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Mar 15, 2015; 02:39AM - GORDO BANKS PANGAS San Jose Del Cabo March 14, 2015
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Category: Mexico Cabo San Lucas
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Author Name: Eric Brictson
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GORDO BANKS PANGAS
San Jose Del Cabo
March 14, 2015
The month of March is when transition time begins, seasonal changes are
very unpredictable, some years we can see warmer conditions arrive early,
that could be occurring now, as weather patterns could not be more
favorable at the present time, clear sunny skies, highs in the low 80’s and
light winds. The first wave of Spring Break vacationers are now arriving in
the Los Cabos area, this coincides with the annual San Jose del Cabo
traditional fiestas which start this week, popular events such as the
government sponsored fishing tournament out of Puerto Los Cabos Marina and
the Off Road Races at the Luis Sandoval track will both be held on Sunday.
Efforts on rebuilding the panga basin of the marina have been intense for
the past month and things are certainly looking much improved and
completion seems to be within sight. Then the chief engineers can draw
plans for even a larger project, which is reconstructing the north jetty so
that a repeat of 2014 will not happen again.
Anglers reported a complete turnaround in the fishing action, as last week
conditions had been cool and the action slowed to nearly a standstill. Now,
with this warming trend the yellowfin tuna and dorado bite has really
improved. Local fleets have been finding great action near the San Luis
Bank, with live sardinas being readily available from the commercial
pangeros, who are finding these baitfish schooling inshore near Vinorama. Drift
fishing over the bottom structure in about 150 feet of water with fly lined
baits has producing good numbers of yellowfin tuna in the 20 to 30 pound
range. Dorado have been roaming around on the same grounds, most of these
fish are running in the 10 to 15 lb. class. Even a few wahoo in the mix,
with some 15 to 25 lb. wahoo landed while using straight mono leaders
targeted for the tuna and dorado. Other wahoo also were taken on trolled
lures, as well as on the Pacific side of Cabo San Lucas.
Sierra action seemed to have slowed some, maybe the warmer 74 degree
current is a factor. Bottom drops over rocky structure have produced
sporadic action for bonito, a variety of pargo species, cabrilla and
triggerfish. Not much going on in the way of yellowtail, though reports
from Southern California of epic yellowtail action on large sized fish has
been almost unprecedented, possibly another el Nino in the works.
Striped marlin have continued to be spread out, though the Pacific produced
more catches than in the direction of the Sea of Cortez, unpredictable as
to what is going to happen this season, bait migrations are shifting
according to ocean temperatures as well.
The annual migration of whales is now in full swing, scores of humpback and
gray sightings. We were all reminded this week of the power that these
mammals have, earlier in the week tragedy struck on a tour boat out of Cabo
San Lucas, when they accidently collided with a whale and one passenger was
killed in the event, a Canadian woman. These magnetic animals are wild and
must be given space. Our condolences go out to everyone involved in this
accident.
The combined panga fleets launching out of La Playita, Puerto Los Cabos
Marina sent out approximately 66 charters for the week, with anglers
reporting a fish count of:
1 striped marlin, 8 wahoo, 88 dorado, 215 yellowfin tuna, 18 sierra, 95
Eastern Pacific bonito, 8 amberjack, 22 cabrilla, 16 huachinango, 8
roosterfish, 18 barred pargo, 24 yellow snapper 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
WWW.GORDOBANKS.COM
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Mar 10, 2015; 12:57PM - GORDO BANKS PANGAS San Jose del Cabo March 8, 2015
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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 8, 2015
We are seeing fairly good sized crowds of tourists visiting the Los Cabos
area now, though not a great percentage of these people were interested in
sportfishing. So fleets were not all that busy, though with the new month
arriving, we all know that spring break is just around the corner and even
greater numbers of visitors will be arriving. This time frame is a time of
transition, when we start to have warmer days, up into 80s, scattered cloud
cover at times, fluctuating winds, often picking up stronger later in the
day. Can feel like late spring one day and then be a bit cooler the next,
even feeling a bit wintry early in the morning.
