GORDO BANKS PANGAS
April 27th, 2025

Some boats continue to do the long run out looking for yellowfin tuna. They are finding porpoise schools 40-55 miles out on most days. Most of the tuna caught this week with the porpoise schools were footballs in the range of 5-15 pounds. Due to the long run and size of these tuna, many of the local pangeros decided to try areas closer by in search of bigger quality fish.

Towards the end of the week, the fleet was able to land a handful of nice yellowfin in the Vinorama and San Luis area. Even though the bite is not hot, we are seeing 2-3 quality size tuna at the fillet tables almost every day. Most of these tuna were in the 50-90 pound class; the biggest one caught this week was 138 pounds. These fish were hooked on strips of squid and live caballito. One tuna was reported on a dead sardine. While drifting sardines and squid for tuna, we were also able to land white Bonita on the jigs.

Within the same area, we also saw a handful of wahoo and dorado. Some of these wahoo were 60-70 pounds. 3 of these wahoo came from slow trolling live caballitos, one drifting sardines, 3 on Rápalas/Nomads, 2 on ballyhoo, and one on a jig. A handful of striped marlin were reported in the same area as well.

Bottom action was a bit slower this week, though we did see a few nice amberjack and grouper on the jigs. Bottom action at Palmilla was a lot slower this week. Most of the bottom action came from San Luis, Vinorama, La Fortuna, and Cardón.  Not many Sierra were caught this week. We are catching nice sized roosters and jacks throughout our shorelines one live caballitos (if available that morning).

Good Fishing Brian

GORDO BANKS PANGAS
April 20th, 2025

Happy Easter Sunday to all of our anglers and friends!

This week, most of our captains got some well-deserved rest as they took Thursday through Sunday off. The tradition down here in Los Cabos is to go camping for 2-3 days throughout our beach shorelines. That said, our marina was fairly empty and not many charters went out.

The few boats that we had going out did well. Most of our charters focused on action closer to shore. We did notice that the sierra bite slowed down significantly as compared to the previous weeks. We are fishing these sierras on dead sardines as we continue with live bait struggles. The bait guys are bringing these sardines from the East Cape. We might see a few live caballito and mullet some mornings that we can use to troll for Roosterfish. Roosterfish action throughout our shorelines continues to get better as the water warms up. We are seeing bigger Roosters in the mix, some in the 30-pound class.

Bottom activity seemed to be slower this week as well. Even though we had a few nice grouper, snapper, amberjack, and yellowtail, the numbers were not great; only a couple quality bottom fish seen at the fillet table per day. The best bottom action came from Palmilla Point on jigs. Many charters are focusing on fishing the bottom and inshore around the Palmilla area early in the morning and then heading offshore from there (5-10 miles) in the search for a striped marlin. Not many marlin were reported this week; most boats were able to spot them, though they wouldn’t bite.

The main highlight this week was chasing yellowfin with porpoise schools offshore. Earlier in the week, these porpoise schools were spotted 45-50 miles out with great tuna action; most of them football size. As the week came to an end, porpoise schools were found as close as 24 miles from our marina, in the direction of Iman-Vinorama. A few 30–40-pound yellowfin were caught in the same mix. Surprisingly, we had a handful of nice wahoo, all over 40 pounds that were caught in the same porpoise schools on cedar plugs and Rapalas/Nomads. A total of 6 wahoo were brought to our fillet table this week; the biggest one weighing 58 pounds.

Good Fishing, Brian

GORDO BANKS PANGAS
April 13th, 2025

We are now experiencing the perfect weather, and we are trying to take advantage of it before it gets too hot. We are now feeling some heat throughout the days with most days being in the mid 80s; still pretty fresh in the mornings (high 60s and low 70s).

Not many boats tried fishing Vinorama, San Luis, and Iman areas this week. The few boats that gave it a shot did not have much success. Only one tuna (35 pounds), a few amberjack, a couple grouper, and a handful of white Bonita were caught throughout these areas.

Most fleets continue to focus closer to shore, with best action coming from Palmilla Point, Cerro Colorado, and The Westin. We continue to catch Sierra limits almost every day, with quality size Sierra in the mix, many of them over 6-7 pounds. While drifting dead sardines for Sierra, a handful of snapper, small grouper, and triggerfish were also caught. 

Some yellowtail and amberjack were reported at Palmilla Point too on jigs, in 120-140 ft of water. The boats that trolled live caballito and mullet throughout the shorelines of Palmilla, Costa Azul, and La Laguna, reported good Roosterfish action, most of them averaging 15-20 pounds.

Many of the boats fishing for Sierra are heading a bit offshore after catching their limit to look for a striped marlin or two. Many reports this week claimed seeing many marlin, though they wouldn’t bite much. We are using rigged ballyhoo and lures to target these marlin. Live bait (caballito) has been coming in handy when we get a marlin to chase the teasers. However, live bait continues to be an issue. Only a couple of boats a day are able to get live bait. Boats are starting to troll for marlin 5-6 miles offshore from Palmilla, covering grounds surrounding the 1150 Bank. While looking for marlin, a few wahoo and dorado were reported as well.

This week was very similar to the previous one. We are now headed into our slow season as we are starting to see the number of fishing charters at our marina decrease significantly; this usually happens right after sprink break. Whales are slowly starting to leave the area as well.

Good Fishing, Brian