GORDO BANKS PANGAS
August 2nd, 2026

The port reopened Tuesday morning after the passing of Hurricane Genevieve. We got light showers (mostly offshore), minimal wind, though we did see some swell and waves. Not many boats fished on Tuesday as waters were still choppy throughout the day.

The Bisbee’s East Cape Offshore (3-day tournament) started on Wednesday, where many local teams participated. There were 5 qualifying Black Marlin. Local pangero Picura and his son got 4th heaviest marlin with a 433 lb black. There were also 2 qualifying Blue Marlin, on of them being the heaviest fish of the tournament at 675 pounds. The heaviest tuna came in at 192 pounds. The heaviest dorado came in at 41.6 pounds.

Instead of looking for porpoise schools offshore, most of our boats focused their efforts at Vinorama and both Inner/Outer Gordos. We were honestly not expecting such a good week, especially after the hurricane’s passing. We had a great tuna bite at Vinorama on live sardines; however, still many sharks in the area. As the week progressed, captains reported less issues with sharks. Most of these tuna were nice size, in the range of 25 to 80 pounds. A handful of dorado were also caught while fishing tuna on live sardines. No wahoo were reported this week.

This weekend, we weighed 7 tuna that came from Outer Gordo. All of these were caught on live bulito and skipjack. The biggest tuna was caught by Captain Chuy on a live skipjack. He landed this fish in one hour, weighing 282 pound. The other 6 tuna were in the range of 178 to 240 pounds. Two black marlin were also caught in this area on Saturday, one of them weighing 380 lbs, the other one closer to 450 lbs. 

More bait schools were spotted at the Inner. A couple of boats drifted chunks of skipjack for a chance at some bottom action. One of them caught 4 nice dogtooth snapper on Friday, while losing a few other.

Good Fishing, Brian

GORDO BANKS PANGAS
July 23rd to the 26th, 2026

The port captain/authority announced this morning that the port will close down tonight (Sunday) at 10:00 pm. We are hoping that the port reopens sometime on Tuesday; we are still not sure if we will be able to fish on Tuesday. As of now, Hurricane Genevieve is sitting at approximately 520 miles southwest of Los Cabos at a category 3 status. It is expected to increase its strength to a category 4 by tomorrow Monday morning. This hurricane is expected to continue its path towards the west, not affecting our area much. We are expecting some swell, wind, and minimal rain (if any). 

From mid to end of week, options were limited. As expected, most boats focused their efforts offshore looking for birds, bait, and porpoise schools. On Saturday, a few boats found porpoise schools only 2 miles to the South of the Outer Gordo. Only 3 boats out of 5 that were fishing this school were able to land tuna as they were finicky. Captains reported these tuna just killing the bait (caballitos) and not coming back for it. Most of the tuna in this school were in the 50-70 pound range. One lucky boat was able to land 3 within this school.

This Sunday, porpoise schools were found farther out towards the 1150. Again, the tuna were not as active; one of the pangas only landed 1 tuna at the 30 mile mark; the other panga also landed 1 at the 38 mile mark. Both tuna were around 60 pounds. This is a long run on the pangas for this “hit or miss” type of fishing.

While looking for porpoise schools, we did see decent blue marlin numbers on lures and rigged ballyhoo, most of these fish under 300 lbs. Some lucky boats came across some dorado and wahoo, though only a handful made it to the fillet tables.

Options towards Vinorama, San Luis, and Iman remain limited. Not many boats focused their efforts throughout these grounds as we still continue to have issues with sharks. One boat reported seeing good tuna boils at San Luis on Friday and hooking 1 off the bat; unfortunately, the sharks got to it right away and remained in the area all morning.

There is a chance of hooking into a nice dorado or wahoo while trolling ballyhoo and Rápalas from Vinorama all the way to Cardon, though numbers haven’t been great either.

We continue to see decent Roosterfish action throughout the hotel corridors shorelines and Punta Gorda/Zacatitos/ La Laguna.

Good Fishing, Brian

GORDO BANKS PANGAS
Report from July 13th to the 22nd

As we progress into peak summer season, we start to see lighter crowds of tourists arriving. Local weather in the Los Cabos area is feeling more tropical and humid. We are also starting to see storm development throughout the Pacific. We will keep a close eye on this as the forecast is significantly changing daily, though it seems we are expecting bad weather on the 29th.

Fishing remains challenging as options are limited. We keep seeing the best action offshore, though it can be hit or miss as we are not finding porpoise schools every day and not all schools are holding tuna, or some days they just don’t want to bite. We did see nice size tuna offshore, most action coming around 25-30 miles. Most of the tuna caught were in the 40 to 130 pound range. A couple boats reported losing big ones after long battles. One of the pangas lost one close to the boat after 4 hours last weekend; the captain estimated this fish around the 250-pound range. The bigger tuna were caught on live caballito or small skipjacks/bulito. Most of these smaller tuna came on poppers.

While looking for surface activity offshore, some boats were able to land big dorado and medium-size wahoo on rigged ballyhoo and lures, though numbers were not great. One boat reported a 56-pound bull a couple days ago.

Better numbers of blue marlin came in this week. On average, we were hearing reports of 3-4 blues a day between our panga dock area. Most of these marlin are small to medium size, in the range of 120 to 360 pounds, also caught on lures and ballyhoo.

Closer to shore, throughout the areas of Vinorama, San Luis, and Iman, we saw more production as compared to previous weeks where we couldn’t fish those grounds due to shark activity. We are still dealing with sharks, though we are seeing less every day. We are hoping these waters clear out within the next weeks. While trolling X-Raps and ballyhoo, a handful of lucky boats were able to land wahoo and dorado. Again, these numbers were not great as you were lucky to get one or two strikes on a morning outing. A handful of small yellowfin were also caught on the Rápalas.

Bottom fishing also remains on the slower end. The best area for bottom opportunities at this time seems to be Inner Gordo. We saw a few small to medium size dogtooth snapper on chunks of bulito and skipjack. Not much action to report on the jigs, other than skipjack.

Throughout the shorelines of San Luis, we continue to see medium/big size Roosters (30-50 lbs.), though numbers seem to be decreasing. While trolling live baits (caballito and green jacks) throughout the shorelines of San Luis, there is also a chance of a dogtooth snapper or grouper. Throughout the shorelines next to our marina and the hotel zone, we are also seeing decent Rooster numbers, though they are smaller, most of them in the 8-to-20-pound range.

Good Fishing, Brian