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Jun 20, 2020; 05:54PM - 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*
*March 22, 2020*
*Spring season is always a very pristine time in Los Cabos, offering nearly the perfect climate, sunny days in the low 80 degree range, this also is
normally a busy tourist period for the entire region. Though now with this world wide Pandemic Coronavirus, countries are going into lock down in
hopes that the rapid spread of this highly contagious virus can be controlled. The entire area and the sportfishing business relies on
visiting anglers to provide business and that is all going to be shut down until further notice. So our weekly reports will be canceled as well,
unless we have something important to report.*
*This past week the average ocean temperature was in the 70 to 72 degree range. With moderate north winds blowing on and off, the clarity has been
sporadic, changing from day to day. Overall the fishing action was more consistent this week, the highlight being a surprising late winter time
bite for wahoo, the key to success was live chihuil for bait, slow trolling these candy baits around the area of the Iman Bank, quality sized wahoo
were accounted for, with fish to over 50 lb. Light pressure now, as most all foreign visitors are catching flights out of the country as fast as
possible, preoccupied about becoming stranded for indefinite period of time.*
*The yellowfin tuna action was also fairly consistent, no huge numbers, a mix of sizes, including fish to over 100 lb. were accounted for. Most of
these yellowfin were hitting the strips of squid. So despite having no charters to speak of, the local fishermen will being able to go and catch
plenty of excellent food.*
*A mix of bottom action also developing, a few nice sized yellowtail were landed in recent days, also amberjack, leopard grouper, red snapper, bonito
and others. Red crabs still in the area, but not found as often drifting to the surface where they can be scooped up. A Scattering of striped marlin
were encountered on similar fishing grounds, most of these weighed under 100 lb.*
*There was not much inshore action even being targeted, though early in the week there were a few medium sized roosterfish landed, also a handful of
sierra. Still good number of whales being sighted, this is now into the late part of their migration season, these mammals will be heading north in
the coming month.*
*The combined sportfishing fleet launching out of the panga area from Puerto Los Cabos Marina sent out an estimated 55 charters for the week and
anglers reported an approximate fish count of: 6 striped marlin, 17 wahoo, 2 dorado, 68 yellowfin tuna, 3 yellowtail, 1 dogtooth snapper, 8 leopard
grouper, 26 bonito, 74 red snapper, 8 yellow snapper, 2 sierra, 4 roosterfish and 65 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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Jun 20, 2020; 05:51PM - 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
March 15, 2020
We are now feeling the effects directly related to worldwide panic due to the coronavirus health situation. Very few tourists are now traveling, many
cancellations and not many new reservations being made for the spring season. This will surely all pass, but in the meantime many businesses will
be struggling to survive.
Weather patterns have warmed back up, feels like any cold weather we endured, is all past us and we will be on a warming trend from now through
summer. Ocean water temperature is still ranging 70 to 72 degree, currents and clarity fluctuating from day to day. Winds were on and off through the
week, settling down over the weekend. The most consistent fishing action has come from the area north of Punta Gorda, Cardon, La Fortuna and Iman Bank.
Caballito are now much scarcer inside the marina area where these baitfish have been schooling throughout the winter, no sardinas at all to report,
mainly slabs of squid, also some ballyhoo. Anglers were saving black skipjack for use as chunk bait as well.
The highlight for anglers has been trying to land a couple of yellowfin tuna, most of these tuna being hooked on strips of squid, sizes ranged up
to 70 lb. Finicky fish, in recent days the lighter 40 lb. leaders worked best. No huge numbers of these tuna, some charters landed three or four
yellowfin. There was also some very hungry seas lions taking more than their fair share of hooked up fish.
Very few dorado or wahoo even being reported, extremely fortunate to find even one of these gamefish. A few more striped marlin were moving into
local waters, not every day though, some days a flurry of marlin action and others no fish found, mostly smaller sized stripers, not many over 100 lb.
