GORDO BANKS PANGAS
October 19th, 2025
Good week of fishing for our marina, especially our local fishermen. The big tournaments started this week. We had the Bisbee’s Los Cabos Offshore Tournament start on Wednesday (3-day tournament). A handful of local fishermen from our marina had a successful tournament. Congratulations to team BURRO with our captains Chame, Freddy, Pollo, Mauri, and Lalo on winning the Day 1 Dorado Jackpot with a 43-pound Bull Dorado. This Dorado made them $45,900. From our marina, team North Star with captain Romelio also took home $45,900 with the Day 2 Tuna Jackpot with a 185-pound yellowfin. Captain Eduardo (Copeche) landed a 247-pound tuna on Day 1; unfortunately, did not take home any money as a 294-pound tuna beat them on the daily jackpots. This was the biggest tuna of the tournament.
The highlight of the week was captain Chuy and angler Terry landing a 302-pound yellowfin tuna on Wednesday (not on the tournament). They hooked this fish early in the morning at the Outer Gordo before all the tournaments boats got there. This was a tough battle on 60# test; they were able to land this fish under 2 hours as it died, and tail wrapped after the first hour. This tuna was hooked on a live skipjack.
On Saturday, captain Daniel with angler Mark caught a 297 pounder at the Gordo. On Sunday, Captain Chucho lost a big tuna right at the gaff after a 2-hour fight. They hooked this fish on a chunk of skipjack. They estimated this fish to be between 250 and 300 pounds. A handful of 80–130-pound tuna were also caught at the Gordo this week using strips of squid, chunks of skipjack, and live bulito/small skipjack. There has been a lot of pressure on these waters, but there is definitely a chance of hooking into a monster. We are seeing 4-5 good hookups at the Gordo almost every day.
Towards San Luis and Iman, we saw good yellowfin action on live sardines and strips of squid. Most of these tuna were on the smaller side, averaging 5-10 pounds, though we did see many in the 40-80 pound range. Since we were fishing lighter tackle, many of the bigger ones ended up breaking off. A lot of skipjack in this same area. Live bait was a challenge Wednesday through Friday due to the tournament. We had a good supply of live sardines this weekend.
Many boats tried for wahoo this week, though we only saw 2 at the fillet tables all week. Not a lot of dorado to report either, only a handful of smaller ones (most of them were released). Currents were not ideal this week and it was challenging to try and get to the bottom with chunks of skipjack. We did see a few nice dogtooth, grouper, and amberjack on days where the current was manageable.
Good Fishing, Brian
