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 Feb 18, 2021; 11:35PM - 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

Happy New Year’s!

The busy Holiday Season is now winding down, just as quickly as it had
begun. Vacationers are returning to work and schools are resuming classes,
though the majority doing so on line. We will all hope that this New Year
brings greater fortunes and that we can return to more normalcy. Winter
like conditions did arrive in Southern Baja, as mid-week we registered lows
as chilly as 46 degrees and high temperatures struggled to reach the low
70s, visitors need to realize that there actual seasons here in Baja, with
the months of January and February being the coolest time of year. Of
course as compared to most of the U.S. our local climate is moderate and
very pleasant.

Anglers were now concentrating their efforts on the grounds from Red Hill
and the Gordo Banks. Winds have continued to be persistent from out of the
north and has contributed to steadily pushing cooler and greenish colored
water in the direction of San Jose del Cabo. Through the week we saw
conditions on the Gordo Banks change from clean blue 75 degree waters to
off colored 70 degrees over the weekend. Further north towards Iman and
Vinorama conditions are even more off. This is the normal pattern for this
time of year, though this season the north winds have been stronger and
more persistent than usual. Supplies of sardinas are still being netted
close to the marina jetty off of the estuary. Also there are mackerel and
sardineta now being found on local bait grounds.

Through most of the week local fleets concentrated on the Inner Gordo
Banks, this is where schooling wahoo were being found, as well as some
dorado, bonito and a few striped marlin. The wahoo action has been red hot
on these grounds for the past couple of weeks, with most of these fish
being juvenile 5 to 15 lb. size, still quite sporty on light tackle. These
fish were striking best on chrome patterned casting jigs, but also hitting
on sardinas, rapalas and caballito. The action definitely progressively
slowed through the week, as schools were diminishing and conditions turned
over. Also with this area producing the most consistent action there was
greater pressure, from all sizes of carter boats and worst yet were
everyday there were at least several boats full of spear fishermen
concentrating directly on the high spot, this is a very small sea mount and
cannot sustain the traditional rod and reel fishing combined with spear
diving pressure. As everyone just seems to not care, no set regulations or
even proposals of any particular zones, seasons of special permits, this
activity will only increase, as with social media these days all news is
exploited to the masses.

Dorado were declining in numbers with the cooling conditions, though we are
still seeing them in smaller sized schools. Often they were fond closer to
shore where batfish are now concentrated. Sizes averaged up to 15 lb. We
did not have many anglers trying the bottom action or even inshore this
past week, though this will be more of the normal fishery in coming weeks.
Yellowfin tuna action was even scarcer, the tuna were seen at times
surfacing on the Gordo Banks, but were especially spooky and not
interested. We heard of a couple of reports of the yellowfin being found
associated with porpoise a bit further offshore, but with the winds this
was a very hit or miss deal.

Striped marlin are being seen now in greater numbers in the direction off
of San Jose del Cabo, still scattered, but being found three to ten miles
offshore, the Red Hill, Palmilla areas seems to be the more consistent
grounds at this time. With the billfish striking various baits and lures.

Good fishing, Eric



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Eric Brictson / Operator
619 488-1859
Los Cabos (624) 142-1147
e-mail:gordobanks@yahoo.com
WWW.GORDOBANKS.COM

 Feb 18, 2021; 11:33PM - 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

December 27, 2020

Busy times now through the holiday season, as a flood of tourists are
arriving to enjoying their vacation time in the warm sunshine of Los Cabos.
Not sure how long this influx of tourists will last, as advance
reservations for January appear light at this time. With Covid vaccinations
now underway, we hope that by spring time more people will be willing to
travel. We are all enjoying the great weather now, sunny skies with high
temperatures averaging 75 degrees. Variable northern winds, normal patterns
of cycles of a few windy days, followed by calmer conditions. Majority of
the fishing action is now concentrated on the Gordo Banks and North to La
Fortuna.

