GORDO BANKS PANGAS
December 28th, 2025

Last fish report of 2025. We want to take time on this post to thank all of our clients for such an amazing year, packed with great catches and fun times. We had a good tuna bite throughout the year, including many in the 200–300-pound club, big black Marlin, good bottom action, and a great November for wahoo. Even though the year started off slow for dorado, we had good numbers in November/December, most of them good size. We hope that our live bait situation is better next year.

Only moderate numbers of anglers in town now, though we are seeing quite a few vacationing families arriving to take advantage of the ideal wintertime climate. We had a warm week with clear sunny skies in the high 80s, low 90s. We do not remember such a warm December! With ocean water temperatures now ranging 77 to 80 degrees on most fishing grounds, we are still seeing some excellent action for some of the most popular pelagic gamefish species, with the main target species being dorado, yellowfin tuna, and wahoo. Some fortunate anglers are catching a gram slam of all three of these fish during one morning outing. 

This week was full of action; great way to end the year! We had productive days from both directions. Since sardines were netted throughout the Palmilla shoreline, most boats decided to stay within the area of The Westin, Cerro Colorado, and Palmilla Point. On most days, most boats were able to catch their tuna limit. Most of these tuna were in the smaller side, averaging 5-8 pounds. While boats waited for sardines, they trolled lures, Rapalas, and ballyhoo for wahoo and dorado. A handful of nice dorado and wahoo were picked off this way.

The boats that went towards La Fortuna, Cardon, and Punta Gorda also had great action on the smaller tuna. These areas did produce more dorado action, most of them in the 15-25 pound range. We had many dorado in the 30-35 pound range as well.

The Outer and Inner Gordo are still producing big yellowfin. More bait (skipjack and bulito) were seen at the Outer. Many boats started the day off at the Outer and then headed to the Inner if no bites came after a couple of hours of trolling big baits. Many boats did hook up at the Outer; 12 tuna in the 90 to 220 pound range came from the Outer Gordo this week. While targeting the big yellowfin, a handful of blue and striped marlin were also hooked.

Towards the end of the week, we noticed greener water at the Outer, forcing boats to start focusing more on the Inner. A handful of smaller 50-90 pound tuna were caught at the Inner on live bulito and small skipjacks. Big dorado were also caught while trolling these baits. On Saturday, most boats that fished the Inner caught their dorado limits, all dorado in the 25 to 40 pound range.

HAPPY NEW YEAR!

Good Fishing, Brian

GORDO BANKS PANGAS
December 21st, 2025

One week before Christmas and as usual we are seeing slightly less tourists arriving, a lull before the Holiday Season rush. We are expecting warm temperatures in the mid 80s next week.

We continue to see good action at La Fortuna, Cardon, and Punta Gorda. We are mostly targeting yellowfin tuna on live/dead sardines, though there is also a good chance of catching a couple of nice size dorado. As we have seen for the last couple of months, most of the tuna are on the smaller side, 5-8 pounds, fun on light tackle. However, we have seen a handful of 20–40-pound tuna in the same area. Most of the dorado are averaging 15-20 pounds, though we have seen many in the 30-pound range. This week, most boats were able to catch their tuna limits (5 per license). Throughout these fishing grounds, we also saw a handful of wahoo on live chiwili and sardines. A couple of lucky boats landed wahoo on live sardines with no wire!

The sardine supply was more consistent throughout this week. The bait guys are netting sardines throughout the shoreline of Palmilla Point and also in front of the light house next to our marina. We are seeing bigger sardines at Palmilla. Much smaller sardines were netted at the lighthouse, though numbers were much better than Palmilla. 

We also saw big tuna come in from the Outer Gordo, better action coming later in the week. On Saturday, 7 big tuna came in from the Outer Gordo. All of these fish were over 105 pounds, with the biggest one being close to 240 pounds. These tuna were hooked on live chiwili, bulito, and small skipjacks. Three of the boats that caught tuna on Saturday reported double hookups. A handful of blue and striped marlin were also caught at the Outer Gordo on the same baits while trying for tuna. Not much action was reported at the Inner Gordo, only a few tuna in the 40-80 pound range.

We wish our clients, friends, and family a Merry Christmas and Happy Holidays!

Good Fishing, Brian

GORDO BANKS PANGAS
December 14th, 2025

Even though the number of charters has decreased significantly at our marina, we continue to see good productivity throughout most of our fishing grounds. We also continue to see good crowds of tourists arrive in Los Cabos, greeted by great weather, clear sunny skies and highs in the low 80s; the perfect vacation spot for families looking to get away from the harsh winter temperatures for a week or two. We are experiencing cooler mornings in the high 50s and low 60s (cold at least for us locals), though it gets very warm as soon as the soon is out. We had patterns of north winds early in the week, but anglers did well fishing closer to shore in the more protected calmer waters of La Fortuna and Cardon. Throughout mid and end of the week, wind conditions were ideal and ocean swells were very slight with water temperatures averaging about 78 degrees. 

Live bait continues to be a challenge, though we did see a better supply this week. The bait guys were able to net live sardines throughout the shorelines of Palmilla Point and in front of the lighthouse next to the marina. These sardines have been on the small side, so most boats are using them to chum while they try to hook the bigger tuna on the dead sardines (bigger size). These dead sardines continue to come from the East Cape. We have also seen small caballito schooling binside the marina. This time of year, we recommend a good variety of baits (dead/live sardines, caballito, ballyhoo, squid) as we focus on tuna, wahoo, and dorado.

The most popular fishing grounds this week were Punta Gorda, Cardon, La Fortuna, and Inner/Outer Gordos. Throughout these areas, we are seeing good numbers of dorado while trolling lures and various baits. We did see a handful of dorado in the 25 to 30 lb. range, though most of these do-do’s were averaging 12-15 pounds, many of them females. Wahoo were a main target species as well on these same grounds. Everyday we are seeing varying numbers of wahoo brought in, sizes ranging up to 40 lb. Some fortunate anglers landed as many as three or four in a day, though most charters were doing well to find one or maybe two. Many captains reported that these ‘hoo were acting very finicky, following the slow trolled baits closely but not wanting to strike the baits. The fresh live chiwili seemed to be their favorite. Others did strike on the rigged ballyhoo, as well as on trolled Rapalas/DTXs and skirted lead heads. Chiwilis were a challenge for most part of the week.

We are seeing small yellowfin from Punta Gorda to La Fortuna on live and dead sardines. These small tuna are averaging 5-10 pounds most days. Within the same area, there is a good chance of hooking into a nicer 30–50-pound fish. Some fortunate boats were able to land 3-4 of these bigger tuna and a handful of smaller tuna and white skipjack (skipjack tuna). For a chance at a bigger tuna, Inner and Outer Gordo would be the go-to spot. We are seeing 30-70 pound class tuna at the Inner Gordo, most of them coming on live and dead sardines. Many captains were trying strips of squid, though we did not hear of any hooked on this bait. Bigger tuna were caught at the Outer Gordo on small live bulito and skipjack. The biggest tuna brought in this week was 165 pounds, with a handful of them in the 105 to 135 pound range. Even though we did see good action and productivity from both Gordos, the tuna bite can be spotty. Many boats were not able to hook into these tuna or if they did ended up losing it after a long battle. These tuna can be finicky, so getting a hookup could mean fishing lighter tackle, which isn’t always a good idea.

Good Fishing, Brian