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 May 12, 2019; 03:52PM - 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 5, 2017



Large crowds of vising tourists are
being greeted with pristine fall
conditions. Winds have been somewhat
unpredictable, at times from the north
and then from the south, but as this
week progressed conditions seemed to
improve, colder mornings that had
dipped into the 60s are now back into
the 70s and daytime highs are still
reaching into the upper 80s. Plenty of
warm sunshine for all. The season’s
final big tournament this week, the WON
Tuna Jackpot, attracted some 146 teams,
battling for high stakes, searching for
the largest yellowfin tuna, with other
jackpots for dorado and wahoo. Check
the WON web site for overall results.



Surprisingly there still have been
supplies of sardinas available, anglers
are also using slabs of squid, some
caballito, ballyhoo and chihuil as
well. Fleets have been searching in all
directions, as is common for this time
of year, local charters from San Jose
del Cabo have mainly been concentrating
on the fishing grounds from the Gordo
Banks to San Luis. Ocean water
temperature are now in the 81 to 85
degree range.



Most common species has been the
yellowfin tuna, sizes ranged from small
footballs up to 90 lb. plus, including
fish to over 300 lb. Tuning up for the
WON tournament local panga skipper
Chame Pino landed a 322 lb. yellowfin
on Tuesday off of the Gordo Banks,
while drift fishing with chunk bait
from skipjack. Iman Bank has held the
most numbers of schooling tuna, though
of the smaller sizes. San Luis has
produced tuna in the 70 to 90 lb.
class, while the Gordo Banks are the
grounds that have proved to the best
bet of hooking into a cow, though again
these big fish are not numerous, lots
of patience and chumming is involved.
Very heavy pressure now, as well as
once again we are into the full moon
phase, which can often cause the fish
to be even more sporadic and finicky.



Early in the week the wahoo bite showed
improvement, best spot being near Iman
Bank, slow trolling with chihuil was
the best technique, though these
baitfish are not easy to come by, the
wahoo also hit on rapalas at times,
though not like on the live bait. Wahoo
up to 45 lb. were brought in, some
boats landing as many as four, though
as the week progressed and the pressure
was increased the wahoo action also
tapered off. The water temperature is
just starting to drop some and as it
drops a few more degrees conditions
will be ideal for peak activity for
these prized gamefish.



Dorado are being found in limited
numbers, the largest we saw were in the
15 lb. range, striking on lures and
baits, no particular spot to
specifically target them. Billfish was
spotty as well, though some charters
did report better action later in the
week outside of Gordo Banks, where a
few blue and striped marlin were found.
Not much bottom action even being
targeted now, more triggerfish, bonito
and misc. pargo than anything else.
Water still warm for much inshore
action to start up, though it is a good
sign that schools of sardinas are still
in the area, despite the heavy
pressure.


The combined panga fleets launching out
of La Playita, Puerto Los Cabos Marina
sent out approximately 144 charters for
the week, with anglers reporting a fish
count of: 2 blue marlin, 4 striped
marlin, 36 wahoo, 580 yellowfin tuna,
66 dorado, 8 yellow snapper, 22
huachinango, 24 Eastern Pacific bonito,
9 cabrilla, 5 barred pargo and 84
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; 03:50PM - 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 –

October 29, 2017

Large crowds of anglers and visitors
alike are arriving in Los Cabos, as we
are now in the midst of the peak fall
season. This past week the huge story
was the Bisbee Black and Blue
Tournament, which is the highest paying
fishing tournament in the world, with
this year’s event attracting 120 teams
from across the globe, with over 800
participants. For final results you can
check on Bisbee’s web site. Swirling
winds from the north finally resided
late in the week, with prevailing clear
sunny skies and warmer than normal high
temperatures, this all made for ideal
conditions, actually still feeling
almost like summer.

Heavy pressure now on bait resources,
but so far supplies have held up,
though if wishing to obtain sardinas,
that meant traveling towards Chileno
and waiting each morning as netters
worked overtime to find enough bait to
go around. Other options were caballito
and slabs of squid. Some panga guides
are starting to scout out chihuil
options, as well as smaller sized
skipjack.

