GORDO BANKS PANGAS
June 1st, 2025
Our port was closed Friday at 2:00 pm due to the Tropical Storm Alvin. Throughout our area, there was not much going on, light winds and rain throughout most of Saturday. We are expecting the port to be reopened later this Sunday. We plan to be back on the water tomorrow morning as none of our pangas were taken out of the water.
We had decent action throughout our week. The main highlight was a good striped marlin bite throughout most of our high spots, including areas not too far offshore. Many of the boats that specifically targeted marlin, were able to land a couple, lost a few, and spotted many of them free jumping or on the surface. Most of our boats focused on the areas of the inner and outer Gordo. On Friday, one boat reported spotting 15 to 20 marlin on the surface within the first hour of fishing at the Outer Gordo. They caught 3 marlin in a couple hours and then decided to come back inshore and cover the grounds of Iman and 25. They landed one nice wahoo and one dorado on rigged ballyhoo. This has mostly been the gameplan for most pangas; target marlin and then look for a wahoo or dorado, or vice versa.
Most of the wahoo caught throughout the areas of Vinorama, San Luis, Iman, and 25 have been on the smaller side, averaging 15 to 25 pounds. The bigger ones seem to prefer the surrounding areas of both Gordos and the 1150 Bank. On Thursday and Friday, many boats also caught small yellowfin at the Iner and Outer Gordos while trolling small Rapalas and lures. We also saw more dorado this week in the mix, nothing big to account for at this time; mostly 8 to 15 pounders; however, this is a great sign. On Friday, one panga had 4 yellowfin and 3 dorado, while losing a few other nice fish. One other boat reported 4 small yellowfin on small Rapalas at Vinorama and San Luis.
Bottom action was very slow this week. We did see a couple of amberjack and grouper, though most boats did not target the bottom. Roosterfish action throughout our shorelines continues to be productive as long as there are live caballitos and mullet. Live bait continues to be limited most mornings.
Good Fishing, Brian
