GORDO BANKS PANGAS
June 14th, 2026
We are seeing decent foot traffic at our marina and downtown San Jose del Cabo areas. Many anglers start arriving in June to target the big Roosterfish throughout our shorelines.
This was a challenging week as we experienced strong south winds for most of the week. Even though it was windy, we were able to fish our go-to fishing grounds from Vinorama to Cardon most days. Green water pushed in from the Pacific because of the wind. Most of our boats had limited options and the best one was to cover the most ground with lures/feathers, rigged ballyhoo, and Rapalas at a chance at some dorado, wahoo, and marlin.
We saw decent dorado numbers all week; though we did start seeing more of the small females, especially closer to shore. As a reminder, dorado are amongst the fastest growing species in the ocean, so it is important to release the small females if possible. This Saturday, one boat reported releasing 6 small dorado closer to shore!
A handful of nice size wahoo (25-35 pounds) were caught throughout the areas of Vinorama to Cardon, most of them on ballyhoo. While looking for marlin offshore, we also saw a handful of bigger size wahoo (40+) on lures. The biggest wahoo caught this week came in at 65 pounds on a marlin lure.
Big dorado schools were also spotted while looking for marlin. Earlier in the week, some boats came in with 2 or 3 big bulls, most of them in the 30–40-pound range.
Not much tuna action to report at this time. On Saturday, porpoise schools were spotted closer in, around 3-4 miles offshore from San Luis. The boats that made the run reported slow action, though a few nice quality fish were caught. One of our pangas landed a 90 pounder this Saturday while slow trolling live caballito on top of these schools.
Another panga reported 3 nice tuna hookups at San Luis on live caballito this Saturday. However, these tuna did not have a chance after their first run as we continue to experience shark struggles. Big schools of sharks were spotted from Vinorama to Iman, as well as big schools of small bulito and skipjack.
Closer to shore, we continue to see good Roosterfish action. We are consistently seeing bigger roosters every day, many of them in the 40 to 50 pound class. Great fights on lighter tackle!
While slow trolling live baits (caballito and green jacks), a few boats were able to land big dogtooth snapper and medium-size amberjack as well. A handful of medium/big size dorado were also landed trolling baits closer to shore.
Bottom action remains slow and challenging due to strong currents. We did have a few boats specifically try for bottom, though they did not have good reports. These boats were able to land smaller snapper and triggerfish, all of them on bait.
Good Fishing, Brian