Sportfishing fleets, as well as
tournament teams, have been scouting
fishing grounds in all directions. For
fleets out of San Jose del Cabo,
thought much of the week they were
heading south towards Cabo San Lucas,
in order to find calmer waters, since
north winds had their normal grounds
from Gordo Banks to Vinorama all
stirred up and very choppy. Also with
the sardinas now being located close to
Cabo San Lucas, that is a long back
tack, to travel that far south to wait
around for sardinas and then motor back
to grounds such as Iman or San Luis
Banks, not a normal plan, this takes
way too much time, not to mention how
much extra fuel is needed. Charters
were fishing areas from the Hyatt,
Cabeza Ballena, Los Arcos and to el
Faro around the corner on the Pacific.
Main target species being the yellowfin
tuna. Drift fishing with sardinas was
the most productive technique, the tuna
were seen in flurries, at times proved
to be very finicky, catches ranged from
zero up to ten fish per boat, depending
where you happened to be at a given
time, lots of black skipjack were mixed
in with the yellowfin tuna. Average
size of the tuna were 5 to 10 lb.
though other larger fish were mixed in.
The biggest yellowfin tuna for the week
was taken Friday off of the Outer Gordo
Banks, angler Bob Deeter hooked into
the cow tuna while trolling a live
chihuil, after a crazy surface battle,
the fish actually expired and was
subdued in relatively easier than
normal manner. Back at the docks the
yellowfin weighed in at 304 lb.

Dorado were very scarce early in the
week off of San Jose del Cabo grounds,
better chances were found trolling in
Pacific waters, though later in the
week we saw more dorado showing up,
still not in significant numbers, but
at least somewhat encouraging. Sizes
ranged up to 15 lb. Wahoo action
finally showed much more activity later
in the week, as ocean conditions calmed
down and charters were able to
comfortably work areas such as the Iman
Bank. With a slight change in climate
as well, this seemed to trigger the
wahoo. Many boats reported having six
or more chances of wahoo strikes, most
on baitfish such as chihuil or
caballito. Other reported strikes on
skirted lead heads and Rapalas. Of
course as is usual with wahoo fishing,
a higher percentage of strikes were
lost, as compared with actually wahoo
being landed. Several charters had two
or three wahoo in the box, at least one
had four. Sizes were not huge, but
average of about 20 to 25 lb..

Bottom action was limited, one 60 lb.
amberjack was accounted for, but only
sporadic catches of snapper, cabrilla
and triggerfish were reported. This is
not the normal season for that type of
fishing, with more surface action going
on, nor has much at all been reported
close along the beach stretches.

Billfish was spread out, but the
tournaments have found a respectable
number of qualifying black and blue
marlin that have passed the 300 lb.
minimal weight limits, Not many striped
marlin now, water too warm for them,
with temperatures now averaging 84 to
85 degrees.

The combined panga fleets launching out
of La Playita, Puerto Los Cabos Marina
sent out approximately 162 charters for
the week, with anglers reporting a fish
count of: 3 blue marlin, 1 black
marlin, 28 wahoo, 4 amberjack, 215
yellowfin tuna, 75 dorado, 11 yellow
snapper, 34 huachinango, 2 pompano, 18
Eastern Pacific bonito, 13 cabrilla
(leopard grouper), 6 barred pargo and
96 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; 03:48PM - 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 –

October 22, 2017

This week is traditionally really the
time when things become very busy for
local sportfishing fleets and sure
enough the crowds have arrived in
force, almost to capacity levels. The
high stake billfish and yellowfin tuna
tournaments are in progress, with the
granddaddy of all events, the Bisbee
Black Blue, scheduled for this next
week. Weather conditions are near ideal
now, though we have felt warmer than
usual conditions recently, just the
past couple of days we saw early
mornings just slightly cooler, still in
the 70s. We do believe the next couple
of weeks should have pristine
conditions. Ocean water temperatures
have remained warm as well, with most
of the region averaging from 85 to 88
degrees. Clean blue water now within a
couple of miles from shore, swells were
moderate, though slightly increased
with the recent higher tidal swings,
larger waves make it more difficult for
the bait netters to safely reach where
the schooling sardinas are. Most days
they were able to find sufficient
supplies of the sardinas, with schools
found off of Palmilla, near marina
jetties, as well as north near
Vinorama. Squid has been the other bait
that is being offered and if possible
it is best to obtain both sardinas and
slabs of squid in order to increase
your chances, the more the better. This
is always the time frame when bait
supplies feel the heaviest demand, we
will cross our fingers that supplies
hold up throughout the fall season.

