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 May 12, 2019; 04:23PM - GORDO BANKS PANGAS San Jose del Cabo
 Category:  Mexico Cabo San Lucas
 Author Name:  Eric
GORDO BANKS PANGAS  San Jose del Cabo

GORDO BANKS PANGAS

San Jose del Cabo

Anglers –

May 27, 2018



Last week we had noticed an increase in
visiting anglers, though this week was
a different story, as crowds of
tourists were lighter. Perhaps families
are more pre-occupied with school
graduations and final exams, etc. we
should more people arriving in the
coming weeks.



Weather patterns are progressively
warming as we near the summer season,
though the climate is very pleasant
still, lows of about 65 degrees and
highs hovering around 85 degrees.

Winds were a factor from the north
early in the week, while out of Cabo
San Lucas they were dealing with
stiffer winds from a southerly
direction. Later in the week ocean
conditions were much calmer. The water
temperature around the corner on the
Pacific is cooler, in the upper 60’s,
while in the direction of San Jose del
Cabo and to Los Frailes, the ocean
currents were averaging 78 to 80
degrees. Still unpredictable currents
pushing in off colored murky water into
areas north of Punta Gorda where water
temperatures are warm and clarity has
fluctuated.



Large schools of mullet moved in along
the shoreline, particularly in the
Puerto Los Cabos Marina area and along
both sides of the jetties. Sardinas are
being found just north of the jetties,
though they are starting to be a bit
more scattered and limited, as larger
surf conditions are becoming more
prevalent. Other bait options included
caballito, small jacks, chihuil,
sardineta and even some mackerel were
found offshore. Also reports of some
sizable schools of bolito found on
offshore grounds, those are always a
favorable sign that pelagic gamefish
are usually closely following this
preferred food source.



Last week the highlight was the hot
striped marlin bite around the
Desteladera Bank, with bait fish
schools now moving around the billfish
action has become more scattered,
though charters targeting these
offshore grounds have been reporting
multiple chances daily, action came
while trolling lures and dropping back
baits, also soaking baits, stripers
were ranging in sizes from 70 lb. to
130 lb.



The yellowfin tuna bite was mainly
centered at La Fortuna, the Twenty Five
Spot, some days near Iman and San Luis
Banks. Though this week the yellowfin
tuna action in general proved much more
elusive, only a handful of tuna being
accounted for. Most of these fish were
in the 30 to 70 lb. class, but anglers
were fortunate to land one of them.
Mid-week on the Gordo Banks there was
one day when a few tuna up to 70 lb.
were accounted were while trilling live
chihuil, though since no one else found
these fish cooperative. Very few dorado
now being reported, though more of
these fish were seen this past week,
they did not always bite though.



Inshore rock piles seemed to produce
better all-around action for a variety
of great eating species, most of these
under ten pounds, with an occasional
larger specimen. Anglers using sardinas
or chunks of other baits were finding
yellow snapper, leopard grouper, barred
pargo, spotted pink snapper, island
jack, pompano, amberjack, sierra,
triggerfish, surgeonfish and others, a
virtual smorgasbord.



Along the beach stretches we saw more
roosterfish moving in, the majority in
the 10 to 20 lb. class, but few
roosterfish to over 40 lb. were also
hooked into. Still no significant
numbers yet, though with all of the
mullet now appearing, in the next
couple of weeks we should see the
roosterfish action break loose. Also
along the shore there have been sierra
and jack crevalle. This is the time of
year we should start seeing some pargo
colorado and dogtooth snapper show up.



The combined panga fleets launching out
of La Playita, Puerto Los Cabos Marina
sent out approximately 62 charters for
this week. Anglers reported a fish
count of: 18 striped marlin, (majority
released), 7 dorado, 1 yellowtail, 13
yellowfin tuna, 92 yellow snapper, 12
surgeon fish, 36 spotted rose snapper,
34 cabrilla (leopard grouper), 14
huachinango (red snapper), 21
amberjack, 15 barred pargo, 21 pompano,
35 roosterfish, 8 jack crevalle, 42
sierra, 22 flag cabrilla, 12 Island
jack and 140 triggerfish.



Good fishing, Eric














--
GORDO BANKS PANGAS
Eric Brictson / Operator
619 488-1859
Los Cabos (624) 142-1147
e-mail:gordobanks@yahoo.com

 May 12, 2019; 04:20PM - GORDO BANKS PANGAS San Jose del Cabo
 Category:  Mexico Cabo San Lucas
 Author Name:  Eric
GORDO BANKS PANGAS  San Jose del Cabo

GORDO BANKS PANGAS

San Jose del Cabo

Anglers –

May 20, 2018



We saw slightly larger crowds of
tourists arriving this past week.
Weather patterns were now on a warming
trend, though still very comfortable,
barely cold at all in the early
morning, with clear sunny skies and
highs averaging 85 degrees. Winds from
the north have resided, more breeze now
on the Pacific, also much cooler and
greener water to below 70 degrees on
that side of the Peninsula, while off
of San Jose del Cabo and towards the
East Cape the ocean currents are now in
the 76 to 78 degree range, also this is
where the clear blue water is,
concentrations of baitfish and in turn
the more productive fishing
opportunities.



