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  • Winter Bite on the Gulf's Edge: Louisiana's Inshore Fishing Forecast

    Winter Bite on the Gulf's Edge: Louisiana's Inshore Fishing Forecast
    2025/12/15
    Name’s Artificial Lure, checking in from the southeast Louisiana salt and the edge of the Gulf.

    Over on Lake Pontchartrain at the New Canal Station, tides4fishing shows a classic winter pattern: modest range, with a mid‑morning high and evening low, just enough current to stack bait along bridges and shell.[Tides4fishing – New Canal Station] Shell Beach shows a rising tide through the morning pushing toward a mid‑day high, good for redfish and trout around the outer marsh.[Tides4fishing – Shell Beach] Down toward Grand Isle, tides4fishing reports a longer falling cycle, which is lining up nicely with the inlet drains and bayou mouths for daytime action.[Tides4fishing – Grand Isle]

    Sunrise around the lake is just after 6:45 a.m. and sunset a little after 6:15 p.m. according to Tideschart for the New Canal USCG station, giving you a tight winter light window and a strong dawn and dusk bite.[Tideschart – New Canal USCG]

    Fishingreminder’s Louisiana outlook has today pegged as an average bite overall, but with prime windows at dawn and again at dark when that tide is moving and the solunar periods line up.[Fishingreminder Louisiana forecast] That matches what locals have been seeing this week: slower mid‑day, then it’s like somebody flips a switch when the light gets low.

    Inshore around New Orleans, Louisiana Sportsman’s December coverage says trout, reds, and drum are still chewing in the cold, with Chalmette and surrounding marsh staying hot even on chilly days.[Louisiana Sportsman, “Chalmette gets hot when it’s cold”] Reports out of the MRGO and Violet canals have boxes of school specks with some three‑pounders mixed in, plus slot reds on the edges. Folks working the bridges on Pontchartrain have been picking off speckled trout on calmer days, especially around the Causeway and Trestles, with the better numbers right on the tide changes.

    Typical winter mix in the boxes lately: 20–40 specks for a three‑man crew when the weather behaves, half‑dozen slot reds, a drum or two, and the odd flounder pulled off current‑swept pockets, which tracks with Fishingreminder’s October coastal pattern still holding into early winter—trout on reefs and pilings, reds on marsh drains, flounder tight to the bottom.[Fishingreminder Louisiana October report]

    Best offerings right now are all about subtlety. Soft plastics under a popping cork—matrix‑style shad tails in glow/chartreuse or opening night—are still the bread and butter for Lake Pontchartrain trout, especially worked along bridge pilings on that mid‑morning high. In the marsh and along the edge of the Gulf, a 1/4‑ounce jighead with a paddle‑tail bounced slow on bottom is taking both reds and flounder. For artificial‑only folks, a subsurface swimbait like the 6th Sense Judo swimbait, which Academy notes is designed to mimic baitfish for trout and redfish, will shine around clean banks and submerged shells.[Academy – 6th Sense Judo Swimbait]

    If you’re soaking meat, live shrimp is still king under a cork around Shell Beach and Hopedale; when live’s hard to find, dead shrimp or cut mullet on a Carolina rig is fooling drum and bull reds at the deeper passes. Gold spoons and spinnerbaits are producing in the dirtier ponds on a falling tide.

    Couple hot spots to circle for today:
    - Shell Beach / MRGO rocks and nearby marsh ponds: ride that rising tide into the ponds for reds, then slide back to the rocks as it tops out for trout.
    - Lake Pontchartrain bridges, especially the Trestles: work the shaded side of the pilings during that major solunar and tide swing; be patient and fish slow.

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  • New Orleans Fishing Report: Speckled Trout and Redfish Thrive in Winter Marsh

    New Orleans Fishing Report: Speckled Trout and Redfish Thrive in Winter Marsh
    2025/12/14
    Name’s Artificial Lure, checking in with your Gulf-side New Orleans fishing report.

    We’re sitting on a cool, stable winter pattern now, and that’s got the marsh fish settled in and feeding. NOAA’s New Canal Station tide prediction for Lake Pontchartrain shows a weak morning low followed by a modest afternoon rise, so the best water movement lines up late morning into mid‑afternoon. Marine Weather from the New Orleans/Baton Rouge office has light northerly winds, seas 1–2 feet inside, and a dry high-pressure dome—great for small boats and kayaks, but the clear water means you’ll want to downsize leaders.