This week we saw scattered numbers of
dorado up to 20 lb. accounted for, but
as the week progressed we saw much
fewer dorado, hard to say what the deal
with that is. Only a handful of wahoo
were reported for the entire fleet,
warmer than usual water temperatures
help make wahoo more sluggish. As
currents cool down to the 80 degree
range this will usually trigger more
activity out of these highly sought
after gamefish.

Most consistent action was for
yellowfin tuna, bite was more hit or
miss that the previous week, heavy
pressure and long waits to obtain bait,
just part of the factors that come into
play this time of year. Best action was
found near San Luis Banks. Though other
areas also produced. The yellowfin were
striking on sardinas and strips of
squid while drift fishing over the
grounds, sizes of the tuna ranged from
5 lb. footballs up to 100 lb.
specimens. Catches varied from a few
fish per boat, to easy limits, some
days we saw a higher percentage of
yellowfin in the 30 to 80 lb. class,
while other days more numbers of
smaller fish, with a handful of larger
fish weighed in. Lots of tuna now in
the area, though they can become even
more finicky with increased angling
pressure.

Very little billfish action reported,
though tournaments teams are landing a
few and there is definitely the chance
that someone will be hooking into a big
black or blue marlin during the big
buck events. No inshore action to
report, such as sierra or roosterfish,
some big jack crevalle hanging around
the marina jetty area. Off the bottom
there was only sporadic catches of
various pargo, cabrilla, bonito,
pompano, amberjack and triggerfish

The combined panga fleets launching out
of La Playita, Puerto Los Cabos Marina
sent out approximately 185 charters for
the week, with anglers reporting a fish
count of: 1 blue marlin, 1 black
marlin, 3 sailfish, 4 wahoo, 6
amberjack, 880 yellowfin tuna, 78
dorado, 28 yellow snapper, 54
huachinango, 6 pompano, 95 Eastern
Pacific bonito, 9 cabrilla (leopard
grouper), 12 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

 Oct 12, 2017; 06:41PM - GORDO BANKS PANGAS San Jose del Cabo October 8, 2017
 Category:  Mexico Cabo San Lucas
 Author Name:  Eric
  GORDO BANKS PANGAS  San Jose del Cabo  October 8, 2017

GORDO BANKS PANGAS

San Jose del Cabo

Anglers –

October 8, 2017



We are now seeing increasing numbers of tourists and visiting anglers
arrive in Los Cabos, as the fall season is now underway, in another couple
of weeks things will be crazy busy.. Weather patterns have settled down,
calmer days, though still quite warm and humid due to low pressure systems
forming further to the south, none of this is expected to have any impact
with land, just makes it more humid and tropical, increase in swell
expected over the weekend. The Baja landscape has definitely transformed to
lush green foliage.



The majority of the fleets based out of Puerto Los Cabos Marina are now
fishing the grounds from the Gordo Banks to Iman, San Luis and Vinorama.
Bait options have included sardinas, caballito and slabs of squid. Most
consistent action recently was for yellowfin tuna, drift fishing with
various baits was the main technique and average size yellowfin was in the
6 to 15 lb. class, though these same grounds have produced larger tuna in
the 30 to 100 lb. range, though there were no big numbers of the larger
grade tuna, just mixed in with the smaller fish. Though there is definitely
a chance at hooking into a bigger fish. The largest Yellowfin reported
this week was taken on Friday by Frank Harbin, from Chico, Ca., while
fishing with Gordo Banks Pangas skipper Jesus Pino, the tuna weighed in
after a long three hour battle and having died down deep, then slowly
inched towards the surface. All around the numbers of fish caught increased
this week.



Dorado remained scattered and in limited quantity, most fish were under ten
pounds, only an occasional larger specimen accounted for. A few more wahoo
starting to be seen, most of these came from the San Luis Bank area and
were striking on Rapalas. Sizes ranged 20 to 35 lb. Though still no
significant numbers. Ocean water temperatures now in the 82 to 85 degree
range, when it cools down a few more degrees that usually helps make the
wahoo more active.



