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11 Jan 2023 - 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
March 7, 2021
As we are now only a couple of weeks away from official start of the spring
season, we are already starting to feel the transitional warming trend
develop and days are progressively lengthening. Local daylight light
savings time will change on April 4, one hour ahead. As vaccinations are
becoming more obtainable we have noticed an increase of persons making
reservations to visit during the coming months, we expect it will be a slow
process, but at least things appear to be swinging in the right direction.
This week started out wild, as a major wind front from the north swept
through all of Baja, this had been forecast, they were not wrong, as gusts
to 30 mph plus picked up Sunday night, creating dangerous ocean conditions
and both local ports were closed to all navigation, included all
sportfishing. By Monday afternoon the front had crazily passed on through
and conditions settled down quickly, enabling port authorities to reopen
activities starting later than same day.
With the conditions still persisting of on and off winds, ocean turned
greenish and cooler, average water temperature in the 68 to 70 degree
range, very slight swell, but there have been strong currents pushing
through on the fishing grounds. Anglers found a mix of baitfish available
in the marina area, caballito and a couple varieties of sardinas in
sporadic numbers.
With minimal numbers of charters even going out recently, most have been
fishing Chileno, Palmilla, Gordo Banks and north to Vinorama, spread out
trying different areas. The better inshore action was being found towards
the south, mainly for sierra, while the more productive bottom action was
to the north, when weather permitted. Anglers were using yo-yo jigs and
various baits while drift fishing over rocky high spots, more often in
depths ranging 120 to 200 ft. There were more numbers of bonito on certain
deeper grounds, especially earlier in the day. Swift currents made fishing
more challenging, but with persistence some quality species such as
yellowtail, amberjack, leopard grouper and red snapper were accounted for,
some of these to over 30 lb. The more exotic species for the week was a
golden jack, which are not very common in recent years as well as another
golden cabrilla.
Did not hear of any dorado found recently, there were reports of a few
stray wahoo being seen as well as a handful of yellowfin tuna, smaller fish
hanging on same high spots as were the bottom species. No billfish seen on
local grounds either, the green water not to their liking. We did hear of
scattered striped marlin action from Cabo San Lucas. We expect that as soon
as the ocean clears and warms up, as daytime temperatures increase, winds
settle, that the all-around fishing action will improve significantly.
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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