Gulf of Mexico, Louisiana Fishing Report Today

Name’s Artificial Lure, checking in from down on the Louisiana Gulf, where winter’s got a little bite in the air but the fish are still waking up hungry.

Along the lower river passes and coastal bays, we’ve got a **mild north breeze**, cool mornings in the upper 40s to low 50s, warming into the 60s by mid‑day, with high pressure keeping skies mostly clear. According to Tides4Fishing’s South Pass and Empire Jetty tables, we’re working a classic winter pattern: modest tidal range, with a mid‑morning high and an evening fall, and sunrise right around 6:45 a.m. and sunset close to 5 p.m. down the river. When that moving water lines up with first light or last light, the bite’s been turning on.

Inshore, the last several days have produced **solid boxes of speckled trout and redfish** from Venice to Empire and over toward Hopedale. Guides out of Venice have been reporting 30–50 trout on good days, plus a handful of slot reds and the occasional bull working the outer bays and passes. Calcasieu Pass reports show similar action to the west, with mixed trout and reds along ship channel ledges and marsh drains.

**Speckled trout** are staging in deeper winter holes: 8–15 feet over shell, bayou bends, and pipeline canals. The best producers have been **soft plastics under a popping cork**—3–4 inch paddle tails in opening night, glow/chartreuse, or purple haze—flecked 18–24 inches above a 1/4‑ounce jighead. When the water’s slick and clear, drop the cork and slow‑roll a bare jig just off bottom. A handful of anglers are still getting an early topwater bite on calm mornings around oyster reefs, but it’s short: first 30–45 minutes after dawn.

**Redfish** are cruising shallow ponds and marsh edges on that falling tide. Gold spoons, 1/4‑ounce spinnerbaits with white or chartreuse grub trailers, and **live shrimp** under corks have been steady producers. Cut mullet or cracked crab on the bottom near the jetties and pass mouths is still turning up some bull reds for folks who want to tug on something heavy.

Flounder numbers are spotty but improving as they trickle back; slow‑dragging a small paddle tail or Gulp! shrimp tight to the bottom around current‑swept points and weirs has put a few in the box, mostly 14–18 inches.

For **live bait**, shrimp and cocahoes are still king when you can find them. Fish them:

- Under a popping cork in 2–5 feet over shell and grass.

- Free‑lined or on a light Carolina rig in deeper bayous and canals.

Best **artificials** right now:

- Soft plastics: Matrix Shad, Down South, or similar paddletails and straight tails on 1/8–1/4 oz jigheads.

- Scented plastics: Gulp! shrimp in new penny or chartreuse.

- Hard baits: suspending twitchbaits in natural mullet patterns around drains and points when the water’s clear.

A couple of **hot spots** to consider:

- **Empire Jetty / Delta duck ponds:** Work the rocks and adjacent drains on a moving tide for trout early, then slide into the ponds for reds with gold spoons and shrimp under

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Name’s Artificial Lure, checking in with your south Louisiana Gulf report.

Along the coast from Venice to Vermilion Bay, we’re sitting in a classic early‑winter pattern: cool mornings, light north to northeast breeze and generally calm seas inside the marsh, with a light chop outside according to the National Weather Service marine forecast for coastal Louisiana. Sunrise is right around 7 a.m. with sunset about 5:15 p.m. along places like Calcasieu Pass and Vermilion Bay, so you don’t get a long day — make that first light count, especially around the major solunar window in the early morning, which FishingReminder lists roughly 7:30 to 9:30 a.m. for Louisiana waters.

Tides are on the mild side but still moving. Tides4Fishing and NOAA’s Lafitte station both show a small high just after midnight and a late‑morning low, so that water will be easing out of the marsh through mid‑morning, then creeping back in this afternoon. Falling water at daybreak is the ticket: every drain and trenasse will be spitting bait.

Fish activity’s been solid the last few days. Louisiana Sportsman’s December reports out of Barataria, Grand Isle, and Chalmette say speckled trout are stacked on shell and ledges with the colder water, and reds are thick in the ponds and along marsh edges. Guides from Captain Experiences running out of Venice and Grand Isle are still putting customers on limits of slot redfish, plenty of school trout, plus a few bonus black drum and sheepshead on the bridges and rock.

Numbers-wise, most inshore trips are boxing 15–25 trout per boat and easy red limits when the wind stays under about 15 knots. When it blows harder, effort drops and catches taper, which lines up with that coastal Louisiana wind–effort study discussed on the N1 Outdoors blog.