    Sun’s creeping up a little before 7 and dropping right around 5:30 over the lake, so your real “golden hours” are first light until about 9 and then that last 90 minutes before dark. FishingReminder’s Louisiana solunar outlook pegs strong major feeding windows around daybreak and again just after sunset, and local catches the last few days have backed that up.

    Inshore action around town has been classic December. Louisiana Sportsman’s recent Barataria and Chalmette pieces report solid boxes of speckled trout and slot reds coming from inside marsh ponds, trenasses, and deeper bayous when you find 3–6 feet of greenish water. Out of Shell Beach and Hopedale, boats have been putting 25–40 trout on ice with a half‑dozen reds and a couple of bonus sheepshead or drum when they slide to the rocks or rigs. Lake Pontchartrain bridges have coughed up fewer but bigger specks—2–3‑pound class—with occasional 5‑fish limits for folks patient‑jigging the pilings.

    Best producers right now are **soft plastics and live shrimp**. Guides out of Delacroix and Lafitte have been leaning on 3–4 inch paddle tails like Bass Assassin Saltwater Assassin in opening night or chartreuse on 1/8–1/4 oz jigheads under a popping cork over shell and points. When the bite gets picky in that clear high‑pressure water, a straight jig with no cork, slowly bounced near bottom, is outfishing everything. Live shrimp or cocaho minnows under a cork are still king for mixed trout/redfish boxes; cut shrimp on the bottom is tallying drum and sheepshead around rock banks and rigs.

    If you’re chasing reds specifically, think shallow mid‑morning on a warming trend. Louisiana Sportsman’s Chalmette report notes reds stacked in man‑made ditches and along roseau cane where the sun warms the mud. A gold spoon, a Gulp shrimp on a 1/4 oz jig, or a weedless jerkbait like Strike King’s durable TPE baits will pull fish from less than two feet of water. Bulls have been roaming the outer passes off the MRGO and around Breton Sound rigs on cut mullet and crab for those running farther.

    Couple of local hot spots to circle for today:

    - **Paris Road / ICW and the MRGO rocks**: good mixed trout and reds on moving tide; work plastics along the drop‑offs and soak live shrimp near the rock corners.

    - **The Rigolets and Lake Pontchartrain bridges**: focus on the up‑current sides of pilings with soft plastics slowly hopped; you won’t load the boat, but chances are high for quality trout and the odd drum.

    On the west side, Lafitte and the Barataria marsh are quietly strong—hit bayou mouths draining ponds two hours into the falling tide, position down‑current, and let your bait swing naturally through the drain.

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  • New Orleans-Gulf Fishing Report: Early Winter Patterns and Hot Spots

    New Orleans-Gulf Fishing Report: Early Winter Patterns and Hot Spots
    2025/12/13
    Name’s Artificial Lure, checking in with your New Orleans–Gulf fishing report.

    We’re in that classic early-winter pattern: cool mornings, light north to northeast breeze, and mostly fair skies. According to the National Weather Service marine forecast out of New Orleans, inshore winds are running around 5–10 knots with small chop, with the bigger Gulf seas in the 3–5 foot range offshore. That makes the inside marsh and nearshore bays the play today.

    NOAA’s tide prediction for the New Canal Station on Lake Pontchartrain shows a modest morning high followed by a falling tide through the afternoon, so you’ll want to time your trips around moving water in the bayous and passes. That falling water is going to pull bait out of the ponds and stack fish at the mouths of drains and cuts. Sunrise is right around seven, sunset a little after five-thirty, giving you a tight dawn and dusk chew.

    Fish activity lines up well with the solunar tables from FishingReminder, which flag a strong major feeding window mid‑morning and again around sunset. That matches what local captains have been seeing all week: slow first light, then a real pick‑up once the sun’s up a bit and the tide starts rolling.

    According to Louisiana Sportsman’s recent December coverage, the coastal marsh from Lafitte over toward the Barataria and Empire area has been hot with speckled trout and slot reds, with some bruiser bull reds out toward the larger bays and near Gulf passes. Trout have been running solid keeper size with some two‑ to three‑pound fish mixed in on oyster reefs and along current‑swept shorelines. Reds are thick in the shallow ponds and along broken marsh edges, especially where clean water meets slightly off‑color water.

    Best baits right now:
    - **Speckled trout:** 3–4 inch soft plastics in opening night, glow, or chartreuse on 1/8–1/4 oz jigheads under a popping cork. That new shrimp‑style plastics like the Vudu‑type shrimp Louisiana Sportsman highlighted are catching well over shell and in deeper bayous.
    - **Redfish:** Gold spoons, spinnerbaits, and paddle‑tail plastics in dark colors. If you’re soaking bait, dead shrimp or cut mullet on the bottom in a little current is hard to beat.
    - **Live bait:** Live shrimp and cocahoe minnows are still king if you can get them; free‑line or under a cork around points and drains.

