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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
Anglers –
January 13, 2019
There were more numbers of tourists
arriving, despite that this is the time
school semesters resume and holiday
vacation time is over. The weather
patterns seemed to have stabilized
some, warmer conditions, at least the
lows were not in the mid-50s like they
were previous week. Scattered cloud
cover, highs of 80 degrees. Ocean
swells were moderate and winds from the
norther finally laid down, water
clarity improved and ocean temperature
was in the
72 to 75 degree range.
Bait options remained much the same,
live caballito being netted in the
marina area, no sardinas to be found,
ballyhoo and slabs of squid also
available. Another option was to try
and catch chihuil on the Inner Gordo
Bank, this proved the hot ticket the
first half of the week.
Billfish still have been more active on
the Pacific, but they are now being
found off the San Jose del Cabo grounds
as well, as mackerel and sardineta
baitfish schools are now shifting in
this direction. The striped marlin were
striking on various lures as well as
baits, averaging 70 to 100 lb.
The highlight of the week was the wide
open wahoo action encountered on Monday
and Tuesday off of Punta Gorda. Of
course with so many people in the area,
the word gets outs in a hurry and no
secret bite can be sustained, everyone
and their brother was out trying to get
in on this action. Water also turned
off a bit on Wednesday, tuning greenish
and between that and all of the
pressure the bite tapered off. The best
bet for these wahoo was on slow trolled
live chihuil, which more often are not
a guarantee to obtain. This was a new
group of wahoo, appeared to be a
spawning run, many of these fish were
in the 40 to 50 lb. range, some over 50
lb. Many charters were landing two to
four or more wahoo, losing at least as
many other strikes. Dorado were found
on these same inshore grounds, but were
not as numerous as were the wahoo,
though once found they were a higher
percentage of actually landing, dorado
weighed in the 10 to 20 lb. class.
Bottom action was scare, more
triggerfish than anything else, an
occasional cabrilla or pargo. The
currents were strong and most anglers
were preferring to target more
glamorous surface species as long as
they were still prevalent.
The yellowfin tuna action has dropped
way off, only action reported has been
by the local commercial pangeros
fishing late in the afternoon on the
Gordo Banks, they have had yellowfin in
the 60 to 90 lb. range practically
every day, no huge numbers, but enough
to keep them working at, all of this
action was on various baits, chihuil,
chunk of caballito, skipjack or squid.
Very little action reported for sierra
or roosterfish, once again, just not
many people trying that now, especially
without live sardinas available, limits
inshore options during the winter
season. We are optimistic that if
weather allows, that the wahoo will be
in the region through this month.
The combined sportfishing fleet out of
the panga area from Puerto Los Cabos
Marina reported an estimated 78
charters for the week and anglers
reported an approximate fish count of:
19 striped marlin, 72 dorado, 3
yellowfin tuna, 76 wahoo, 14 bonito, 12
red snapper, 5 cabrilla (leopard
grouper), 8 yellow snapper, 15
tijareta, 5 sierra and 65 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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