Best offerings right now:

- For trout:

Soft plastics like 3–4 inch paddle tails or shrimp imitations under a popping cork in glow, opening night, or chartreuse. Live shrimp or cocahoe minnows under a cork are still king when you can get them.

- For reds:

Gold spoons, spinnerbaits with white or chartreuse plastics, and 3–4 inch paddle tails on 1/8–1/4 oz jigheads. Cut mullet, market shrimp, or cracked crab on the bottom will weed out the bigger fish.

- For mixed bags around structure:

Dead shrimp on a Carolina rig around pilings and rock piles will pick up black drum and sheepshead; bring a little lighter leader if the water’s clear after a north wind, like Louisiana Sportsman recommends.

A couple of hotspots to hit:

- **Barataria/Grand Isle side:** Work the Barataria Bay reefs and the backside of Grand Isle — those shell pads and current edges have been steady on trout, as noted in Louisiana Sportsman’s “Bundle up for winter variety in the Barataria area” feature. Hit them at daylight on the falling tide with topwaters or suspending baits, then slide to plastics under corks as the sun gets up.

- **Venice marsh and passes:** The lower Mississippi River delta continues to shine. Guides

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Hey y’all, Artificial Lure checkin’ in with your Gulf of Mexico, Louisiana fishing rundown.

Along the coast this morning we’ve got cool, light north to northeast winds, clear skies, and seasonably cool temps. That north wind’s helpin’ clean the water in the marsh and along the beaches. According to NOAA’s Port Fourchon tide table, we’re lookin’ at modest 0.5–0.8 foot swings today, so not huge water, but enough to move bait if you time it around the highs and lows. Sunrise along the southeast coast was right around 6:45 AM, with sunset near 5:00 PM, so that gives you a tight low-light window to play with.

FishingReminder’s solunar table for Louisiana has a strong **major** bite this morning from about 7:30 to 9:30 and another good **evening major** window between roughly 7:45 and 9:45. Midday will fish slower, but a falling tide through any of those windows will light things up.

According to Louisiana Sportsman, December’s been classic winter-mix action: speckled trout stacked on deeper oyster reefs, channel turns, and around bridges, with redfish sliding into man‑made canals and marsh drains when the water drops and clears. Folks have been boxing solid specks in the 16–22 inch range with a few 24–25 inch fish, plus slot reds and some bulls pushing 30 inches and better in the outer bays and jetties. Flounder catches are spotty but steady in current-swept pockets.

Best bet on **speckled trout**:

- Early: small topwaters and twitchbaits over shell, then switch to **soft plastics under a popping cork** as the sun gets up. A shrimp‑imitator on a 1/8 oz jighead under something like a loud popping cork (Strike King’s saltwater ploppin’ style) is hard to beat.

- Colors: glow/chartreuse, opening night, or anything with a little flash in that cleaner winter water.

For **redfish**, work:

- Marsh edges, drains, and cuts on a falling tide with **gold spoons**, 3–4" paddletails, or live shrimp under a cork.

- Out at jetties and passes, bull reds are chewing **cut mullet** and **crab chunks** on the bottom; a heavy Carolina rig or fish‑finder rig will keep you in the strike zone.

**Flounder**: drag a small paddletail or gulp-style bait slowly along the bottom in eddies and around points where current sweeps across sand and shell. Think painfully slow—if you think you’re fishing too slow, slow down more.

Hard baits that shine right now are suspending jerkbaits and tight‑wobble crankbaits; bass pros like Mike Iaconelli point out that slow‑worked jerkbaits in cold water are deadly, and that same principle carries over to winter trout staged along rock and riprap.

A couple of hot spots to circle on the map:

- **Calcasieu Pass and jetties**: mixed box of specks and reds with soft plastics under corks and live shrimp; fish the down‑current sides and eddies.

- **Empire Jetty and nearby marsh**: trout on incoming tide along the rocks, reds pounding drains behind the jetty on the fall. Work from the jetty out into the outer bays till you find the cle

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Hey y'all, Artificial Lure here, your go-to Gulf Coast angling ace, bringin' ya the straight scoop on fishin' in and around Louisiana's Gulf waters this fine December 12th mornin'. Weather's holdin' mild with light north winds post-front, keepin' water clear—perfect for sightin' those tails. Sunrise hit around 6:35 AM, sunset 'bout 5:19 PM, givin' ya prime dawn and dusk windows.

