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Feb 2, 2023; 05:30PM - GORDO BANKS PANGAS San Jose del Cabo
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Category: Mexico Cabo San Lucas
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Author Name: Eric
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GORDO BANKS PANGAS
July 11, 2021
Lots of tourist activity now, reports of large crowds at local International Airport, though
fishing fleets have only been moderately busy. Weather patterns were more stable this week,
scattered cloud cover, highs in the upper 80s, to 90 degrees. Variable winds, being more
predominate later in the day from the south. A couple of low pressure tropical areas that we
are following far to the south and southwest, neither appear to have much chance of impacting
Southern Baja at all, maybe a bit more tropical muggy humidity will be it.
Anglers are now using a mix of sardinas, mullet and caballito for bait, supplies have remained
steady near Puerto Los Cabos marina jetty despite increased surf activity. The majority of
local charters have been fishing towards the north, from the Gordo Banks, all the way to
Vinorama, some inshore action also found near Palmilla and south towards Chileno. More
consistent action is being encountered closer to shore and off of the rocky high spots. Early
in the week there was spotty action found anywhere from 15 to 25 miles offshore for yellowfin
tuna which were associated with moving porpoise. Was very hit or miss and most of these
yellowfin were smaller football sized. Near Vinorama there was another area to find tuna, these
fish were within a mile or so from shore and weighing up to 30 lb. Though this tuna bite was
also sporadic, more of an early morning super panga bite, first boats there have a chance then
bite shuts down.
Dorado and wahoo were both very scarce now, we did see a handful of dorado, though these were
few and far between, smaller sized juvenile fish. Billfish action was scattered, no specific
hot spot, in between seasons now, a few sailfish in the area as well, late season for striped
marlin and still a bit early for the blues and blacks.
Earlier in the week there was some great action found on Inner Gordo Bank, amberjack to 60 lb.
and surprisingly several yellowtail were accounted for, up to 34 lb. Lots of sharks hanging on
these grounds, which made that a challenge at times. Word travels quickly these days, next
thing we know spear divers showed as well as swarms of bots and that bite faded out. Other
grounds to the north, Cardon, La Fortuna, Iman and San Luis all produced a mix of structure
species for anglers using yo-yo jigs and various baits. Ocean clarity improved and water
temperature was in the 80 degree range, though overall the bite was a bit more difficult in
recent days. Fishing is like the weather, can vary day to day.
Anglers were finding more roosterfish now patrolling closer to shore, fish to 50 lb. were
landed, also many smaller roosterfish in the area, more than usual for this time of year, we
are now in peak season for targeting the largest roosterfish of the year. Still lots of jack
crevalle being found near shore as well and a few sierra still hanging around.
Good Fishing, Eric
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GORDO BANKS PANGAS
Eric Brictson / Operator
619 488-1859
Los Cabos (624) 142-1147
e-mail:gordobanks@yahoo.com
WWW.GORDOBANKS.COM
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Feb 2, 2023; 05:28PM - GORDO BANKS PANGAS San Jose del Cabo
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Category: Mexico Cabo San Lucas
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Author Name: Eric
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GORDO BANKS PANGAS
July 4, 2021
Another active week for weather patterns in Los Cabos. First we were following development of
Hurricane Enrique, this system had once been forecast to take a path directly towards the Los
Cabos region, fortunately the storm weakening and moved further east and never amounted to much
at all, though local Ports were closed for two days as a precaution. Very little rain was
recorded, only isolated showers reported, with some areas feeling none at all. Ocean swells did
increase, but also quickly dropped. After the storm had swept by, on Wednesday, we did have a
major blow from the south, with gusts to 40 mph., definitely a good day not to be on the water.
On Thursday morning winds resided and Ports had been reopened. That first day out the ocean
conditions were stirred up and much cooler once again. Though by week’s end ocean was back up
near 80 degrees and clarity had much improved.
Fleets were scouting out in different directions to find best possible action, there were now
opportunities from along the beach stretches, to off the bottom rock piles, as well as further
offshore.
Most consistent action remained over the bottom structure, often in as shallow as 60 feet.