    Recent catches in the Grand Isle–Barataria–Empire corridor have shown mixed bags: limits of specks for boats that stick to moving water and work through schools, plus 4–10 reds a trip, with drum and sheepshead as bonus fish. Up toward Pontchartrain, anglers working the bridges and nearby reefs are picking up decent numbers of trout when the water cleans up after fronts.

    Couple of local hot spots to zero in on:
    - **Bayou Bienvenue and the MRGO rocks** on the east side of town: great for trout and reds when that tide starts pulling. Work plastics and shrimp under corks along the rocks and drains.
    - **Barataria Bay and the marsh south of Lafitte:** hit the mouths of small bayous dumping into larger canals. Position downcurrent and let your cork or bait sweep naturally.

    Fish the lee side of shorelines with that north wind, look for clean green water, and don’t be afraid to move until you find them. Once you stick a few, power‑pole down or stick an anchor and work that area hard.

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  • Fallin' Tides, Speckled Trout, and Marsh Madness: Your Gulf Coast Angling Update with Artificial Lure

    Fallin' Tides, Speckled Trout, and Marsh Madness: Your Gulf Coast Angling Update with Artificial Lure
    2025/12/12
    Hey y'all, Artificial Lure here, your go-to Gulf Coast angling ace out of New Orleans. It's Friday mornin', December 12th, and the Gulf's callin' with that waxin' gibbous moon pullin' strong—FishingReminder clocks major bites from 7:32 to 9:32 AM and 7:44 to 9:44 PM, minors at 12:36 AM-2:36 AM and 2:28-4:28 PM. Sun's up at 7:00 AM, down by 6:32 PM per Tides4Fishing at New Canal Station.

    Tides at New Canal are easin' off a high around 11:50 AM at 1.0 ft, droppin' slow into the evenin'—perfect fallin' tide for marsh action, coefficient sittin' average at 50. Weather's holdin' post-front cool with north winds clearin' the water, light chop on the bays per National Weather Service marine forecast.

    Speckled trout are stackin' on oyster reefs and bridge pilings in Lake Pontchartrain, hittin' early topwaters then soft plastics under poppin' corks, per FishingReminder's October trends carryin' strong. Redfish cruisin' marsh edges and drains, gold spoons or live shrimp near points pullin' limits, 'specially bull reds at jetties. Flounder giggin' current pockets with paddle tails dragged slow. Recent catches? Folks reportin' solid specks, reds, and cats off Chef Menteur and willow runs in the river.

    Best lures: Topwaters at dawn, then paddle tails, spoons, and cut mullet or crab chunks. Live shrimp rules for reds on the drop.

    Hit these hot spots: New Canal Lighthouse for trout on the troll, and Chef Menteur Pass for reds pushin' bait schools. Kayak it quiet from harbors if winds kick.

    Get out there safe, measure 'em twice!

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  • December Fishing Forecast for New Orleans Gulf-Side Waters

    December Fishing Forecast for New Orleans Gulf-Side Waters
    2025/12/10
    This is Artificial Lure with your Gulf-side New Orleans fishing report.

    We’ve got a mild December pattern sitting over the city this morning. According to the National Weather Service marine forecast out of New Orleans, winds on Lake Pontchartrain and the nearshore Gulf have been running mostly east around 5–10 knots with one-foot chop or less, building a bit with passing showers later in the day. That light onshore flow has the water pushed up just enough to dirty the banks and get the bait moving.

    Sunrise around New Orleans is right at about 7 AM, with sunset near 5:05 PM. That first hour of light and the last hour before dark are your money windows today, especially when they line up with the moving tide along the bridges and marsh drains.

    New Canal Station on Lake Pontchartrain is showing modest tidal swing today, typical winter pattern, but enough rise and fall to matter along the MRGO, Hopedale, Shell Beach, and the outer marsh toward Black Bay, where current in the cuts does more than the posted tide height suggests.

    Inshore action east of town has stayed solid. Charter outfits like Cajun Outcast Inshore Charters out of Hopedale report steady boxes of redfish, speckled trout, sheepshead, and a few black drum coming off the marsh edges and rock-lined passes. Limits of keeper specks have been coming early on calmer days, with slot reds stacked in skinny ponds when the water’s up and in deeper bayous on falling water.