Tides at Calcasieu Pass and spots like Empire Jetty show a low coefficient today, meanin' easy 0.5-1.0 ft swings—fish the fallin' tide two hours before and after for best drains. Solunar action's hot: major bite from 7:32-9:32 AM right now, minor at 12:36 AM-2:36 AM (already passed), next minor 2:28-4:28 PM, and evenin' major 7:44-9:44 PM. Waxin' gibbous moon at 71% visibility's got 'em feedin' steady.

Speckled trout are firin' up on oyster reefs and bridge pylons in Lake Pontchartrain tributaries and Calcasieu—folks reportin' limits stackin' with early topwaters like mirrolures, swappin' to soft plastics under poppin' corks as sun climbs. Redfish cruisin' marsh edges on that fallin' tide, bull reds hammerin' jetties at Grand Isle and Venice on cut mullet or crab—gold spoons and live shrimp near points are killin' it. Flounder giggin' current-swept pockets with slow-rolled paddle tails. Recent catches heavy on specks (18-25 inchers), reds to 30+, some flounder in bays.

Top lures: willowleaf spinnerbaits for feelin' shad bumpin', swim jigs in white or perch, bladed jigs like Berkley SlobberKnocker for brackish estuaries. Bait-wise, live shrimp, cut mullet, or crab chunks rule—rig soft plastics Texas-style or free-line 'em.

Hit these hot spots: Calcasieu Pass jetties for trout/reds mix, and Grand Isle marshes for tailin' bulls on the move.

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Name’s Artificial Lure, checking in with your south Louisiana Gulf report.

We’re sitting on a light north breeze behind a weak front per the New Orleans and Lake Charles NWS marine forecasts, with calmer seas nearshore and a cool, dry feel in the marsh. According to the NOAA coastal waters forecast out of New Orleans, nearshore winds are running around 10–15 knots, easing this afternoon with seas 1–3 feet, so smaller bay boats and kayaks have a nice window. Lake Charles NWS notes patchy early fog inland, but it burns off quick once the sun’s up.

Sunrise along the southeast coast came just before 7 a.m., with sunset a little before 5 p.m., so you’ve got a tight golden window at dawn and again the last hour of light. Tides from NOAA stations at Leeville and Lafitte show a decent morning high dropping through late morning into early afternoon, a classic falling tide setup that pulls bait out of the ponds and into the bayous.

Fish-wise, we’re in that cool-season pattern, but the inshore bite’s still plenty lively. Louisiana Sportsman has been reporting steady speckled trout catches on the oyster reefs and along deeper bayou bends when the water’s got some green in it. Most action has come on 3–4 inch soft plastics under popping corks and tight-lined on 1/8–1/4 ounce jigheads in natural shrimp and glow/chartreuse colors. When the wind slicks off, a small topwater or suspending twitchbait early can pull some better trout off the reefs.

Redfish are doing what they always do this time of year: cruising the edges and small drains on that falling water. Local charter outfits out of Hopedale and Delacroix, like Cajun Outcast Inshore Charters, report solid limits of slot reds working shrimp under a popping cork around points and cuts, with some bigger fish coming on gold spoons and weedless paddle tails pushed way back in the grass. Clearer water has folks dropping down to 15–20 lb fluoro leaders.

Down toward the west side, around Calcasieu Pass, tides4fishing and NOAA tide data show good moving water today, and that’s had the trout chewing along ship channel ledges and the east bank reefs. MirrOlure MirrOdines, Little Johns, and Matrix Shad in opening night or shrimp creole have been the go-tos. Throw a live shrimp or finger mullet if they get finicky.

Flounder are still trickling back in; a few flatfish have been picked up tight to current breaks and shell with slow-rolled paddle tails and Gulp! swimming mullet on the bottom. Not a pile, but enough for a bonus fish in the box.

Best baits and lures right now:

- For trout: 3–4 inch soft plastics on 1/8 oz jigheads (glow, opening night, shrimp patterns), MirrOdine-style twitchbaits, and small topwaters at first light.

- For reds: gold spoons, black/chartreuse and purple paddle tails, live or dead shrimp under a popping cork, and cut mullet on the bottom around deeper cuts.

- For flounder: Gulp! and slimmer paddle tails on the bottom, slow and steady.