The most popular spot now has been the Inner Gordo, which creates heavy
pressure, with panga, cruisers, yachts, tank and spear divers all
congregated on this relatively small area, this has made the fish that much
spookier. Wahoo action has been probably the most consistent, these fish
are averaging in the 8 to 15 lb. class, with an occasional 30 lb. fish
mixed in. Best action was found while casting smaller sized chrome
patterned yo-yo style jigs, also some were strikes on rapalas and sardinas.
With the ocean temperature still averaging 75 degrees these pelagic species
are hanging around, as pressure resides some after the New Year we do
expect continued action, at least until the water drops into the low 70s.

Dorado were abundant early in the week, but tapered off some through the
weekend. Still found scattered throughout the region, the majority were
fish under ten pounds, though we did see a few dorado over 20 lb. We expect
continued action to be found as long as ocean conditions remain favorable
as they are now.

More striped marlin are showing up on local grounds, as is the normal
pattern in late December. This is when they follow their food source in the
direction off of San Jose del Cabo. We look for this action to break wide
open in the coming weeks.

Yellowfin tuna were scarce, they are still congregating on the Inner Gordo
Bank, but a few fish in the 60 to 100 lb. class were accounted, they just
are now super weary with all of the added holiday pressure, Hard to
concentrate on drift fishing for these tuna with so many boats and divers,
etc…

Not much bottom action now, a few cabrilla up to 20 lb., as well as a mix
of yellow snapper, triggerfish and bonito, no big numbers though. We also
expect this action to improve after the winds lay down more and water cools.

Whales continue to arrive in greater numbers, as they will now be in the
area into April, when they once again migrate back north.

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

 Feb 18, 2021; 11:32PM - 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

December 20, 2020

The local International airport has been very busy this past week, hundreds
of travelers are arriving to enjoy the holidays in the warm sunshine of Los
Cabos. Despite all these people arriving, not many of them have been taking
advantage of the fishing, so fleets have not been overly busy at all, even
though the all-around fishing action was very good, especially considering
that we are in the midst of winter season. High temperatures have been
reaching 80 degrees, mostly clear sunny skies, though early morning have
been in the upper 50’s, so remember to bring appropriate clothing. Ocean
water temperatures have been averaging 74 to 77 degrees, a bit warmer than
we expect for this time of year. Lots of whales are now arriving, giving
visitors opportunities to watch these magnificent mammals in their natural
habitat.

Anglers are now using sardinas and ballyhoo for bait, with limited numbers
of caballito and we have yet to see the large schools of mackerel and
sardineta arrive on local bait grounds. Most charters are now concentrated
on the fishing grounds from off of Chileno, Palmilla, Gordo Banks, Punta
Gorda, Cardona, La Fortuna and Iman. Favorable ocean conditions have been
found on these grounds, though further to the north the water has been
greenish and cooler. We have still been dealing with north winds, in the
normal cycles, a few days of gusty conditions, then we have two or three
calm days before the pattern repeats itself. Even on the days it has blown,
often this did not happen until later in the morning and anglers were able
to find good action closer to shore in more protected areas.

Dorado were found in good numbers, mixed sizes, we have seen larger sized
fish this past week, some were in the 20 to 25 lb. range, we have not seen
these big bulls on our local grounds for some time. The dorado were hitting
on various baits and trolled lures. Lots of sierra now encountered
throughout the inshore zone, some of these to over 5 lb., striking readily
on the live sardinas, but also on small hoochies and raplalas.

Tuna action was spottier, though they are being seen and are definitely in
the area, just have not been whiling to bite on a consistent basis. We did
see a handful of nicer yellowfin brought in, weighing in the 60 to 90 lb.
range, also some medium sized 20 to 40 lb. fish accounted for. There were
other reports of larger cow sized tuna breezing the surface around the
Gordo Banks, but we did not hear of any of these big fish hooked into or
landed.

More numbers of striped marlin starting to be found on our local grounds,
as it is now the time that these billfish shift in the direction of the Sea
of Cortez, we also saw at least a coupe of sailfish in recent days. With
the surface action being the main thing now, we did not see many of the
limited numbers of charters even trying to look for bottom species.

