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12 May 2019 - GORDO BANKS PANGAS San Jose del Cabo
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Category: Mexico Cabo San Lucas
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Author Name: Eric
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GORDO BANKS PANGAS
San Jose del Cabo
Merry Christmas!
Anglers –
December 23, 2018
We have seen lighter than normal crowds
arriving for this Christmas Holiday
week. Though it is feeling more like
winter time now, cooler days, low
temperatures of 55 degrees, highs in
the mid-70s. Some scattered cloud
cover, with mostly sunny skies. North
winds continued to blow all week,
finally letting up Saturday. This has
contributing to pushing in greener
ocean currents, of 73 to 74 degrees off
of San Jose del Cabo, while off of Cabo
San Lucas they reported 78 degree
water.
All around fishing action was slower on
the grounds from the Gordo Banks to
Vinorama. Bait supplies consisted of
caballito, slabs of squid and some
ballyhoo, still no sign of sardinas
showing up along local beach stretches.
Wind has been more relentless this
season, last year at this time we had
good action for wahoo, dorado and tuna,
this year is a different story, as
green water and cooling currents has
turned over conditions.
Very few yellowfin tuna were striking
this week, most of the tuna found were
between Iman and Vinorama, drift
fishing with strips of squid, sizes
averaged 15 to 20 lb., on Friday there
was an 80 lb. yellowfin landed off of
the Gordo Banks. Also we saw one nice
30 lb. yellowtail brought in, as well
as a few deeper water grouper in the 25
to 30 lb. class. Of course triggerfish
continue to dominate all bottom fishing
done closer to shore, a few snapper,
amberjack and pargo species in the mix.
Billfish action was very good through
the first part of the week on the
Pacific side of Cabo San Lucas, off San
Jose del Cabo there has been only a
scattering of striped marlin seen, one
late season black marlin was hooked
into off of the Gordo Banks, but this
fish eventually broke off.
Dorado and wahoo activity was almost
nonexistent, just an occasional fish
being found. Early in the week several
wahoo were hooked into north near
Vinorama, on Friday a 45 lb. wahoo was
brought to the tables. We are hoping
for nicer calm weather conditions,
which would give the water a chance to
clear up some, then wahoo and dorado
action could rebound, before water
becomes too cold and sends these
gamefish migrating to warmer southern
waters.
Along the shore, especially off of the
San Jose del Cabo Hotel zone, there was
good action for roosterfish ranging in
sizes up to 20 lb. Slow trolling with
live caballito was the best technique,
some jack crevalle and sierra also in
the same inshore area.
The combined panga fleets launching out
of La Playita, Puerto Los Cabos Marina
sent out approximately 51 charters for
the week. Anglers reported a fish count
of: 4 striped marlin, 8 dorado, 2
wahoo, 35 yellowfin tuna, 9 bonito, 7
white skipjack, 10 red snapper, 12
yellow snapper, 2 amberjack, 1 fortune
jack, 1 yellowtail, 6 cabrilla (leopard
grouper), 6 baqueta grouper, ocean
whitefish, 9 flag cabrilla, 11 sierra,
42 roosterfish, 5 jack crevalle and 110
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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