Every season can be a little different, it does feel like the worst of the
north winds are now over, we have seen signs of marine cloud layer
developing, cooler ocean currents meeting with warmer land masses can cause
this. Throughout most of the region ocean temperatures are averaging 74
degrees, up to 76 degrees outside of Cabo San Lucas, near the Jaime Bank.
This is still several degrees warmer than what we normally might expect to
have at this time. Baitfish migration, as well as striped marlin action
seems to be affected. No mackerel or sardinetas now being found, these are
one of the main food sources for the striped marlin. No concentrations of
squid either, so if there is not the sustainable food source, the fish will
scattered and be on the move, searching. Water clarity had been good for
the most part.
Sardinas continue to be found schooling close to shore near Vinorama, a
long run for the bait suppliers, not worth their while unless a certain
numbers of charters are going to need this resource, on other days the low
tides and increased swell activity made it a tough go for netting any of
these baitfish, which were in close proximity to the rocky outcroppings.
The majority of days though the sardinas were available, other option were
caballito.
The all-around fishing action was less consistent this past week constantly
changing conditions have things a bit unsettled, we are optimistic
conditions will begin to stabilize soon and this should help put things
back on the right track. Most local charters are fishing areas from the
Gordo Banks, to Cardon, La Fortuna and as far as Vinorama.
Inshore sierra action became more hit of miss, this had been a sure bet
bite in previous weeks. A few smaller sized roosterfish were found close to
shore as well, particularly near Punta Gorda and the La Laguna area. These
jacks were striking best on slow trolled bait, same for the sierra. Bottom
action had been showing some promising signs, with more red snapper, yellow
snapper, cabrilla and even some nice amberjack and yellowtail. But, then as
weather changed the bite all dropped off, best bet now is either close to
shore or over the various rock piles. No surface action now for yellowfin
tuna or dorado, only a handful of small dorado being encountered. The
Eastern Pacific bonito had been a mainstay recently, providing the most
consistent action, with some bonito to over 10 pounds being accoutered for.
This bite dropped off to a standstill and all we can do is wait for things
to improve.
Off of Cerralvo Island towards the East Cape. We had heard of reports of
out of season wahoo activity, the same things happened for one super panga
out of La Playita earlier in the week, one boat landed six wahoo up to 25
pounds from an area just north of Vinorama, this was an isolated incident,
as no one else reported getting into the action, which was kind of a fluke
and also out of normal range for local charter fleets. Of course the next
day these wahoo did not decided to bite. It just proves that anything can
possibly happen on any given day.
Still many whales in the area, as these mammals have been entertaining
people that are based on land and ones boats.
The combined panga fleets launching out of La Playita, Puerto Los Cabos
Marina sent out approximately 67 charters for the week, with anglers
reporting a fish count of:
3 striped marlin, 6 yellowtail, 6 wahoo, 21 dorado, 34 sierra, 120 Eastern
Pacific bonito, 11 amberjack, 14 cabrilla, 15 huachinango, 24 roosterfish,
22 yellow snapper, 1 thrasher shark and 45 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
WWW.GORDOBANKS.COM
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Mar 3, 2015; 02:17PM - GORDO BANKS PANGAS San Jose del Cabo March 1, 2015
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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 1, 2015
As the month of February comes to an end we have seen unpredictable crazy
weather patterns continue. This week has been more like we would expect at
this time, cooler currents, off colored ocean conditions, variable winds,
predominately from the north. Though the climate has been very comfortable,
lows in the mid-50s and high temperatures about 80 degrees, with plenty of
sunshine. Whale watching is now at its peak, as scores of whale sightings
are being spotting on any given day throughout the region.
Anglers encountered changing conditions and this meant tough times when
looking for yellowfin tuna or dorado, those species have scattered and now
we are finding more of the cooler water species as we would expect during
the winter season. Catches have included bonito, sierra, roosterfish,
pargo, red snapper, cabrilla, grouper, yellowtail, skipjack, triggerfish
and others. The Eastern Pacific bonito has been one of the more abundant
fish, striking off the high spots north of Punta Gorda on both sardinas and
yo-yo jigs, average size is about 5 lb, some going as large as 12 lb. Good
fighting fish and excellent eating, similar to tuna or even albacore.