Wahoo were abundant on the inshore grounds now, particularly Punta Gorda,
Cardon, La Fortuna, also on the Inner Gordo Banks. This season we have seen
more juvenile sized wahoo than we can ever remember, average sized wahoo
that are being brought in are in the 5 to 15 lb. range, we are only
occasionally seeing any fish in the 30 to 40 lb. class.

On a direr note is the progression of spear fishing we have seen in recent
years, it seems each year we are seeing more and more numbers of these
operators who advertise these world famous grounds and are making a big
business out of this. The major issue is that they do not have any manners
at all, in past years spear fishermen would concentrate on other grounds
and during different hours. Now they concentrate their activities on the
same fragile inshore fisheries where rod and reel angler are. This region
cannot sustain such pressure on these same grounds and it is unrealistic
that they simply are able to exploit this activity using the same type of
fishing license that rod and reel anglers use, this is not the same sport,
these people often target the larger female home guard species, that are
too weary or wise to chase down a trolled lure or baited hook, but will
simply swim towards the pointed spear to investigate and guard their
breeding grounds, only to be shot in the head. We also see that many of
these fish are being sold illegally, as authorities just seem to turn their
heads in other directions. It seems that some control is much needed,
perhaps such as dear, elk, moose tags and other hunting sports do and
certain zones that they can use and others that are off limits.

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

 Feb 18, 2021; 11:30PM - 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

December 13, 2020

There were only minimal numbers of tourists visiting at this time, many
people now preparing for the Holiday Season, as well as dealing with the
ongoing Covid pandemic situation. Weather was now turning more towards
winter like patterns, we saw scattered cloud cover and low temperatures as
chilly as 55 degrees, though most days were warming up near 80 degrees.
Wind was predominately out of the north, much of the week limiting where
anglers were able to comfortably concentrate their efforts, through the
weekend the wind did slack and ocean conditions were again more favorable.
Water temperatures now averaging in the 75 to 77 degree range, clearer blue
water found on our normal fishing grounds, with the off colored currents
now near Vinorama and towards Los Frailes.

Anglers were using mainly sardinas and caballito for bait, any week now we
should see mackerel and sardineta move on to local bait grounds, as this is
always the time of year this happens. Most charters are now fishing the
areas from Chileno, Red Hill, Punta Gorda, Cardon and Iman. We saw lots of
sierra closer to shore, most of these in the 2 to 5 lb. range, striking
smaller sized lures and on the sardinas. This week we saw more dorado and
they were larger in size, we even saw a handful of bulls over 20 lb. With
the ocean still warm for this time of year, we expect this dorado action to
continue through the month. Also there were good numbers of wahoo accounted
for, striking on trolled Rapalas, various baits and yo-yo jigs. Sizes
ranged from small juvenile fish and to over 40 lb., with the majority of
the wahoo being smaller in size.

Tuna action has been spotty now for the past several weeks, though in
recent days we did see more of the yellowfin being hooked into from near
the Iman Bank, drift fishing with sardinas was the best bet for this
action, sizes ranged to over 40 lb., with some boats accounting for two,
three of four of these fish.

Not much bottom action being done, with few numbers of anglers in town,
often choppy ocean conditions making this harder and with the fact that
surface action was the most productive action now happening. We did see
more striped marlin moving in to local waters, it will not be long now
until these billfish make their main migration towards the Sea of Cortez,
following their favored food source.

More and more whales are now being sighted as well, as we are now nearing
peak season for these migrated mammals.

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

 Feb 18, 2021; 11:29PM - 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

December 6, 2020

New month of December saw light crowds of visitors arriving, this is the
normal pattern, as after Thanksgiving and before Christmas, there are not
that many people vacationing, this year with the global pandemic still
peaking, travelers are being extra cautious. North winds continued
throughout the week, ocean temperature dropped into the 75 degree range and
currents were off colored on grounds to the north. Still mostly clear sunny
skies, highs averaging near 75 degrees and we saw low temperatures of 54
degrees, so it is the time of year you need to dress appropriately for
early morning outdoor activities.