Using bait and yo-yo jigs there was a variety of species accounted for, most impressive were a
few amberjack ranging to over 50 lb., also a handful of nice leopard grouper, yellow snapper,
pompano, barred pargo, pargo colorado, bonito, island jack, flag cabrilla, rose snapper and
others, all excellent table fare.
The chances for yellowfin tuna has been near Vinorama, close to shore, spotty action, but at
times would come up and bite, sardinas the best. Other tuna were found 15 to 25 miles offshore
of San Jose del Cabo region, traveling with porpoise, striking on lures and bait. Most of the
tuna we saw this past week were in the 15 to 25 lb. class. This is the month when we do
normally see some larger size yellowfin appear on local grounds.
Dorado continued to be fairly scarce, though this week we actually had a couple of true 50 lb.
monster bulls show up on the fillet tables, have not seen such large dorado in a while, not as
common as in years past. Nice to see the big bulls, they are very impressive fish. A few other
dorado were found scattered throughout the zone, as summer conditions continue to warm we
should see more of the schooling size dorado move in on local fishing grounds.
The billfish action was mainly for striped marlin, a few sailfish and one small blue marlin.
Seen more smaller juvenile sized stripers, some as small as 40 lb., other up to 120 lb. Found a
bit further offshore in greater numbers, where water was cleaner, though some marlin were also
inshore, near the Iman and San Luis Banks.
A couple reports of wahoo seen free swimming around, but they have not been interested. There
were still a few sierra hanging around, most of them good sizers, up to 14 lb. Roosterfish were
also now showing in more quantity, mixed sizes, also lots of jack crevalle, many of these 25
lb. plus hogs. Bait supplies now consist of sardinas, caballito and mullet.
Surf anglers accounted for a handful of snook, tripletail and even totoaba. Though more jack
crevalle than anything else, wide open at times.
Good Fishing, Eric
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GORDO BANKS PANGAS
Eric Brictson / Operator
619 488-1859
Los Cabos (624) 142-1147
e-mail:gordobanks@yahoo.com
WWW.GORDOBANKS.COM
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Jan 13, 2023; 08:35PM - GORDO BANKS PANGAS San Jose del Cabo
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Category: Mexico Cabo San Lucas
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Author Name: Eric
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GORDO BANKS PANGAS
June 27, 2021
This past week we saw a wide variety of weather patterns swept through the Southern Baja
region. As we continued to have moderate crowds of tourists arriving as summer vacation periods
are now in full swing. Last weekend, namely on Sunday, Father’s Day, we had a major south wind
blast through the entire region, gusts to over 30 mph, this was a one day event, many charter
boats did go out, catching a variety of fish, though everyone got wet and bounced around wildly
before safely returning to port. This major blow really turned over the water, on Monday water
temperatures had dropped some ten degrees or more, also turning greenish. This shocked the
fish, bait also scattered and all around action was slim pickings. Though on Tuesday conditions
began to quickly rebound with a calm ocean lasting through the rest of the week. Though over
the weekend everyone was closely following the development and projected path of Hurricane
Enrique. Looks as though this system will pass very close to the tip of Baja, though as it
arrives is supposed to weaken some into a TS and depression. We surely will see stormy seas
with high swells and a high chance of some rain. High probability of Port Closure, possibly on
Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday, though overall we are not expecting any major damage from Enrique.
Of course these storms are always unpredictable, we will be glad when it passes through and we
get back to our normal schedules.
After water settled, clarity and water temperature rebounded, we saw the yellowfin tuna bite
pick up, this was a early bite on the grounds near Vinorama, within a couple miles of shore,
for yellowfin in the 10 to 40 lb. class. Striking on sardinas early in the morning, then as sun
rose higher the action would stop, some charters reporting up to ten tuna. We heard of some
other tuna action found far offshore, over 25 miles, associated with porpoise, this was more of
a private boat deal. This tuna action was probably the highlight of the weekend, important to
get an early start.