Supplies of sardinas remain steady,
schools of these baitfish are now back
in close range, just north of the
Puerto Los Cabos Marina jetty. Other
bait options were mullet and caballito,
as well as rigging ballyhoo or finding
bait offshore, such as skipjack and
chihuil. Overall this past week showed
promising signs for options close to
shore, off the bottom structure and
offshore.



The yellowfin tuna bite has been
concentrated near the La Fortuna or the
Twenty-Five spot, just inside of the
Iman Bank. Drift fishing with sardinas
for bait has been the best bet for
this, though these yellowfin remain
finicky, often they can be seen coming
up and feeding on the free chum, but
getting them to bite is another deal,
anglers have been fortunate to land one
or two of them, many hook ups were lost
to sea lions or sharks as well. Average
sizes for the tuna we have seen
recently was in the 20 to 60 lb. class.
Only an occasional dorado even being
seen, a handful of wahoo strikes also
reported, with more baitfish activity
seen on these grounds and the favorable
ocean conditions we expect the wahoo
bite might develop.



Shallow water rock piles are now
holding a variety of species, best bite
did seem to be earlier in the day.
Amberjack up to 30 lb. were encountered
coming to the surface, not a normal
action for these jacks, but it is the
time of year it can happen. Quite a few
yellow snapper being found, some over
ten pounds, island jack, surgeon fish,
leopard grouper, barred pargo, rose
spotted snapper, sierra and pompano
were also accounted for, so basically a
smorgasbord of quality eating fish. We
saw one sierra of 12 pounds, end of the
season for these members of the
mackerel family, time of year when the
big ones show up.



With more mullet now moving into local
inshore beach stretches we are also
seeing increasing numbers of
roosterfish arriving, the majority are
still under 20 pounds, though larger
specimens were reported. During the
next few weeks is usually when we see
peak action locally for the larger
grade of roosterfish. Remember that
these fish should always be released
with care, as they are not known for
their eating qualities, rather they are
a true gamefish, known to be very
powerful fighters and grow to over one
hundred pounds, having a limited
habitat, Southern Baja California being
one of the few regions in the world
where they can be found.



The action for striped marlin broke
wide open through this week, particular
so the later part of the week, with the
best action being found from the Gordo
Bank’s north to Desteladera Bank. Once
the word spread the fleet converged, as
far away as Cabo San Lucas and even the
East Cape. Marlin were coming up on and
feeding on balled up baitfish and boat
battles ensued, with the first few
charters arriving to the scene hooking
up and then everyone waiting for the
stripers to come back up on another
bait ball. Also many marlin were
striking on trolled lures, though the
higher percentage of hook ups were from
live baits such as caballito, chihuil
or skipjack, as well as rigged
ballyhoo. The majority of the charters
targeting this action were reported
multiple chances, some boats landing as
many as seven or more fish in one
morning. Sizes ranged from 60 lb. to
130 lb.



The combined panga fleets launching out
of La Playita, Puerto Los Cabos Marina
sent out approximately 83 charters for
this week. Anglers reported a fish
count of: 78 striped marlin, (majority
released), 5 dorado, 37 yellowfin tuna,
2 wahoo, 65 yellow snapper, 9 surgeon
fish, 45 spotted rose snapper, 42
cabrilla (leopard grouper), 16
huachinango (red snapper), 11 bonito,
36 amberjack, 19 barred pargo, 6
pompano, 52 roosterfish, 12 jack
crevalle, 32 sierra, 18 flag cabrilla,
14 Island jack, 1 tiger shark
(released) and 140 triggerfish,



Good fishing, Eric














--
GORDO BANKS PANGAS
Eric Brictson / Operator
619 488-1859
Los Cabos (624) 142-1147
e-mail:gordobanks@yahoo.com

 May 12, 2019; 04:18PM - GORDO BANKS PANGAS San Jose del Cabo
 Category:  Mexico Cabo San Lucas
 Author Name:  Eric
GORDO BANKS PANGAS  San Jose del Cabo

GORDO BANKS PANGAS

San Jose del Cabo

Anglers –

May 13, 2018



We continue to see lighter than normal
crowds of tourists for this time of
year. As we move closer towards the
summer season the weather patterns are
now progressively warming, mostly clear
sunny skies, with some marine layer
offshore at times, average morning lows
of about 70 degrees with the highs in
the mid to upper 80s. Actually great
climate now, plenty warm, but not
overwhelming, as it can become during
peak summer time. With light crowds,
ideal weather and a variety of fishing
options it is now the perfect time to
visit.