Minimal bottom action going on, an occasional red snapper, pargo,
amberjack, leopard grouper or triggerfish. Not a lot of billfish action
going on, but the anglers that did specifically target these, there were a
couple of black marlin landed this past week, other blue and blacks were
seen chasing hooked tuna, so even though these billfish are not being found
in big numbers, they were in the area, just need a lot of patience if
looking to hook into one.



The combined panga fleets launching out of La Playita, Puerto Los Cabos
Marina sent out approximately 114 charters for the week, with anglers
reporting a fish count of: 2 black marlin, 12 wahoo, 4 rainbow runner, 4
amberjack, 630 yellowfin tuna, 38 dorado, 1 sailfish, 5 yellow snapper, 23
huachinango, 8 cabrilla (leopard grouper), 2 barred pargo 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
WWW.GORDOBANKS.COM

 Oct 12, 2017; 06:39PM - GORDO BANKS PANGAS San Jose del Cabo September 24, 2017
 Category:  Mexico Cabo San Lucas
 Author Name:  Eric
  GORDO BANKS PANGAS  San Jose del Cabo  September 24, 2017

GORDO BANKS PANGAS

San Jose del Cabo

Anglers –

September 24, 2017

Last week we were preoccupied following Tropical Storm Norma, local Ports
were shut down for three days, Saturday thru Monday, due to higher storm
swells, though the storm stalled and veered further off to the west and
never did impact land. Hardly any rainfall at all was reported in Los Cabos
and we felt 30 mph wind gusts, but basically we dodged a bullet this time.
We have now officially started the fall season, though with the high
humidity it still feels more like summer. Light crowds the past couple of
weeks, with people being more nervous about traveling during possibility of
storms moving through the area.

Fishing action has been mainly centered on the Gordo Banks and north to
Iman Bank. Early in the week water clarity was greenish near Iman and the
better action was found on the Gordo Banks, most common catches were for
yellowfin tuna in the 50 to 100 lb. class, drift fishing with strips of
sardinas, no big numbers of tuna being landed, though at times lots of
yellowfin could be seen breezing the surface, just very finicky in striking
the baits that had hooks in them. Anglers were doing well to land one or
two of these quality tuna. Later in the week bait suppliers found some
sardinas off the beach stretches further to the north and with the water
cleaning up on the Iman Bank the medium sized tuna in the 5 lb. to 30 lb.
range bit well there. Also some dorado in the mix, but most all under ten
pounds and not nearly as numerous as before the most recent storm system
passed by.

Some days the yellowfin tuna were more active early in the day, especially
on the Gordo Banks, but then things switched around and more action on
these grounds was found later in the day. Tuna of 170 lb., 238 lb. and
another close to 300 lb. were accounted for by groups of local anglers,
specifically targeting these larger tuna, putting in long extra hours and
bringing ample supplies of slabs of squid to continue chumming throughout
the day.

Anglers using yo-yo style jigs had mixed success on various red snapper,
pargo and amberjack, no big numbers, but a few nice fish accounted for, a
handful of nice yellowfin were also hooked into on these jigs.

Not much billfish action reported, though this week most anglers were
targeting the tuna or dorado action. There was a lack of skipjack and other
baitfish on the grounds early in the week, but as the week progressed and
water conditions stabilized, there was more bait schools being reported.

The combined panga fleets launching out of La Playita, Puerto Los Cabos
Marina sent out approximately 46 charters for the week, with anglers
reporting a fish count of: 1 wahoo, 44 dorado, 1 blue marlin, 3 rainbow
runner, 9 amberjack, 144 yellowfin tuna, 4 yellow snapper, 25 huachinango
and 85 triggerfish.

