GORDO BANKS PANGAS
July 20th, 2025

Another slow week for us. Not many charters or activity at our marina. Throughout our high spots (Iman, San Luis, and Vinorama), we saw clear blue water averaging 84 to 86 degrees for most of the week. Earlier in the week, water temp at San Luis and Vinorama was 81-82.

Monday was the most productive day of the week for us as we saw a handful of red snapper, amberjack, and tuna at our fillet table. Most of these came on jigs, even a 65-pound  tuna, which put up a great fight on 30# test. A couple of tuna were also landed on strips of squid. This tuna bite remained slow, as well as the bottom bite. Many of the boats that put in the time on jigs only reported a couple strikes all morning.

Trolling lures, Rapalas, and ballyhoo throughout our high spots did not show good results. We only accounted 3 small female dorado in between all pangas.

We continue to see nice size Roosters along our shorelines. The best action continues to be at La Laguna, Zacaton, and Hotel Zone (trailer park to La Bocana). The bigger Roosters seems to be at San Luis (inshore). The Sierra bite slowed down at Palmilla and Cerro Colorado this week. Only a few boats reported catching one or two on small Rapalas. Many of these boats also tried jigging at Palmilla, though most of them came in empty.

The main highlight this week was a porpoise school 7-8 miles out from Vinorama on Thursday that held nice size tuna. Only 3 boats fished this school as not many charters went out this day. One of our pangas landed 4 tuna, one of them weighing 106 pounds; the other 3 were 60-80 pounds.

Towards the ends of the week, the bait guys were able to net some live sardines throughout the jetty structures of the marina. These were medium size for the most part; we are hoping to see them grow a bit more for our busy Fall months.

Good Fishing, Brian