GORDO BANKS PANGAS
July 20th, 2025

Another slow week for us. Not many charters or activity at our marina. Throughout our high spots (Iman, San Luis, and Vinorama), we saw clear blue water averaging 84 to 86 degrees for most of the week. Earlier in the week, water temp at San Luis and Vinorama was 81-82.

Monday was the most productive day of the week for us as we saw a handful of red snapper, amberjack, and tuna at our fillet table. Most of these came on jigs, even a 65-pound  tuna, which put up a great fight on 30# test. A couple of tuna were also landed on strips of squid. This tuna bite remained slow, as well as the bottom bite. Many of the boats that put in the time on jigs only reported a couple strikes all morning.

Trolling lures, Rapalas, and ballyhoo throughout our high spots did not show good results. We only accounted 3 small female dorado in between all pangas.

We continue to see nice size Roosters along our shorelines. The best action continues to be at La Laguna, Zacaton, and Hotel Zone (trailer park to La Bocana). The bigger Roosters seems to be at San Luis (inshore). The Sierra bite slowed down at Palmilla and Cerro Colorado this week. Only a few boats reported catching one or two on small Rapalas. Many of these boats also tried jigging at Palmilla, though most of them came in empty.

The main highlight this week was a porpoise school 7-8 miles out from Vinorama on Thursday that held nice size tuna. Only 3 boats fished this school as not many charters went out this day. One of our pangas landed 4 tuna, one of them weighing 106 pounds; the other 3 were 60-80 pounds.

Towards the ends of the week, the bait guys were able to net some live sardines throughout the jetty structures of the marina. These were medium size for the most part; we are hoping to see them grow a bit more for our busy Fall months.

Good Fishing, Brian

GORDO BANKS PANGAS
July 13th, 2025

The week started off with great signs of improvement. On Tuesday, we had an unexpected yellowfin tuna bite at Vinorama and San Luis (best action came from Vinorama early in the morning). On Tuesday, we had some rain to start off the morning and then the tuna bite came along on jigs while looking for red snapper and amberjack. One of our pangas caught 13 yellowfin and 2 red snapper that morning; most of them came on jigs and a few on strips of squid. The average size was around 20-30 pounds, though we did see a handful of 35-40 pounders in the mix. A few pangas reported some tuna in the 80–100-pound range early in the week on strips of squid. This tuna bite slowed down significantly throughout the week, with most boats now landing 1 or 2 per day.

Most of the week, we had good action throughout the shorelines of Cerro Colorado and Palmilla. We focused on trolling small Rapalas for Sierra (Spanish mackerel). Many of the boats were able to catch their limit early in the morning and then head out a few miles to look for a dorado or striped marlin. Not many dorado or marlin were reported this week, only a handful of small female dorado. We did see some of these Sierra pushing the 10-pound mark.

We continue to see big Roosterfish in the area on live caballito and mullet. The best action was close to us throughout the shorelines of El Zacaton, La Laguna, Secrets/Marriot, and the Hotel Zone (trailer park to Cabo Azul). The bigger Roosters were seen at San Luis, though not many were caught this week.

Good Fishing, Brian

GORDO BANKS PANGAS
June 29th, 2025

Wind conditions were favorable for us this week. Our boats were able to fish different rock structures in the area of San Luis. Many of the boats reported an early morning bite. The best action came within the first hour or two on jigs. Most of our boats caught plenty of red snapper, amberjack, and a handful of grouper. Some of the big amberjack came on live caballito.

After catching enough for dinner, most boats went closer inshore to try for a big rooster. 3 of the boats reported landing roosters in the 50–60-pound range. The others were also nice size (20-30 pounds). On Wednesday, one of our pangas caught 1 amberjack, 6 red snapper, 1 grouper, and release 7 roosters (1 pushing 60 pounds).

Not much to report offshore as most of our boats focused on the bottom and inshore. The cruisers that trolled offshore did not report much as we only saw a couple of dorado and marlin. One blue marlin, averaging 200 pounds was caught as well. No wahoo or tuna were brought to the fillet table this week.

This week, we saw big schools of caballito and mullet enter our marina. We also had big schools of baby sardines in the mix. We are hoping that our bait situation continues to improve as sardines are a must to efficiently target tuna later this year.

We are closing monitoring a storm on the Pacific that could strengthen to a Category 1 Hurricane by Wednesday. As of now, it seems that it will not be a direct hit, though we are expecting some rain on Wednesday and Thursday. We are expecting the port to close down these 2 days.

Good Fishing, Brian