Good fishing, Eric



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

 Oct 12, 2017; 06:35PM - GORDO BANKS PANGAS San Jose del Cabo September 17, 2017
 Category:  Mexico Cabo San Lucas
 Author Name:  Eric
  GORDO BANKS PANGAS  San Jose del Cabo   September 17, 2017

GORDO BANKS PANGAS

San Jose del Cabo

Anglers –

September 17, 2017

Now in the final weeks of the summer season, we are seeing lighter crowds
of tourists, as families are now getting settled into the start of the new
Fall School semester. This is now peak time for tropical storms to develop
and potentially strike the Los Cabos area, this week is the three year
anniversary of the incredibly destructive Hurricane Odile. Two weeks ago we
felt the impact of a direct hit by TS Lidia, clean up and rebuilding is an
ongoing process. This week we have been following three separate tropical
systems off to the south of Southern Baja, Hurricane Max is now dissipating
as it made landfall in Southern Mexico, the other low pressure area off to
the west is not doing much, weakening and is circling far away from land.
The storm we are now carefully watching is Tropical Storm Norma, forecast
to reach category 1 hurricane status over the weekend. This system is
presently moving very slowly and gaining strength, latest forecast has
showed it veering further off the west, off of Todo Santos, but ii is
unpredictable exactly what path Norma will follow. So precautious
preparations are necessary, we are expecting storm surf surges to increase
as large as 15 ft. to 20 ft. on Sunday, hopefully not too high of winds and
surely we will have rainfall, hopefully nothing like the 27 plus inches we
endured from TS Lidia.

Calm conditions prevailed this past week, light winds in the afternoons,
mostly clear skies, very high humidity, slightly cooler temperatures at
night, with daytime heat index averaging 100 degrees. Ocean water
temperature has cooled slightly over the past couple of weeks, now
averaging 84 to 86 degrees. Off colored greenish currents are swirling
throughout the region, varied clarity in certain areas from day to day.
Most of the floating debris from the storm wash out has now dissipated.
The fishing has been on and off ever since the passing of Lidia, there were
good numbers of dorado found, though the majority were juvenile sized, an
occasional fish over 15 lb. Dorado were found in schools throughout the
region while trolling medium sized lures. Also they world readily strike on
a variety of bait.

Bait suppliers were able to find sardinas near shore early in the week and
along with strips of squid, these were the main bait options available. We
expect sardinas will not be obtainable over the weekend with high storm
swells, but as those reside hopefully sardina supplies will return and
remain steady. Yellowfin tuna were being found from the Gordo Banks and
towards the Iman Bank, action was sporadic, from scratchy to wide open,
depended a lot on clarity and currents that were running at a given time.
Often the yellowfin tuna were seen boiling on the surface, but they proved
to be finicky, some days biting right off the bat early, then slim
pickings, coming back up late, hard to predict. Average size tuna was in
the 10 to 15 lb. class, yellowfin tuna to over 50 lb. were accounted for,
though numbers were limited. Reports of tuna to 100 lb. seen in the mix,
though the larger grade of tuna have not been striking much. The majority
of all tuna action was found while drift fishing with strips of squid or
sardinas.

Only a handful of wahoo strikes reported, more of them lost than actually
landed. We expect when the water temperatures cool off a bit more and we
see cleaner blue water back close to shore, that wahoo activity will
improve. Billfish were scattered, a few sailfish, striped, blue and black
marlin hook ups reported, though we only had limited numbers of angler
visiting now and most of these were preferring to target species such as
tuna and dorado. No bottom or inshore action to really report on, besides a
few red snapper and triggerfish.

The combined panga fleets launching out of La Playita, Puerto Los Cabos
Marina sent out approximately 49 charters for the week, with anglers
reporting a fish count of: 1 black marlin, 6 sailfish, 12 white skipjack,
155 dorado, 3 wahoo, 170 yellowfin tuna, 5 yellow snapper, 14 huachinango
and 42 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

 Oct 12, 2017; 06:31PM - GORDO BANKS PANGAS San Jose del Cabo August 27, 2017
 Category:  Mexico Cabo San Lucas
 Author Name:  Eric
GORDO BANKS PANGAS  San Jose del Cabo   August 27, 2017

GORDO BANKS PANGAS

San Jose del Cabo

Anglers –

August 27, 2017



There were greater crowds of anglers arriving this past week, possibly
taking advantage of the calm weather patterns and wide open yellowfin tuna
action. With no new tropical storms having developed on the horizon at this
time, all looks okay for the coming days. This time of year the weather can
change quickly, so you have to work when the conditions are favorable.
Tropical conditions continue, high humidity, scattered cloud cover, light
winds, calm ocean swells, all making for great conditions offshore for
anglers.



