GORDO BANKS PANGAS
December 21st, 2025

One week before Christmas and as usual we are seeing slightly less tourists arriving, a lull before the Holiday Season rush. We are expecting warm temperatures in the mid 80s next week.

We continue to see good action at La Fortuna, Cardon, and Punta Gorda. We are mostly targeting yellowfin tuna on live/dead sardines, though there is also a good chance of catching a couple of nice size dorado. As we have seen for the last couple of months, most of the tuna are on the smaller side, 5-8 pounds, fun on light tackle. However, we have seen a handful of 20–40-pound tuna in the same area. Most of the dorado are averaging 15-20 pounds, though we have seen many in the 30-pound range. This week, most boats were able to catch their tuna limits (5 per license). Throughout these fishing grounds, we also saw a handful of wahoo on live chiwili and sardines. A couple of lucky boats landed wahoo on live sardines with no wire!

The sardine supply was more consistent throughout this week. The bait guys are netting sardines throughout the shoreline of Palmilla Point and also in front of the light house next to our marina. We are seeing bigger sardines at Palmilla. Much smaller sardines were netted at the lighthouse, though numbers were much better than Palmilla. 

We also saw big tuna come in from the Outer Gordo, better action coming later in the week. On Saturday, 7 big tuna came in from the Outer Gordo. All of these fish were over 105 pounds, with the biggest one being close to 240 pounds. These tuna were hooked on live chiwili, bulito, and small skipjacks. Three of the boats that caught tuna on Saturday reported double hookups. A handful of blue and striped marlin were also caught at the Outer Gordo on the same baits while trying for tuna. Not much action was reported at the Inner Gordo, only a few tuna in the 40-80 pound range.

We wish our clients, friends, and family a Merry Christmas and Happy Holidays!

Good Fishing, Brian