No wahoo to speak of, though we were seeing a scattering of dorado, mixed sizes, including
bulls up to 30 lb., though no big numbers, just a couple fish here and there. Actually some
charters ran into schools of baby sized dorado, all catch and release. Billfish action was also
scattered, more small sized striped marlin, we are talking very tiny, as small as 40 lb.,up to
70 lb., a few sailfish in the mix as well.
As far as catching numbers of good eating fish, the best bet continued to be off the shallow
water structure, a great variety of fish were accounted for, triggerfish, pompano, island jack,
surgeonfish, red, yellow and rose snapper, barred pargo, bonito, amberjack, leopard grouper and
more. One very impressive amberjack of 90 lb. was weighed in. Along the shore there were more
jack crevalle than roosterfish, though we are now seeing more roosterfish show up. The few
sierra that are still hanging around have big monsters for the most part, a few pushing the 13
to 15 lb. mark.
Good Fishing, Eric
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GORDO BANKS PANGAS
Eric Brictson / Operator
619 488-1859
Los Cabos (624) 142-1147
e-mail:gordobanks@yahoo.com
WWW.GORDOBANKS.COM
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Jan 13, 2023; 08:34PM - GORDO BANKS PANGAS San Jose del Cabo
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Category: Mexico Cabo San Lucas
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Author Name: Eric
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GORDO BANKS PANGAS
June 20, 2021
Happy Fathers’ Day
Again this week we are seeing increasing crowds of tourists arriving for the first wave of
summer vacations. We are now officially starting the summer season, the climate has been
steadily warming, as is normal for this time of year, but overall conditions have still been
bearable, with some afternoon Pacific breezes prevailing. With distance Tropical Storm Dolores
developing below Manzanillo on the mainland we felt a bit more humidity, more cloud cover and
larger ocean swells, but nothing more, as anglers for the most part were finding favorable
ocean conditions, particularly in the direction north of Punta Gorda. South winds picked up
late weekend, which also contributed to pushing in cooler greenish currents in the same
direction. Ocean temperature has ranged in the 74 to 80 degree range.
Bait netters are finding sardinas, caballito and mullet all near the marina area now, they are
also offering slabs of squid and ballyhoo, so bait has remained plentiful. The majority of
local sportfishing charters are fishing on the grounds from Cardon, La Fortuna, Iman, San Luis
and north to Vinorama, with offshore billfish action continuing to be found near the 1150 or 95
spots. Striped marlin were spread out, also being found within a few miles of shore, depending
on currents on a particular day, also a couple of sailfish accounted for, as well a small sized
blue marlin and mid-week there was a swordfish brought in by a trip of commercial pangeros,
smaller sized, about 130 lb., but impressive anyway.
Yellowfin tuna action was hit or miss, continually fluctuating water conditions making the
action sporadic. Best chances in recent days has been north near Vinorama, close to shore, 100
to 200 ft. of water, early bite on sardinas or striped squid, a smaller grade of fish 12 to 25
lb., though earlier in the week other schools of tuna encountered had yellowfin to 30 to 70 lb.
Dorado were even less numerous than were the tuna, some days we are seeing a few dorado up to
20 lb. in the mix, but other days we are not seeing them, once conditions do stabilize more, we
surely will seeing more schooling dorado show on local grounds. Not much at all going on with
wahoo either, early in the week there were reports of wahoo seen free swimming and a couple of
hook ups, but as the week progressed nothing more.
Most consistent fishery now continues to be concentrating on the bottom rocky structure, from
as shallow as 50 ft., to depths of 200 ft. A wide variety of species are being landed, while
anglers are using yo-yo style jigs and bait, mainly sardinas. A few impressive amberjack to
over 50 lb., leopard grouper to 20 lb., yellow snapper, red snapper, rose snapper, pompano,
bonito, barred pargo, triggerfish, island jack and even had a batch of blackfin jack, which are
not a very common local catch. All of these fish are excellent eating, including the local
Mexican Bonito, which is unlike its California relative.
Along the shoreline there are more hog sized jack crevalle than there are roosterfish, as
roosters are running a bit later than usual this season. We are still seeing some quality sized
sierra along the shore, though not as many now as water is warming, the sierra eventually move
out. Shore anglers have had some impressive catches recently, including snook to over 40 lb.
and tripletail, those these anglers are dedicated and put in their time, but they know that
this is now peak season for the better shore action.
