GORDO BANKS PANGAS
October 13th, 2024

We have started our busy season, and fishing has been cooperating so far.  We are excited to see what the next couple months hold as we have big crowds and big tournaments coming to town. We can see a big change in weather as well, cooler mornings and early sunsets.

Most of the boats continue to head towards Cabo as they look for more action with the small yellowfin tuna. It seems that this tuna school has spread out more as we are starting to see some at Palmilla Point and Cerro Colorado. This week, we did notice that the tuna bite was a lot more productive in the mornings as the bite died down at around 9:00 am on most days. Most of these yellowfin are small, averaging around 4-5 pounds. Within the same area, there is a chance of landing a couple dorado with live sardines. Many of the boats also landed some white skipjacks and big Pacific Bonito (both great to eat). The bait guys continue to net plenty of sardines along the shorelines of Palmilla. This weekend, the tuna bite was a bit slower than usual, which forced many of the boats to look for wahoo or some bottom action.

The fleet started trolling X-Raps, Nomad DTXs and marlin lures starting from Cabeza de Ballena heading towards Palmilla. Many of the wahoo bites came closer to shore, around 2-3 miles. Most of these wahoo are nice sized, averaging around 25-30 pounds. On Friday, Captain Chame was able to land 4 nice wahoo after catching their tuna limit. Some bigger wahoo were also caught on marlin lures, 8-10 miles offshore from Palmilla, Cerro Colorado, and Chileno while looking for blue and striped marlin. A few of the boats reported seeing some followers as they were gaffing their fish.

A few boats within the fleet started to focus more on bottom action and they were successful. They focused primarily on rock structures around Palmilla Point and Cerro Colorado. This weekend, we saw some quality size amberjack, the biggest one weighing 60 pounds. Most of these bites came on live caballito, with only a few strikes on the jigs. We continue to see dogtooth snapper at the inner Gordo on most days. These snappers can be tricky as the current can be tough on most days. For these fish, we are using big strips of skipjacks.

We will start scouting San Luis, Vinorama, and Iman Banks next week for Wahoo and hopefully bigger yellowfin tuna. We have some reports of Los Barriles boats catching nice wahoo at San Luis and Vinorama.

Good Fishing, Brian

GORDO BANKS PANGAS
October 6th, 2024

We are excited to introduce our biggest blessing Erica Lee Brictson, named after her late grandpa Eric Lee Brictson. She was born this Wednesday, October 2nd here in San Jose del Cabo. She has brought such joy to our family during our time of grief, we know grandpa Eric is smiling down on us.

The main highlight this week continues to be the yellowfin bite at Cabeza de Ballena, towards the Cabo San Lucas end. These yellowfin are small, averaging 3-5 pounds, very fun to catch on light tackle. We are using live and dead sardines. The bait guys continue to net sardines at the Palmilla shoreline. Most boats are able to catch their yellowfin tuna limit (5 per license) in a couple hours. After they complete their limit, most boats are trolling lures and rigged ballyhoo on their way back to the marina. There is a good chance of landing a few nice dorado on the way back. Many of the bites are coming closer to Cerro Colorado and Palmilla. A handful of wahoo have also been caught this way.

We have a full schedule starting next week. We hope to have more updates as more boats scout different areas.

Good Fishing, Brian

GORDO BANKS PANGAS
September 29th, 2024

We are now starting to see more tourist activity in our area as we head into our busy October/November season. Mornings at the marina are starting to feel a bit cooler averaging around 76-77 degrees. Temperature throughout the day is slightly down, averaging high 80s/low 90s.

The main highlight this week was the yellowfin tuna bite towards San Luis and Iman. We are seeing warm water in the 86-87 range throughout these high spots. Most of these yellowfin are juvenile, averaging around 4-5 pounds, though we have seen a few nicer ones 20-40 pounds landed in the same area. We are trying to release as many of the smaller ones as we can. We are using live and dead sardines. Most boats are catching their tuna limits every day. It would be nice to fight these fish with super light tackle, though it is almost impossible due to shark activity. We are also catching plenty of skipjacks within the same school. This week, we saw a lot more white skipjacks, which are great to eat. These were a bit bigger than the yellowfin. Within the same area, most of the boats were able to land a few dorado per day while fast trolling ballyhoo. A handful of nice wahoo were also landed on Rapalas this weekend.

A few of the local guys scouted out different rock structures at San Luis and Iman. They were able to land some nice dogtooth snapper on strips of skipjacks. A big broomtail grouper was also landed at Iman on a live skipjack.

We had a good blue/striped marlin bite towards 1150 Bank this week. Most of these bites came on the smaller lures or rigged ballyhoo. Most of the Blue marlin hooked were under 200 pounds, though there were a couple in the 300–400-pound range. There are still reports of a couple big Black marlin hooked at the Inner and Outer Gordos on live skipjacks. We have a couple boats specifically trying for Black marlin next week.

Happy Birthday to Eric Brictson; you are greatly missed every day!

Good Fishing, Brian