GORDO BANKS PANGAS
September 8th, 2024

We are closely monitoring weather conditions as we are seeing storm development in the Pacific. As of now, it is most likely that we will get a decent amount of rain and 20-30 kt winds for the following weekend, primarily Friday night and Saturday morning. If you are down in the Los Cabos area, please make sure you follow the forecast and take the necessary precautions.

The main highlight this week was more dorado action. Most of the boats going out, were able to catch their dorado limit (2 per license). The bite started towards the end of the week and seems to be spread out across, with most boats fishing Iman, Cardon, Gordo, Punta Gorda, and Palmilla. All these spots have been holding big schools of dorado, though most of them are on the smaller side, averaging around 8-10 pounds. This week, the bait guys were able to net some sardines throughout the shoreline from Palmilla to our marina; this has contributed significantly when finding the schools of dorado. We did see some bigger dorado offshore while targeting marlin on lures and ballyhoo.

Earlier this week, a few wahoo were caught in San Luis and Iman while trolling Rapalas and rigged ballyhoo. A handful of wahoo were also caught offshore with marlin lures. The most popular lure colors for these wahoo seem to be red/orange/green/yellow. Most boats are starting their day closer to Gordo and continue their day trolling towards 1150 and Cabrillo. This week, we had many reports of big schools of small flying fish, though not a lot of activity around them.

The inner Gordo is showing good signs for the upcoming weeks. A few boats reported chumming sardines and strips of skipjacks and seeing dorado, tuna, and wahoo feed on the chum line. A few small tuna were also caught at the Gordo while trying to catch skipjacks for bait. While chumming strips of skippies, dogtooth and yellow snappers were also caught, though it was difficult to fish the bottom on some days due to the currents. This week, one of the local pangeros landed a 354-pound Black Marlin in between the inner and outer Gordo on a live skipjack.

This Saturday, we had some unexpected rain and wind, and most boats decided to fish closer to shore. A couple of our charters focused specifically on Punta Gorda, less than a mile from shore, and it was full of action. One of the boats caught 12 dorado (only kept their limit and released the rest), a couple Sierra, 1 Sailfish and lost a nice wahoo close to the boat.

Good Fishing, Brian

GORDO BANKS PANGAS
September 1st, 2024

This Friday August 30th marked one year of my father, Eric Brictson’s passing. We thank you all for your continued loyalty and support to Gordo Banks Pangas throughout this difficult year. We are committed to continuing his legacy of honest and accurate fishing reports and sportfishing charters. We are writing a shorter than usual report this week and will be back next Sunday, September 7th with our routine weekly report. Enjoy a few pictures from this week below.

We continue to catch yellowfin tuna offshore with porpoise schools. Most of these schools were found closer to Cabrillo this week. This weekend, we saw a handful of fish over the 100-pound mark, the biggest one around 160-170 pounds.

Spotty wahoo bite at San Luis and Iman. Most of the strikes came on XRaps (greenish color) and rigged ballyhoo/live caballito. On Thursday, captain Tony on the Hooker was able to land 4 nice wahoo, while losing a couple more. The bite remained spotty throughout the weekend.

More dorado and marlin (striped and blue) were caught closer to shore, anywhere from 10-12 miles out from our marina. Good areas to start were towards Palmilla point heading towards Gordo Banks or viceversa.

Good Fishing, Brian 

GORDO BANKS PANGAS
August 25th, 2024

Slow tourist activity as seen in previous weeks. Very hot and humid conditions.

The main highlight this week was an unexpected wahoo bite. The best days were Thursday and Friday as some boats were able to land 2 or 3, as well as a handful of dorado. These wahoo were hooked while looking for marlin a bit closer to shore. Most of the strikes came around Cerro Colorado and The Westin Regina area, 3-5 miles from shore. All these wahoo were hooked on marlin lures and rigged ballyhoo. This group of wahoo were nice sized, most of them over 30 pounds. Within the same area, there was a good chance of running into some schools of dorado. Most of the dorado seen were small juveniles, with an occasional 20-30 pounder in the mix.

Towards Gordo Banks, Cabrillo, and 1150, we continue to see good numbers of striped and blue marlin. This far out, there is a good chance of running into a few porpoise schools. Many of the local guys have been specifically targeting yellowfin tuna with these porpoise schools. Most of the tuna caught averaged 30-40 pounds, though we did see one closer to 200 pounds on Friday and heard reports of a handful of big ones lost after long battles.

A couple of Black Marlin were also hooked in between the inner and outer Gordo on live skipjacks. One of the local boats landed a 350-pound Black Marlin on Wednesday, a long 4 hour battle on 50 pound test and 120# fluoro leader.

Not a lot of reports coming from San Luis, Vinorama, or Iman at this time. There is a chance of catching a few bottom fish earlier in the morning while jigging. We saw a 65+ pound amberjack caught at Iman this weekend.  Some small dorado were also caught on live caballito.

Good Fishing, Brian