Good morning folks this is Artificial Lure with your Red River Shreveport fishing report for Monday May 5th 2025. We are rolling into prime spring fishing and the river is alive with action.

Weather this morning kicked off clear and mild with temps starting in the upper 50s and headed for a high just above 75 degrees. Winds are light so both boaters and bank anglers will have plenty of comfortable water time today. We’ve got sunrise at 6:50 AM and sunset at 7:47 PM giving you a long window to wet a line. Water levels are sitting steady at about 14 and a half feet with just a slight stain to the water and temperature ranging from 60 to 65 degrees. These are ideal conditions for both spawning bass and active panfish out here on the Red.

Bass fishing is hot right now. Largemouth action is solid along sandbars and up near the rock jetties and backwater pockets. The top producers have been Bandit 200 series crankbaits in shad or chartreuse and Texas rigged creature baits in black blue flake. Don’t overlook the soft jerkbaits like Shadicks especially working them around grass lines and any laydown timber. Crappie are still hanging shallow near submerged brush and are pretty aggressive on small jigs especially if you’re tipping them with a minnow.

White bass are starting to school out in the main river and in the deeper cuts. Small inline spinners and jigging spoons are filling ice chests for those trolling or casting along the current breaks. Catfish are everywhere right now with most being caught shallow on cut shad or punch bait. Channel cats especially are biting well and it’s hard not to catch a few even if you’re gunning for something else.

For panfish the bluegill spawn is just getting underway. You’ll find the bigger ones holding in the back pockets and up in the shallow flats. Redworms and crickets are classic producers but small beetle spins are also good fun if you want to stay artificial.

Over the weekend folks were reporting plenty of bass in the 2 to 4 pound range and some real slab crappie. Catfish catches were steady with a few flatheads over 10 pounds weighed in at the launches. White bass numbers are climbing every day with some of the best action around the mouth of Twelve Mile Bayou and the north end of Stoner Avenue cutoff.

If you’re wanting a couple of hot spots try working the riprap up near Bishop Point and the woody cover around the mouth of Cross Bayou. Both areas have been giving up quality bags in the last few days.

Best bets today are crankbaits and spinnerbaits for bass small jigs for crappie and cut shad or punch bait for the cats. If you’re bringing live bait pick up a few dozen minnows or some nightcrawlers.

That’s your Red River report for today. Y’all be safe out there and good luck on the water.