GORDO BANKS PANGAS
February 22nd, 2026
Typical February patterns continue as we see lighter crowds of anglers, cycles of winds predominantly from the north, cooling ocean temperatures and scattered fishing action. Water temperatures ranged from 72 to 76 degrees across most fishing grounds towards the North. We did see warmer water (75-76) at Gordo and surrounding areas, though there was not much to report there.
We started the week of strong on Monday and Tuesday with good tuna and bottom action in the areas of Vinorama and San Luis. Most of these tuna were caught on live and dead sardines, a handful on live caballito. These tuna were small to medium size, ranging anywhere from 5 to 60 pounds. On Tuesday, many of our boats came in with 5 to 10 tuna each, all decent size. Within the same area, a few boats also landed nice amberjack, grouper and a variety of snapper (red, yellow, spotted-rose, and barred pargo). One of the amberjack caught was close to 70 pounds! The amberjack, grouper, and red snapper came on jigs. The other variety of snapper came mostly on sardines. After Tuesday’s great day, things took a quick turn.
Wind picked up significantly Tuesday around midday and it seemed to change conditions for the remainder of the week. Action was slow throughout the rest of the week. The fleet continued catching tuna at Iman, though the bite was very spotty; most of the tuna caught came later in the morning, around 11ish. Many boats were not able to land a tuna on their outing, a few boats were able to land 1 or 2 a day (if lucky). A handful on white
We did not see many dorado this week; the ones caught were in the same area while looking for tuna. On average, we saw 1 or 2 dorado come in daily between our combined fleet. Billfish also continue to be more prevalent on the Pacific side of Cabo San Lucas, only a few striped marlin are being found on the grounds off of San Jose del Cabo.
The highlight of the week is that we continue to see more bottom and inshore action. Many boats have started fishing rock piles throughout Palmilla Point and Cerro Colorado for amberjack and grouper. No yellowtail were reported this week. We are also seeing more Spanish mackerel (Sierra) and Roosterfish throughout various shorelines. This Sunday, many pangas reported good Sierra action at Cardon, 25, and La Fortuna.
Good Fishing, Brian