As usual we are dealing with
unpredictable and rapidly changing
ocean conditions during this transition
period. Ocean currents have been
sweeping in from different directions,
at times turning the water a bit
greenish, but this is the common
scenario in May. Ocean temperatures
have ranged from 67 degree on the
Pacific side of Cabo San Lucas, up to
78 degrees in the direction of Los
Frailes. Winds were moderate this past
week, picking up a bit stronger late
week, but overall much nicer than the
previous week.



Anglers were able to obtain sufficient
supplies of sardinas, also some
caballito, mullet and chihuil baitfish
being used. The most productive fishing
grounds locally continue to be from La
Fortuna to Iman Bank. This is where
both the sporadic bottom action for
various snapper, pargo species were
found, as well as yellowfin tuna on the
surface, tuna bite was dead to start
off the week, picking up again on
Thursday and Friday. The yellowfin were
striking mainly on the sardinas, using
40 to 50 lb. leaders, some boats landed
up to three fish in the 15 to 55 lb.
range. Only a handful of smaller sized
dorado were seen and reports of a few
wahoo seen or possible missed strikes,
none actually landed that we heard
about, except from East Cape charters
fishing closer to Los Frailes.



There was a day or two early in the
week when there were reports of
amberjack and some yellowtail found
feeding near the surface off of
Palmilla Point, but that action
disappeared as fast as it had
developed. For the most part the better
bottom action was found from the Gordo
Banks, where if you could chum up some
chihuil baits, these were working well
off the high spot for leopard grouper
and others, if the sea lions were not
too aggressive. Closer to shore off of
Cardon and La Fortuna anglers found
good early morning action for yellow
snapper, with some leopard grouper and
an occasional amberjack mixed n. Most
of this bottom action was on bait, only
limited success now on the yo-yo jigs.



Billfish action was scattered, only a
few striped marlin being found
scattered offshore, no particular hot
spot. Inshore there were more numbers
of smaller sized roosterfish showing
up, also good action on sierra closer
to the Pacific and of course some jack
crevalle actively patrolling the
shoreline. In the coming weeks we do
expect to see greater concentrations of
mullet to show and this in turn
attracts the trophy sized roosterfish,
as well as other pargo, snapper and
jack species.



The combined panga fleets launching out
of La Playita, Puerto Los Cabos Marina
sent out approximately 66 charters for
this week. Anglers reported a fish
count of: 3 striped marlin, 4 dorado,
26 yellowfin tuna, 45 yellow snapper, 7
surgeon fish, 28 spotted rose snapper,
23 cabrilla (leopard grouper), 15
huachinango (red snapper), 12 bonito, 9
amberjack, 5 yellowtail, 11 barred
pargo, 34 roosterfish, 8 jack crevalle,
8 sierra, 15 flag cabrilla, 8 grunt and
90 triggerfish.



Good fishing, Eric












--
GORDO BANKS PANGAS
Eric Brictson / Operator
619 488-1859
Los Cabos (624) 142-1147
e-mail:gordobanks@yahoo.com

 May 12, 2019; 04:13PM - GORDO BANKS PANGAS San Jose del Cabo
 Category:  Mexico Cabo San Lucas
 Author Name:  Eric
GORDO BANKS PANGAS  San Jose del Cabo

GORDO BANKS PANGAS

San Jose del Cabo

Anglers –

December 17, 2017



Light crowds this week visiting the Los
Cabos area, normal slack period for
traveling, will pick up again over the
Christmas Holiday. Cool climate has
moved in, on and off winds out of the
north, even some rain on Thursday, not
enough to keep anglers from going out,
but made conditions more uncomfortable,
as high temperatures barely even
reached 70 degrees. Ocean temperature
has been in the 75 to 78 degree range,
we expect to see this cooling trend to
continue through the month. More whales
are now arriving from their annual
migration from the north, as
sightings are being reported now every
day.



This is now late in the season for
warmer water gamefish such as yellowfin
tuna, dorado and wahoo, but there will
still be opportunities for hooking into
these fish as long as water stays in
the 70s. The wahoo action slowed way
down this past week, with only handful
of these fish being caught earlier in
the week, we do anticipate that these
fish will become active once again,
before cold water eventually sends them
further south. Dorado actually showed
up in more numbers, still varying from
day to day, though many anglers were
able to catch their two fish limit.
Most of these fish were in the 5 to 15
lb., with an occasional fish to 20 lb.
reported. Remember to release juvenile
female dorado whenever you have the
opportunity, this is beneficial for
future fishery to maintain sustainable
numbers.



Yellowfin tuna were one of the more
common fish being caught on most days,
though numbers were fewer this week
compared to previous. Tuna were being
found off the Arches near Cabo San
Lucas, to Santa Maria, Palmilla, Punta
Gorda, La Fortuna and Iman Bank.
Sardinas were slightly harder to find
in recent days, with Palmilla Point
being the area where the schooling
batfish were being netted. The sardinas
were definitely needed for chances at
catching the yellowfin, as very few
were striking on squid strips or on
trolled lures. Sizes of the tuna
averaged 10 to 15 lb. though a few
larger specimens in the 30 to 40 lb.
range were accounted for, these larger
fish were found on the Iman Bank. Mixed
in with the schools of yellowfin tuna
were white skipjack, a bit smaller than
most of the tuna, but good eating, not
like the black skipjack which are
normally only used for cut bait.