Supplies of sardinas were a bit harder to find, mainly because of the early
low tides and the rocky areas where the schools of baitfish are now
concentrated. They are finding some live sardinas, but supplies are not
what they have been as in previous weeks.
A handful of nice yellowtail are just starting to show up, all of the fish
landed have been in the 25 to 30 lb. class, from the Gordo Banks to San
Luis Bank, these jacks should start showing in greater numbers. Live bait
off the bottom and yo-yo jigs have both worked. A few sharks on the same
grounds to deal with. Also the ongoing sea lion problem. The all-around
bottom action is improving, we are now seeing red snapper (huchinango),
barred pargo, yellow snapper, leopard grouper, pinta cabrilla, flag
cabrilla, bonito and triggerfish.
Sierra have continued to be the main species running close to shore, most
of these fish are averaging in the 2 to 5 pound range, though we saw one 15
lb. trophy brought in this week, also a couple of others near the ten pound
mark. A few roosterfish in the mix, mostly smaller sized juvenile fish.
Slow trolling with sardinas have proved the best bet for these fish.
Billfish action has been slow, a few scattered striped marlin, no feeding
frenzies, as offshore bait schools have been hard to find, no
concentrations, we expect the coming months will bring more consistent
offshore action. There has been a lack of mackerel this season so far.
We have seen significant progress on rebuilding efforts of the panga dock
area in Puerto Los Cabos Marina, in another month or so we are hoping
things will be much improved. Local road crews in La Playita had dug up and
closed the main access road, beginning work on the final long overdue
pavement section from the Marine Group to Hotel El Ganzo, planned to
install new drainage, water pipe work etc… Though the crew completely
abandoned all efforts of this project and have left us with an embarrassing
mess. Someone has got to step in and fix this situation. Another disaster
is the gill and drift net operations going on in local waters, reports of
netters filling pangas with thousands of pounds of so called protected
species such as juvenile roosterfish, this just does not make any sense at
all, where are the authority’s priorities, is there any thought at all
about the state of the future fishery?
The combined panga fleets launching out of La Playita, Puerto Los Cabos
Marina sent out approximately 96 charters for the week, with anglers
reporting a fish count of: 4 striped marlin, 5 yellowtail, 18 dorado, 1
yellowfin tuna, 235 sierra, 310 Eastern Pacific bonito, 9 amberjack, 55
cabrilla, 58 huachiango, 12 roosterfish, 35 yellow snapper, 12 hammerhead
shark and 80 skipjack.
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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Feb 24, 2015; 04:26PM - GORDO BANKS PANGAS San Jose del Cabo February 22, 2015
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Category: Mexico Cabo San Lucas
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Author Name: Eric Brictson
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GORDO BANKS PANGAS
San Jose del Cabo
February 22, 2015
Last weekend a weather front swept in from the south, on Friday there were
scattered thunderstorms through the afternoon, though nothing really
developed from this system, after forecasts were calling for rain through
Monday, it never happened, mainly just cloud cover and winds, which created
choppy ocean conditions. Water temperatures are ranging from 72 to 75
degrees, slightly higher than what we usually see this time of year.
Fishing action slowed over the weekend, mainly due to the weather condition
factor.
The new week started off great, with increased numbers of anglers enjoying
the weather as it settled down, with clear skies and high temperatures in
the upper 80s. Calm ocean conditions and immediately the fishing action
picked back up. Anglers were finding decent supplies of live sardinas from
the commercial fleet near Vinorama. Center of the most consistent bite was
found near La Fortuna and the Iman Bank. This is where yellowfin tuna,
averaging 15 to 30 lb. were found schooling, a bit line shy and finicky,
striking best on lighter size leaders on fly lined baits. Mixed in with the
yellowfin were black skipjack, white tuna and Eastern Pacific Bonito. A
handful of larger tuna from 75 lb. to 100 lb. were also reported. This has
been an incredible bonus for anglers visiting during the month of February,
normally a tough time to find any tuna action locally.