Couple of hot spots to consider:

- Hopedale/Del

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Name’s Artificial Lure, checking in with your Gulf of Mexico – South Louisiana fishing report.

Along the coast from Venice to Grand Isle and west toward Caminada and Timbalier, we’re sitting in a classic early‑winter pattern: cool mornings in the upper 40s to low 50s, afternoons topping in the low 60s, light north to northeast breeze 5–10 knots, and mostly clear skies with just a few passing clouds, according to the National Weather Service marine forecast. That cooler, dry air has the water cleaning up in the marsh and over the inside bays.

Sunrise is right around 6:45 a.m. with sunset close to 5:15 p.m. along the lower Louisiana coast. Tides are running a typical winter range of about 1.5–2 feet in spots like Calcasieu Pass and the passes of the lower Mississippi; mid‑morning and late‑afternoon moving water are your best windows. Sites like Tides4Fishing and NOAA’s tide pages are showing solid current swings through the middle of the day.

Solunar charts from FishingReminder are lining up a major bite right around daylight and again near dusk, and that matches what folks are seeing on the water: they’re chewing early, slowing late morning, then picking back up on the afternoon fall.

According to recent Gulf of Mexico, Louisiana Fishing Report Today episodes on Spreaker, speckled trout and redfish have been the main story. Anglers are boxing **good numbers of keeper specks**, 12–18 inches, over oyster reefs and edges in the interior bays, with the occasional 3–4‑pound fish mixed in. Solid **limits of slot reds** are coming from marsh drains and broken shorelines, plus a few upper‑slot and bull reds working the outside passes when the tide really rips. Bycatch has included a handful of flounder and sheepshead on the same structure.

Best producers right now:

- **Speckled trout:**

Early: small walking topwaters and She Dog‑style baits in bone or chrome.

After sunup: 3–4" soft plastics on 1/8–1/4 oz jigheads or under a popping cork; glow/chartreuse, opening night, and shrimp colors are hot. Live shrimp or live cocahoe minnows under a cork are still money if you can get bait.

- **Redfish:**

Gold or copper spoons, 1/4–1/2 oz, slow‑rolled along grass and shell.

Spinnerbaits with chartreuse soft plastics in dirty water.

Cut mullet, cracked blue crab, or live shrimp on a Carolina rig in the deeper bayous and outside passes for bulls.

Water clarity is best on the protected leeward banks and in ponds that still have some submerged grass. Find that clean, moving water with bait flicking and you’re in business.

Couple of hot spots to circle on the map:

- **Venice / North and South Pass area:** Work the mouths of marsh drains off Tiger Pass and the edges of the Wagon Wheel for reds on the falling tide, then slide to the rock piles and shell pads along the passes for trout.

- **Barataria Bay / Grand Isle – Caminada:** Oyster reefs and well pads just inside the bay are holding specks; redfish are stacked along the marsh edges on the

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Name’s Artificial Lure, checking in with your south Louisiana Gulf report.

Along the lower Mississippi passes and east to Breton and west toward Calcasieu, we’re sitting on a good winter pattern. Tides4Fishing shows moderate winter swings at South Pass and Calcasieu Pass, with a decent morning fall and an afternoon rise, so that moving water around mid‑morning and again late afternoon is when you want to be posted up on drains and cuts. Sunrise is right around 6:45 a.m. on the southeast marsh edge and sunset just before 5 p.m., giving you a nice, tight daylight window with prime activity bracketing those times.

Weather’s classic December Gulf: light north to northeast inshore early, swinging east–southeast by midday, cooler nights, and highs in the low 60s once the sun’s up. According to NOAA marine forecasts, seas are laid down inside the bays with just a light chop outside, so smaller bay boats can roam the inside rigs and nearshore platforms comfortably if you pick your window.

Fish are acting like they should when the water cools and clears. Louisiana Sportsman’s recent inshore reports have redfish stacked in man‑made canals and deeper bayous off the Intracoastal and lower river passes, with plenty of 18–26 inch slots plus a few bulls roaming the outer bays. Speckled trout have pushed into deeper holes, ship channels, and around bridges; most folks are boxing 10–25 keeper trout in a half‑day when they stay put on the bait. Calcasieu and Sabine side have been giving up mixed bags of trout, reds, and a few flounder on the edges of the ship channel and weirs.

