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 Oct 27, 2019; 08:42AM - 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

October 27, 2019

Anglers –

*Busy times now in Los Cabos, peak fall
tourist season, attracting hundreds
of anglers from around the world, many
of them participating in some of the
world’s richest fishing tournaments,
where pay outs can be in the millions
of dollars. Weather settled down,
perfect all around conditions, clear
sunny skies, slightly brisk now early
mornings, though days are still quite
warm. Ocean swells minimal, with
moderate variable breezes, shifting to
the
typical fall pattern, off the land,
from the west early, then switching
later out of the northeast, Ocean water
temperature ranged 82 to 85 degrees
from the Pacific and up past Los
Frailes, or in the direction of the Sea
of
Cortez.*

*Sportfishing fleets and tournament
participants are scouting out all
directions, searching all possible
options. Majority of local charters are
now concentrating on the grounds from
the Gordo Banks to Iman, San Luis and
some venturing as far as Vinorama.
Heavy pressure always means various
bait
options can become limited due to
unavailable resource. Though this week
with patience there seemed to be
sufficient supplies of sardinas, slabs
of
squid and caballito. Sardinas were
scarcer near the marina jetty’s and are
now seen schooling off of Chileno,
which means long back track for local
bait vendors, as well as later start
for anglers, if they want this bait
option. Other anglers are going early,
directly with squid and then some
are catching chihuil on certain high
spots, which proved to be probably the
best chance now at hooking into a
wahoo. Sardinas and the squid were best
choice for finding any yellowfin tuna
action. Dorado became very scattered,
saw very few this week, not many
billfish from the standard charters,
more
sailfish than others, a higher
percentage of anglers were preferring
to
target wahoo or tuna.*

*Yellowfin tuna were found in recent
days on the San Luis Bank, drift
fishing with various baits, mainly
sardinas and strips of squid. Yellowfin
tuna to over 100 lb. were caught, the
majority of the tuna hooked into
were in the 60 to 90 lb. class, no big
numbers, but later in the week this
bite did improve, some anglers later a
couple of quality tuna. Only a
handful of football sized yellowfin
most were quality grade, of course lots
of black skipjack and bonito to fight
with.*

*Not many wahoo seemed to want the
trolled lures, this week live bait
proved best, particularly off of
Vinorama, finding the live chihuil
baitfish was not always an east
guarantee. AS is the normal case, many
more
wahoo strikes were lost compared to
actual fish landed. With the water
temperature now still so warm, we
expect wahoo action to be even better
through next couple of months.*

*The a whole lot of bottom action even
being attempted now, on and off
currents and really nothing big
happening, more triggerfish, bonito and
smaller sized snapper.*

*T*he combined sportfishing fleet
launching out of the panga area from
Puerto Los Cabos Marina sent out an
estimated 110 charters for the week and
anglers reported an approximate fish
count of: 4 sailfish, 5 striped
marlin, 88 yellowfin tuna, 9 dorado, 68
wahoo, 12 leopard grouper, 35
Mexican bonito, 19 yellow snapper, 3
dogtooth snapper, 4 pompano, 8 sierra,
6 spotted rose snapper, 12 rainbow
runner, 8 Pacific golden eyed tilefish
and 80 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 27, 2019; 08:41AM - 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

October 20, 2019

Anglers –

*The annual high stake billfish
tournaments are now on going, with the
granddaddy event of them all, the
Bisbee Black & Blue, scheduled for this
next week. So needless to say there are
large numbers of visiting anglers
now arriving. Last weekend’s scattered
rain squalls, turned into more like
isolated monsoons, very heavy rain on
and off, which did cause major
flooding in low lying locations. Now
conditions are clear, drying out, high
humidity just now starting to relent.
Over the full moon period the winds
became more unpredictable in recent
days, coming from the north and at the
same time swirling from the south.
Ocean water temperature has ranged 80
to
85 degrees, warmer currents in the
direction of the Sea of Cortez. With
recent squalls, winds and currents, we
saw varying ocean clarity. Most
sportfishing charters locally were
concentrating efforts on the grounds
from the Gordo Banks to Iman and
Vinorama. Bait supplies consisted of
sardinas, being netted in the surf zone
north of the marina at first light,
also caballito, slabs of squid,
ballyhoo, chihuil and skipjack being
used.*