Dorado were still more numerous on the Pacific grounds, though they have
been found closer to shore at times off of San Jose del Cabo grounds. A few
nicer sized dorado to over 20 pounds were weighed in. A few wahoo were
landed as well, blind strikes on lures, as well as on baits being targeted
for the tuna action. Strange season, anything could happen on any day.
Bottom action has been slow to pick up and become consistent, a lot has
depended on the current, some days it has been just too swift to even get
down and hold the bottom, but at times when currents did slack there were
some nice fish found, including cabrilla, grouper, snapper, pargo,
amberjack and bonito. We saw one 50 lb. amberjack, a couple of yellowtail,
but still no numbers on these jacks. Anglers were using yo-yo jigs and
various whole and cut baits for the bottom action, which has been found on
the same fishing grounds as where the yellowfin tuna action is.
Billfish action was slow, scattered fish being encountered anywhere from
three to twenty miles offshore, no concentrations or feeding frenzies to
speak of. There were reports of swordfish sightings off of the 1150 spot,
so these prized gladiators will be sought after for serious offshore
enthusiasts.
Great time for whale watching now, with both humpbacks and grays in the
area, there were also whale shark sightings reported.
Sierra have continue to dominate the inshore action, averaging 2 to 4
pounds, sardinas have been the bait of choice for this early morning bite.
The combined panga fleets launching out of La Playita, Puerto Los Cabos
Marina sent out approximately 91 charters for the week, with anglers
reporting a fish count of:
5 striped marlin, 2 yellowtail, 385 yellowfin tuna, 4 wahoo, 88 dorado, 145
sierra, 56 bonito, 18 white tuna, 19 amberjack, 26 cabrilla, 35 huachiango,
30 yellow snapper and 450 skipjack.
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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Feb 9, 2015; 12:21AM - GORDO BANKS PANGAS San Jose del Cabo February 8, 2015
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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
February 8, 2015
Weather patterns continue to be changing daily, actually starting to warm
up and feel like spring time already, after cloudy rainy days last week, we
are now seeing clear sunny days and high temperatures to 85 degrees.
Actually nearly a perfect climate now, winds have lighted up and anglers
enjoyed more comfortable days on the ocean. Lots of whale activity, as well
as dolphins, manta rays and sea lions.
Water temperatures have continued to be a cooling trend, but have
stabilized now in the 70 to 76 degree range, still pretty warm considering
that we are in the midst of winter. Clarity fluctuated accordingly to
currents and wind cycles, especially on the inshore fishing grounds to the
north of Punta Gorda.
The yellowfin tuna action came to standstill at the start of the week, but
then started to show increased activity later in the week. Often times the
tuna were seen feeding on the surface, but just would not be interested in
striking a bait that had a hook placed in it, just a few yellowfin were
being hooked into, most of them on either sardinas or strips of squid,
average weights were in the 15 to 30 lb. range. The Gordo Banks became the
best spot for a chance at landing a tuna in recent days, the other area of
La Fortuna the fish were even more finicky. We must remember that any
yellowfin tuna action at this time of year is a bonus, this is not the
season that we would normally expect to find active yellowfin on the local
grounds.
Same can be said for dorado and wahoo, still quite a few dorado being
encountered, most of them have been juvenile sized, under 15 lb. and being
found close to shore, often near where the inshore sierra action was.
Supplies of sardinas remained steady, now being netting near Vinorama and
delivered to the Cardon or La Fortuna areas.
There was a discouraging situation being dealt with now, as more Mainland
commercial operations, which specialize in various forms of net fishing and
have equipment capable of stripping both inshore and offshore reefs of all
forms of sea life. These camps are set up in unpopulated zones where they
do not seem to receive much negative responses by the unknowing public.
This is an extremely destructive method of commercial fishing, even though
these groups do supposedly possess legal permits, none of it make any sense
at all and should be eliminated so that continued destruction of the
ecosystem does not result in a complete collapse of a fishery that was
always thought as an unlimited resource.
