Artificial Lure here, coming to you with the Red River Shreveport fishing report for Friday, September 12, 2025!

It’s a steamy late-summer morning on the Red—temps at sunrise were right around 73°F with humidity thick and the air dead-calm. We’re headed for a high near 92°F before some clouds build in later. According to the National Weather Service, you can expect breezy conditions and a slight southerly wind to pick up later in the day, which always helps keep the bugs at bay and sometimes gets the fish moving up shallow. Sunrise hit at 6:53AM this morning, and sunset tonight will be at 7:23PM.

Now, for the tidal news: While the Red River isn’t tidal this far north, water levels are up just a hair from last week’s rain, so there’s a bit of healthy current in the main channel and a little murk in the water—you’ll want to adjust your lure color to suit.

Fish activity is peaking early and again just before sunset, as usual for late summer. Locals have been talking up the strong largemouth bite, especially from Pool 5 down toward Bishop Point. In the last few days, several anglers reported limits of keeper bass, with the biggest just topping 6 pounds. White bass and stripers have been busting shad in open water mid-morning, particularly near the mouth of Twelve Mile Bayou. Blue cats and channel cats are active around structure and outside bends, with fish up to 25 pounds caught on juglines and rod and reel.

Crappie should start getting fired up as water temperatures cool, but this week’s been all about tightlining minnows and shad-colored jigs in submerged brush between the 6- to 12-foot depths—bring plenty of patience, the bite has been spotty with a few nice slabs mixed in.

For lures: With the water a touch stained, go bold and noisy. Top pick is a dark chatterbait or black/blue jig for largemouth against the laydowns and riprap. Squarebill crankbaits in firetiger or red have been doing work in the pockets. On the finesse side, green pumpkin soft plastics always produce, but don’t be shy with chartreuse tail dips. For cats, the old standbys—cut shad and chicken liver—are outperforming stinkbait right now.

Best bait for bream and panfish is still a plain worm under a slip cork around the cypress knees and docks early in the morning.

Hot spots you won’t want to miss today:
- Bishop Point: The rocky ledges and docks are holding bass and blues if you can dodge the weekend crowd.
- Twelve Mile Bayou mouth: Busting hybrids and whites chasing shad have made for fast action on small crankbaits and spoons.

A heads-up: Louisiana Wildlife and Fisheries is keeping an eye out for license checks and safe boating, especially after some recent incidents in the area. So make sure your paperwork’s in order and wear those PFDs.

That about wraps it up. If you’re in from out of town, swing by the Shreveport Festival Plaza after your trip—always some good eats and live music to round out a solid day on the water.

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