GORDO BANKS PANGAS
June 8th, 2025
This was a busy week for us as most schools are out for summer break. Usually, the first week of June is crowded and then it slows down significantly throughout the month of June all the way through September. This time of year, we must keep a close eye on storm development in the Pacific.
Most of our charters focused inshore this week as we have had a hot Roosterfish bite throughout our shorelines. Bait guys have been able to net plenty of caballito and mullet daily. The hot areas for Roosterfish continue to be throughout the Hotel Zone (Trailer Park), La Bocana, Secrets and Marriot Hotels. You will find plenty of Roosters throughout this area averaging 10-20 pounds. If you head towards La Laguna, Zacaton, and San Luis (inshore), there is a better chance at landing a bigger Rooster. This week, 8 Roosters were reported over 45-50 pounds and many of them averaging 20-30 pounds in this area. While trolling live bait for these Roosters, a few boats were also able to hook into some big Jacks.
Most of the boats fishing inshore, also tried offshore after a few hours of catching and releasing Roosterfish in the early morning. These boats headed straight offshore, pretty much a direct shot from our marina. They concentrated in the surrounding areas of the 95 and 1150 Banks. Reports indicated that the best action came in 74 to 77 degree water. These boats were specifically targeting small yellowfin tuna on small Rapalas and lures. On most days, the run out to these areas was around 18-22 miles from our marina. Even though the numbers were not great, we did see a handful of small yellowfin every day at the fillet table. These tuna were averaging 15-30 pounds. While trolling for tuna, we also saw a handful of nice size dorado and wahoo. Many of these dorado were hitting the X-Raps and Nomads. Most of the wahoo came on X-Raps, Nomad DTXs, and rigged ballyhoo. Not many marlin were reported this week. Most boats reported seeing many of them, though they wouldn’t seem to be interested in the lures, ballyhoo, or live bait.
Many tuna in the 50-100 pound range came to the fillet tables this week, all from chasing porpoise schools anywhere from 35 to 50 miles out. Since these tuna are bigger, as compared to previous weeks, a lot more private boats are doing the long run.
Not much bottom action was reported this week. We did have a few boat try many of our go-to bottom reefs in San Luis, Vinorama, La Fortuna, and Cardon, though many of them came in empty handed. We only had 2 amberjack and 1 grouper this week.
Good Fishing, Brian
