GORDO BANKS PANGAS
July 28th, 2024

Slow tourist activity at our marina this week. Tourist activity seems to be on the decline as we head into our extreme heat and hurricane season. We are starting to see some great signs that the fishing could turn over any second now.

Bait supplies remain the same with live caballito, mullet, sardines, and ballyhoo. The best action right now would be to look for a striped Marlin and a few dorado for dinner. Marlin continue to bite throughout a wide area. Many of the boats are starting their day at the inner Gordo and trolling the surrounding areas as they look for surface activity. Most of the action is coming 12-20 miles from our marina. A few smaller Blues continue to be hooked as well, though nothing over the 200-pound mark yet.

The best chance to hook into a wahoo would be offshore while looking for marlin. Most strikes are coming on marlin lures or rigged ballyhoo. We didn’t see many wahoo caught this week, though we did hear of many hookups on the marlin lures that were lost due to no wire leader. All the wahoo that were caught were nice sized, most of them over 30 pounds.

We are starting to see great signs at Iman Bank. Water is clearing up and there’s lots of bait on the surface. Many boats reported seeing big schools of bulito and small skipjacks. Anglers that spent their day at Iman reported seeing a few nice schools of dorado. Even though most of them are on the smaller side, we did see a handful of fish over 25 pounds. Within the same Iman area, there is a chance of hooking into a striped Marlin as well. A few anglers were also able to pick something up from the bottom, mostly grouper and amberjack. Not a lot of bottom action this week as the current has not been favorable for that type of fishing.

Local pangeros continue to look for the schools of porpoise to find the yellowfin. Less schools of porpoise were spotted this week, though the ones that found them were able to catch big loads of fish, most of them averaging 20-25 pounds, with an accessional 60+ pounder in the mix. The schools of porpoise remain consistent at 35-45 miles out every day,

We are still catching nice roosters and jacks throughout our shoreline. A few of the bigger Sierras were also landed while trolling live caballito and mullet for Roosters.

Good Fishing, Brian

GORDO BANKS PANGAS
July 21st, 2024

Very hot and humid week in Los Cabos with low tourist activity. We expect to continue seeing light crowds of anglers throughout the rest of July and August. 

Caballito and sardines remain the main bait source from the local marina. Frozen ballyhoo would be the go-to bait as it has been producing  most of the marlin bites. The main target species this week was striped Marlin. The marlin fishing grounds are now considered to be all over the place. There is a good chance of hooking into a marlin anywhere from 3 to 20 miles from our marina while looking for surface activity. The inner and outer Gordos are good marks to start as there is plenty of bait concentrating in that area. We had a few reports of small blue marlin (under 200 pounds) hooked in the surrounding areas of the Gordos. A group of divers reported seeing a big black marlin well over 500 pounds at the inner Gordo.

The best chance at finding a wahoo or dorado has been within the same area while looking for marlin. Fast trolling ballyhoo has produced the most strikes, though we are also seeing some hookups on lures and live caballito. Most dorado are averaging 8-14 pounds, though we did have a big 40+ pound bull in the mix. The few wahoo that were landed were all over 30 pounds.

We continue to pick a few nice snapper, amberjack, and grouper from rock piles at Vinorama, Imán, and La Fortuna. Fishing the bottom has been tough in the last few weeks as we have had strong currents that do not allow to fish it efficiently.

Closer to shore we are still catching some nice roosters, pompano, and jacks. A handful of big Spanish Mackerel (Sierra) were also caught throughout our shoreline. Most of these Sierra were between 8 and 12 pounds.

Good Fishing, Brian

GORDO BANKS PANGAS
July 14th, 2024

Another hot and humid week in Southern Baja. We continue to see light crowds of anglers and slow activity in our marina. We had some cloud coverage with light showers throughout this weekend, which helped cool off the areas throughout parts of the day. For live bait, Caballito and sardines remain the main bait source from the local bait guys. We continue to rely heavily on frozen ballyhoo for our current marlin, wahoo, and dorado bite.

The main target species this week was striped marlin. Best action was found 12-15 miles from our marina while looking for surface activity. Most of the bites came on rigged ballyhoo, a few on live caballito. We continue to hear of a few small blue marlin and sailfish hooked in the same surrounding areas. Many of the local boats are focusing on the surrounding areas of the inner and outer Gordo’s. Small skipjacks and bulito schools are concentrating in these areas.

Throughout the same areas, a few nice wahoo were landed. Most of these wahoo were quality size, over 35 pounds. Many captains reported these wahoo coming up to the lures and ballyhoo multiple times before getting a hook set in. The bigger wahoo were landed on rigged ballyhoo and live caballito. The live caballito were thrown back after the first couple strikes on the lures/ballyhoo. We are also starting to see more quality size dorado, more in the 20–25-pound range. We are catching these dorado in the same areas we are finding marlin.

Bottom fishing was tough to perform this week due to the heavy currents, though we did see some nice catches for yellow snapper, red snapper, grouper, and amberjack. Bottom action seems to be decreasing as we get more into our peak summer season.

Porpoise and yellowfin schools continue to be spotted anywhere from 30-50 miles out. Many of the local pangeros are putting in long days to chase after these tuna. Closer to shore, we are still seeing a few jacks and roosters, though it seems the rooster bite is coming to an end soon.

Good Fishing, Brian