Anglers were able to find plentiful supplies of sardinas, with caballito,
ballyhoo, slabs of squid bring other options. More of the super panga
charters are now trying to chum up chihuil baitfish on the Inner Gordo
Bank, though this has not been all that easy or guaranteed with choppy
conditions, though these baitfish were now the best bet for enticing the
elusive wahoo. Early in the week we saw more numbers of wahoo being brought
in, sizes ranged from small 5 lb. juveniles, up to 50 lb. trophy sized
specimens. Areas from Cardon, La Fortuna to Vinorama produced strikes while
trolling baits or rapalas. Though this same area is now seeing greenish
cooler currents push in.

The week also started off with a pair of super cow sized 300 lb. yellowfin
tuna being landed from off the Gordo Banks by local pangeros specifically
targeting these cows. Lot of patience needed when targeting these fish,
they used live skipjack for bait. The rest of the week we only saw a
handful of other tuna accounted for, several were near 100 lb. Though
overall the action for these yellowfin was very slow and north winds made
the whole deal that much more difficult. Everyone is waiting for calmer
conditions and it looks as though the coming week will at least start out
calmer.

Dorado were even scarcer this past week, only a handful of these gamefish
were even found, no large schools at all and mainly smaller sized. The past
few seasons the month of December was very productive for nicer sized
dorado, so we are hoping this year things are just starting out slow, still
early in the month. Billfish action was almost nonexistent off of San Jose
del Cabo, more chance now for striped marlin on the Pacific grounds, it
will not be long though that the migration of mackerel and sardineta will
shift in the direction of the Sea of Cortez.

Inshore the main action found was for sierra, most of these fish ranging in
the 2 to 5 lb. range, striking on hoochies, Rapalas and sardinas. Also a
few roosterfish accounted for, not the normal season for them, but they can
hang around in minimal numbers.

With the windier conditions anglers were not able to try much bottom
action, those who did found more bonito and triggerfish than anything else,
we did see a few amberjack and at least a couple of dogtooth snapper
brought in.

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

 Feb 18, 2021; 11:27PM - 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

November 29, 2020

Moderate crowds of tourists visited this Thanksgiving week, enjoying the
fall conditions and multitude of outdoor activities. We felt persistent
north winds through the week, finally tapering off some over the weekend.
These conditions made for rougher seas, especially on the grounds to the
north of Punta Gorda. Scattered morning cloud cover, giving way to plenty
of warm sunshine, as daytime highs were in the low to mid 80s and ocean
temperature was also averaging about 80 degrees. Still good amounts of
sardinas found schooling around marina jetty, also caballito, ballyhoo and
slabs of squid being offered.

Overall the fishing action was tougher this week, a lot of this due to the
winds beating the northern grounds. On Monday there were two impressive cow
sized yellowfin tuna brought in, one of 200 b., found outside of San Luis
Bank during normal mid-day hours, the other tuna, which was hooked into on
the Gordo Banks later in the afternoon and fought for 3 ½ hours before
finally being boated, brought back in the dark after 8 p.m., this cow was
estimated at well over 300 lb. It hit on a trolled skipjack for a team of
local La Playita anglers, headed by legend Eduardo Aripez.

The rest of the week the tuna action was scarce, there were a couple of
days when fleets found some smaller sized yellowfin associated with moving
porpoise and a handful of tuna in the 40 to 70 lb. class were hooked into
while soaking baits on the grounds from Iman to San Luis, but again most of
the entire week these areas were very choppy due to the winds.

Dorado were scattered, some days we saw more than others, though again most
of these dorado were under ten pounds. Wahoo action was encountered on the
grounds north of Punta Gorda, to Vinorama, but action was spotty, mix sizes
of fish were taken, from sierra sized 4 lb. fish, up to trophy sized
tournament contending wahoo of 60 lb. These fish hit on Rapalas, sardinas,
yo-yo and more anglers are now starting to try their luck at obtaining
chihuil and using them for trap hooked trolling baits.

