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31 Mar 2014 - GORDO BANKS PANGAS San Jose del Cabo March 30, 2014
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Category: Mexico Cabo San Lucas
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Author Name: Eric
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GORDO BANKS PANGAS
San Jose del Cabo
March 30, 2014
Anglers -
Vacationing tourists continue to arrive in soaring numbers, as spring break
season is now in full swing. Weather has been very pleasant, prevalent
winds were gusting early in the week, with ocean conditions being quite
comfortable late week. Ocean water temperatures were ranging in the upper
70s towards the Gordo Banks and further north, while currents were in the
lower 70s on the Pacific grounds. Day time highs were in the low 80s,
feeling a bit more like summer than spring. Whales are vanishing from the
area rapidly, headed on their long migration towards the rich feeding
grounds of the Bering Sea.
The striped marlin action off of the San Jose del Cabo area started back up
with a flurry, feeding marlin were seen in concentrations, anywhere from 2
to 8 miles from shore, moving quickly at times, seen free jumping and
tailing on the surface as well. Striking on lures as well as live caballito
or rigged ballyhoo, many charters reported having multiple chances for
stripers per outing. With inshore and bottom action being sporadic, much of
the week anglers found that there was actually a better chance at finding
marlin than any of the other smaller gamefish closer to shore.
There was a variety of other species now in local water, though it seemed
that none of them were really abundant, or consistently biting on a day to
day basis. Yellowtail were occasionally being hooked into on the various
rocky high spots, some of these jacks were found close to shore on the
ordinary roosterfish and sierra grounds. Yellows were holding on the Outer
Gordo Bank, though only handful of people are landing them, all nicer sized
30 to 35 lb. fish, just no consistent action and many hammerhead sharks to
sort through. Rounding out the fish counts were, cabrilla, pargo,
amberjack, bonito, dorado, sierra and wahoo, all being reported daily in
limited numbers.
Wahoo are being seen in schools off of Punta Gordo and to La Fortuna,
though are finicky, striking baits, yo-yo's and trolled jigs when they
became aggressively in the mood for striking, strange do even have these
fish hanging around at this time of year, this is a result of the warmer
than usual water temperatures. Dorado are being encountered in smaller
sized schools, the majority of this action closer to shore, rather than on
the offshore grounds, sizes averaged 5 to 20 pounds.
Bottom action has never really turned into a steady productive option this
season, the action for surface species proved more consistent than were the
reef dwellers. We would normally expect to see a trend develop in the
coming weeks, of less wind, warming days and more options for anglers off
the structure and inshore stretches. Nice time of year coming, ideal
weather, not too warm and not too cool.
The combined panga fleets launching out of La Playita, Puerto Los Cabos
Marina sent out approximately 91 charters for this past week, with anglers
accounting for a fish count of: 33 striped marlin, 17 wahoo, 3 mako shark,
4 yellowfin tuna, 12 yellowtail, 15 amberjack, 84 dorado, 15 jack crevalle,
28 sierra, 42 roosterfish, 95 bonito, 18 cabrilla and 14 hammerhead sharks
(released).
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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