Bottom action has just begun to show signs of more consistency, still
dictated by what the weather allows. Shallow water structure was producing
a wide variety of fish, most of which were under ten pounds, with an
occasional larger specimen mixed in. Various pargo and snapper species,
triggerfish, mojarra grunt, bonito, skipjack, cabrilla, a few amberjack and
at least one yellowtail. These fish were striking on yo-yo jigs, sardinas
and strips of squid.
Sierra was the most common catch close to shore, best action was early in
the day on slow trolled sardinas. Also in certain area near the marina
jetties anglers found some roosterfish up to ten pounds.
The combined panga fleets launching out of La Playita, Puerto Los Cabos
Marina sent out approximately 58 charters for the week, with anglers
reporting a fish count of:
2 striped marlin, 1 yellowtail, 2 wahoo, 34 yellowfin tuna, 165 sierra, 14
roosterfish, 88 dorado, 24 bonito, 26 cabrilla, 35 pargo, 24 yellow
snapper, 18 mojarra, 6 amberjack and 32 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
WWW.GORDOBANKS.COM
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Feb 2, 2015; 09:24PM - GORDO BANKS PANGAS San Jose del Cabo February 1, 2015
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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
February 1, 2015
This past week we saw more crowds of tourists traveling to the Los Cabos
resort destination, airport activity was bustling and patience was
necessary to get through International Customs. Lots of visitors, escaping
the cold wintry conditions across much of the United States, despite this
influx of people, not a high percentage of them were anglers and
sportfishing fleets reported that though the fishing was very good, there
were not many numbers of charters going out. That time of year, off season
now for certain pelagic gamefish, spring time will be here soon enough.
Weather patterns were unpredictable, going from cold, cloudy, rainy, windy,
to calm and quite warm, up to 90 degrees. Now we are starting the new month
and as the local saying goes, “Febreo loco and Marzo otro poco”.Translated
to “Crazy February and March even more”.
Actually in recent days the water clarity improved along the stretches
north of Punta Gorda, ocean temperatures have dropped now into the 70/74
degree range, which might still be slightly higher than normal seasonal
averages. Last week anglers were dealing with a challenging situation,
having to wait for long as two hours for supplies of live sardinas to be
delivered. Problem was that the baitfish schools shifted with the currents,
in the direction of Cabo San Lucas, near Santa Maria, pangeros netters
worked in the surf zone to net sardinas and then motor back to Puerto Los
Cabos, where charters would obtain bait and head to the more productive
northern fishing grounds. Bait supplies are no longer as abundant as in
previous decades, more patience is needed, or later departure times
arranged, there were not many options available for anglers to catch fish
while waiting for this bait to arrive. Local pangeros were forced to
regroup and now have found sardinas schooling north, near San Luis and
Vinorama, they are hauling supplies to meet local sportfishing charters on
the grounds such as La Fortuna, Iman and Cardon.
Yellowfin tuna are hanging around late into the season, or maybe this is
the start of the new season, results will be dictated on what exactly
happens with the ocean conditions and various food sources preferred by the
gamefish. Spotty action, depending on what the weather and currents
allowed. Tuna are being encountered on various grounds, most not far from
shore, including the Gordo Banks, to La Fortuna, Iman and Vinorama. The
bite was at random, sometimes early and often later in the morning, major
issue with sea lions on other days. Average tuna was in the 15 to 30 lb.,
though the larger grade of fish was still lurking around the Gordo Banks,
favorite choices for bait was sardinas or squid strips.
Dorado were found in decent numbers, La Fortuna and Cardon were good spots,
fish ranging to 20 lbs., a handful even larger, slowly trolling or drift
fishing with sardinas was a good bet, watch out for needlefish and skipjack.
Not much reported off the bottom, a mix of pargo, cabrilla, bonito and
triggerfish for the few anglers that gave it a try when weather and
currents allowed. Inshore action continued to be dominated by sierra,
striking most readily on sardinas and earlier in the day, also some jack
crevalle and juvenile roosterfish roaming the shoreline, remember to
release these roosterfish, as they are a prized fighting gamefish that are
only encountered and a limited natural range and need to be protected.
