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

GORDO BANKS PANGAS
June 14^th, 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