GORDO BANKS PANGAS
June 28th, 2026

Another successful week, consisting mostly of offshore action. Most boats focused at the 1150 Bank and its surrounding areas as porpoise schools were spotted in that vicinity most days. The ideal water temperature was 80-81 degrees. Most of the bigger tuna came on live baits (caballito, green jacks, skipjack), while the smaller/medium ones came on poppers. The biggest tuna landed by the fleet this week came in at 167 pounds, though many boats reported losing fish after long battles (1 to 2 hours), reported in the 200-pound class.

Even though we did see smaller tuna in the mix this week (5-10 pounds), most of them were in the 70-to-130-pound range.

While looking for action offshore, many boats reported hooking into nice size blue marlin (200- 350 pounds). These marlin were hooked on rigged ballyhoo and lures. On Friday, one of our charters landed a 325 blue marlin; unfortunately, it died after a 2-hour fight. This fish fed many families in the community and a good portion of it was donated to the less fortunate.

A handful of big 30–50-pound dorado were also caught while covering grounds with lures, feathers, and ballyhoo. One medium-size wahoo was caught this way as well.

We continue to see shark infested waters from Vinorama to Cardon, and also Inner/Outer Gordos. A few boats did try out the area of Vinorama and San Luis this weekend and did report action, though almost impossible to land a fish without the sharks getting to it first. On Saturday, one boat hooked 3 nice tuna at Vinorama on squid and live caballito and were instantly taken. They were able to find a few nice rocks where they landed a pompano, leopard grouper, and snapper on jigs.

Closer to shore, we continue to see decent Roosterfish action. The bigger size Roosters seems to be throughout the shorelines of San Luis, where we are seeing 30–50-pound fish daily. The shorelines next to our marina and Punta Gorda/La Laguna are producing good Rooster numbers, though much smaller class fish, with an occasional big one in the mix.

Good Fishing, Brian