On and off through the week there were red crabs found floating on the surface, especially around the Gordo Banks. Main catch when using these for
bait were smaller sized tijareta snapper, also some huachinango found as well. No yellowtail reported, though there was an occasional amberjack
hooked into over the high spots. Also a few nice leopard grouper in the mix, found off these same rocky areas, hitting on yo-yo jigs and various baits.
Not a whole lot of inshore trolling going on, lack of live bait the main reason, the roosterfish have wanted the live caballito, which are not very
numerous recently.
*T*he combined sportfishing fleet launching out of the panga area from Puerto Los Cabos Marina sent out an estimated 62 charters for the week and
anglers reported an approximate fish count of: 9 striped marlin, 1 wahoo, 1 dorado, 72 yellowfin tuna, 5 amberjack, 13 leopard grouper, 22 bonito, 150
red snapper, 18 yellow snapper, 8 spotted rose snapper, 4 sierra, 6 roosterfish, 8 Pacific tilefish, 6 porgy, 5 hogfish and 70 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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Jun 20, 2020; 05:40PM - 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
March 8, 2020
*The first week of the new month saw lighter crowds of tourists arriving, as fears of traveling due to corona virus outbreak has spread alarm. We
have not hear of any cases locally but our closer monitoring the situation. Mild weather, more than usual cloud cover, no rain though, variable winds
predominately from the north, but also switching unpredictably, settling down later in the week. Water clarity a bit up and down due to conditions,
also ocean temperatures cooled into the 68 to 70 degree range.*
*Bait supplies were working harder to find available caballito, also offering squid and ballyhoo. Charter fleets have concentrated efforts from
Palmilla Point to Cardon, La Fortuna and Iman area. Still opportunities now for yellowfin tuna, best chances were near La Fortuna while drift fishing
with squid or using live caballito. On last Sunday there was a 114 lb. yellowfin tuna accounted for, as well as other fish over 70 lb., though
average yellowfin being landed was more like 20 to 30 lb. On and off bite, depending on water temperature, currents, boat pressure etc… No other areas
were producing hot action, so the majority of all the daily charters were congregating on the same grounds, creating a pressure situation. Anglers
were doing well to land a couple of these tuna.*
*Off of the various rocking high spots we were seeing increased numbers of leopard grouper, amberjack and various snapper. Though this action varied
with consistency from day to day. Anglers were using yo-yo jigs, as well as available bait. We also saw one golden phase leopard grouper, a rare
species. Amberjack averaged 10 to 20 lb. though a couple we saw were over 50 lb. Only very sporadic red crab activity reported, currents need to be
just right for these crabs to drift to the surface where they can be scooped up with nets for use as bait. There were more triggerfish than any
other bottom species, *
*Every day we are seeing a few dorado, most of them found mid-morning and near shore, averaging about 10 lb. We also saw at least a few wahoo
accounted for the week.*
*Near shore only limited action for roosterfish while trolling live bait, on most days the roosterfish were more active early in the morning. A few
sierra and jack crevalle were mixed in.*
*T*he combined sportfishing fleet launching out of the panga area from Puerto Los Cabos Marina sent out an estimated 58 charters for the week and
anglers reported an approximate fish count of: 2 striped marlin, 3 wahoo, 24 dorado, 44 yellowfin tuna, 12 yellowtail, 16 amberjack, 8 sierra, 1 dog
tooth snapper, 14 roosterfish, 10 flag cabrilla, 16 leopard grouper, 1 golden cabrilla, 12 bonito, 38 red snapper, 18 yellow snapper, 2 white
skipjack, 8 spotted rose snapper, 4 mohara, 4 porgy, 4 hogfish, 6 barred
pargo and 38 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.CO
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Jun 20, 2020; 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
February 23, 2020
We saw some increase in numbers of anglers arriving, even some early season spring break vacationers. This week there was a major change in weather
patterns, went from seasonal chilly low temperatures, to bright sunny warm sunshine in the 80 degree range, this is an ideal time now to visit, before
serious spring break crowds arrive. Winds diminished through the week and anglers found very nice ocean conditions on most days. Bait options
remained much the same, vendors offered caballito, ballyhoo, slabs of squid and also there were schooling sardineta, which rebounded off of the San
Jose del Cabo Hotel zone.
