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May 4th, 2025

Not many of the bigger tuna were reported this week at Vinorama and San Luis. We did see a couple throughout the week, but the bite was very slow and spotty for most boats. This Saturday, one of our captains landed 2 yellowfin, one came in at 78 pounds and the other at 112 pounds. The smaller one was hooked on a jig and the bigger one on a live caballito. 10 other boats were trying for tuna in the same area and had no hook ups. Talk about being at the right spot at the right time!

The small footballs are still anywhere from 35-50 miles out on most days. Most of the boats doing the long run have been successful, catching their limits quickly. While chasing tuna with the porpoise schools, a handful of big wahoo have also been landed by surprise.

Two big 30–35-pound dorado were caught this week a few miles offshore from Palmilla Point on small lures. A few other big dorado and wahoo were reported 10-15 miles offshore while looking for marlin on lures and rigged ballyhoo. Some of these wahoo were in the 60–70-pound range. A few smaller wahoo were also reported while trolling XRaps/Nomads, and rigged ballyhoo covering the grounds of San Luis, Vinorama, and Iman. Some dorado were reported in these grounds as well slow trolling live caballitos or fast trolling ballyhoo and lures.

Bottom action continues to be slow and spotty on most days. Throughout the week, we had 4-5 amberjack and 5 decent sized groupers. These boats reported jigging for most part of the day and only having a couple hits. A handful of red snapper were also caught on the jigs earlier in the morning.

Throughout our shorelines, we continue to see bigger Roosterfish come in. We are slow trolling live caballitos and mullet. Most of these Roosters are averaging 15-25 pounds, though we are seeing some in the 40-50 pound range already. We are also seeing some big jacks and some Sierra while trolling for Roosters. Best action seems to be coming from San Luis (inshore), Zacatón, and La Laguna. We are still not seeing live sardines in the mornings, though we are seeing live caballitos and mullets more consistently.

The most consistent bite has been the white Bonitas at Vinorama and San Luis. While drifting bait for tuna, we have been able to land them while jigging. These Bonita help secure dinner as there is a big chance of striking out with these tuna. 

Good Fishing, Brian

GORDO BANKS PANGAS
April 27th, 2025

Some boats continue to do the long run out looking for yellowfin tuna. They are finding porpoise schools 40-55 miles out on most days. Most of the tuna caught this week with the porpoise schools were footballs in the range of 5-15 pounds. Due to the long run and size of these tuna, many of the local pangeros decided to try areas closer by in search of bigger quality fish.

Towards the end of the week, the fleet was able to land a handful of nice yellowfin in the Vinorama and San Luis area. Even though the bite is not hot, we are seeing 2-3 quality size tuna at the fillet tables almost every day. Most of these tuna were in the 50-90 pound class; the biggest one caught this week was 138 pounds. These fish were hooked on strips of squid and live caballito. One tuna was reported on a dead sardine. While drifting sardines and squid for tuna, we were also able to land white Bonita on the jigs.

Within the same area, we also saw a handful of wahoo and dorado. Some of these wahoo were 60-70 pounds. 3 of these wahoo came from slow trolling live caballitos, one drifting sardines, 3 on Rápalas/Nomads, 2 on ballyhoo, and one on a jig. A handful of striped marlin were reported in the same area as well.

Bottom action was a bit slower this week, though we did see a few nice amberjack and grouper on the jigs. Bottom action at Palmilla was a lot slower this week. Most of the bottom action came from San Luis, Vinorama, La Fortuna, and Cardón.  Not many Sierra were caught this week. We are catching nice sized roosters and jacks throughout our shorelines one live caballitos (if available that morning).

Good Fishing Brian

GORDO BANKS PANGAS
April 20th, 2025

Happy Easter Sunday to all of our anglers and friends!

This week, most of our captains got some well-deserved rest as they took Thursday through Sunday off. The tradition down here in Los Cabos is to go camping for 2-3 days throughout our beach shorelines. That said, our marina was fairly empty and not many charters went out.

The few boats that we had going out did well. Most of our charters focused on action closer to shore. We did notice that the sierra bite slowed down significantly as compared to the previous weeks. We are fishing these sierras on dead sardines as we continue with live bait struggles. The bait guys are bringing these sardines from the East Cape. We might see a few live caballito and mullet some mornings that we can use to troll for Roosterfish. Roosterfish action throughout our shorelines continues to get better as the water warms up. We are seeing bigger Roosters in the mix, some in the 30-pound class.

Bottom activity seemed to be slower this week as well. Even though we had a few nice grouper, snapper, amberjack, and yellowtail, the numbers were not great; only a couple quality bottom fish seen at the fillet table per day. The best bottom action came from Palmilla Point on jigs. Many charters are focusing on fishing the bottom and inshore around the Palmilla area early in the morning and then heading offshore from there (5-10 miles) in the search for a striped marlin. Not many marlin were reported this week; most boats were able to spot them, though they wouldn’t bite.

The main highlight this week was chasing yellowfin with porpoise schools offshore. Earlier in the week, these porpoise schools were spotted 45-50 miles out with great tuna action; most of them football size. As the week came to an end, porpoise schools were found as close as 24 miles from our marina, in the direction of Iman-Vinorama. A few 30–40-pound yellowfin were caught in the same mix. Surprisingly, we had a handful of nice wahoo, all over 40 pounds that were caught in the same porpoise schools on cedar plugs and Rapalas/Nomads. A total of 6 wahoo were brought to our fillet table this week; the biggest one weighing 58 pounds.

Good Fishing, Brian