report action, though almost impossible to land a fish without the sharks getting to it first. On Saturday, one boat hooked 3 nice tuna at Vinorama on squid and live caballito and were instantly taken. They were able to find a few nice rocks where they landed a pompano, leopard grouper, and snapper on jigs.

Closer to shore, we continue to see decent Roosterfish action. The bigger size Roosters seems to be throughout the shorelines of San Luis, where we are seeing 30–50-pound fish daily. The shorelines next to our marina and Punta Gorda/La Laguna are producing good Rooster numbers, though much smaller class fish, with an occasional big one in the mix.

Good Fishing, Brian

GORDO BANKS PANGAS
June 21st, 2026

Happy Father’s Day!

We continue to see more numbers of traveling families in the Los Cabos area as the majority of school semesters are now in summer recess. Weather patterns make it a perfect time to visit now (before it gets too hot and humid), with mostly clear sunny skies, high temperatures nearing 90 degrees, but still bearable. Water temperatures cooled off a few degrees, especially offshore as a result of strong south winds last week. This change in water temp had a big impact as we saw great action throughout the week, especially this weekend. While covering ground offshore, most captains reported good action in 78-to-80-degree water.

Most boats focused their time offshore looking for porpoise and trolling lures at the 1150 Bank and its surrounding areas. Surprisingly, action was found not as far out as expected, most days seeing action within 20-22 miles from our marina. Earlier in the week, action was more towards Vinorama to Iman grounds offshore, where porpoise schools were spotted daily. Most of the tuna earlier in the week were averaging 70 to 100 pounds.

As the week progressed, the best action was reported closer to the 1150 Bank, bigger fish too! A few boats did good on poppers when finding the right porpoise schools, though the bigger fish came on live bait, mostly caballitos and green jacks. Some boats came across schools of small skipjack, which also came in handy.

The biggest tuna of the week came in early this Sunday, weighing 282 pounds. This fish was caught by the Castillo’s brothers (Jaqueline Team) on a live caballito. Great fight on 60# test and 80# fluoro.

Big dorado and nice size wahoo were also caught while covering ground offshore. We saw a handful of dorado in the 40 to 50 pound range.

Inshore action was good as well. We continue to see good action throughout the shorelines next to our marina on live caballito and green jacks. However, the bigger roosters have been spotted towards San Luis shorelines. Earlier in the week, one boat caught and released 10 Roosters, all over 18 pounds and many of them in the 25–30-pound range.

One the way back, this same boat trolled lures a few miles offshore from our marina and hooked into 3 sailfish at the same time. They were able to catch and release 2 of these successfully.

While waiting for boats to come in, our main fillet guy Alberto caught a 28-pound snook from the channel area inside the marina!

Good Fishing, Brian