Ocean conditions were now much cleaner and temperature was on a warming trend, water is now ranged 72 to 74 degrees off of San Jose del Cabo and
north towards San Luis Bank. There were reports of pelagic red crabs drifting in swarms to the surface, more so early in the week, a sporadic
unpredictable event, but these small crabs always seem to attract schooling red snapper. Using these for bait over the high spots was a favorite this
time of year, these red snapper, locally named huachinango, range in sizes to over ten lb., averaging 2 to 5 lb.
With the conditions improving, so did the chances of hooking into yellowfin tuna on the grounds from the Gordo Banks to Iman and San Luis Banks.
Anglers were drift fishing with strips of squids, as well as slow trolling live caballito and were hooking into to tuna that averaged about 20 lb.,
but several to 80 lb. or more were also accounted for. No big numbers, but there was a good chance now at landing a couple of these fish.
Dorado action was more scattered, at times encountered in sizable schools and very near shore, some anglers being more fortunate to find the fish and
others never finding any. Various bait fish seemed to work best, with sizes ranging up to 15 lb. Still some roosterfish and sierra being found near
shore as well, best bite seemed to be very early, then quickly slacking off through the morning.
A couple of wahoo were reported on the grounds north of Punta Gorda, with these warming currents we should see more chances at these elusive gamefish.
Shallow water rock structure action produced yellow snapper, pompano, cabrilla, triggerfish and bonito, no big numbers of any particular species,
besides the red snapper bite while using red crabs for bait over particular deeper high spots. We are patiently waiting for the seasonal migration of
yellowtail to move in, so far nothing going on this, time of year though when things can change quickly, a lot can be dependent on ocean conditions.
Marlin bite was spread out anywhere from 3 to 10 miles from shore, in the vicinity of Gordo Banks and north toward Desteladera, though no big numbers
at this time, only a fish or two here or there, no particular hot spot.
*T*he combined sportfishing fleet launching out of the panga area from Puerto Los Cabos Marina sent out an estimated 64 charters for the week and
anglers reported an approximate fish count of: 11 striped marlin, 48 dorado, 64 yellowfin tuna, 8 sierra, 22 roosterfish, 8 cabrilla, 8 bonito,
65 red snapper, 2 pompano, 7 yellow snapper, 3 sheepshead, wahoo 2 and 24 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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Jun 20, 2020; 03:42PM - 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
February 15, 2020
We are seeing light crowds of anglers now, many have been following weather and fishing reports patiently waiting for things to warm up
and improve the
all-around action. For the past month or so we have seen persistent winds, predominately blowing out of the north, dropping ocean water
temperatures
in to the 68 to 70 degree range. Greenish currents have been swirling throughout the region, especially closer to shore. This week we had
a
season low temperature of 47 degree midweek, daytime highs have been reaching 75 degrees, scattering cloud cover most days.
Bait vendors are offering a mix of caballito, ballyhoo and slabs of squid. The schools of baitfish offshore of San Jose del Cabo have
dispersed and
fishing action is more spread out now. Still no signs of sardinas, there were reports of these schooling baitfish seen further north, but
with the
winds it just has not worked out trying to search for this resource.
Most local charters are fishing areas from off of Red Hill and north to Iman Bank, also all along the inshore beach stretches. The first
half of
the week was particularly slow, anglers fortunate to find a couple of mostly smaller sized fish. Then later in the week the water clarity
improved north of Punta Gorda and on the Iman Bank some yellowfin tuna were finally hooked into, these fish ranged from football sized up
to 50 lb.
Striking on strips of squid, later over the weekend these tuna were preferring to strike on slow trolled live caballito, of course choppy
conditions did not make things easy. For the most part anglers did well to land one, two or three of these yellowfin. If weather does
settle this
coming week as forecasts are saying, we could get into some quality action.