    Fish activity today should bump up around the stronger moving-tide windows and again on that late-afternoon low-light bite. Colder nights have the trout holding deeper over shell and along ledges in Lakes Borgne and Pontchartrain, while reds are hugging wind-protected shorelines with any clean pockets of water and bait flickering.

    Best baits and lures right now:

    - For speckled trout:
    *Soft plastics* on 3/8-ounce jigheads in shrimp, opening night, and chartreuse/UV colors, bumped slow near the bottom. A popping cork with a 18–24 inch leader and a shrimp imitation will still do work over shell flats when the wind lets you.
    - For redfish and drum:
    Gold spoons, quarter-ounce spinnerbaits with white or glow paddletails, and live or dead shrimp on a Carolina rig around cuts, drains, and broken marsh points. Sheepshead are piling on the same shrimp tight to structure.
    - For bridge trout on Pontchartrain:
    Heavier jigheads with Matrix-style shad tails in green hornet or avocado, worked down the pilings, are still the locals’ go-to.

    Hot spots to aim for today:

    - **Hopedale / Shell Beach corridor** – Work the bayou mouths dumping into Lake Borgne, as well as the MRGO rocks. Trout early on plastics, then slide shallower for reds as the sun climbs.
    - **The Rigolets and Highway 11 / Twin Span bridges** – Fish the down-current sides of the bridge pilings for specks and a mixed bag of drum and sheepshead, especially when that tide starts rolling.

    Fish slow, keep your presentation near the bottom, and don’t be afraid to downsize your plastics or switch to shrimp when the bite gets finicky. Winter fish in this area will eat, but they won’t chase far.

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  • Winter Trout and Redfish Bite in New Orleans and the Gulf

    Winter Trout and Redfish Bite in New Orleans and the Gulf
    2025/12/08
    This is Artificial Lure with your New Orleans and Gulf of Mexico fishing report.

    We’ll start with the tides: the Intracoastal Waterway in Orleans Parish shows a classic winter swing today, with an early low, a mid‑morning flood, and another drop mid‑afternoon, according to Tideschart’s Intracoastal Waterway tables. That mid‑morning push has been lining up nicely with the best bite in the marsh and along the outer bays.

    Weather-wise, local marine forecasts are calling for cool, dry air, light to moderate north to northeast breeze, and seas running low inshore with a little chop outside. Skies are mostly clear, with sunrise right around 6:45 a.m. and sunset close to 5 p.m., giving you a short but very fishy window if you can hit the moving water.

    Inshore, speckled trout and redfish are still the main story. Recent charter and marina chatter out of Shell Beach, Hopedale, and Delacroix has most boats boxing 25–50 trout on good days, with a mixed grade from 13‑ to 18‑inch fish and a few bigger ones when the tide and water clarity line up. Reds have been steady in ones and twos off points and drains, with plenty of legal 18‑ to 24‑inch fish and the odd bull roaming the deeper bayous.

    Best lures right now are **3–4 inch soft plastics** on 1/8–1/4 oz jigheads in shrimp, opening night, and chartreuse variations, either tight‑lined or under a cork. MirrOlure‑style suspending baits and small jerkbaits shine when the water’s clean and the wind lays down, a pattern also echoed by inshore reports across the Gulf where anglers lean on jerkbaits and topwater plugs for trout and reds, according to Captain Experiences’ inshore write‑ups. Live shrimp, live cocahoe minnows, and market shrimp on a jig or Carolina rig are still hard to beat if you can get them.

    Fish activity has been best on that incoming tide, especially when it coincides with the warmer part of the morning. Once the sun gets up a bit and the water bumps a couple degrees, trout slide onto shell and current edges, while reds tuck just off the grass and along the mouths of small drains. Slack tide has been predictably slow; most locals are hop‑scotching spots to stay on moving water.

    A couple of hotspots to circle:

    - **Lake Borgne / MRGO Rocks:** Working the rock walls and nearby rigs with soft plastics and live shrimp has been producing solid trout numbers with bonus reds and the occasional drum when the tide’s rolling.
    - **Biloxi Marsh / Bayou La Loutre area:** Interior ponds and bayou mouths are holding reds on the grass edges and specks over deeper cuts; a popping cork with a 2–3 foot leader and a light jighead has been the ticket on cleaner water days.

    Nearshore in the Gulf, when the wind allows, boats heading out of Venice and Empire have been finding mixed boxes of sheepshead, black drum, and keeper reds around platforms and rock piles, with some lingering mangrove snapper where the water’s still warm enough. Fresh shrimp, cut bait, and small jigheads tipped with plastic are doing the heavy lifting there.

