GORDO BANKS PANGAS
January 11th, 2026

Wind played a big factor for most part of the week. Hard to trust the forecast as some days were expected to be rough and ended up being calm, and vice versa. We did have some wind, predominately from the North, though we were able to fish closer to shore throughout La Fortuna, Cardon, and Punta Gorda without a problem. Heading towards the Gordo, more specifically Outer Gordo, was a challenge some days as swells were big.

The local wahoo tournament was this Sunday. This tournament was supposed to be back in November of last year but had to be moved as storms in October affected the tournament schedule for the year. Slow wahoo activity, only 3 wahoo came to the scales (between 30 teams). The biggest wahoo came in at 42 pounds; the other two were significantly smaller. Most boats entered dorado jackpots as it was the best chance to take some good money. Most boats within the tournament landed a few dorado, making it very interesting. We saw many dorado in the 24-to-35-pound range, though the biggest on came in at 39 pounds.

The bigger 25 to 35 pounds dorado are coming from Inner and Outer Gordo while slow trolling live bulito or small skipjacks. These dorado are in the same area where the big tuna have been hooked. Not many big tuna came in this week, though we did hear reports that many guys lost them after long fights. We saw a handful of blue marlin, most of them in the 150-to-280-pound range, as well as some striped marlin and 1 small black marlin (around 150 pounds). This Sunday, one of the boats that landed a blue marlin reported losing a black marlin in the 400-500 pound range.

Closer to shore, throughout the areas of Punta Gorda, Cardon, and La Fortuna, we continue to see good yellowfin tuna and dorado action. Most boats that focused on tuna were able to catch their limits. Most of these tuna are averaging 5 to 8 pounds, with an occasional 30-40 pounder in the mix. For bait, we used live sardines, caballitos, and strips of squid. Sardines, as usual, worked best. We had a good sardine supply throughout Secrets and Marriot Hotel shoreline. Some days, captains reported getting full tanks of sardines (good size too!) for the regular $30 rate (reminded them of the old days). Towards the end of the week, we notice the supply started to dip again.

Good Fishing, Brian

GORDO BANKS PANGAS
January 4th, 2026

As kids go back to school next week, we are starting to see slow tourism activity in the Los Cabos area. The weather continues to be ideal for fishing and beach activities; mornings in the mid 60s and warm days in the low 80s. We are expecting a bit cooler weather next week.

We continue to see good tuna and dorado action from La Fortuna, Cardon, and Punta Gorda. We are hooking these tuna and most of the dorado while slow trolling live caballitos and sardines. This weekend, many boats tried small strips of squid, and they had good action on it as well. We have seen a good supply of caballito this week inside the marina channel, most of them small to medium size, perfect for the smaller tuna and dorado. Not many boats waited for sardines as they were coming in from Palmilla area later in the morning. Most of the tuna seen in these areas closer to shore are averaging 5-10 pounds, though we did see a few in the 30–40-pound range. Most of the dorado are in the range of 15-25 pounds. Many of these dorado were also hooked while fast trolling rigged ballyhoo and lures.

More wahoo were caught this week. These wahoo mostly came from La Fortuna, 25, and Cardon on XRaps and Nomad DTXs. 

We are seeing good productivity from Inner and Outer Gordo, very similar situation to last week. Many of the local pangeros also went out in the afternoon and were successful. We are seeing a handful of big tuna every day, both a morning and after on bite. The smallest tuna caught in these areas this week was around 120 pounds. The biggest tuna was landed on Saturday by Captain Freddy, 275 pounds. We are slow trolling live bulito and small skipjacks to target them.

On Saturday night, Captain Carlos came in with a 470 pound black Marlin. Unfortunately, the Marlin died after a 3 hour fight. This fish was hooked at around 3:00 pm on a live bulito while looking for a big yellowfin. They landed it on 100# fluoro.

Good Fishing, Brian

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