Dorado were still in the area, scattered fish in smaller schools, more of these found closer to shore, than far offshore, sizes up to 15
lb. Water
temperatures now on the cool side for these migrating gamefish. Some anglers were in the right spot and caught a few nice dorado just
like that,
other anglers never even had any opportunities.
Bottom action was limited with the north winds, a mix of various snapper, pargo, bonito, triggerfish and cabrilla, most of these were
smaller sized,
but all good eating. Inshore was slow as well, a handful of sierra, a few specimens close to ten pounds, also some scattered roosterfish
action on
fish to 15 lb.
The combined sportfishing fleet launching out of the panga area from Puerto Los Cabos Marina sent out an estimated 49 charters for the
week and
anglers reported an approximate fish count of: 1 striped marlin, 41 dorado, 22 yellowfin tuna, 9 sierra, 13 roosterfish, 9 cabrilla, 5
bonito, 16 red
snapper, 8 spotted rose snapper, 12 yellow snapper, 7 porgy, 1 island jack, 1 amberjack and 22 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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Jun 20, 2020; 02:37PM - 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
*February 9, 2020*
*Good number of tourists are arriving now to our Los Cabos destination, many of these visitors are anticipating enjoying warm weather. Though the winter season is now upon us, with this
continued cold trend, we felt low temperatures a chilly as 48 degrees and day time highs barely reached 70 degrees through much of the week, weekend the pattern shifted and we had slightly warmer conditions. North winds were brisk through most of the week,
finally diminishing over the
weekend. Ocean water temperature were in the 67 to 71 degree range and off colored currents were plaguing the area from off of San Jose del Cabo towards Los Frailes. Limited numbers of serious
anglers now in town, as they are following reports and realize this is not normally peak season for
much besides northern winds and peak whale migration. Even though last consistent action, was a season when we did not have such consistent winds and was not as cold overall. So much is
depending on weather conditions this time of year, we do expect to see some warmer more stable conditions in the coming weeks.*
*There continues to be bait schools concentrated off of San Jose, mainly sardineta and chihuil at this time, not many mackerel, also some limited numbers of caballito, as well as
ballyhoo and slabs of squid. No sardinas reported, would be nice to
have the option of live sardinas, but these baitfish have been scarce in our local region in recent months, hoping they move within range soon. Lots of baitfish are also reported on offshore
grounds, gamefish have more than enough natural food source. The all-around
action was slow this past week, cold conditions and off colored water being
a main factor.*
*Anglers worked hard for a handful of fish, still a chance at finding a dorado or two, but the surface action became very scattered, best bet was while slow trolling bait. Many charters
were also trying more of the options off of the bottom, though there was limited action found, a mix of
pargo, snapper, cabrilla, bonito, triggerfish, etc., no big fish, all good eating, but just no numbers at all, fortunate to land a mix of a half dozen fish.*
*Yellowfin tuna were seen breezing the surface on the Outer Gordo Banks, but were not interested in biting, on Saturday there was one 80 lb. class tuna accounted for while drift fishing with squid.*
*Billfish action was better towards Cabo San Lucas, but still scattered and hit of miss, reports were decent on the 1150 spot for striped marlin. Also more mako sharks appearing in the
cooler water. As water conditions settles we expect more offshore porpoise with tuna action will develop, it is the normal time of year for this. *
*Inshore action reported some roosterfish, sierra and shallow rock species. Though this was not a
guarantee, but we saw a couple of sierra near ten pounds, roosterfish were not so active
in the cold water, but fish 5 to 15 lb. were reported.*
*We are optimistic for a turnaround in coming days and weeks, been a tough stretch the past couple of weeks, so will be time for things to rebound some.*
*The combined sportfishing fleet launching out of the panga area from Puerto Los Cabos Marina sent out an estimated 55 charters for the week and anglers** reported an approximate fish count of:
4 striped marlin, 16 dorado, 1 yellowfin tuna, 12 sierra, 12
roosterfish, 11 cabrilla, 4 bonito, 22 red snapper, 10 yellow snapper, 4
glass eyed snapper, 6 spotted rose snapper, 7 Pacific tile fish, 2 mako
shark, 4 porgy and 26 triggerfish.*
*Good Fishing, Eric* --
GORDO BANKS PANGAS
Eric Brictson / Operator
619 488-1859
Los Cabos (624) 142-1147
e-mail:gordobanks@yahoo.com
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Feb 6, 2020; 07:04PM - 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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*February 2, 2020*
*This past week we felt an overall cooling trend, scattered cloud cover, variable winds, strong at times, predominately out of the north, high
temperatures reaching into the lower 70s. We are in the midst of winter season now, so these cooler conditions are not unusual, we expect similar
weather through the month of February, which is always known to be full of unpredictable patterns. Local resorts are now seeing large crowds of
tourists, though not a high percentage of them are serious anglers. This is a common scenario, as this time frame is not the peak season for most of
the highly sought after game fish.*
*The all-around fishing action slowed this past week, with cooler and gusty ocean conditions being the major factor. Best action out of San Jose del
Cabo seemed to be straight out front, from Palmilla to the Hotel Zone and north towards Punta Gorda. The grounds to the north, where fleets do
regular concentrate their efforts, have been turned over with greener cooler currents, better looking water and more schooling baitfish are
presently right off of the Marina entrance. Ocean is now in the 70 to 71 degree range through most of the region, the coolest currents are near
Los Frailes and are pushing further south every week.*
*Off of San Jose del Cabo there continued to be sizable schools of mackerel and sardineta reported, also more black
skipjack moving in on these same grounds. Bait vendors have limited supplies of caballito, ballyhoo and slabs of squid. *
*The yellowfin tuna action stalled out through the week, also dorado became scarcer with each passing day. Early in the week a few wahoo were reported,
also more dorado, but as week progressed with not so ideal conditions, ocean temperatures cooled and surface action slowed way down. Billfish was
very slow as well, some days the striped marlin would be more active, but the very next day they could not be
found, again more consistent early in the week.*
*Not much going close to shore, a handful of sierra, a few roosterfish, though the cooler off colored current slowed that action way down. There
had been mid-morning frigate bird activity followed, with feeding dorado found close to shore, but that action faded, we hope that as weather
settles and we see a slight warming trend, that action will improve.*
*Currents were swift, but there was a mix of bottom fish being found, not large fish, but a few quality leopard
grouper to 15 lb., yellow snapper, with other pargo and cabrilla species.*
*The weather patterns in the coming weeks will be a factor as for how the fishing action shapes up.*
*The combined sportfishing fleet launching out of the panga area from Puerto Los Cabos Marina sent out an
estimated 58 charters for the week and anglers reported an approximate fish
count of: 10 striped marlin, 29 dorado, 1 yellowfin tuna, 6 wahoo, 32 sierra, 8 roosterfish, 13 cabrilla, 9 bonito, 32 red snapper, 12 yellow
snapper, 4 barred pargo, 1 halibut, 1 yellowtail, 2 amberjack and 26 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
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Feb 6, 2020; 07:02PM - 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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January 26, 2020
Anglers -
GORDO BANKS PANGAS
Anglers -
We once again saw more numbers of tourists arriving, winter time travelers looking to enjoy the ideal local climate. Scattered early day cloud cover,
plenty of sunshine, with high temperatures ranging 75 to 80 degrees.
We continued to have the cycles of north winds, though by this weekend ocean conditions were ideal, no wind to speak of, as well as improved fishing
action. Water temperatures were in the 71 to 74 degree range. Early in the week there was a particularly swift current sweeping through the grounds
north of Punta Gorda and this made it tougher for anglers to do much. Overall the ocean clarity improved, but at times there were swirling
greenish currents encountered.