*Local Ports was closed partially
Sunday and totally on Monday due to
thunderstorms, fleets were back in
operation Tuesday morning. Charters
began scouting out to see where the
best action could be found. Overall the
bite proved to be more scattered than
they were pre-storm. Combined factors
of being full moon, baitfish a bit
scarcer, added pressure, etc…More
success proved to be found while using
various baits, versus trolling
lures. *

*The Gordo Banks produced a handful of
yellowfin tuna up in the 100 lb.
range, though numbers of yellowfin tuna
found were higher near Iman Bank,
still very spotty through the week,
with anglers fortunate to land one or
two tuna, with the majority ranging in
the 20 to 70 lb. class. Dorado were
scattered on these same grounds, found
in smaller sized schools, while
trolling lures, rigged ballyhoo,
sardinas and chihuil. Most of the
dorado
we saw were in the 5 to 20 lb. range,
heard of some larger bulls found on
the Pacific.*

*Wahoo action being very good the
previous week, slowed down over recent
rainy and full moon period. Anglers who
did best were the few that were
able to find chihuil for use as bait
for slow trolling. A handful also hit
of Rapalas and rigged ballyhoo, we
expect wahoo to become more active as
conditions return to their liking.*

*A few sailfish and striped marlin
being caught on the grounds off San
Jose
del Cabo, we heard of more billfish
action on the Pacific and during the
tournament they have weighed in
impressive black and blue marlin.*

*Minimal bottom fishing being done now,
no numbers of anything but
triggerfish, a few amberjack, cabrilla,
pargo, snapper and bonito.*

*T*he combined sportfishing fleet
launching out of the panga area from
Puerto Los Cabos Marina sent out an
estimated 90 charters for the week and
anglers reported an approximate fish
count of: 3 sailfish, 7 striped
marlin, 72 yellowfin tuna, 76 dorado,
28 wahoo, 8 leopard grouper, 22
Mexican bonito, 1 broomtail grouper, 12
yellow snapper, 2 dogtooth snapper,
4 pompano, 1 mullet snapper, 5 surgeon
fish, 12 sierra, 8 amberjack, 6
rainbow runner and 125 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 14, 2019; 08:26AM - 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

October 13, 2019

Anglers –

Increasing numbers of anglers are
arriving each day, in the next couple
of
weeks the crowds of the fall season
crowds will be peaking. Weather is now
transitioning, noticeably cooler early
mornings, though days are still
warm, very humid, more tropical cloud
cover and over the weekend major rain
squalls, We saw wide varying ocean
conditions this week, from flat glass,
no breeze at all, to swirling winds and
choppy seas.

The fishing action was almost as
unpredictable as the wither patterns.
One
day very few fish would cooperate, next
day we had great action for the
elusive wahoo, then the yellowfin tuna
action became more active, dorado
were spotty, but some nice schools were
occasionally encountered, at times
close to shore, others further
offshore. On Friday, legendary La
Playita
local pangero Hugo Pino brought in a
yellowfin that weighed in at 264 lb.,
impressive cow, first of this class we
have heard about this season off of
the Gordo Banks, the tuna hit on a live
skipjack. On Saturday local super
panga skipper Chame Pino landed a 111
lb. tuna

Through most of the week the more
consistent all around action was near
Iman Bank, also north to San Luis and
Vinorama. Sardinas were now being
netted ear the marina jetty, already
becoming more limited as season
becomes busier, ballyhoo was a great
option for wahoo, slabs of squid were
using for drift fishing for the tuna,
caballito were another option. A few
charters were searching for chihuil,
which were ideal for wahoo, when
obtainable. Through mid-week the wahoo
went on a great bite, fish to over
40 lb., striking trolled Rapalas,
skirted lead heads and various baits.
Rigged ballyhoo proved to work
especially well. Some charters had as
many
as four wahoo, while losing other
strikes. Things can happen quickly with
these speedsters are aggressive.

Yellow tuna action was mainly centered
on Iman Ban, but this week a handful
of nicer quality tuna came off of the
Gordo Banks. Bite was spotty from day
to day, as currents and water clarity
was fluctuating, best bet for the
yellowfin seemed to be drift fishing
with sardinas, squid and also slow
trolling smaller sized skipjack. We saw
yellowfin tuna this week from
football sized, all the way up to cows
of 264 lb. most tuna we are seeing
were in the 15 to 70 lb. range.

Dorado became more scattered that they
had been, though there are some
decent schools of these fish being
found, of the fish we did see, we saw
more respectable sized 10 to 20 lb.
specimens.