The combined panga fleets launching out of La Playita, Puerto Los Cabos
Marina sent out approximately 52 charters for the week, with anglers
reporting a fish count of: 5 striped marlin, 76 yellowfin tuna, 220 sierra,
18 roosterfish, 88 dorado, 20 bonito, 16 cabrilla, 34 various pargo and
snapper species, 10 jack crevalle and 8 amberjack.
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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Jan 27, 2015; 12:36PM - GORDO BANKS PANGAS San Jose del Cabo January 25, 2015
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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
January 25, 2015
Similar patterns this past week, winter weather hard to predict, though the
all-around climate is very pleasant and light crowds are enjoying
themselves, soaking up the available warm sunshine. Winds have been more
predominate again from the north and this has limited what areas the
sportfishing charters could comfortably operate on any given day. Inshore
areas north of Punta Gorda are seeing more greenish colored cooler current
push in from the north, water temperatures are dropping as well, from the
lower 70s up to the 75 degree range. Baits sources are supplying charters
with sardinas, caballito and there are ballyhoo available as well. Lots of
whale activity now being seen on a daily basis.
Anglers found billfish action offshore, a bit hit or miss, but this week
the bite for striped marlin improved offshore of San Jose del Cabo,
anywhere from four to six miles out, many marlin were hooked into while
drift fishing live baits down deep, also trolling on the surface. Dorado
were spread out, more being found closer to shore than further out, these
fish are traveling where their food source is. The majority of the dorado
were small to medium sized, an exception of a handful of fish being over 20
lb. Striking more often on bait than lures.
Yellowfin tuna action picked up, especially in the Inner Gordo Banks, the
wind factor was an issue, too much wind and swift current on certain days
made this option difficult to impossible. Though there were a larger grade
of yellowfin now on these grounds, up to 100 pounds, many in the 30 to 80
lb. class were hooked into, biting best on sardinas rigged on lighter
leader of forty pound test. Some charters had as many as three or four of
these nice tuna, other days we would see maybe one or tuna all together. So
this late season bite was still sporadic, though fairly impressive to even
have a chance at these quality fish at this time of year. Tuna were also
found on the banks such as La Fortuna and Iman, these fish were mostly in
the 15 to 30 lb. range, again hit or miss, depending on the north wind
conditions.
These same fishing grounds were producing a mix of bottom structure
species, not a lot of large fish, most were under fifteen pounds, though
always a chance of a much larger specimen and all of these fish are the
excellent eating variety. Catches were made on yo-yo jigs, as well as on
whole and cut bait, including pargo, snapper, porgy, island jacks, bonito,
triggerfish, amberjack, cabrilla and parrot fish.
Close to shore the sierra run is now in full swing, once found, these
schooling fish are voracious feeders and the action often can be fast and
furious on these scrappy gamesters that were averaging three to five
pounds. Also a few roosterfish and jacks rounding out inshore catches. Most
of the roosterfish now being found are juvenile sized and should be
released unharmed whenever possible. Early in the morning while panga
charters were waiting for bait suppliers some nice fish have been hooked
into directly outside of the Puerto Los Cabos jetties, including yellow
snapper, cabrilla and amberjack. This was a early bird special and would
happen one day and then maybe not the next, though a few fish in the 20 to
30 lb. class were accounted for.
The combined panga fleets launching out of La Playita, Puerto Los Cabos
Marina sent out approximately 68 charters for the week, with anglers
reporting a fish count of: 16 striped marlin, 95 yellowfin tuna, 325
sierra, 15 roosterfish, 72 dorado, 45 bonito, 18 barred pargo, 28 yellow
snapper, 15 island jack, 14 amberjack, 28 cabrilla, 12 porgy, 8 parrotfish
and 32 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
WWW.GORDOBANKS.COM
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Jan 23, 2015; 12:28AM - GORDO BANKS PANGAS San Jose del Cabo January 18, 2015
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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 18, 2015
As we progress deeper into the winter season, we are now seeing light
crowds of tourists arriving in Los Cabos. With airplane fares becoming more
reasonable, as fuel prices drop, we expect more people will realize this
and take the opportunity to visit this winter wonderland. We have seen
varying weather patterns, some days with cloud cover, with some scattered
rainfall earlier in the week, scarcely measurable, then again on other days
there was plenty of warm sunshine, with highs reaching near 80 degrees.