Bottom action produced a variety of
species off of the more shallow rock
piles, wind was a factor on the grounds
to the north. Leopard grouper, pompano,
island jack, bonito, yellow snapper,
barred pargo and triggerfish are were
caught in limited numbers. Using
sardinas and chunk bait produced, not
much on yo-yo jigs at this time.



We continue to see some sierra coming
from near shore grounds, though no big
quantities yet. Also there were handful
of roosterfish caught, up to about 10
lb. No billfish action being reported
out of San Jose del Cabo now, best
chances for striped marlin has been
around the corner on the Pacific Banks.





The combined panga fleets launching out
of La Playita, Puerto Los Cabos Marina
sent out approximately 78 charters for
the week, with anglers reporting a fish
count of: 5 wahoo, 32 sierra, 160
yellowfin tuna, 84 dorado, 4 amberjack,
20 yellow snapper, 15 island jack, 8
barred pargo, 10 Eastern Pacific
bonito, 44 white skipjack, 3 rainbow
runner,5 roosterfish, 3 African
Pompano, 22 cabrilla and 105
triggerfish.



Good fishing, Eric









--
GORDO BANKS PANGAS
Eric Brictson / Operator
619 488-1859
Los Cabos (624) 142-1147
e-mail:gordobanks@yahoo.com

 May 12, 2019; 04:11PM - GORDO BANKS PANGAS San Jose del Cabo
 Category:  Mexico Cabo San Lucas
 Author Name:  Eric
GORDO BANKS PANGAS  San Jose del Cabo

GORDO BANKS PANGAS

San Jose del Cabo

Anglers –

December 10, 2017



With the big rush of the fall season
now over, we normally expect to see
less tourists arriving and that is the
case now, though actually there were
quite a few anglers still showing up,
apparently to take advantage of the
lighter crowds, warmer than normal
ocean temperatures and all around great
climate. Water temperatures are now
ranging 78 to 80 degrees, it looks like
this coming week the weather patterns
will be cooler, so we will most likely
see ocean temperatures drop. Air
temperatures were reaching up to 85
degrees early in the week, but as north
winds increased through the week, highs
by the weekend were in the mid 70’s.



Bait supplies have remained sufficient,
with sardinas being the bait of choice,
they are now being netted along the
beach stretches from Palmilla to Cabo
Real. Some anglers are also still using
slabs of squid, locating and catching
the chihuil has been another option. We
anticipate that new resources for
mackerel and sardineta should start to
appear as water cools off some. The
most consistent fishing action is now
being encountered from Santa Maria,
Palmilla, Punta Gorda, La Fortuna and
Iman Bank.



Anglers were finding that yellowfin
tuna were the most common gamefish now
being accounted for, the majority of
these fish were striking on sardinas,
some on strips of squid or chihuil.
Most yellowfin landed were in the 10 to
20 lb. range, though a handful of tuna
up in the 30 to 70 lb. class were also
accounted for. Often the tuna could be
seen on the surface feeding freely, but
they were spooky and not eager to bite
on baits with hooks in them, but they
would strike in flurries, sometimes
earlier in the day and then at other
times not until later, a bit
unpredictable, but there are definitely
still a lot of yellowfin tuna on the
local fishing grounds. Average daily
catches would range from 3, 4 or 5
tuna, up to ten or more per charter.



Wahoo action went wide open for a
couple of days early in the week,
especially off of Punta Gorda, within
one mile of shore, the key was having
the chihuil baitfish, which were never
any guarantee, only a few wahoo were
taken on trolled lures, such as Rapalas
or while casting yo-yo jigs. A few
charters landed as many as 4 to 8 wahoo
per morning trip, with sizes ranging up
to over 60 lb. The word spread of the
hot wahoo bite, and that area close to
shore off of the point is a relatively
small area and susceptible to pressure,
the wahoo become finicky in a hurry. We
do expect this wahoo activity to be on
and off throughout this month, until
water temperature become too cool for
their liking.



Dorado continued to be scarcer than
tuna or wahoo, though on some days we
are seeing some of these fish from the
same fishing grounds, with an
occasional fish weighing over ten
pounds. No billfish to speak of out of
San Jose del Cabo and even the good
bite on the Pacific slacked up over the
recent full moon.



Action off the bottom produced better
action than previous period, though
later in the week the wind but this
action on hold. A handful of quality
leopard grouper, yellow snapper,
amberjack and monster sized triggerfish
were accounted for. Also everyday a few
sierra are being brought in. Mixed in
with the yellowfin tuna have been white
and black skipjacks, some days in
higher percentages than the yellowfin.