Charters have been relying on slabs of squid and live sardinas for bait,
surprising to actually see the sardinas this time of year, usually these
baitfish would be scattered by this late in the summer, mainly due to
higher surf conditions and too warm of water temperatures for their liking.
Surf conditions have been unusually light recently, this has given the
commercial bait fleet more opportunities to net the schooling sardinas.



The main action this past week was for the yellowfin tuna, an influx of
smaller sized fish in the 10 to 15 lb. class dominated the bite on the Iman
Bank, where fleets from as far as way as Buena Vista have been getting in
on this action. Best bet was drift fishing with free lined sardinas, limits
were the rule. Mixed in with the football sized tuna were white skipjack up
to 8 lb. and an occasional much larger yellowfin tuna in the 50 to 80 lb.
class, though those were few and far between. One tuna in the 150 lb. class
was also reported early in the week off of the Gordo Banks. This time of
year we would expect more numbers of quality sized tuna, we do believe they
are still in the area, but are hanging lower in the water column perhaps,
not wanting to compete with the greater number of smaller tuna, who knows
what is up with that.



With all of the yellowfin tuna around there have been more reports of black
and blue marlin being hooking into, early in the week there was one black
marlin brought into the scale that weighed in at

547 lb. Others in the 200 to 250 lb. range were also landed. Most of these
marlin strikes came while slow trolling larger baits, such as skipjack or
yellowfin tuna.



Only a couple of wahoo strikes were reported all week, these fish are just
not very active now in the warmer waters. Though we did see fair numbers of
dorado spread throughout the region, striking on trolled lures and various
baits. Average size for these fish was under 10 lb., with some exceptions
reaching up close to 20 lb.



This week we saw more dogtooth snapper than we have seen all summer, still
no significant numbers, but at least we are seeing them. These fish hit
while anglers were drift fishing and targeting yellowfin tuna, snapper up
to 45 lb. were landed, the Inner Gordo Bank produced the majority, but
others were also hooked into on the grounds from La Fortuna to the Iman
Bank.



Not much inshore fishing being done now, this action does usually fade out
this late in the season. Most fishing activity is now centered on the high
spots offshore.

The combined panga fleets launching out of La Playita, Puerto Los Cabos
Marina sent out approximately 85 charters for the week, with anglers
reporting a fish count of: 6 black marlin, 3 blue marlin, 2 striped marlin,
3 sailfish, 162 dorado,1 wahoo,9 dogtooth snapper, 8 yellow snapper, 660
yellowfin tuna, 125 white skipjack, 5 barred pargo, 13 leopard grouper, 1
pinto cabrilla, 13 huachinango, 5 amberjack and 44 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

 Aug 13, 2017; 11:07PM - Gordo Banks Pangas
 Category:  Mexico Cabo San Lucas
 Author Name:  Eric
Gordo Banks Pangas

August 13, 2017

It seems that with each passing day the weather is becoming more humid,
increasing cloud cover, we have not had any rain recently, but presently we
are feeling the remnants of Tropical Storm Franklin (now renamed TS Jova) which
had passed through the Gulf or Mexico and made land fall over Southern
Mexico. Forecast are for possible thundershowers over the weekend. Winds
have been very moderate, most likely will increase as this latest tropical
system passes through and moves off to the west. Swells have been very
light, though they are predicted to increase up to five or six feet by the
start of this coming week. Ocean water temperatures have been up into the
85/87 degree range.

The main species of gamefish being found now has been yellowfin tuna, areas
from the Gordo Banks to Iman Bank have been most productive, though
schooling of fish have been found spread out throughout the region as well.
Live bait has been limited to some mullet and caballito, also still a
chance at obtaining sardinas in limited quantities, this is only because
surf conditions have been so light, giving the bait netters a chance to
find some scattered schools of the sardinas, also on some days fleets are
bringing these baitfish down from areas further towards the East Cape.
Using strips of giant squid is now becoming more of an everyday deal. Some
chihuil and bolito have been jigged up at times on the offshore grounds and
are being used for slow trolling.