Winds were variable as well, the week started off very tranquil, then later
in the week there were stronger breezes blowing from the north. These
patterns contributed to anglers adjusted their game plans accordingly, as
to where they could comfortable fish on a given day. Options varied from
offshore, inshore and reef fishing. Ocean temperatures were ranging from 74
to 77 degrees throughout the region, greener off colored currents now
pushing in from the north.
Anglers enjoyed excellent action for yellowfin tuna during the first half
of the week, tuna were striking on sardinas off of the normal grounds, such
as the Gordo Banks, Iman, Vinorama, La Fortuna and Punta Gorda. Easy limits
were taken on yellowfin that averaged 15 to 25 pounds, with a larger grade
of fish mixed in as well, some 30 to 50 pounds and even a handful topping
the 70 pound mark. A local angler reported one tuna over 100 pounds while
fishing with slabs of squid on the Gordo Banks, so even though this is now
very late in the season, there is still a chance at a larger sized
yellowfin.
Dorado were more hit or miss, though there were actually more of these
gamefish accounted for this week, as compared to the previous. Found in
small schools. Many very close to shore, ranging 5 to 25 pounds. Wahoo were
seen, but not many were being hooked into, remember last season, when the
wahoo action went wide open during mid-February, we are hoping for a repeat
of that non typical scenario.
Inshore action remained steady for sierra, scrappy gamesters, ranging up to
eight pounds, striking on sardinas, trolled hoochies and Rapalas. Some
juvenile sized roosterfish and various jacks also found close to shore. Off
the shallow rock piles there has been a variety of structure species
encountered, though this action was not consistent from day to day,
depended greatly on how strong currents and winds were.
We are now seeing the main concentration of both humpback and gray whales
arriving for their annual breeding and feeding voyage to Southern Baja. Sea
Lions are bountiful as well remaining a pesky nuisance on the fishing
grounds.
The combined panga fleets launching out of La Playita, Puerto Los Cabos
Marina sent out approximately 58 charters for the week, with anglers
reporting a fish count of: 8 striped marlin, 2 wahoo, 365 yellowfin tuna,
134 sierra, 18 roosterfish, 38 dorado, 28bonito, 12 white skipjack, 42
miscellaneous pargo, 5 island jack, 16 amberjack, 18 cabrilla and 25
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
WWW.GORDOBANKS.COM
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Jan 15, 2015; 12:33AM - GORDO BANKS PANGAS San Jose del Cabo January 11, 2015
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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
January 11, 2015
After one week of colder weather patterns we have now seen the winds calm
down and a return to pristine conditions, clear skies and warm sunshine,
with highs of 80 degrees. Incredibly ideal, considering the freezing
forecast across much of United States and Canada. Crowds are relatively
light now, as is normal right after the holiday season, great time to
visit, airfares have dropped and the Los Cabos area has made impressive
rebuilding headway, most areas are now back to normal, pre-hurricane status.
The colder currents pushing in the last couple of weeks have dropped ocean
water temperatures into the 74 to 77 degree range, which would still be
considered warmer than average by several degrees for this time frame. The
cooler currents also brought in greenish colored water, which in turn
scattered the pelagic gamefish, but now conditions are rebounding and
opened up more options for anglers.
Anglers are using sardinas to fish close to shore and are catching good
numbers of sierra, ranging to as large as eight pounds, these sierra were
also striking on trolled hoochies and Rapalas. These fish, in the mackerel
family, do prefer the cooler water. A mix of shallow water structure
species are now becoming more prevalent as well, pargo, of several
varieties, cabrilla, triggerfish, pompano, island jack, porgy, bonito, mero
hawkfish, even sheephead, as well as and others, all very good eating fish,
striking on various baits, as well as jigs.
Dorado were very scattered, but handful are being accounted for every day,
most were under 15 pounds. Only a few smaller sized wahoo were reported,
these were found in the direction of Cabo San Lucas. Yellowfin tuna had
become very scarce during the windy days, but in recent days we have seen
some nice yellowfin being accounted for from the Inner Gordo Bank, as well
as from areas further north, near Vinorama. These tuna ranged in the 20 to
50 pound class, nice for winter time fish. Anglers were using sardinas,
strips of squid and chunks of skipjack to entice these tuna. No great
numbers, but there was a chance at catching several.