Not a whole lot of bottom action being done, winds did not make this an
easy option, highlight were a handful of amberjack and dogtooth snapper,
but more triggerfish, bonito or small pargo/snapper, compared to anything
else. Closer to shore and mainly towards Cabo San Lucas we were seeing some
sierra, most of these taken on sardinas, hoochies or small rapalas, sizes
up to five pounds.

We have heard of wide open action for striped marlin being found on the
Pacific banks, though off of San Jose del Cabo we saw more sailfish, a pair
of black marlin, one blue marlin and also a few striped marlin were brought
in from pangas, no big numbers like on the Pacific.

Good fishing, Eric



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Eric Brictson / Operator
619 488-1859
Los Cabos (624) 142-1147
e-mail:gordobanks@yahoo.com
WWW.GORDOBANKS.COM

 Feb 18, 2021; 11:25PM - 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

November 22, 2020

Weather has been great, warmer than usual fall conditions continue. There
has been some persistent wind out of the north, but close to shore anglers
were able to find fish in more protected areas. Water temperature now in
the 79 to 81 degree range, slightly warmer than we would expect during this
time frame. As the busy fall season now winds down, we are dealing with the
second wave of Covid pandemic worries, though locally we have not seen a
surge in cases and safety protocols have been strict, people are living in
fear as to what is going to happen in the coming months.

Schools of sardinas remain healthy near the marina jetties, also some
caballito being found. Other bait options included ballyhoo and slabs of
squid. The majority of charters are now heading towards the north, from the
Gordo Banks, Iman, San Luis and to Vinorama, while a few boats are working
areas from San Jose del Cabo, south towards Cabo San Lucas. Action has been
somewhat spread out, no particular hot spot. Most popular grounds this week
were Iman and San Luis, this is where the better chances at hooking into
the yellowfin tuna was.

The tuna proved increasingly finicky this past week, most days the
yellowfin were seen in good numbers coming out of the water, putting on a
show boiling on the chummed sardinas, but were extremely line shy. It did
not make sense to use leader lighter than 40 lb., because chances of
landing these fish on too light of line was minimal, the average fish that
were being landed were in the 50 to 75 lb. class, some larger and a few in
the 20 to 30 lb. range as well. Overall anglers were doing very well if
they landed one or two of these tuna, though there are definitely lots of
these fish in the area and on any given day could become more cooperative.

Through the first half of the week there was very good action for wahoo
found near Vinorama, these fish were coming up on the chummed sardinas and
hitting the small baits on straight mono, not the normal way we usually
fish these toothy gamefish, skippers were using small long shanked hooks to
help from getting cut off, the wahoo did not like the wire leaders. Many of
the wahoo were hooked up on cast yo-yo type jigs, at least as many hook ups
were lost as were brought to gaff. Of course the word on this good action
traveled fast, scores of spear fishermen also headed to this inshore spot
and the bite slowed way down just as fast as it had developed.

Dorado were scarcer this past week on the grounds off of San Jose del Cabo,
most of the fish we did see were very small, though we did hear of better
numbers towards the Pacific.

On the Gordo Banks there have been anglers targeting cow sized yellowfin, a
couple of big fish were lost after extended battles, we did not hear of any
other monster yellowfin being landed. There were at least a couple of black
marlin that were brought in, these fish were in the 300 to 600 lb. range.
We do believe that more big tuna are still on these grounds and certainly
another will be hauled in before long.

Not much being found off the bottom besides triggerfish, bonito and mostly
smaller sized snapper. Along the shoreline there have been sierra, but not
consistent from day to day, still early in the season for these cooler
water species.

