GORDO BANKS PANGAS
December 29th, 2024

As we head into the new year, fishing seems to have slow down significantly.

The main highlight this week was the dorado bite. This bite has spread out more as we have seen decent action at Iman, La Fortuna, 25, Cerro, and both Gordos. Most boats are starting their day at the Gordo as they look for small skipjacks and bulito to put in their tuna tubes. We continue to see big dorado at the Gordo, though only a few per day. Most of these dorado are on the bigger side, averaging 25-40 pounds. As we head closer to shore, we see better numbers, though they are not as big, still decent size though. No big tuna were reported at the Gordo this week.

This weekend, most boas concentrated at Iman as they hooked some nicer yellowfin on strips of squid. This tuna bite has been spotty, with most of them being small footballs. We did see 4 or 5 fish this weekend in the range of 60-100 pounds in the same area. While drifting strips of squid, a few nice dorado were also landed. Live sardines could have a big impact on this high spot. The sardine supply remains an issue as we don’t see them on most days. The few sardines that are netted are on the smaller side and are mostly used to fish inshore.

Not many wahoo this week either. We did see a couple nice ones (40-45 pounders) towards the end of the week at Iman on live skipjacks. Some captains reported these wahoo being very finicky as they spotted them following the bait for long periods of time. The bites were not as aggressive as they usually are; some of these wahoo lost interest after following the bait for a long time. One captains tried a bait with no wire leader and it still wouldn’t get hit.

The marlin bite at the Gordo also slowed down significantly. Only a few marlin were reported this weekend. Reports indicate more marlin action towards Cabo.

Happy New Years!

Good Fishing, Brian