Best producers right now are simple. For **lures**:

- 1/4‑ounce jigheads with 3–4" paddle‑tail plastics in glow/chartreuse, opening night, or purple/chart.

- MirrOlure MirrOdines and smaller suspending twitchbaits over shell in 3–5 feet.

- Gold and copper spoons and spinnerbaits slow‑rolled along the grass and cane for redfish.

For **bait**:

- Live shrimp under a popping cork if you can get it; dead shrimp on the bottom for drum and reds around rock and rigs.

- Cocahoe minnows or finger mullet on Carolina rigs in the deeper bayous.

- Cut mullet or menhaden on the bottom for bulls and big black drum along the jetties and passes.

A couple of hot spots to circle on the map:

- **South Pass / Breton Sound side** – Work the drains and bayou mouths along South and North Pass on the falling tide for reds, then slide out to the inner rigs and shell pads in Breton for trout when the water starts to rise. Current lines where river water meets green Gulf water are holding birds and school trout.

- **Calcasieu Pass and ship channel** – Fish the edges of the channel and nearby reefs early with soft plastics hopped slowly off bottom. On the stronger parts of the tide, anchor up on shell or rock and soak shrimp for mixed trout, reds, and drum.

Overall feed has been strongest at first light and again late afternoon when that solunar bump lines up with tide movement, and most boats putting in the ti

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Name’s Artificial Lure, checking in with your south Louisiana Gulf report.

We’re sitting on a classic early‑December pattern: cool mornings, mild afternoons, light north to northeast breeze with highs in the low 60s along the coast, according to the National Weather Service out of New Orleans. Skies are mostly clear behind the last front, so water’s greening up in the marsh drains and bayou mouths.

Tides are running low mid‑day and pushing back in late, which is perfect for working inside marsh and lower bays. Tide-Forecast’s Gulf region chart shows a negative low late morning and a solid evening high, so play the moving water windows, especially a couple hours around that falling tide.

Sunrise is right around 6:40 a.m. along the southeast coast, with sunset near 5:15 p.m., so your prime bite is daybreak to about 9 a.m., then again late afternoon into dark when that tide turns and the solunar majors line up.

Recent inshore catches, as reported by Louisiana Sportsman and local marinas, have been strong:

- Solid boxes of **speckled trout** in the Grand Isle–Barataria system, many boats seeing 20–50 keeper trout when the tide and birds line up.

- **Redfish** steady in the ponds and along bayou drains; plenty of slot fish with a few bulls still hanging near deeper passes.

- **Flounder** numbers picking up around current‑swept cuts and shell banks in the lower marsh.

Best plastics right now:

- 3–4 inch paddle tails in **opening night**, **shrimp**, and **chartreuse** on 1/8–1/4 oz jigheads.

- Shrimp imitations like the new Vudu Mambo Shrimp, which Louisiana Sportsman has been bragging on for winter trout and reds.

For bait, the locals are leaning on:

- **Live shrimp** under a popping cork over shell and channel edges.

- **Cocahoe minnows** and finger mullet free‑lined for redfish in the drains.

- **Cut mullet** or crab on the bottom if you slide closer to the passes chasing bulls.

Color rule of thumb: lighter, natural colors on these clearer, post‑front days; darker or glow/chartreuse early, late, or when the water dirties up, a pattern that Salt Strong’s inshore lure experiments back up.

Couple of hot spots to hit:

- **Grand Isle / Caminada Pass**: Work the backside of the island, oyster reefs, and cuts off Bay Caminada for trout at daylight. Later, slide into the marsh pockets and drains for reds on gold spoons, shrimp under a cork, or a root beer/chartreuse paddle tail bounced along the edge.

- **Barataria Bay / Lafitte marsh**: Launch out of Lafitte and run the interior canals and ponds. Target points where small drains dump into deeper bayous on a falling tide. Reds have been stacked there; throw live shrimp under a cork, or a gold spoon and watch your rod load up.

If you’re farther west, the Calcasieu and Mermentau systems are also giving up good trout along ship channel edges and weirs on soft plastics, with reds on the flats when the sun warms the shallow water.

That’s your Gulf of Mexico, Louisiana run‑down for today.

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Specks and reds are chewing good along the Louisiana side of the Gulf right now, and if you time the moving tide you can put together a real solid box in short order. Cooler water and shorter days have the fish sliding into the bayous, drains, and nearshore rigs where the bait’s stacking up.