Good fishing, Eric





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Eric Brictson / Operator
619 488-1859
Los Cabos (624) 142-1147
e-mail:gordobanks@yahoo.com
WWW.GORDOBANKS.COM

 Nov 16, 2020; 07:21PM - 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

November 15, 2020

As much of the northern territories are now feeling wintry weather conditions, here is Southern Baja this fall has been pleasantly warm, ideal
climate now, highs still reaching into the 80s and barely feeling chilly early in the morning. Wind patterns are beginning to be a bit more
unpredictable, blowing from out of the north most days, especially later in the day. Ocean water temperature is averaging around 80 degrees, on the
Pacific it has dipped to 76 degrees. Crowds of tourists are arriving, as these next couple of weeks the busy season will be wind down and we will
hope that people do decide to travel during the Christmas and New Year vacation periods.

Schools of sardinas continue to be found around the marina jetty area, also caballito, with other options being ballyhoo and slabs of squid. Some boats
are scouting out options for chihuil, should be more of that in coming weeks, as these are special candy bait for wahoo.

This last week started out with a bang, as on Monday there was a 310 lb. yellowfin brought in, taken off of the 26 ft. super panga “Regina Dos”.
This fish was hooked while trolling a live skipjack on the Outer Gordo Bank and was brought to gaff after a two hour battle on 80 lb. gear, the fight
continued though, as the skipper “Gachi” and the one angler, Mike Witoshynski from Florida were unable to haul the beast into their boat due
to particularly tough windy conditions, they did eventually hail help from a nearby yacht and then hauled it over the railing and headed to the dock
area where a crowd had gathered after hearing the news. Later in the week there was yet even a larger super cow boated, this one weighing in at a
whopping 371 lb., taken by a team of anglers aboard the locally based 35 ft. Cabo Sportfisher “Hard Efforts”, they were able to bring this beast to
gaff within one hour on 100 lb. tackle.

The majority of local charters were fishing more towards the north, on grounds from the Iman, San Luis and to Vinorama. These areas were producing
more consistent action than were the Gordo Banks, tough no super cows were taken from these grounds. The yellowfin found here were more in the 50 to
80 lb. class, still finicky though, at times showing themselves, feeding on the surface, though then vanishing just as quickly. Some days biting early
and on others later in the day. Boats were doing well to land one or two of these quality grade yellowfin, most of these striking on sardinas, leaders
of no more than 50 lb. proved more successful.

On these same grounds and a little closer to shore there were decent numbers of dorado found, though it was not easy to find many that were up
to 15 lb., the majority being under ten pounds. Wahoo action was still sporadic, we did see a handful of these highly sought after gamefish
brought in on most days, of course there were other stories of fast wahoo strikes resulting in lost chances. Most of the wahoo strikes were taken on
trolled Rapalas, though a handful were also taken on rigged baits. We look for this action to become more consistent in the next couple of weeks, as
we are now nearing the traditional peak season for these fish. Of the fish we saw, sizes ranged up to 35 lb.

Main species being found off the bottom were smaller sized pargo, red snapper, triggerfish and bonito, with an occasional leopard grouper
(cabrilla) and a few prized 40 lb. dogtooth snapper.

Along the shoreline sierra are starting to show up, these fish prefer the cooling water temperatures, feisty little fighters, averaging 2 to 6 lb.
More whales are being sighted in recent days, as the annual migration for these mammals is just now beginning.

Good fishing, Eric





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Eric Brictson / Operator
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Los Cabos (624) 142-1147
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 Nov 9, 2020; 08:40PM - GORDO BANKS PANGAS San Jose del Cabo
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November 8, 2020

This time frame would normally be one of the busiest periods for the Los Cabos area, though with all that has happened this year with the world wide
Covid 19 epidemic we are seeing much lighter crowds. Though this past week the area was bustling with the season’s final big tournament, the WON Tuna
Jackpot, which ended up attracting 149 teams and had accumulated total payouts of over one million dollars. Largest yellowfin tuna was 210 lb.,
local La Playita team fishing aboard the sportfisher “Burro” made the big money on the first day with their 175 lb. tuna, congratulations to them.