Large concentrations of baitfish now congregating on the grounds just offshore of the San Jose del Cabo Hotel Zone, mackerel and sardineta. Other
bait options included, caballito, ballyhoo and slabs of squid. With all of the food source concentrated in this area there were dorado and striped
marlin found in good numbers on these same grounds. This is all in very close proximity of the local marina, a seasonal event that always gets the
locals excited, sometimes this will only last for a week or two before baitfish schools migrate elsewhere, we will see how this season progresses.
Inshore there were roosterfish, sierra and a variety of shallow structure species. Most of these fish were smaller in size, though this past week
a handful of much larger roosterfish up to 40 lb. were reported, also sierra to 8 lb.
The action for yellowfin tuna had stalled out during the past couple of weeks, due to weather conditions and changing water, etc. This weekend as
the weather settled down for a couple of days, the yellowfin tuna became active Friday on the Gordo Banks once again. Anglers were drift fishing
with squid and landed tuna up to 80 lb., all of these fish seemed to be in the 50 to 80 lb. class. Earlier in the week there were a few smaller
football sized tuna found scattered, but these were the first nicer grade tuna found in recent days. No huge numbers, but there was a fair chance at
catching two or three of these fish.
Wahoo were scarce with the cooler water, though a handful were accounted for on the grounds from Punta Gorda to Cardon. It seems that the ocean
conditions near Vinorama is now cooler and dirtier, better looking blue water now found nearer San Jose el Cabo.
The highlight off of the bottom was a 70 lb. class amberjack, also we saw a few more leopard grouper, yellow snapper, red snapper and smaller
amberjack in the mix. We anticipate more structure action in coming months, as that is the normal pattern as we near spring
time. We heard about reports of smaller yellowtail on the Pacific side of Cabo San Lucas, this is usually a sign that these gamefish are eventually
moving in the direction of the Sea Of Cortez, it has been several years now since we saw a great run of these sought after gamefish.
Peak season now for whales, should be easy to spot these mammals for at least another month.
*T*he combined sportfishing fleet launching out of the panga area from Puerto Los Cabos Marina sent out an estimated 80 charters for the week and
anglers reported an approximate fish count of: 16 striped marlin, 148 dorado, 20 yellowfin tuna, 5 wahoo, 18 sierra, 32 roosterfish, 12 cabrilla,
4 porgy, 6 bonito, 4 pompano, 38 red snapper, 8 yellow snapper, 2 dogtooth snapper, 7 barred pargo, 8 amberjack and 25 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
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Feb 6, 2020; 07:01PM - 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
January 19, 2020
Moderate winter time crowds now, noticeably lighter, as schools return to session after traditional holiday seasons. Weather patterns are typically
unpredictable, lows in 50s some days and highs up to mid-80s on others. Wind predominately from the north, in cycles of two, three, four days.
Moderate ocean swells, with clarity fluctuating accordingly to running currents. Ocean temperatures have been in the 72 to 74 degree range,
slightly warmer than normal for this time frame.
Bait options consisted of caballito, ballyhoo, slabs of squid, sardineta and some mackerel. Large schools of baitfish now congregating on areas off
of San Jose del Cabo, more sardineta than anything else. No word on sardinas moving within range of local fleets.
Striped Marlin are following their food source in this same direction, though still not in big numbers, but more this week compared to last.
Dorado were the more numerous gamefish at this time, found throughout the area, often close to shore, striking on a variety of lures, but more
readily on available bait. Sizes ranged up to 20 lb., though the majority were averaging ten pounds.
Wahoo action rebounded somewhat this week, as we saw ocean temperatures remain warm enough to keep these fish in the area. Still this action was
more sporadic, most strikes were reported from Punta Gorda to Vinorama. Sizes were all the way from sierra sized wahoo, up to 45 lb. Ballyhoo and
caballito both produced a higher percentage of strikes.