We heard of more striped marlin
activity out of Cabo San Lucas, though
on
the grounds off of San Jose del Cabo
and towards the north there was some
striped marlin and a few sailfish
reported.

Off the bottom there was no consistent
bite going on, a scattering of
pargo, snapper, cabrilla, bonito and
the highlight were several dogtooth
snapper up to 45 lb., we have not seen
many of those fish this season.

*T*he combined sportfishing fleet
launching out of the panga area from
Puerto Los Cabos Marina sent out an
estimated 110 charters for the week and
anglers reported an approximate fish
count of: 1 sailfish, 6 striped
marlin, 68 yellowfin tuna, 29 dorado,
47 wahoo, 7 leopard grouper, 8
Mexican bonito, 8 yellow snapper, 3
dogtooth snapper, 2 barred pargo, 3
pompano, 6 sierra, 4 amberjack, 4
surgeon fish 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

 Oct 8, 2019; 11:04AM - 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

October 6, 2019

Anglers –

The busy fall season has already
started, we saw much larger crowds of
anglers arriving and this will continue
through November. Last week we were
all closely watching the development
and progress of Tropical Storm Norda,
we ended up being very fortunate as
this system stayed along the mainland
and never made much impact at all on
Southern Baja, just a few sprinkles
and cloud cover and of course increased
tropical humidity. Weather patterns
are changing progressively now, cooler
mornings, though high temperatures
are still around 90 degrees. Forecast
looks clear for now, which is a
relief for all of the vising anglers
and fleet operators as well,

Calm ocean now, with very slight
breezes, water temperature in the 83/84
degree range and clear blue water close
to shore. Bait has consisted of
sardinas, being netted near the marina
jetty areas, also some caballito,
ballyhoo and slabs of squid available.
Main fishing grounds being
concentrated on have been from Palmilla
Pint to Iman Bank and in between.

The action for yellowfin tuna slowed
way down, as more black skipjack were
schooling on the same tuna grounds,
early in the week a handful of
yellowfin up to 70 lb. were landed, but
after that it was more dorado and
wahoo which were dominating the action,
though over the weekend the tuna
action did seem to start back up near
the Iman bank, as several yellowfin
tuna in the 40 to 60 lb. class were
accounted for.. A new group of dorado
moved in, especially off of the
Palmilla Point, where limits were the
rule
for fish of 10 to 20 lb., they were
striking on a variety of trolling lures
as well as baits. Inspectors are now
regularly checking limits, so make
sure to not go over your two fish limit
of dorado.

Wahoo became more active as well, areas
to the north of Punta Gorda, as
well as off of Palmilla produced wahoo
to over 40 lb., trolling Rapalas
accounted for the majority of strikes,
some charters accounted for up to
three ‘hoo, which is good for this
early in the season.

We heard of some larger sized bull
dorado on the Pacific, up to 40 lb.,
though no big numbers at all. Also we
heard of a handful of cow sized
yellowfin tuna being encountered
offshore traveling with porpoise, we
expect to start seeing these large tuna
to make their way towards the Gordo
Banks soon, as they are running behind
schedule this year.

Not much going off the bottom, though
there were a few amberjack in the 50
lb. class landed, also a selection or
pargo, cabrilla, bonito, pompano and
triggerfish. Current has slacked, so
maybe that will help improve bottom
action, though most anglers now have
preferred to target the surface
species.

Billfish action out of San Jose del
Cabo was scattered, a few sailfish and
striped marlin being the main deal,
found on the same grounds such as Iman
Bank.

*T*he combined sportfishing fleet
launching out of the panga area from
Puerto Los Cabos Marina sent out an
estimated 102 charters for the week and
anglers reported an approximate fish
count of: 3 sailfish, 5 striped
marlin, 32 yellowfin tuna, 325 dorado,
26 wahoo, 12 leopard grouper, 14
Mexican bonito, 16 yellow snapper, 12
big eye jack, 12 barred pargo, 8
pompano, 5 sierra, 9 amberjack and 75
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