The yellowfin tuna are ranging in sizes from small footballs, to over 80
lb. The larger fish have been striking on strips of squid, sardinas or
trolled whole baits, on the Inner Gordo Banks and north on the Iman Bank.
Bite varied from day to day, some days fish bit early, some days later,
overall they proved to be more finicky and line shy, leaders not heavier
than 50 lb. were best. The full moon is now waning and these darkening
nights should help the bite get back on track. Average catches have ranging
from 1 or 2 tuna, up to 10, depending on size and where you happen to be on
a given day.

As it commonly occurs in August, it can be hard to find much variety,
besides the yellowfin tuna, a few scattered mostly small dorado, as well as
a handful of sailfish, an occasional wahoo sighting or missed strike,
angler’s did land one 35 lb. wahoo early in the week. Not much off the
bottom, strong current has been persistent and this made it even hard to
affectively work the bottom, a couple of dogtooth snapper, huachinango,
cabrilla, bonito, amberjack and triggerfish rounded out the structure
action.

Not many charters fished along the shoreline now, late in the season for
this, though we did hear of a few roosterfish being caught and released.
Billfish action was limited, though one black marlin of about 360 lb. was
landed and another couple of big marlin strikes were lost, also more
sailfish moving in with the warmer currents and of course some striped
marlin stragglers still hanging in the area, while most of these cooler
water marlin have moved towards Northern Baja.

The combined panga fleets launching out of La Playita, Puerto Los Cabos
Marina sent out approximately 88 charters for the week, with anglers
reporting a fish count of: 1 black marlin, 3 striped marlin, 4 sailfish, 16
dorado, 1 wahoo, 3 amberjack, 3 dogtooth snapper, 12 bonito, 8 yellow
snapper, 238 yellowfin tuna, 11 leopard grouper,2 pinto cabrilla, 18
huachinango, 9 roosterfish 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.COM

 Aug 13, 2017; 11:05PM - Gordo Banks Pangas
 Category:  Mexico Cabo San Lucas
 Author Name:  Eric
Gordo Banks Pangas

GORDO BANKS PANGAS

San Jose del Cabo

Anglers –

Aug. 6, 2017

Light summer time crowds of anglers enjoyed calmer weather patterns this
past week, with no new tropical storms presently forming to the south, it
appears conditions will be favorable at least through the later part of
next week. It is hard to predict tropical weather forecast too far in
advance this time of year. Humidity has increased, August is always a muggy
month, there is more could cover, though heat is intense, with the combined
heat index nearing 110 degrees. Ocean water temperatures are warming daily,
up to an average of 87 degrees now, ocean swells are moderate, as no storms
are near at this time.

The main target species which has been cooperating is the yellowfin tuna,
with action now being found from the Gordo Banks, Cardon, Iman, San Luis to
Vinorama. Sizes for the tuna has ranged from 10 lb. to 80 lb. Most all of
this action has been found while drift fishing with various baits, from
live and dead sardinas, caballito, chunks of skipjack and strips of squid.
It is always beneficial to have as many bait options as possible for this
style of fishing. Some days these fish were hitting early, other days late,
so you also need to know how to ration your bait supplies accordingly. Just
in recent days the yellowfin have been more active on the Gordo Banks, this
will be a welcome relief for local fleets, which have had to travel as far
as Vinorama to find action and then compete with all of the East Cape
fleets that were traveling south to the same grounds. Numbers of tuna were
not huge, but many charters were accounting for up to five fish, with many
of these in the 40 to 70 lb. class, nice quality fish. A bit line shy as
well, so using 30 to 50 lb. tackle has produced more action, though also
many bigger fish have been broke off.

Wahoo and dorado were very sporadic, a scattering of mostly smaller sized
dorado and wahoo which had bit well last week, tapered way off this week,
as they often do become more sluggish when the water temperatures reaches
into the upper 80s. Billfish bite was slow as well, who knows what is up
with that. Plenty of sharks in the area, as many of the hooked up tuna were
being bit into as they neared the boats, from the size of the bite marks,
these were not small sharks.

Bottom action was not consistent, but produced a mix of huachinango,
amberjack, pompano, bonito and various cabrilla species. Highlight were a
few amberjack in the 40 to 50 lb. range. These fish were striking more
often on yo-yo style jigs, some on whole and cut baits.