Juvenile sized roosterfish were most common, though a few much larger roosters in the mix and we are now seeing more sierra found along local
beach stretches. At times frigate birds could be seen circling and diving closer to shore, especially mid- morning, this activity was typically
associated with feeding dorado.
Yellowfin tuna action was spotty, but we are seeing limited numbers of tuna in the 10 to 25 lb. class taken through the inshore zone, seen more near
Cardon and La Fortuna recently. Striking on smaller sized lures and while drift fishing with strips of squid.
Not much going off the bottom, commercial fleet has concentrated on the red snapper, not much red crab surface activity this past week. A few cabrilla
taken off of the high spots, bonito, pargo, but more triggerfish than anything else. We look for this bottom bite to improve in coming weeks,
hoping for a good yellowtail season.
*T*he combined sportfishing fleet launching out of the panga area from Puerto Los Cabos Marina sent out an estimated 68 charters for the week and
anglers reported an approximate fish count of: 11 striped marlin, 160 dorado, 42 yellowfin tuna, 26 wahoo, 38 pargo, 22 sierra, 16 roosterfish,
9 cabrilla, 4 jack crevalle, bonito 6 and 28 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
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Jan 15, 2020; 09:45PM - 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
January 12, 2020
We noticed a significant decline in tourists this week, with schools now back in session and work holidays over, there are lighter crowds. Cooler weather patterns continues, average
lows about 55 degrees, with highs about 76 degrees, so comparatively to northern regions, still quite pleasant for mid-winter season. Wins from the north continues, cycle of two or three
days, then residing, before picking back up. On Friday winds increased to 20 plus mph, through Saturday as well, actually closing down Cabo San Lucas marina to vessels under 40 ft. Sunday
conditions are forecast to calm down.
Water temperature is on a cooling trend, now in the 72 to 74 degree range through much of the region, clarity fluctuated, some very clean blue water
found close to shore, but other areas being stirred up and off colored. Transition period now for many gamefish now, such as dorado and wahoo,
these fish prefer warmer waters and will migrate further south, striped marlin on the other hand prefer the cooler waters, with peak season
normally in the winter and though spring.
Earlier in the week there was a run of pelagic crabs, drifting to the surface in masses on local fishing grounds, being scooped up in nets and
used for bait for red snapper. Commercial fleet activity always ramps up when these red crabs appear. These
huachinango average 2 to 5 lb. and reach up to about 14 lb. Very prized eating and a valuable commercial product.
Sportfishing fleets found more scattered action with cooler choppy conditions through much of the week, best action was encountered fairly
close to shore, areas from Santa Maria to La Fortuna, dorado in the 5 to 15 lb. class being most common, also some roosterfish and sierra, using
caballito or ballyhoo was main method. Bait options available from the marina were for caballito, ballyhoo and slabs of squid. Average catches
consisted of a couple of dorado, up to five or six. We only saw a couple of smaller sized wahoo come in all week. Yellowfin tuna action was very slow
on local grounds, a handful of yellowfin were landed earlier in the week off the local grounds, these fish ranged from 10 lb., up to about 80 lb.,
though very few numbers. The area that is producing cow sized tuna was the Jaime Bank outside of Cabo San Lucas, several long range San Diego vessels
were chumming these grounds this week, local pangeros were making the long run to get into this action, putting in long days but returning with fish
to 200 lb. This being more of a commercial prospect.
There was a lack of much billfish activity, we are hearing of more mackerel moving in the direction off of San Jose del Cabo, this should attract the
striped marlin, some are being seen now, but very scattered. Also full moon period as well, as things shift and weather settles we are optimistic for
improved action.
*T*he combined sportfishing fleet launching out of the panga area from Puerto Los Cabos Marina sent out an estimated 58 charters for the week and
anglers reported an approximate fish count of: 84 dorado, 16 yellowfin tuna, 2 wahoo, 4 barred pargo, 32 sierra, 26 roosterfish, 3 cabrilla, 58
huachinango, 3 jack crevalle, 5 porgy and 22 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
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