 Sep 30, 2019; 08:42AM - 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

September 29, 2019

Anglers –

Last week we were preoccupied with the
progression of Hurricane Lorena,
though the Los Cabos area ended up not
getting hit very hard at all, as
this small but the powerful system
changed direction and followed a path
towards the East Cape, where they felt
more substantial impact. Local
marinas were shut down for three days
over the weekend, reopening on Monday
morning. We are still seeing light
crowds of visitors, though within a
couple of weeks that will all change.
The weather is now transitioning,
noticeably cooler in the mornings,
though daytime highs are near 90
degrees
and it even feels warmer when you
combine the humidity heat index. Ocean
water temperature is now in the 82 to
84 degree range, still favorable for
storm activity. Weather is now very
tropical, can be unpredictable,
presently we are watching a new low
pressure area forming near Acapulco,
which has a good chance to become
Tropical Storm Narda, we will watch
what
happens with this in coming days. With
limited numbers of anglers in town,
most charters were now fishing the
grounds from Iman to Vinorama. Sardinas
were found off the beach stretches
north of Vinorama for the first part of
the week before scattering, over the
weekend the bait vendors searched for
sardinas schooling back near the marina
jetty.

The all-around action was spotty
through much of the week, as water
conditions had turned over and were off
colored, also there was a very
strong current sweeping through. As the
week progressed conditions
rebounded and reports were much better
for the weekend. Yellowfin tuna and
dorado were the most common species, an
occasional billfish or wahoo, also
a mix of bottom dwellers.

Drift fishing with sardinas, strips of
squid, chunks of skipjack or bolito
was the main method for enticing the
yellowfin, fish ranged in sizes from
15 to 75 lb. Bite was still a bit
scratchy, but some charters did account
for up to five tuna. Dorado numbers
were down from how they had been, found
in scattered schools, hard to find one
much larger than ten lb., so many of
the smaller dorado were released, as
anglers tried to fill out their two
fish limit with nicer sized specimens.

With the strong currents running that
did not help the bottom action, hard
to stay down, fish do not like battling
that either. We did see a few
smaller amberjack, leopard grouper,
yellow snapper, barred pargo, bonito
and triggerfish.

*T*he combined sportfishing fleet
launching out of the panga area from
Puerto Los Cabos Marina sent out an
estimated 59 charters for the week and
anglers reported an approximate fish
count of: 1 black marlin, 2 blue
marlin, 3 striped marlin, 145 dorado,
10 wahoo, 74 yellowfin tuna, 11
leopard grouper, 18 Mexican bonito, 12
yellow snapper, 6 rainbow runner, 8
barred pargo, 4 pompano, 4 amberjack, 6
rainbow runner and 35 triggerfish.



Good Fishing, Eric





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

 Sep 24, 2019; 07:32PM - 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

September 22, 2019

Anglers –

Tropical storm season is now at its
peak, with TS Kiko was still lingering
far off to the west, we have seen in
recent days the development of two new
systems, Lorena and Mario. Expecting
land impact from Lorena, which at
Hurricane 1 strength is taking a path
almost directly towards the southern
tip of Baja. We are expecting major
rainfall and winds, all Port activity
has closed now and most likely through
the weekend. Forecast believe Mario
and Lorena will move together as they
parallel the Peninsula heading
northwest.

So anglers had a shortened week fishing
through Thursday, before Red Flag
conditions closed the Port. Light
crowds of tourists, so numbers of
charters were limited. Sardinas were
being netted off of beach stretches
near San Luis and delivered to the
grounds near La Fortuna and Iman.
Ballyhoo, caballito and strips of squid
were also being used. Sardinas were
now the best ticket for enticing the
yellowfin tuna, action varied from
where the best bite could be found, in
recent days more tuna were found
near Vinorama, smaller grade of 15 lb.
fish, though boats could catch ten
or more. While action near Twenty-Five
spot and Iman was more sporadic,
though this is where a handful of
yellowfin up to 70 lb. were landed.
Still
no reports of the cow sized tuna
showing, even on the Gordo Banks, late
showing this season. Lots of large
black skipjack biting on all these same
grounds, so that was kind of a nuisance

Number of dorado were less now than in
previous weeks and most fish that
were found were smaller in size. Wahoo
became more active and we were
seeing a few of these fish most every
day, they weighed 20 to 40 lb. and
were striking on trolled rapala type
lures off of the north grounds, near
where the tuna and dorado were also
encountered.