Weather patterns remain warmer than usual, but slowly we are feeling fall conditions settle in. Ocean water temperature now averaging about 82
degrees. The overall fishing action has not been up to normal standards now for about the past month, we do anticipate that we will have a good late
season as conditions shape up. Most common catches have been dorado, though most are under 10 pounds, hard to find any over 20 lb. Sardinas, ballyhoo
and some caballito have been main bait source, as well as some slabs of squid.

Local fleets have been finding better chances for the yellowfin tuna on the grounds from the Iman Bank to Vinorama, often seeing fish come up and then
just as quickly vanishing, finding it tough to entice any strikes. We have seen a handful of quality grade 40 to 70 lb. yellowfin accounted for, also
there have been some schools of football sized tuna showing as well, more of these found from Palmilla to Santa Maria.

Dorado were found in all directions, though more numerous on the Pacific, but again most are smaller in size, striking on lures and rigged baits,
such as ballyhoo. Wahoo were spread out as well, really no particular hot spot and hard to find one over 30 lb., as in the recent tournament there
were only three over 30 lb. weighed in.

Not much going on with billfish now, we saw more sailfish on local grounds than anything else. A mix of bottom species, with the highlight being a few
dogtooth snapper to 40 lb. Again more triggerfish than anything else.

Good fishing, Eric





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Eric Brictson / Operator
619 488-1859
Los Cabos (624) 142-1147
e-mail:gordobanks@yahoo.com
WWW.GORDOBANKS.COM

 Nov 9, 2020; 08:37PM - GORDO BANKS PANGAS San Jose del Cabo
 Category:  Mexico Cabo San Lucas
 Author Name:  Eric
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October 25, 2020

With the resurgence of corona virus cases in areas throughout the U.S. and with the upcoming election we are seeing fluctuating numbers of visitors,
less than half the amount than we would expect for this time frame. Though locally the tourist industry is following strict health protocols and the
situation seems under control, people are just nervous about dealing with airport travel and worried about the whole deal. The richest marlin
tournament in the world was held this week, with some 129 teams battling for a record sum of 4.6 million dollars. The event ran for three days and
there ended up not being any qualifying fish over 300 lb. landed, so there were no huge pay outs this year, though there were several stories of huge
fish being lost, which if landed would have been worth millions. We will hope for better results next year.

With ocean temperatures in the upper 80s conditions seemed unusually warm, though presently we are feeling a cooling trend and the coming week is
forecast to bring more north wind and cooler temperatures, so we should also see water cool off and are hoping the all-around action improves.
Anglers were using sardinas, slabs of squid mainly for bait, with some larger baitfish found on the fishing grounds as well. Schooling sardinas
were now more abundant along beach stretches near Chileno.

The highlight this week was a 311 lb. yellowfin tuna that was weighed in on Saturday, taken by a group of anglers on the local sportfisher “Bacco” out
of Puerto Los Cabos after a 3 1/2 hour battle on the Gordo Banks. The overall tuna bite was very slow this week, another 110 lb. tuna was brought
in from a super panga mid-week and a scattering of a few other yellowfin in the 30 to 70 lb. class, but limited numbers. Most of these fish were taken
near the San Luis Bank. One factor on the slower action seems to be the added pressure of all of the Ease Cape charters also traveling long
distances to congregate and fish on our local grounds.

Wahoo were becoming more active, still spotty, but a couple of charters ended up with between 3 and 5 wahoo per morning. Most of this action near
Iman Bank and further north while trolling Rapalas, sizes ranged to over 40 lb. We expect this wahoo bite to improve in coming weeks as water cools
some. Dorado action was sporadic as well, some days we were seeing decent numbers of fish up to 15 lb., while other days we would only see a fish or two.

Not much reported off the bottom, a handful of various pargo species, bonito and even some out of season roosterfish caught near shallow rock
outcroppings, a couple of these over 40 lb.

A few sierra were starting to show up as well, as their season will just be getting underway.

Good fishing, Eric



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