GORDO BANKS PANGAS
June 15th, 2025

This was a slow week at our marina in terms of charters and fish brough to the fillet tables.

Caballito supply was down significantly as compared to the previous weeks. Bait guys were able to net more mullet than caballito this week, which works just as good for Roosterfish. Rooster action continues to be good, though it is hard to specifically focus on this type of fishing due to the low bait supply some days. Hot areas for Rooster action has been throughout the Hotel Zone shoreline (Trailer Park), La Bocana, and La Laguna. We did see bigger Roosters throughout the shoreline of San Luis, some of them in the 40–50-pound range.

Most boats focused inshore this week for the first few hours of the morning and then headed offshore to look for a marlin, dorado, or wahoo. Not much action was reported throughout the week. This weekend was much better as most boats hooked into multiple marlin. We also saw a handful of big dorado (30-45 pounds) and a couple of big wahoo. Most of these strikes came on rigged ballyhoo and marlin lures. We covered areas from both Gordos, Calderon, and 1150 Bank. Many boats reported spotting some big dorados in schools, though they wouldn’t bite on lures or ballyhoo; these boats did not have live caballitos to pitch to them.

Not much bottom action to report this week. One of our boats specifically tried 10-12 different rock piles and reefs on Friday (with 4 anglers) and reported zero strikes (fishing both jigs and live bait).

Good Fishing, Brian

GORDO BANKS PANGAS
June 8^th, 2025

This was a busy week for us as most schools are out for summer break. Usually, the first week of June is crowded and then it slows down significantly throughout the month of June all the way through September. This time of year, we must keep a close eye on storm development in the Pacific.

Most of our charters focused inshore this week as we have had a hot Roosterfish bite throughout our shorelines.  Bait guys have been able to net plenty of caballito and mullet daily. The hot areas for Roosterfish continue to be throughout the Hotel Zone (Trailer Park), La Bocana, Secrets and Marriot Hotels. You will find plenty of Roosters throughout this area averaging 10-20 pounds. If you head towards La Laguna, Zacaton, and San Luis (inshore), there is a better chance at landing a bigger Rooster. This week, 8 Roosters were reported over 45-50 pounds and many of them averaging 20-30 pounds in this area. While trolling live bait for these Roosters, a few boats were also able to hook into some big Jacks.

Most of the boats fishing inshore, also tried offshore after a few hours of catching and releasing Roosterfish in the early morning. These boats headed straight offshore, pretty much a direct shot from our marina. They concentrated in the surrounding areas of the 95 and 1150 Banks. Reports indicated that the best action came in 74 to 77 degree water. These boats were specifically targeting small yellowfin tuna on small Rapalas and lures. On most days, the run out to these areas was around 18-22 miles from our marina. Even though the numbers were not great, we did see a handful of small yellowfin every day at the fillet table. These tuna were averaging 15-30 pounds. While trolling for tuna, we also saw a handful of nice size dorado and wahoo. Many of these dorado were hitting the X-Raps and Nomads. Most of the wahoo came on X-Raps, Nomad DTXs, and rigged ballyhoo. Not many marlin were reported this week. Most boats reported seeing many of them, though they wouldn’t seem to be interested in the lures, ballyhoo, or live bait.

Many tuna in the 50-100 pound range came to the fillet tables this week, all from chasing porpoise schools anywhere from 35 to 50 miles out. Since these tuna are bigger, as compared to previous weeks, a lot more private boats are doing the long run.

Not much bottom action was reported this week. We did have a few boat try many of our go-to bottom reefs in San Luis, Vinorama, La Fortuna, and Cardon, though many of them came in empty handed. We only had 2 amberjack and 1 grouper this week.

Good Fishing, Brian

GORDO BANKS PANGAS
June 1st, 2025

Our port was closed Friday at 2:00 pm due to the Tropical Storm Alvin. Throughout our area, there was not much going on, light winds and rain throughout most of Saturday. We are expecting the port to be reopened later this Sunday. We plan to be back on the water tomorrow morning as none of our pangas were taken out of the water.

We had decent action throughout our week. The main highlight was a good striped marlin bite throughout most of our high spots, including areas not too far offshore. Many of the boats that specifically targeted marlin, were able to land a couple, lost a few, and spotted many of them free jumping or on the surface. Most of our boats focused on the areas of the inner and outer Gordo. On Friday, one boat reported spotting 15 to 20 marlin on the surface within the first hour of fishing at the Outer Gordo. They caught 3 marlin in a couple hours and then decided to come back inshore and cover the grounds of Iman and 25. They landed one nice wahoo and one dorado on rigged ballyhoo. This has mostly been the gameplan for most pangas; target marlin and then look for a wahoo or dorado, or vice versa.

Most of the wahoo caught throughout the areas of Vinorama, San Luis, Iman, and 25 have been on the smaller side, averaging 15 to 25 pounds. The bigger ones seem to prefer the surrounding areas of both Gordos and the 1150 Bank. On Thursday and Friday, many boats also caught small yellowfin at the Iner and Outer Gordos while trolling small Rapalas and lures. We also saw more dorado this week in the mix, nothing big to account for at this time; mostly 8 to 15 pounders; however, this is a great sign. On Friday, one panga had 4 yellowfin and 3 dorado, while losing a few other nice fish. One other boat reported 4 small yellowfin on small Rapalas at Vinorama and San Luis.

Bottom action was very slow this week. We did see a couple of amberjack and grouper, though most boats did not target the bottom. Roosterfish action throughout our shorelines continues to be productive as long as there are live caballitos and mullet. Live bait continues to be limited most mornings.

Good Fishing, Brian