The combined panga fleets launching out
of La Playita, Puerto Los Cabos Marina
sent out approximately 83 charters for
the week, with anglers reporting a fish
count of: 44 wahoo, 22 sierra, 365
yellowfin tuna, 37 dorado, 8 amberjack,
18 yellow snapper, 5 island jack, 12
barred pargo, 12 Eastern Pacific
bonito, 125 white skipjack, 1 African
Pompano, 4 barred pargo, 15 cabrilla
and 105 triggerfish.



Good fishing, Eric









--
GORDO BANKS PANGAS
Eric Brictson / Operator
619 488-1859
Los Cabos (624) 142-1147
e-mail:gordobanks@yahoo.com

 May 12, 2019; 04:07PM - GORDO BANKS PANGAS San Jose del Cabo
 Category:  Mexico Cabo San Lucas
 Author Name:  Eric
GORDO BANKS PANGAS  San Jose del Cabo

GORDO BANKS PANGAS

San Jose del Cabo

Anglers –

December 10, 2017



With the big rush of the fall season
now over, we normally expect to see
less tourists arriving and that is the
case now, though actually there were
quite a few anglers still showing up,
apparently to take advantage of the
lighter crowds, warmer than normal
ocean temperatures and all around great
climate. Water temperatures are now
ranging 78 to 80 degrees, it looks like
this coming week the weather patterns
will be cooler, so we will most likely
see ocean temperatures drop. Air
temperatures were reaching up to 85
degrees early in the week, but as north
winds increased through the week, highs
by the weekend were in the mid 70’s.



Bait supplies have remained sufficient,
with sardinas being the bait of choice,
they are now being netted along the
beach stretches from Palmilla to Cabo
Real. Some anglers are also still using
slabs of squid, locating and catching
the chihuil has been another option. We
anticipate that new resources for
mackerel and sardineta should start to
appear as water cools off some. The
most consistent fishing action is now
being encountered from Santa Maria,
Palmilla, Punta Gorda, La Fortuna and
Iman Bank.



Anglers were finding that yellowfin
tuna were the most common gamefish now
being accounted for, the majority of
these fish were striking on sardinas,
some on strips of squid or chihuil.
Most yellowfin landed were in the 10 to
20 lb. range, though a handful of tuna
up in the 30 to 70 lb. class were also
accounted for. Often the tuna could be
seen on the surface feeding freely, but
they were spooky and not eager to bite
on baits with hooks in them, but they
would strike in flurries, sometimes
earlier in the day and then at other
times not until later, a bit
unpredictable, but there are definitely
still a lot of yellowfin tuna on the
local fishing grounds. Average daily
catches would range from 3, 4 or 5
tuna, up to ten or more per charter.



Wahoo action went wide open for a
couple of days early in the week,
especially off of Punta Gorda, within
one mile of shore, the key was having
the chihuil baitfish, which were never
any guarantee, only a few wahoo were
taken on trolled lures, such as Rapalas
or while casting yo-yo jigs. A few
charters landed as many as 4 to 8 wahoo
per morning trip, with sizes ranging up
to over 60 lb. The word spread of the
hot wahoo bite, and that area close to
shore off of the point is a relatively
small area and susceptible to pressure,
the wahoo become finicky in a hurry. We
do expect this wahoo activity to be on
and off throughout this month, until
water temperature become too cool for
their liking.



Dorado continued to be scarcer than
tuna or wahoo, though on some days we
are seeing some of these fish from the
same fishing grounds, with an
occasional fish weighing over ten
pounds. No billfish to speak of out of
San Jose del Cabo and even the good
bite on the Pacific slacked up over the
recent full moon.



Action off the bottom produced better
action than previous period, though
later in the week the wind but this
action on hold. A handful of quality
leopard grouper, yellow snapper,
amberjack and monster sized triggerfish
were accounted for. Also everyday a few
sierra are being brought in. Mixed in
with the yellowfin tuna have been white
and black skipjacks, some days in
higher percentages than the yellowfin.



The combined panga fleets launching out
of La Playita, Puerto Los Cabos Marina
sent out approximately 83 charters for
the week, with anglers reporting a fish
count of: 44 wahoo, 22 sierra, 365
yellowfin tuna, 37 dorado, 8 amberjack,
18 yellow snapper, 5 island jack, 12
barred pargo, 12 Eastern Pacific
bonito, 125 white skipjack, 1 African
Pompano, 4 barred pargo, 15 cabrilla
and 105 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

 May 12, 2019; 04:04PM - GORDO BANKS PANGAS San Jose del Cabo
 Category:  Mexico Cabo San Lucas
 Author Name:  Eric
GORDO BANKS PANGAS  San Jose del Cabo

GORDO BANKS PANGAS

San Jose del Cabo

Anglers –

December 3, 2017



The fall season is finally now starting
to wind down, as fewer tourists were
seen this past week, as Thanksgiving is
now past and people now have other
priorities preparing for the Christmas
and New Year’s Holidays coming up.
Weather is now ideal, north winds have
not been over powering as they can be
this time of year, clear skies with
high temperatures of about 85 degrees.
Ocean temperature now holding in the 78
to 81 degree range, very favorable for
fishing prospects throughout the month
of December. Great time to visit now,
with lighter crowds, perfect weather
conditions and a variety of gamefish
opportunities now being found on local
fishing grounds.