Good Fishing, Eric
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GORDO BANKS PANGAS
Eric Brictson / Operator
619 488-1859
Los Cabos (624) 142-1147
e-mail:gordobanks@yahoo.com
WWW.GORDOBANKS.COM
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Jan 13, 2023; 08:33PM - GORDO BANKS PANGAS San Jose del Cabo
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Category: Mexico Cabo San Lucas
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Author Name: Eric
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GORDO BANKS PANGAS
June 13, 2021
There seemed to be an increase of vacationers arriving in Los Cabos this past week, with school
semesters now ending for summer, this gives families a chance to travel. Weather has remained
comfortable, not unbearably hot yet, clear sunny days with highs in the upper 80s, a bit
tropical, as there are now two tropical systems developing, one of them TS Carlos, these are
far south and off to the west and are not forecast to impact Southern Baja at all. Perhaps we
will see some increased ocean swells later next week and increased humidity. Local ocean
temperature is in the 78 to 80 degree range, winds have been at times from the north and then
from the south, but have not been too much an issue for anglers, mostly picking up later in the
day, as ocean conditions have been favorable throughout the week.
Marina bait vendors have fond good supplies of healthy sized sardinas, as well as some
caballito and mullet, with other options of slabs of squid and ballyhoo. Off shore fishing has
been centered near the 95 and 1150 spots, mainly for striped marlin, but also a few dorado and
yellowfin tuna being found as well. The majority of the inshore and bottom action has been in
the direction of the La Fortuna, Cardon, Iman, San Luis and Vinorama. On the San Luis grounds
there were tuna being hooked into every day, though the fish were finicky, some days better
than others, anglers were fortunate to land one or two, some had four or five, also more sea
lions and sharks making a presence. Most of the yellowfin we saw ranged in the 20 to 60 lb.
size, though there was one 234 lb. tuna landed Friday from these same grounds. The best bet was
to drift fish with sardinas, squid or slow trolled caballito or bolito, if you happen to jig
one of those candy baits up.
We are still seeing very few dorado, last week we saw more, though this week there were wahoo
starting to show up in the fish counts, most of these were hooked into while drifting for tuna,
on sardinas, lucky with no leaders, others also hit on rapala type trolling lures. Sizes up to
30 lb., at least we are seeing a few of the ‘hoo, it has been a while.
With surface action still a bit spotty many charters are concentrating their efforts closer to
shore over the rocky high spots or trolling right along the beach stretches. Roosterfish action
has been slow to get going, considering this is now peak season and will be for the next month.
Everything has been a different, slow to get going this season. We did see some roosters this
week, one that was close to 50 lb. There were more jack crevalle than anything else close to
shore, though there was still quite a few sierra hanging out in the warmer waters.
Off the bottom, in depths ranging from 60 to 200 feet, we saw a wide variety of species, even
had one 20 lb. California sheepshead, as well as yellowtail, amberjack, fortune jack, bonito,
black skipjack, pompano, island jack, surgeonfish, yellow snapper, red snapper, spotted rose
snapper, barred pargo, leopard grouper, broomtail and pinto cabrilla and of course triggerfish,
a couple of which were monsters. Most charters were coming in with an average of a dozen fish.
Many of the smaller cabrilla and snapper are being released, which is a good thing, that we do
strongly recommend.
Good Fishing, Eric
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GORDO BANKS PANGAS
Eric Brictson / Operator
619 488-1859
Los Cabos (624) 142-1147
e-mail:gordobanks@yahoo.com
WWW.GORDOBANKS.COM
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Jan 13, 2023; 08:32PM - GORDO BANKS PANGAS San Jose del Cabo
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Category: Mexico Cabo San Lucas
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Author Name: Eric
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GORDO BANKS PANGAS
June 6, 2021
First week of June we are seeing moderate crowds of tourists arriving to the Los Cabos region.