Not much inshore fishing action being dome now, some anglers did scout this
option out, but did not have much to report, a few roosterfish, jack
crevalle and at least one dogtooth snapper.

The combined panga fleets launching out of La Playita, Puerto Los Cabos
Marina sent out approximately 76 charters for the week, with anglers
reporting a fish count of: 4 striped marlin, 2 sailfish, 22 dorado, 6
wahoo, 7 amberjack, 3 pompano, 1 dogtooth snapper, 8 bonito, 12 yellow
snapper, 202 yellowfin tuna, 14 leopard grouper, 4 spotted cabrilla, 55
huachinango, 11 jack crevalle, 6 roosterfish and 72 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

 Aug 3, 2017; 02:12AM - GORDO BANKS PANGAS San Jose del Cabo July 23, 2017
 Category:  Mexico Cabo San Lucas
 Author Name:  Eric


GORDO BANKS PANGAS

San Jose del Cabo

Anglers –

July 23, 2017

Another week with light crowds and increasingly warmer weather. The latest
tropical storm which has developed off of Southern Mexico is named Greg, it
is following the recent trend and heading on a westerly track offshore, all
we felt from this system was perhaps more tropical climate with increased
humidity. Winds were relatively light, morning calmer, with breeze picking
up mid-day on. Ocean temperatures are back up in the 80 to 84 degree range
on the Sea of Cortez side of the Peninsula and on the Pacific Banks it is
about 78 degrees.

Sportfishing fleets have been fishing from Chileno, Palmilla, Gordo Banks,
to Iman and San Luis. Action was spread out now. Largest fish we heard of
was early in the week, a 428 lb. black marlin which was hooked into while
trolling a lure around the Gordo Banks, other highlight was a 100 lb. class
yellowfin tuna landed on Thursday. Most common catches were for a smaller
grade of 10 to 20 pound yellowfin, these fish were scattered throughout the
inshore region, striking on trolled hoochies and smaller Rapalas. This
action started out strong early in the week, was more spread out by the
weekend. These schooling tuna were not associated with porpoise, just found
in open water, along the inshore drop off.

A few more numbers of dorado, though most of these were under 8 lb., only
an occasional larger specimen seen. Tolling same type of tuna lures was the
best bet to find these fish. Inshore there was decent action for
roosterfish, hot spot perhaps off of the San Jose Hotel zone, fish to
over40 lb. were landed, also many juveniles mixed in.

The action off the bottom was up and down, one day good, next day slim,
mainly targeting red snapper (huachinango), in the 4 to 12 lb. range, found
near San Luis Bank and hooked up with yo-yo style jigs. Only a few
amberjack were found. No dogtooth snapper to speak of either, only a couple
of small ones. The months of July and August is when we normally to find
the largest of amberjack and dogtooth snapper, so our fingers are crossed
that these normal patterns are just running a little being typical
schedules.

Bait supplies consisted of mullet and caballito, some anglers are starting
to try their luck with strips of squid, but so far noting has been
consistent with that, need a larger grade of yellowfin to move in, it is
the time of year we do regularly see the quality grade tuna move in.

Some limited wahoo activity was reported this week, more strikes missed and
lures cut off than fish caught, this happened while trolling for the tuna,
though a couple of wahoo up to 25 lb. were landed. First of these we have
seen in a while. With inshore waters cleaning back up, blue water is what
wahoo prefer. If water temperatures become too much warmer these fish often
become more sluggish.

We heard of one 45 lb. class snook landed off the beach in the evening,
these world class fish are in the area, though you have to put in some
serious effort and be fortunate to land one.

The combined panga fleets launching out of La Playita, Puerto Los Cabos
Marina sent out approximately 59 charters for the week, with anglers
reporting a fish count of: 1 black marlin, 4 striped marlin,24 dorado, 2
wahoo, 8 amberjack, 16 bonito, 11 yellow snapper, 4 barred pargo, 185
yellowfin tuna, 10 leopard grouper, 2 dogtooth snapper, 84 huachinango, 9
jack crevalle, 68 roosterfish, 2 pompano 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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