Supplies of sardinas continue to be
sufficient for anglers, these small
baitfish are now schooling off the
rocky beach stretches from Palmilla to
Cabo Real. Other bait options include
slabs of squid or trying to find and
catch your own chihuil, as well as
using chunks of skipjack. Sardinas
proved to be the most productive all
around bait.



Most common catches were for yellowfin
tuna in the 10 to 30 lb. range, we only
saw a handful of tuna up in the 50 to
70 lb. range this past week. Even the
smaller grade tuna were finicky much of
the time, anglers could see the
yellowfin jumping out of the water and
feeding freely on the chummed sardinas,
but they often would not readily take
the baits with hooks in them. Very
clear water, boat pressure, coming full
moon, all can be factors for this.
Though with patience, most charters
were able to accountant for tuna
catches averaging 4 to 8 fish per boat.
The Palmilla Point, Santa Maria, Los
Arcos, Iman Bank all produced fish, the
larger grade of tuna were coming off of
the Iman and San Luis Banks.



Wahoo slowed way down compared to the
previous week when Vinorama was
producing some wide open action. This
week the wahoo were being found closer,
such as off of Gordo Banks, Punta
Gorda, Palmilla and Iman Bank, though
not in any significant numbers, anglers
were fortunate to land one of them,
sizes ranged to 45 lb. With water
temperatures still warm, we do
anticipate having more wahoo activity
throughout the month. Dorado were found
scattered on the same grounds as were
the tuna and wahoo, though numbers were
very limited, and most of these fish
were under 10 lb., with a rare larger
specimen in the mix.



Reports from the Pacific for good
action on striped marlin, with multiple
fish per charter being the rule. In the
direction of San Jose del Cabo, the
billfish action was limited, a few
single stripers and black marlin
hanging around.



Ae water temperatures are slowly
cooling, we are see some more sierra
show up closer to shore, a few nicer
fish to over 5 lb. Also some of the
more elusive island jacks were found.
Off the bottom structure we saw a
little more production of amberjack,
barred pargo, triggerfish, leopard
grouper (cabrilla) and at least one
nice 28 lb. yellowtail was landed.
Quite a few white skipjack were mixed
in with the schools of yellowfin tuna
and a few of the Eastern Pacific
bonito.



The combined panga fleets launching out
of La Playita, Puerto Los Cabos Marina
sent out approximately 91 charters for
the week, with anglers reporting a fish
count of: 1 black marlin, 1 striped
marlin, 26 wahoo, 36 sierra, 440
yellowfin tuna, 46 dorado, 15
amberjack, 13 yellow snapper, 12
huachinango, 26 island jack, 12 barred
pargo, 14 Eastern Pacific bonito, 110
white skipjack, 1 yellowtail, 16
cabrilla and 145 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

 May 12, 2019; 04:02PM - GORDO BANKS PANGAS San Jose del Cabo
 Category:  Mexico Cabo San Lucas
 Author Name:  Eric
GORDO BANKS PANGAS  San Jose del Cabo

GORDO BANKS PANGAS

San Jose del Cabo

Anglers –

November 26, 2017



Still very busy with visiting tourists
now in Los Cabos, many of them here
enjoying their Thanksgiving holidays
and everyone seems to be enjoying
themselves, as the weather is pristine,
clear sunny skies with temperatures
averaging 85 degrees. Following this
week we normally see a bit of slack
time as far as numbers of tourists
arriving, as people get back to work
and school, then start preparing for
the Christmas Holiday Season.



Early in the week there was persistent
north wind creating rough conditions on
the grounds to the north of Punta
Gorda, but late in the week they
resided and ocean conditions were
great. Water temperature is now right
around 80 degrees, this keeps prospects
very favorable for the coming weeks.
Bait supplies remained fairly steady
for sardinas, now schooling near
Palmilla beaches and further south,
though on a few days they did become a
bit more limited due to the extra heavy
pressure during this holiday week.
Other bait options continued to be
slabs of squid, ballyhoo and the more
elusive chihuil, which was the candy
bait being used for targeting the
highly sought after wahoo. Water was
very clean and blue now, almost too
clean on offshore high spots, as fish
can also become more finicky at times
when there is an abundance of natural
food source and the water is crystal
clear.



Though for most anglers they did report
good success, most common species being
the yellowfin tuna, there continued to
be good action for the smaller sized
tuna off of Palmilla Point, hitting
mainly on the sardinas and ranging in
sizes of 10 to 20 plus lb. The action
for the larger grade yellowfin that had
been happening on San Luis and Iman
Banks, slowed way down this week, as
more of the smaller tuna to 20 lb. also
moved in on these grounds. Most likely
the larger fish are still hanging
around, but just have not wanted to
compete with all of these smaller tuna.
Dorado were scattered, not being being
found in any particular area, best
chances were on the same grounds where
the tuna were schooling, we did see a
few dorado up to 20 lb., which is nicer
sized than we had been seeing, reports
of more dorado were coming from the
Pacific.



