31 August 2025
Late Summer Slams: Reds, Trout, and Bass on the Louisiana Coast
Gulf of Mexico, Louisiana Fishing Report - Daily
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This is Artificial Lure with your local fishing report for Sunday, August 31st, 2025, coming to you from the heart of the Louisiana Gulf Coast—where the marsh meets the salt and the fish are biting.
Sunrise was at 6:13 this morning, and we’ll see the sunset at 8:03 tonight, giving us nearly 14 hours of daylight. Folks hit the water early, and that paid off—especially around high tide just after 2 o’clock this afternoon. Tides are swinging big today, with a high tidal coefficient around 79, which means strong currents and a lot of water moving through the marshes. That usually fires up the bite, and that’s just what we saw out there, especially in the backwaters and around the outer bays, where the moving water stacked the baitfish and the predators were not far behind, according to Tides4Fishing.
Weather was hot and muggy, with that typical late-summer haze. Light winds made for easy casting conditions but also meant you had to move around to find a little shade. Air temps are running high, pushing fish into deeper channels by midday. Water clarity has been good in the mornings, stained a bit with afternoon storms rolling through, but nothing too dirty to put the fish off.
Redfish have been the stars of the show all week. Reports coming in from Lake Borgne, Cocodrie, and Delacroix say anglers are pulling quality slot reds—plenty of 18–27 inch fish, with a few bulls pushing 34 inches, especially around the jetties and oyster reefs. The key has been targeting those strong current lines where shrimp and mullet are flushing through. Soft plastic swimbaits in natural colors and gold spoon lures have been the ticket—folks using weedless gold spoons tore ‘em up in the grass beds, while others got ‘em on Matrix Shads in avocado and Limetreuse.
Speckled trout made a good showing early in the day on live shrimp under popping corks, especially around sun-up. Most keepers are running 14 to 18 inches, with the occasional gator trout pushing past 22. Flounder are popping up in the marsh drains, and with these bigger tides, your best bet is to work Gulp swimming mullets or live finger mullet near the bottom. Flounder action is thin but steady—don't overlook those little creek mouths on the outgoing.
As for other news, bass anglers have had some luck in the brackish river sections, especially where the fresh water pushes down from recent rains. Craw-style soft baits and spinnerbaits with gold blades are getting reactions from hefty largemouths mixed in with the reds. That crossover bite is a real treat for those hitting the Pearl River and Bayou Bonfouca corridors, as seen on recent TikTok angler highlights and confirmed by the local chatter on BBC Boards.
A couple hot spots worth hitting right now:
- The Biloxi Marsh edges east of Hopedale—work the points and current cuts
- Bayou Terrebonne and the north shore of Lake Boudreaux—great for mixed bags of reds and trout
- The mouth of Bayou Dularge for early morning trout and afternoon reds
Best baits right now: live shrimp, menhaden, and mullet for natural presentations; Matrix Shad, Z-Man DieZel MinnowZ, Gulp! swimming mullet, and gold Johnson spoons. If you’re after bass, don’t overlook a black-and-blue craw on a Texas rig or a double-bladed spinnerbait in that tannic water.
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Sunrise was at 6:13 this morning, and we’ll see the sunset at 8:03 tonight, giving us nearly 14 hours of daylight. Folks hit the water early, and that paid off—especially around high tide just after 2 o’clock this afternoon. Tides are swinging big today, with a high tidal coefficient around 79, which means strong currents and a lot of water moving through the marshes. That usually fires up the bite, and that’s just what we saw out there, especially in the backwaters and around the outer bays, where the moving water stacked the baitfish and the predators were not far behind, according to Tides4Fishing.
Weather was hot and muggy, with that typical late-summer haze. Light winds made for easy casting conditions but also meant you had to move around to find a little shade. Air temps are running high, pushing fish into deeper channels by midday. Water clarity has been good in the mornings, stained a bit with afternoon storms rolling through, but nothing too dirty to put the fish off.
Redfish have been the stars of the show all week. Reports coming in from Lake Borgne, Cocodrie, and Delacroix say anglers are pulling quality slot reds—plenty of 18–27 inch fish, with a few bulls pushing 34 inches, especially around the jetties and oyster reefs. The key has been targeting those strong current lines where shrimp and mullet are flushing through. Soft plastic swimbaits in natural colors and gold spoon lures have been the ticket—folks using weedless gold spoons tore ‘em up in the grass beds, while others got ‘em on Matrix Shads in avocado and Limetreuse.
Speckled trout made a good showing early in the day on live shrimp under popping corks, especially around sun-up. Most keepers are running 14 to 18 inches, with the occasional gator trout pushing past 22. Flounder are popping up in the marsh drains, and with these bigger tides, your best bet is to work Gulp swimming mullets or live finger mullet near the bottom. Flounder action is thin but steady—don't overlook those little creek mouths on the outgoing.
As for other news, bass anglers have had some luck in the brackish river sections, especially where the fresh water pushes down from recent rains. Craw-style soft baits and spinnerbaits with gold blades are getting reactions from hefty largemouths mixed in with the reds. That crossover bite is a real treat for those hitting the Pearl River and Bayou Bonfouca corridors, as seen on recent TikTok angler highlights and confirmed by the local chatter on BBC Boards.
A couple hot spots worth hitting right now:
- The Biloxi Marsh edges east of Hopedale—work the points and current cuts
- Bayou Terrebonne and the north shore of Lake Boudreaux—great for mixed bags of reds and trout
- The mouth of Bayou Dularge for early morning trout and afternoon reds
Best baits right now: live shrimp, menhaden, and mullet for natural presentations; Matrix Shad, Z-Man DieZel MinnowZ, Gulp! swimming mullet, and gold Johnson spoons. If you’re after bass, don’t overlook a black-and-blue craw on a Texas rig or a double-bladed spinnerbait in that tannic water.
That wraps things up for today. Thanks for tuning in and don’t forget to subscribe for more updates and fishing tips. This has been a quiet please production, for more check out quiet please dot ai.
Great deals on fishing gear https://amzn.to/44gt1Pn