Red River Shreveport Daily Fishing Report

Late Summer Transition on the Red River - Shreveport Fishing Report 09/03/2025


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Afternoon anglers, it’s Artificial Lure coming to you live with your September 3rd, 2025 Red River fishing report for Shreveport and the surrounding backwaters.

We had a muggy start to the morning with sunrise at 6:48 a.m. and a balmy 75 degrees. By midday, temps crept into the mid-90s, classic late summer conditions for North Louisiana. Shreveport had a clear sky most of the day with just enough cloud cover to give us some decent shade, and light winds made it a decent time to be on the water if you stayed hydrated. The National Weather Service Shreveport says the Red did get a little rain earlier in the week, but levels are holding steady, so clarity is good and current’s mild.

We don’t have true tides here, but the river’s current does pick up and slow down throughout the day with water releases upstream. If you’re fishing close to locks or below bridges, best activity was around sunrise and again from 5 to 7 p.m. as the sun started its slide behind the pines. Sunset tonight is at 7:32 p.m., so those last couple hours should be golden.

The late summer transition is always tricky—bass are still holding off deeper ledges and drops, but with shad schools moving shallow early and late, we saw guys doing well throwing topwaters like Zara Spooks and poppers at first light. Best bite was on white with a touch of chartreuse. As the sun popped up, you’ll do better flipping black and blue or green pumpkin jig-n-craws tight to wood and undercut banks. If you’re grinding for numbers, Carolina rigs and shaky heads in watermelon or junebug colors around shell beds and channel swings produced steady action.

Catfish were cooperative, especially in deeper holes along the outside bends. Local river rats report they’re hammering cut shad and chicken livers—midday heat didn’t slow 'em down much. There’s been several nice blue cats taken, with some 10- to 20-pounders landed up near the I-220 bridge and downstream closer to the casino boat landings.

White bass action picked up by the river islands and mouth of smaller tribs like Twelve Mile Bayou. Small spoons and inline spinners, especially in silver, brought them to hand. One old timer at the ramp whispered that he’d limited out before noon cranking chrome Rat-L-Traps where the baitfish were busting the surface.

If you’re targeting panfish, bream are still shallow near cypress knees and fallen timber—red wigglers and crickets under a cork do the trick. Trotliners working the main channel edges got mixed bags of cats and a few stray drum.

Hot spots today: Stoner Avenue public ramp is always busy, but reports say the oxbows just above Elliott Lock are firing early. The river cut above Bishop Point produced some excellent largemouth, especially off isolated laydowns. Closer to town, the flats off Bickham Dickson Park saw solid numbers of schoolie bass and some surprise stripers chasing shad balls at dawn.

Summing it up: topwaters early, jigs and plastics after breakfast, live or cut bait for catfish and bream for the panfish crew. With a little patience and a cool drink, you’re bound to bring a mess to the table.

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