The wahoo action on closer by spots was
very limited, just an occasional fish,
though near Vinorama there has been an
excellent bite on these speedsters. The
deal was to first go and catch the bait
of choice, chihuil, either on the Inner
Gordo Banks or at times on Iman. Not
all charters are even prepared to do
this, this is more of a panga deal than
cruiser, they are spooky mackerel sized
baits that are chummed up and caught
one at a time on very light leader.
Some boats were landing over five nice
wahoo and loosing many other strikes,
sizes increased throughout the week, as
several specimens over 50 lb. and one
of 64 lb. were weighed in. We are
looking forward when these fish move
within closer range, as they should do
soon as the heavy boat pressure
lightens up.



Not much in the way of local billfish
action out of San Jose del Cabo, though
on the Pacific they were reported more
striped marlin, though many were
smaller sized juvenile fish. Still a
chance of hooking into a black or blue
marlin, with the warmer water and all
of the skipjack and yellowfin tuna to
keep them interested.



Not much bottom action reported, though
we saw a few more exotics this week,
besides the prevalent triggerfish,
there were a few amberjack, island
jack, cabrilla and various pargo. Every
day we are seeing a handful of sierra
in the mix, look for this inshore
action to take off soon as the water
temperature cools off.



The combined panga fleets launching out
of La Playita, Puerto Los Cabos Marina
sent out approximately 142 charters for
the week, with anglers reporting a fish
count of: 1 black marlin, 1 blue
marlin, 107 wahoo, 24 sierra, 925
yellowfin tuna, 55 dorado, 13
amberjack, 11 yellow snapper, 18
huachinango, 8 island jack, 4 barred
pargo, 18 Eastern Pacific bonito, 90
white skipjack, 8 cabrilla and 95
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

 May 12, 2019; 04:00PM - GORDO BANKS PANGAS San Jose del Cabo
 Category:  Mexico Cabo San Lucas
 Author Name:  Eric
GORDO BANKS PANGAS  San Jose del Cabo

GORDO BANKS PANGAS

San Jose del Cabo

Anglers –

November 19, 2017



The crazy busy fall season is going to
start lightening up in the next week,
though this past week was very busy.
Visiting anglers were enjoying clear
sunny skies, with high temperatures in
the upper 80s, still warmer than usual
for this late in the fall. Winds were
picking up from the north, though more
so later in the morning, most fishing
action now was concentrated from the
Gordo Banks to San Luis Banks and the
spots in between. Ocean water
temperatures were still holding in the
83 to 84 degree range, several degrees
warmer than usual, so we are
anticipating having good action
throughout the month of December as
well.



Despite continued heavy pressure the
supplies of sardinas have been holding
up, being netted along the beach
stretches from Palmilla and further
south, this meant a bit of back
tracking or waiting near the marina
entrance, but at least this preferred
bait was obtainable, anglers also
continue to use slabs of squid as well.
Most consistent action this week was
for the yellowfin tuna on the Iman and
San Luis Banks, wide open action on
tuna in the 10 to 20 lb. class, also
other areas where a handful of
yellowfin in the 70 to 100 lb. range
were being landed. The Gordo Banks
slowed down, but was still the place to
look for the possible largest of tuna,
though this week we only heard of a
couple of fish in the 150 lb. range,
none over 200 or 300 lb. that we found
out about. A few black marlin still
hanging around in the warmer currents
as well, with all of the tuna around,
plenty of food source for the marlin.
Lots of natural food on the banks as
well, this can make the larger tuna
more finicky. Most days charters were
returning early, plugged with tuna, the
majority the smaller grade, but still
nice fish.



Dorado continued to be harder to come
by, only a sporadic fish or two being
found, most all under 15 lb., an
occasional exception close to 20 lb.
The wahoo action has not really broken
open yet, though we have had ta aste of
some decent action, and some boats were
fortunate to get lucky and land as many
as four in one morning, though other
boats were searching hard and felt
lucky if they landed one. Best chances
for the wahoo seemed to be on the
ground from the Iman Bank and to
Vinorama. The wahoo were striking on
various rapalas, lures and baits. We
are hoping that as crowds lighten up
some, the wahoo will become more
active, with the warmer water hanging
around the prospects remain high for
the next few weeks.



Not really the time frame now when
there is a lot of bottom action going
on, though there were a few amberjack,
pargo, bonito, cabrilla being accounted
for, more triggerfish than anything
else. A few more sierra starting to
appear, even though the water is still
warm, in the next month we should see
some better inshore action happening,
perhaps more off the bottom as well.



