GORDO BANKS PANGAS
November 30th, 2025

Activity at the marina slowed down significantly right after Thanksgiving as many families are flying back home. We are expecting another big wave of anglers the first 2 weeks of December.

The fleet continues to focus on finding yellowfin tuna. Iman was the most consistent fishing ground earlier in the week as we saw decent tuna numbers and a handful of nice size dorado and wahoo as well. Most of these tuna are small, averaging 5-10 pounds, though we did see nicer 20-40 pounders in that same area. Later in the week, a couple of boats found better action and size (15-30 pounds) tuna towards Vinorama. This Sunday, most boats focused at Punta Gorda closer to shore (due to wind) and were able to bring yellowfin up to the surface on live sardines.

The fleet is mostly using strips of squid and dead sardines. There are live sardines available most mornings, though most boats are not waiting as we are seeing them late in the morning around 8:00-8:30 am and the supply is usually low. These sardines are coming from Hilton/Cabo Real area. Later in the week, a couple of bait guys found sardines and caballitos in front of the lighthouse close to us. This supply was enough for only a couple of boats.

The wahoo bite continues to be spotty. We might see a good wahoo day and then the next one is a great challenge to find them. We had some days were some boats had up to 3 wahoo while losing a few other strikes. The guys focusing on wahoo are covering grounds from Vinorama to Punta Gorda, finding more production at Iman, La Fortuna, and Cardon. Live bait (chiwili) continues to be a favorite, though ballyhoo and Rapalas/lures worked well too.

Many captains reported seeing big sharks, what seemed to be Tigers in the Imán to La Fortuna area. One boat experienced a shark cutting 2 wahoo in half back to back.

If you are interested in a bigger yellowfin tuna, there is still a good chance at the Inner and Outer Gordos. Most boats were able to see the big boils and surface bait chasing, though they couldn’t get many bites. Not even going light on tackle, which was not a great idea as these tuna are big ranging from 80 to 200+ pounds. Only a handful of lucky boats were able to hook up. This Saturday, one of our boats lost a big one after an hour and a half that hit on a live chiwili. 

Good Fishing, Brian

GORDO BANKS PANGAS
November 23rd, 2025

We are now winding down the busy fall season. As we head into Thanksgiving week, we are seeing more families get out on the water as they try to add some fresh fish to their dinner menu and get a glimpse of whales and their babies. Typically, after Thanksgiving we see a lull in tourist activity, as people begin planning for the Christmas and New Year’s Holidays. This week, the weather allowed for good fishing conditions, though the wind forecast was unpredictable for most of the week. Ocean swells were minimal, though we did see North winds creeping in later in the mornings. This did not affect our fishing plan much as we were still able to focus on our go-to fishing grounds.

We had a decent yellowfin tuna bite at the Inner Gordo this week. Not all boats were able to capitalize on this bite as the tuna were a bit finicky. Many captains reported having big tuna boil right next to the boat, though would not bite. Some of these captains even tried going down to 30# test and had no bites. Bait preference varied by day; some days it was live sardines, some others dead sardines or squid worked better. Most of the tuna caught at the Inner were nice size in the range of 40 to 90 pounds. We did see more production early in the week as some boats were coming in with 2 to 5 nice sized tuna. We also saw bigger tuna while slow trolling live chiwilis, small skipjacks, and bulitos. The biggest tuna caught this week on a live chiwili by our fleet was 166 pounds. One sailfish and a handful of striped marlin were also caught while slow trolling live chiwilis and skipjacks.

The highlight of the week was tuna action less than 5 miles from our marina. This bite was consistent throughout the week, seeing more action earlier in the mornings. Most boats found these tuna closer to shore (around half a mile, some days 1/4 of a mile). These boats focused in the areas of La Laguna and in front of Puerto Los Cabos homes. We even saw them closer to Secrets and Marriott Hotel some days. These tuna preferred live sardines. Many boats tried dead sardines and squid in this area and would not get a bite. The average size tuna in this area was 15-18 pounds, though we did see many of them in the 35–40-pound range. Within this same area, we also saw good dorado numbers. Similar to Gordo, we saw more production early in the week as many boats were able to get their limit within the first hours of the day. The bite slowed down towards the end of the week, much having to do with not having enough live bait to chum.

The bait guys continue to net sardines towards the Hilton/Cabo Real area. The sardina supply has been inconsistent. Some days, the sardine supply was not enough to supply all boats. We had a very low supply this weekend. Since we are getting live sardines later in the morning (around 7:00-7:30 am), many boats are not waiting for them and going straight to the Gordo with dead sardines and squid, hoping that the chiwili will come up. Chiwilis were tough all week; many boats were not able to find them at all.

The wahoo bite remained spotty for most part of the week. Friday was a good day for wahoo within the fishing grounds of Iman, La Fortuna, and 25. On Tuesday and Wednesday, we saw more wahoo activity in the Punta Gorda and Inner Gordo area. Most of these wahoo were caught on chiwili, some on Rapalas and rigged ballyhoo. The biggest wahoo this week came in at 67 pounds.

Good Fishing, Brian

GORDO BANKS PANGAS
November 16th, 2025

The week started off great with a hot wahoo bite at Iman. On Monday, many of our boats came in with 4-6 wahoo, while still losing many more. Quality size wahoo averaging 25-35 pounds. On this day, wahoo were hitting almost anything, Rapalas, ballyhoo, jigs, and chiwlis (live and dead). The bigger wahoo came on the live chiwilis. However, Tuesday was much different, we had many boats try for wahoo in the same area and we were able to only account for a handful between 15 boats or so. The rest of the week remained very slow for wahoo a complete switch.

Throughout the week, we still had a few of them at the fillet table every day, though they were a challenge. Most of the boats that focused on wahoo reported losing most of the strikes on live bait (chiwilis). Chiwilis were tough to catch for most part of the week. Captains reported seeing the chiwili deeper and for some reason wouldn’t come up as much, only at specific times of the day. We kept hearing from reports that 8:30 to 9:30 was a better time to target chiwilis. The current made it challenging at Iman to try for chiwili. Most of the chiwili were caught at the Gordo. Some boats trolled their chiwilis at Punta Gorda, closer to shore, and were able to get some wahoo and dorado later in the morning.

The highlight of this week was a hot yellowfin tuna bite at the Gordo. We saw good numbers at both the Outer and Inner Gordo, though we saw nicer size tuna at the Inner towards the end of the week.

On Thursday, we finally started to see some live sardines. The bait guys are netting good size sardines towards Hilton Hotel/Cerro Colorado area. We saw a good supply Thursday through this Sunday. We are hoping sardines are available throughout the rest of the month as we have noticed a big difference getting these tuna to come up to feed on the surface. On Thursday, most of the tuna caught were small footballs. We started to see more quality fish on Friday, tuna in the 30–40-pound range. This weekend, most of the tuna caught were nice size averaging 40 to 80 pounds. In the same area, some boats landed a few dorado as they came up to chase the live sardines. 

Some boats tried specifically for bigger tuna trolling live chiwilis or small skipjacks. We had 3 big tuna this week, all on live chiwilis. The biggest ones this week were 211, 188, and 150 pounds. 

Good Fishing, Brian