The striped marlin action continued off of San Jose del Cabo, anywhere from
3 to 6 miles offshore is where most of this action was taking place,
concentrations of baitfish have been attracting the billfish and anglers
were trolling and drift fishing with live baits, as well as casting into
feeding fish when the opportunities arose.
If the weather conditions how it is at this time, we could all be in for
some great winter action, hard to predict, but last year we had warm water
all winter and chances are this season might be the same.
Many more whales are now arriving for their winter stay in the Southern
Baja region, other attractions included manta rays, seas lions and
porpoise.
The combined panga fleets launching out of La Playita, Puerto Los Cabos
Marina sent out approximately 78 charters for the week, with anglers
reporting a fish count of: 18 striped marlin, 3 wahoo, 27 dorado, 24
bonito, 15 white skipjack, 49 yellowfin tuna,140 sierra, 13 roosterfish, 1
sheephead, 15 porgy, 4 hawkfish, 65 various pargo, 8 island jack, 7
amberjack, 22 cabrilla and 30 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
WWW.GORDOBANKS.COM
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Jan 5, 2015; 08:16PM - GORDO BANKS PANGAS San Jose del Cabo January 4, 2015
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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
January 4, 2015
The New Year started off with a cold front sweeping in and the crowds of
holiday vacationers were wondering where all that advertised warm sunshine
disappeared to. Actually New Year’s Day was clear and sunny, nearly 80
degrees, the forecasted front pushed in that evening and looks as this will
be the trend through most of the week. Ocean currents are changing and we
have now seen water temperatures dip down to 75 degrees, also off colored,
greenish water has proved more challenging for anglers options of finding
cooperative gamefish.
Inshore there have been increasing numbers of sierra arriving with the
cooler current, some quality sized sierra in the 5 to 10 lb. class were
found near Cabo San Lucas, other areas were finding smaller sized sierra. A
few juvenile sized roosterfish in the mix. Supplies of sardinas were coming
from areas south of Palmilla Point.
Offshore of San Jose del Cabo there has been this on and off again bite for
striped marlin, found three to miles from shore, on the same grounds where
baitfish such as sardineta, jurelito, caballito are now schooling. The
stripers were encountered feeding on the surface, also many were hooked
into while slow trolling or drift fishing with live baits. Very few dorado
or wahoo were reported and the yellowfin tuna all but vanished as well,
last weekend there were a few charters that were at the Iman Bank at the
right time and accounted for a handful of yellowfin tuna weighing in the 20
to 50 lb. class. This action was before the wind picked up again and is
back on hold at the present time. After weather settles back down there
should be chances at late season action for wahoo, dorado and tuna.
Last week the winds had calmed and conditions were rebounding, there was
quality bottom action found for a variety of species, these type of fish
will bite in greenish colored water, but to effectively drift fish over
these rock piles, angler’s calmer conditions. So this is hit or miss action
throughout the winter, usually becomes more consistent towards spring.
Whales have been slow to show in big numbers this season, we expect this
cold wave will bring more of these mammals back to their winter spawning
grounds. Plenty of sea lion activity, an ongoing problem for anglers, as
they enviably loose a percentage of their hook ups to these pesky animals.
Progress has been slow for rebuilding the panga area of Puerto Los Cabos
Marina, recently we have seen a new construction begin pushing some dirt
around, so hopefully they continue to pick up the pace and we can see this
major rebuilding project finally completed.
The combined panga fleets launching out of La Playita, Puerto Los Cabos
Marina sent out approximately 71 charters for the week, with anglers
reporting a fish count of:
16 striped marlin, 9 dorado, 10 white skipjack, 12 yellowfin tuna, 28
bonito,
210 sierra, 24 roosterfish, 25 pargo, 15 island jack, 5 amberjack, 1
yellowtail 16 cabrilla and 25 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
WWW.GORDOBANKS.COM
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