The combined panga fleets launching out
of La Playita, Puerto Los Cabos Marina
sent out approximately 210 charters for
the week, with anglers reporting a fish
count of: 3 black marlin, 1 yellowtail
corvina, 78 wahoo, 28 sierra, 1650
yellowfin tuna, 78 dorado, 9 amberjack,
12 yellow snapper, 28 huachinango, 25
Eastern Pacific bonito, 82 white
skipjack, 10 cabrilla and 110
triggerfish.

Good fishing, Eric





GORDO BANKS PANGAS
Eric Brictson / Operator
619 488-1859
Los Cabos (624) 142-1147
e-mail:gordobanks@yahoo.com

 May 12, 2019; 03:54PM - GORDO BANKS PANGAS San Jose del Cabo
 Category:  Mexico Cabo San Lucas
 Author Name:  Eric
GORDO BANKS PANGAS  San Jose del Cabo

GORDO BANKS PANGAS

San Jose del Cabo

Anglers –

November 12, 2017



Peak season now for the panga fleets
out of San Jose del Cabo, this Sunday
is the annual Wahoo Tournament, which
also coincides with the sanctioned Iron
Man event in Los Cabos, many roads will
be closed off and patience will be
needed to navigate in any direction. It
can always be a challenge this time of
year, as everyone seems to want to
visit and go fishing all on the same
dates. Another couple of weeks and
things will settle back down to more
ordinary schedules.



Ocean temperatures are now in the 81 to
84 degrees range, still a few degrees
higher than normal for this time frame.
Early in the week we felt the season’s
first real consistent wind patterns
from the north develop, this made for
much tougher fishing conditions in the
direction of the Gordo Banks, Iman and
San Luis Banks. Many charters opted to
fish in the direction of Cabo San
Lucas, in calmer waters, catching good
number of fish, though the grade of
yellowfin tuna were smaller, off of
Palmilla Point there was a hot bite for
football sized tuna, with a few dorado
and wahoo mixed in. Bait netters were
still finding sardinas, despite the
heavy pressure, the bait schools were
now mainly concentrated around Palmilla
beaches. Other bait options included
some caballito, ballyhoo, slabs of
squid and chihuil.



Last weekend the Los Cabos WON Tuna
Jackpot was held and local La Playita
team “Estrella del Norte” with team
captain James Rosenwald and mate/angler
Adrian Miranda who caught the winning
338 lb. yellowfin tuna, taking home a
cool quarter of a million dollars for
their efforts, congratulations to them.
In tune up for the event last week, on
Tuesday, a 323 lb. yellowfin tuna was
caught from the panga Killer II with
skipper Chame Pino, in last week’s
report we mistaken did not mention the
angler who actually landed that fish,
this was local Los Cabos resident Jack
Dudenhoeffer. This week we had several
other cow sized tuna landed, including
Michael Aviani’s 220 lb., Miguel
Angeles with a 234 lb. tuna and Walter
Korbler with a 221 lb fish, all of
these taken off of the Gordo Banks.



Targeting the larger sized tuna
required lots of patience and
stockpiling larger quantities of bait,
sardinas, squid and chunks of skipjack
were all used, the majority of the
largest tuna were hooked on either
chunk of skipjack or strips of squid.
There were also nice sized tuna to over
100 lb. landed while fishing the San
Luis Bank, though that was tough
through much of the week due to north
winds, no big numbers of these larger
fish, but some anglers did account for
one, two and even three in one morning.
Most common sized tuna being caught
were more in the 7 to 15 lb. class,
these hit mostly of the sardinas, with
Iman Bank and Palmilla Point being hot
spot on particular days.



Dorado were much more scattered than
the tuna, limited numbers of these fish
were accounted for, more juvenile
sized, an occasional fish to 15 lb.
This is traditionally the peak time for
targeting wahoo, so far the action has
been random, not consistent day to day,
but for anglers specifically targeting
these gamefish, they were having
multiple chances and landed as many as
four per boat, though most felt
fortunate having one wahoo in the fish
box. They were hitting on both trolled
lures, such as Rapalas and also on trap
hooked baits, caballito and chihuil.
With the water temperature still
holding warm, we expect to have wahoo
in the area through next month as well.
Heavy pressure recently and wahoo can
prove to be one species that becomes
more elusive when large congregations
of boats are zooming around there
preferred feeding grounds.



Not much going off the bottom now, or
close to shore, that usually picks up
as water temperatures drop some. A few
sierra were caught this past week, also
miscellaneous pargo, snapper, but more
triggerfish than anything else.



The combined panga fleets launching out
of La Playita, Puerto Los Cabos Marina
sent out approximately 270 charters for
the week, with anglers reporting a fish
count of: 2 black marlin, 58 wahoo, 14
sierra, 920 yellowfin tuna, 72 dorado,
3 amberjack, 1 yellowtail, 14 yellow
snapper, 18 huachinango, 22 Eastern
Pacific bonito, 65 white skipjack, 13
cabrilla, 3 barred pargo and 140
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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