GORDO BANKS PANGAS
February 1^st, 2026

We are now seeing light crowds of anglers/tourists in the Los Cabos area; it starts picking up towards mid-February when kids get a week break for President’s week.

The week started off slowly as we experienced greenish/colder water left behind by the previous weekend. On Tuesday/Wednesday, we started to hear reports that the water was looking much better (less green) and temperature was a bit warmer in the low 70s as compared to high 60s from last weekend. This made a significant difference as we started to see more action, both at the Gordo (Inner and Outer) and throughout fishing grounds closer to shore.

Best dorado action came from La Fortuna and 25. Most of these dorado were decent size, averaging 12-20 pounds. We had many dorado in the 25-to-30-pound range as well. Most of the dorado were caught slow trolling live caballito or fast trolling rigged ballyhoo. A handful were also picked up on smaller feathers, lures, and Rapalas. Even though the dorado bite was not wide open, some boats were able to land their limits. We did not hear of any wahoo being caught this week. While slow trolling caballito, we also saw a handful of small/medium size (15 to 50 pound) yellowfin tuna, though only one or two every day.

Many boats have started focusing on bottom structure. Even though numbers are not great, we did see some nice grouper, snapper, and amberjack that were caught on jigs. Within this mix, we also had a California Sheephead. White bonita are also starting to make a presence while jigging.

Inner and Outer Gordos were hit or miss for most of the week. While many boats focused their time in these areas, only a handful of boats each day were the lucky ones. Medium size (40-60) pound tuna were caught mostly on dead sardines, some on live. While drifting live and dead sardines, a few dorado were also picked up. Bigger tuna in the 90-to-130-pound range where also caught while drifting strips of squid. Two tuna in the 150–170-pound range were caught on live bulito. Bulito were hard to find this week.

Good Fishing, Brian

GORDO BANKS PANGAS
January 25^th, 2026

The week started off good with decent action at the Inner and Outer Gordo. We saw more tuna action in the 40-to-70-pound range.  These tuna were hooked on live bulito, small skipjack, chiwili, strips of squid, and some on live sardines. We also saw a handful of tuna in the 100-to-170-pound range within the same areas and bait. While slow trolling these baits, some nice 20-to-30-pound dorado were also caught. On Thursday, one of our pangas landed 5 yellowfin and 2 dorado. Two of these tuna were 165 and 155 pounds; the other 3 were 50 to 70 pounds, and the 2 dorado were averaging 25 pounds each. Some boats did not do so well as you really need to have patience if you are trolling baits at Gordo. After a few hours of trolling at the Gordo with no strikes, many boats decided to come in closer to shore to secure dinner with a dorado or two.

Through the fishing grounds of Iman, La Fortuna, Cardon, 25, and Punta Gorda we are seeing nice sized dorado. For bait, we are using live caballito, sardines, and ballyhoo. Some of them were also hooked on lures and feathers.

Water conditions have taken a turn after Saturday’s South wind. The port closed on Saturday due to 15-20 mph South winds and morning showers. This Sunday, as expected, fishing was much slower throughout all fishing grounds as water was colder and green. Many captains reported temperatures in the mid to high 60s and dirty water. This Sunday, only 3 medium size tuna and a couple of dorado were caught at the Gordo between 15 pangas or so. We had more action closer to shore, where boats found smaller tuna and dorado on live sardines and caballito.

Good Fishing, Brian

GORDO BANKS PANGAS
January 18, 2026

We continue to see good action throughout the fishing grounds closer to shore, such as La Fortuna, 25, Cardon, and Punta Gorda. Tuna numbers are down compared to previous weeks, though most boats were able to land a handful on most days. Reports indicated that these tuna were more active later in the morning around 10-11 am. Most of these tuna are on the smaller side, 5 to 8 pounds. Best action has been on live sardines, though live caballito and strips of squid have also worked well. We are also seeing nice size dorado in the same area while slow trolling sardines and caballito, or fast trolling lures, feathers and rigged ballyhoo. Only a couple of small wahoo were reported this week.

Good production also came from both Gordos. We are seeing medium size tuna (40 to 80 pounders) at the Inner Gordo. Most of these tuna came on sardines and strips of squid, a few of them on live caballito. Numbers are not great, but there is a chance of hooking into a couple of nice fish if you put in the time.

Most boats that fished the Outer Gordo trolled live bulito and skipjacks. While slow trolling these bigger baits, we had a good mix of striped and blue marlin, dorado, and tuna. Tuna in the 60 to 150 pounds preferred the bigger live baits at the Outer Gordo. This Sunday, one of the pangas landed 6 tuna, one of them 146 pounds, another 87 pounds, and the other four in the 45-to-55-pound range. They also caught one 25 pound dorado. Not a lot of boats fished the Gordo this weekend as most boats decided to fish closer to shore due to the wind.

Not a lot of bottom action to report at this time. Some boats have landed some small snapper, grouper, and amberjack on the jig while drifting bait for tuna.

Good Fishing, Brian