## Tides, sun, and weather

Expect a moderate winter tide swing with a good push of water around the mid‑morning and again late afternoon; plan to be set up and fishing an hour on either side of those changes. Sunrise is roughly early, with a quick warm‑up into a mild, dry day and light to moderate north to northeast breeze, and sunset coming on relatively early, so the bite window around low light is tight but productive. With clear, cooler air, water clarity in many marsh ponds and outer bays is better than it’s been, which favors more natural presentations.

## Fish activity and recent catches

Speckled trout have been coming off deeper bayous, shell reefs, and current‑swept points in good numbers, mostly keeper‑sized with some nicer fish mixed in when the tide really starts rolling. Redfish are thick along marsh edges, cuts, and drains; plenty of slot fish with the odd bull roaming outside on the edges of the sounds and near the jetties. Flounder numbers are decent where there’s firm bottom and some current, especially around little necked‑down drains and around old shell. Closer to the rigs and platforms just off the beach, folks are still picking up sheepshead, drum, and the occasional snapper or mingos where it’s open and legal.

## Best lures and bait

For trout, work soft plastics on 1/8–1/4 oz jigheads under a popping cork in 2–5 feet, or bump those same plastics on the bottom in the deeper bayous once the sun gets up. Natural colors like opening‑night, glow, and chicken‑on‑a‑chain are money in the clearer water; switch to chartreuse tails if it muddies up. For reds, gold spoons, spinnerbaits, and paddle‑tail swimbaits pitched tight to the grass and run through drains are the ticket. Live shrimp or live/minnow‑style bait under a cork will get bit anywhere right now, and cut mullet or cracked crab is hard to beat for bulls and drum near the passes and rigs.

## Hot spots to try

Two areas really worth your gas today:

- Venice / South Pass: Work the outer bays, ducks, and drains feeding into the river passes, then slide out to the jetties and nearby rigs for bull reds, drum, and sheepshead when the tide starts trucking.

- Barataria / Grand Isle side: Focus on shell reefs and points inside the bays for trout at first light, then push into the marsh ponds and cuts for redfish once the sun warms the shallow water.

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Well hey there, folks, it's Artificial Lure bringing you today's Gulf of Mexico fishing report for Thursday, December 4th, 2025.

Let's kick things off with the conditions. We're looking at a waxing gibbous moon at 71% visibility, and the bite times are shaping up nicely. Your major bite window is running from 7:32 to 9:32 in the morning, with another solid bite from 7:44 to 9:44 tonight. Don't sleep on the minor bites either – we've got action from 12:36 to 2:36 AM and again from 2:28 to 4:28 PM.

The tide situation at Calcasieu Pass is firing right now. We're looking at some very high tidal coefficients around 106, and that's exactly what we want for aggressive feeding. The falling tide is your sweet spot – get down there two hours before and after that tide change and position yourself down-current. Let your bait sweep naturally through those funnel areas, and you're gonna get strikes.

Speaking of what's biting, speckled trout and redfish are the stars of the show along the Louisiana coast. Early morning topwaters are producing in Lake Pontchartrain and Calcasieu – work those surface presentations until the sun gets up, then switch to soft plastics under a popping cork. For redfish, you want to be working the marsh edges and drains, especially on that falling tide. Gold spoons and live shrimp near points are your bread and butter right now.

Here's your tackle breakdown. For trout, grab some quality soft plastics and pair them with a popping cork. For that bull red action at the jetties around Grand Isle and Venice, cut mullet or crab is gonna get the job done. Fresh bait outperforms frozen every single time – I can't stress that enough. If you're serious about redfish, listen for that distinctive drumming sound; it'll lead you right to a hungry school.

For lures, black and blue combinations are working like a charm right now. Whether you're flipping small tubes or throwing Senkos, that color pattern has been producing consistently. Soft plastics in natural colors are also solid choices this time of year.

I'm gonna point you toward two hot spots. Calcasieu Pass is absolutely on fire right now with those high tides and aggressive feeding windows. It's a feeding frenzy when conditions align. Also, get out to the marsh drains – they're absolutely loaded with quality fish right now. Target areas with heavy cover and thicker structure; the big ones are suspending right under those heaviest pieces of shade.

Remember, bring lighter leaders on clear days and upsize after rains. Early morning and dusk are still your prime times, and don't ignore those falling tide windows.

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