You could not ask for better weather conditions now, clear sunny skies, high temperature
hovering about 85 degrees, little wind and wearing t-shirts early in the morning are no
problem. Ocean temperature is in the 76 to 80 degree range in the direction of San Jose del
Cabo and further north, though it is cooler on the Pacific, also windier. The majority of the
sportfishing action is now taking place in the direction of the warmer currents.
Anglers were able to obtain good supplies of sardinas, caballito and now mullet are in the mix
as well. Other options included the slabs of squid and ballyhoo. We still are in the transition
period, from winds diminishing, cleaner blue and warming currents pushing in. This brings in
schools of various baitfish and which in turn attract the pelagic gamefish. This whole season,
through the winter and spring, it seems that weather cycles, as well as ocean currents, winds,
etc… were all following unusual patterns. We are finally seeing more stabilization, though
normally it is not until later in the month of July when things really start to heat up.
The billfish bite for striped marlin has still been concentrated offshore between the 95 and
1150 spots, though this week there were days when the marlin proved very finicky, seen in
scores just lazily tailing on the surface, commonly in groups of four, five or six, but you had
to work at getting them to bite. Fish were taken on trolled lures, but more often on cast or
dropped back baits. We saw clean blue shifting again closer to shore, more of the striped
marlin were also seen and hooked into on the grounds from Iman and San Luis, as well as near
the Gordo Banks. We did see marlin ranging from 80 to 120 lb.
We saw a few more dorado moving into local grounds, no large numbers at all, but of the fish we
did see, there were several very nice sized bulls up close to 40 lb accounted for. These dorado
were being found offshore on the marlin grounds, but in recent days more are being seen on
inshore areas north of Gordo. Still no wahoo to speak of, a few strikes and free swimming fish
spotted, but no bite at this time.
Yellowfin tuna are also playing hard to get, spotty action found 20 to 40 miles offshore
associated with moving porpoise. Tuna were also hanging around the Iman Banks, though only a
few were hooked into, we weighed yellowfin up to 86 lb. this week, others of 20 to 70 lb. were
accounted for, but again very few fish overall. Though over the weekend the tuna were seen
coming up breezing the surface, but sere finicky and then disappeared.
The more consistent action has been coming off the various rocky high spots, from 60 to 200
feet of water, using yo-yo jigs and both live and dead baits. There was a wide variety of
species being encountered, most common were the yellow snapper, red snapper, bonito, leopard
grouper, amberjack and triggerfish. Some of the more exotic we saw this week were African
pompano, snook, bluefin trevally and yellowtail. Along the shoreline there were still some
sierra and some of these very large specimens, over 10 lb. Also big numbers of hog sized jack
crevalle roaming close to shore, as well as a bit further than normal offshore, feeding on
concentrations of baitfish. Some roosterfish reported towards the south, we expect a big run of
the larger sized roosters in the coming weeks.
Good Fishing, Eric
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GORDO BANKS PANGAS
Eric Brictson / Operator
619 488-1859
Los Cabos (624) 142-1147
e-mail:gordobanks@yahoo.com
WWW.GORDOBANKS.COM
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Jan 13, 2023; 07:43PM - GORDO BANKS PANGAS San Jose del Cabo
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Category: Mexico Cabo San Lucas
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Author Name: Eric
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GORDO BANKS PANGAS
May 30, 2021
Los Cabos is busy, with the International Airport seeing large crowds of tourists arriving,
strange deal is that the a high percentage of these visitors are not anglers, so local
sportfishing fleets are only moderately busy. Weather is now great, clear skies with highs of
about 90 degrees, there are a couple of tropical low pressure areas hundreds of miles to the
south now brewing, but neither are forecast to develop into much or to impact the Southern Baja
Peninsula. Swells have been increasing, as is normal for this time of year, we are seeing lots
of surfers, winds were laid down for most of the week, though over the weekend the breeze from
the south did pick up some. Ocean water temperature has been in the 76 to 80 degree range in
the direction of San Jose del Cabo and further north.
Anglers are now relying on sardinas, caballito and mullet for their bait options, offshore
options for billfish have also included ballyhoo. There has been good action found offshore
near the 95 and 1150 spots, main catch has been striped marlin, though a few dorado and
yellowfin tuna are being found near these same grounds. The striped marlin are striking on a
mix of lures and various baitfish.