Not much bottom action was even
attempted, though we did see a few
amberjack, cabrilla, snapper, pompano,
bonito, surgeon fish and of course
triggerfish

*T*he combined sportfishing fleet
launching out of the panga area from
Puerto Los Cabos Marina sent out an
estimated 32 charters for the week and
anglers reported an approximate fish
count of: 2 blue marlin, 1 sailfish,
24 dorado, 12 wahoo, 92 yellowfin tuna,
150 black skipjack, 2 island jack,
3 surgeon fish, 4 leopard grouper, 12
Mexican bonito, 4 yellow snapper, 2
barred pargo, 3 pompano, 5 amberjack
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

 Sep 16, 2019; 09:21PM - 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

September 15, 2019

Anglers –

At this time the weather conditions are
calm, warm and humid. Tropical
Storm Kiko is spinning off to the west,
far away from any contact with
land. Always the time of year when
everyone is closely monitoring tropical
storm develop from the south, this is
also now the five year anniversary of
the devastating Hurricane Odile. We are
now watching developing of a new
system developing below Acapulco,
hopefully it moves on a path away from
Southern Baja, we will know by late
next week. With ocean water temperature
now in the 83 to 86 degree range this
can be favorable conditions for
storms to gather strength.

Light crowds of tourists now, kind of
an off season now, but right around
the corner will be the busiest Fall
period. Local charters have been
fishing the grounds from off f Red
Hill, Palmilla, to the Gordo Banks,
Twenty Five Spot and Iman Bank.
Supplies of sardinas were more limited
this
week, being found mainly schooling off
the beach stretches towards San
Luis. Caballito, Ballyhoo and slabs of
squid have been other bait options,
also lots of black skipjack and bolito
on high spots. Highlight of the
action has been the yellowfin tuna,
best spot near the Twenty Five area,
drift fishing with strips of quid or
sardinas were the most successful
methods used. Sizes ranged from 20 to
70 lb. some days tough to land one or
two, other days five or more were
possible. A bit finicky, as the
majority
of the fleet is concentrating on these
grounds every day, including the
charters from Buna Vista area.

Dorado were still scattered through
these inshore grounds, though not in
the numbers of previous weeks and again
most of these fish are juvenile
sized, under 5 lb., an occasional
respectable sized. Wahoo were in the
area, no consistent bite for these
elusive fish, one day we will see a
handful of fish, the next day nothings,
they get more sluggish in these
warmer water conditions.

Off the bottom there was a mix of
snapper, pargo species, an occasional
amberjack, dogtooth snapper, bonito and
cabrilla. Using yo-yo jigs and
various whole and cut baits off of the
many rock piles, this bottom action
is not producing many numbers of fish,
all top quality eating and a few
quality specimens..

Marin action was spread out and we did
not have many anglers that were
targeting the billfish, as the tuna
action seemed more popular. We did see
a couple of black, blue and striped
marlin accounted for, as well as
sailfish.

Off the shoreline, surf anglers
reported a couple of snook and
tripletail
catches, these are the times when
prized species can be found close to
the
shoreline, you have to know what you
are doing and put in consistent efforts

*T*he 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: 2 black marlin, 3 striped
marlin, 3 sailfish, 2 blue marlin, 110
dorado, 14 wahoo, 115 yellowfin
tuna, 3 dogtooth snapper, 8 leopard
grouper, 25 Mexican bonito, 14 yellow
snapper, 6 barred pargo, 3 pompano, 9
amberjack, 2 surgeonfish, 2
roosterfish 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

 Sep 11, 2019; 07:41AM - 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

Anglers –

September 8, 2019

Tropical weather conditions now upon
us, we are seeing on and off sporadic
afternoon thunder showers, which are
common during this month. The passing
of Hurricane Juliette was barely felt,
as it had followed a path far off to
the west, humidity did increase and
there was more afternoon southern
breeze. Overall ocean conditions were
favorable, moderate swells, though
the wind did pick up later in the day.
No new storm system on the horizon
at this time, though with ocean water
temperatures now ranging 80 to 86
degrees, we do need to watch forecasts
closely the next few weeks. Light
crowds of visitors now, normal slack
period, as children are back in school
and summer season winds down.

In recent days there have been quality
sized sardinas being netted and
brought down from the north, anglers
are meeting these bait vendors on
grounds such as La Fortuna and Iman
Bank. Other bait options were slabs of
squid, caballito, ballyhoo, as well as
bolito and skipjack found on
offshore grounds. These same grounds is
where the most consistent action
has been found for the past month and
charters from East Cape are even
making the long two hour run daily,
guess they must have no better
opportunities in closer proximity.

Main action has been for dorado and
yellowfin tuna, an occasional wahoo,
limited mix of bottom species and some
scattered billfish action.
Significant boat pressure on these same
grounds and combined with large
concentrations of natural food sources,
the yellowfin tuna proved to be
more finicky from day to day. Best
chances for the tuna was with sardinas
and strips of squid, a few also
striking on larger baitfish. Catches
ranged
from one tuna, to over five per boat,
sizes ranged from 15 to 70 lb., a lot
of fish in the 20 to 60 lb. class.

