GORDO BANKS PANGAS
August 25th, 2024

Slow tourist activity as seen in previous weeks. Very hot and humid conditions.

The main highlight this week was an unexpected wahoo bite. The best days were Thursday and Friday as some boats were able to land 2 or 3, as well as a handful of dorado. These wahoo were hooked while looking for marlin a bit closer to shore. Most of the strikes came around Cerro Colorado and The Westin Regina area, 3-5 miles from shore. All these wahoo were hooked on marlin lures and rigged ballyhoo. This group of wahoo were nice sized, most of them over 30 pounds. Within the same area, there was a good chance of running into some schools of dorado. Most of the dorado seen were small juveniles, with an occasional 20-30 pounder in the mix.

Towards Gordo Banks, Cabrillo, and 1150, we continue to see good numbers of striped and blue marlin. This far out, there is a good chance of running into a few porpoise schools. Many of the local guys have been specifically targeting yellowfin tuna with these porpoise schools. Most of the tuna caught averaged 30-40 pounds, though we did see one closer to 200 pounds on Friday and heard reports of a handful of big ones lost after long battles.

A couple of Black Marlin were also hooked in between the inner and outer Gordo on live skipjacks. One of the local boats landed a 350-pound Black Marlin on Wednesday, a long 4 hour battle on 50 pound test and 120# fluoro leader.

Not a lot of reports coming from San Luis, Vinorama, or Iman at this time. There is a chance of catching a few bottom fish earlier in the morning while jigging. We saw a 65+ pound amberjack caught at Iman this weekend.  Some small dorado were also caught on live caballito.

Good Fishing, Brian