Water clarity has been clearing up closer to shore and this week there were some yellowfin tuna
found around the Iman Bank, not a lot of fish, but a handful were accounted for, weights ranged
up to 100 lb. So we do anticipate this tuna bite to become more consistent as weather
continues to stabilize as we near summer season. Other options for tuna has been further
offshore, 30 to 50 miles out, finding pods of porpoise and tuna have been moving amongst them,
though this option was out of range for normal charters.
Still the most consistent action overall has been coming from the rocky high spots closer to
shore, where anglers were using a mix of yo-yo jigs and baits to find a wide variety of quality
eating bottom species. Most common fish were the bonito, red and yellow snapper, leopard
grouper, amberjack, spotted rose snapper, surgeon fish, pompano and triggerfish.
Along the shoreline some nice sized late season sierra are still being found, along with jack
crevalle and some roosterfish, even though we are seeing more mullet moving into local waters,
we have not seen a large run of roosterfish as of yet, that is normally something we have more
the second half of the month of June.
Good Fishing, Eric
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GORDO BANKS PANGAS
Eric Brictson / Operator
619 488-1859
Los Cabos (624) 142-1147
e-mail:gordobanks@yahoo.com
WWW.GORDOBANKS.COM
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Jan 13, 2023; 07:42PM - GORDO BANKS PANGAS San Jose del Cabo
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Category: Mexico Cabo San Lucas
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Author Name: Eric
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GORDO BANKS PANGAS
May 23, 2021
As we continue progressing through the later weeks of the spring season we are enjoying ideal
weather conditions, sunny skies with high temperatures ranging in the upper 80s to about 90
degrees. Winds have still been a bit more of a factor than we would expect during this time
frame and ocean swells have increased as they normal do this month, which also in turn brings
crowds of surfers to the region. Ocean temperature in the direction towards San Jose del Cabo
and further north has been in the 76 to 78 degree range, while the Pacific has been cooler, at
68 to 70 degrees.
We are still seeing limited numbers of anglers, probably more surfers in town than fishermen.
There have been good supplies of both sardina and caballito, a few mullet and moonfish mixed
in. We do expect to see the main migration of mullet to move in soon, as this is the time of
year, this will also bring in the run of larger sized roosterfish.
This past week we saw the billfish action become more scattered, as offshore wind did not help
this out. Most local charter boats were concentrated on inshore areas and on the high spots to
the north, near San Luis and La Fortuna. This is where anglers found an assortment of bottom
species while drift fishing with yo-yo jigs and various baitfish. Most common fish they were
hooking into were red snapper, yellow snapper, spotted rose snapper, bonita, amberjack, leopard
grouper, pompano and triggerfish. Some of these amberjack were well over 40 pounds. Most boats
were bringing in about a dozen fish in combination, all very good eating.
Only a few yellowfin tuna seen during the week, one weighed in at 83 lb. Same deal with dorado,
only a scattering of these fish were brought in, a couple of these were over 20 lb.
Closer to shore there were still a decent number of sierra and they were nicer sized specimens,
ranging 5 to 12 lb. Also good numbers of jack crevalle and the season’s first wave of
roosterfish starting to appear, the roosters using peak in our area later in June.
Good Fishing, Eric
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GORDO BANKS PANGAS
Eric Brictson / Operator
619 488-1859
Los Cabos (624) 142-1147
e-mail:gordobanks@yahoo.com
WWW.GORDOBANKS.COM
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Jan 13, 2023; 07:38PM - GORDO BANKS PANGAS San Jose del Cabo
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Category: Mexico Cabo San Lucas
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Author Name: Eric
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GORDO BANKS PANGAS
May 9, 2021
Progressing now into May, we are feeling warmer conditions, definitely more like late spring
now, calmer wind patterns, high temperatures reached to 90 degrees over the weekend. Still
lighter than normal crowds, but as weather is ideal now, we are seeing moderate numbers of
tourists arriving. To the south of Cabo San Lucas, some 300 miles, the Eastern Pacific’s first
Tropical Storm of the season developed, named Andres, this storm is not expected to impact the
Southern Baja Peninsula, heading on a westward path, maybe some increased ocean swells and
humidity. Ocean water temperature on the Pacific has still been in the 68/70 degree range,
though in the direction of San Jose del Cabo and towards Los Frailes the water is now up to
74/76 degrees.