More numbers of dorado were found a bit
closer to shore than where the
yellowfin bite was, still big numbers
of very small sized dorado, with a
smaller percentage of keeper sized
dorado in the mix. Sardinas for bait
was
best bet, also trolling hoochies and
feathers, as well as drift fishing
with strips of squid.

Off the bottom the highlights were a
few hog sized amberjack, up to 95 lb.,
one 57 kilo grouper hauled up by local
hand liner. A scattering of pargo,
pompano and triggerfish rounded out
bottom action. A few smaller sized
roosterfish were found trolling inshore
stretches near the local marina.

Marlin anglers were limited, as more
anglers were now targeting the tuna,
though a couple of black marlin hook
ups were reported, big fish that
ended up being lost after hours of
battling. Some smaller sized blue and
striped marlin were also reported, no
big numbers, but every day these
billfish are being encountered.

*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: 6 striped marlin, 5 blue
marlin, 275 dorado, 8 wahoo, 145
yellowfin tuna, 6 leopard grouper, 14
Mexican bonito, 15 yellow snapper, 8
barred pargo, 8 pompano, 15 amberjack,
12 roosterfish, 4 jack crevalle 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

 Sep 2, 2019; 09:57PM - 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

Anglers –

September 1, 2019

Since the passing of Tropical Storm IVO
last week, where the Los Cabos
region did receive some much needed
rainfall without too high of wind,
weather patterns have been stable,
though just now there is a new T S
Juliette brewing to the southwest, this
system is forecast to follow a path
further away from the Baja Peninsula
new storms developing at this time.
The next three weeks is historically
the time frame with the highest chance
of hurricanes striking Southern Baja,
so we are all hoping that this year
we do not have any disasters. We have
felt a very slight cooling early
morning, but days have been warm and
humid with heat index over 100 degrees.

Starting last weekend there was decent
action for yellowfin tuna up to 100
lb. on the Iman Bank. Through this week
the bite became more sporadic, lots
of boat pressure on this one area since
this has been location where the
best chances of catching nice fish has
been. Boats from as far away as the
East Cape are making the long run south
to fish these same grounds. Drift
fishing with strips of squid was the
main deal, some limited availability
of sardinas, the tuna also were hitting
on the live caballito. Anglers were
feeling fortunate to land just one
yellowfin, a handful had as many as
three, and average size were 35 to 60
lb. anglers had better success using
leader material of 50 to 60 lb., many
of the larger tuna were lost after
extended battles. Also one black marlin
estimated to be well over 400 lb.
was battled for over three hours before
finally being lost due to lighter
leader.

Dorado were found a little closer to
shore than were the tuna, off of
Cardon, La Fortuna, Punta Gorda, many
juvenile sized dorado in the area,
had to search to find any over 10 lb.
Overall numbers of dorado were down
from previous weeks. Wahoo are in the
area, as they were seen free swimming
and feeding in the chum, though these
fish proved finicky and only a few
were actually landed, these fish can
become sluggish when water temperature
are over 80 degrees.

Off the bottom there was limited action
for yellow snapper, red snapper,
cabrilla, amberjack and triggerfish,
more snapper on yo-yo jigs early in
the day, after that tough pickings.
Only a few roosterfish found trolling
closer to shore, smaller sized, mixed
in was an occasional jack crevalle,
not much inshore trolling this time of
year.

Billfish action also slowed down, more
smaller sized striped marlin, a
couple of larger black marlin that were
lost after long battles. Weather is
looking good for the time being, slight
swells, warm blue water with lots
of baitfish in the area so we are
optimistic that reports will improve
soon.

*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: 5 striped marlin, 3 blue
marlin, 185 dorado, 3 wahoo, 70
yellowfin tuna, 6 leopard grouper, 26
Mexican bonito, 14 yellow snapper, 4
barred pargo, 1 amberjack, 2 dogtooth
snapper, 3 roosterfish, 5 jack crevalle
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

 Aug 27, 2019; 10:34AM - Noodling PB: 48.14 pounds!!!!
 Category:  Catfish Noodling
 Author Name:  Just Me
Noodling PB: 48.14 pounds!!!!

Britanny Jill Noodling PB: 48.14
pounds!!!!

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