Charters are spreading out in different directions, though the majority of the local fleets are
concentrated from the Iman Banks, San Luis and north to Vinorama. With the water now warming up
quickly and the clarity improving a lot and can happen from day to day. Most consistent action
now has been working these high spots off the bottom, with jigs and various baits. Catching a
mix of species, most common have been bonita, pargo, red snapper, cabrilla, triggerfish and
amberjack. Most boats accounting for a dozen or so fish in combination. These same grounds are
holding yellowfin tuna, which have sporadically shown on the surface, only to vanish just as
quickly. A handful of tuna were landed from these grounds this past week, striking on yo-yo
jigs, live caballito, sardinas or strips of squid, weights ranged up close to 100 lb. We look
for this tuna action to improve as conditions continue to become more favorable.
Offshore there are striped marlin now being found through the region, anywhere from a couple
miles from shore on out 15 miles. These billfish have been striking on lures, as well as on
cast or dropped back baits, sizes ranged to 140 lb. Not in huge numbers now, but still a good
chance at hooking into one or two. No dorado or wahoo to report now, though with warmer
currents they should be around soon.
Inshore the highlight has been the quality sized sierra being found, though also a few more
roosterfish showing back up, as well as some schools of mullet, their favorite food source,
being sighted moved in near the marina area.
Good Fishing, Eric
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GORDO BANKS PANGAS
Eric Brictson / Operator
619 488-1859
Los Cabos (624) 142-1147
e-mail:gordobanks@yahoo.com
WWW.GORDOBANKS.COM
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Jan 13, 2023; 07:37PM - GORDO BANKS PANGAS San Jose del Cabo
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Category: Mexico Cabo San Lucas
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Author Name: Eric
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GORDO BANKS PANGAS
May 2, 2021
Now into to a new month, weather patterns continues to be slightly cooler than during a normal
year, transition period is taking longer than we would expect. It has been a slow process
waiting for water conditions to warm and clean up, as well as for winds to become less of a
factor. At this time the ocean water temperature has ranged from 72 to 74 degrees. Clarity has
fluctuated, it seems just as we see blue water moving in there is a setback as currents push in
off colored currents again. Conditions can change very quickly at this time of year, so as days
become progressively warmer we expect to see offshore surface action pick up accordingly.
The main offshore species now has been the striped marlin, these billfish are striking on
trolled lures and on cast or dropped back baits, mainly caballito at this time. The marlin are
being found scattered throughout the zone, at times as close as a few miles from shore. They
became a bit more finicky during the recent the full moon, as well as with fluctuating
conditions, though most charters are having at least a chance or two while targeting these
fish, with some accounting for multiple catches. Not many dorado were seen in recent days
compared to last week when we did see a few of them.
Only an occasional yellowfin tuna were being found, these tuna were taken while drift fishing
with bait on grounds from Iman to Vinorama, the fish we did see ranged to over 80 lb. So they
are still in the area, just need the conditions to improve a bit more to their liking. Also a
handful of wahoo were seen on these same grounds, but they were very shy to striking any
offerings.
The most common catches have been various species found off the rock structure, such as bonito,
cabrilla, red snapper, fortune jack, amberjack, yellowtail, triggerfish and others. Anglers
reported mixed success depending on which area they targeting and how favorable the conditions
were on a given day.
Along the shore the best action we saw was reported from areas to the south of Puerto Los
Cabos, nice sized sierra were accounted for, some as large as 13 lb., also a mix of jacks and
of course more triggerfish.
Good fishing, Eric
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GORDO BANKS PANGAS
Eric Brictson / Operator
619 488-1859
Los Cabos (624) 142-1147
e-mail:gordobanks@yahoo.com
WWW.GORDOBANKS.COM
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