    If you’re launching tomorrow, plan to start on protected leeward banks at first light with slow‑worked plastics, then slide to deeper bayous and cuts as the sun gets higher and the tide starts moving. Keep your retrieves slow and deliberate; it’s winter water, and the fish aren’t in a hurry.

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  • Trout, Reds, and Wintertime Tactics in the New Orleans Marsh

    Trout, Reds, and Wintertime Tactics in the New Orleans Marsh
    2025/12/07
    Name’s Artificial Lure, checkin’ in from the east side of New Orleans, where the marsh meets the Gulf and the trout still tell the truth if you listen close.

    Tides4Fishing’s New Canal Station table shows a classic winter **single tide** pattern on Lake Pontchartrain right now, with a modest morning rise and an evening fall, not a huge swing but just enough current to stack bait along the edges of the bridges and passes. Around Paris Road Bridge, Tides4Fishing notes sunrise right around **6:45–7:00 a.m.** this time of year and sunset just after **6:20 p.m.**, so that first light window is your money time.

    Weather-wise, local marine forecasts call for a cool, stable high-pressure morning, light **northerly to northeast winds** and dry air—classic December speck and redfish weather. Skies are mostly clear, so expect a bright morning once the sun’s up; that pushes fish tight to shadow lines and deeper cuts by mid‑day.

    Fish activity’s been solid. Guides and locals around Shell Beach, Hopedale, and Delacroix have been reporting **good boxes of speckled trout** with a mix of keeper and schoolie fish, plus steady **slot redfish** in the ponds and along the rocks. Lake Borgne and the eastern edges of Pontchartrain have given up **sheepshead and a few drum** around hard structure when the tide ticks along. Numbers aren’t summer‑crazy, but limits of trout and 5–10 redfish per boat have been common on calmer days.

    Best lures right now:
    - **Soft plastics** on 1/4 oz jigheads—Matrix Shad, Saltwater Assassin, anything in opening night, avocado, or glow/chartreuse.
    - **Popping corks** with a 18–24" leader over shell or along shorelines for trout.
    - For reds, **gold spoons**, spinnerbaits with white or chartreuse trailers, and 3" paddle tails in dark colors for that slightly dingy winter water.

    Best bait:
    - **Live shrimp** is still king when you can find it; fish it under a cork over shell or around pilings.
    - **Dead shrimp** tipped on jigheads or small hooks around bridges, rigs, and rock piles is producing sheepshead and drum.
    - **Live or cut mullet** and **market shrimp on bottom** will find those lazy winter reds on the ledges.

    Couple of hot spots if you’re launching local:
    - **Paris Road Bridge / Intracoastal junction**: Work the down‑current side of the bridge pilings at moving tide with plastics on jigheads; let them swing naturally. Sheepshead and drum tight to concrete, trout a touch off the structure.
    - **The Rigolets and nearby passes**: Focus on current seams and drop‑offs with soft plastics and live shrimp. Let the boat sit down‑current and cast up into the flow. That’s been one of the more consistent speck bites.
    - Closer in, the **MRGO rocks and Shell Beach area** are still holding reds along the rocks and trout in deeper bends; slow‑roll paddle tails just off the bottom.

    If you’re headed toward the outer bays on a calm day, bring a few **silver or green bait‑style hard baits** and heavier jigheads; there’ve been scattered reports of **bull reds** and the odd **black drum** along deeper Gulf‑side channels.

    That’s the word from the marsh, y’all. This is Artificial Lure—thanks for tuning in, and don’t forget to subscribe so you don’t miss the next report.

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  • Early Winter Saltwater Slam - Specks, Reds and More Along the SE Louisiana Coast

    Early Winter Saltwater Slam - Specks, Reds and More Along the SE Louisiana Coast
    2025/12/06
    Name’s Artificial Lure, checking in with your southeast Louisiana salt report from the New Orleans side of the Gulf.

    We’re sliding into that classic early-winter pattern. According to NOAA’s New Canal Station tide predictions, we’ve got a solid morning high followed by a steady fall through midday, which is perfect for feeding redfish and trout along drains and bayou mouths. Tides4Fishing’s Paris Road Bridge chart shows moving water most of the day, so you’ll have current to work with from the ICW out toward Lake Borgne.

    Weather-wise, the National Weather Service marine forecast for Lake Borgne and Mississippi Sound calls for cool temps, light to moderate north to northeast winds and relatively low seas – chilly at the dock, but once that sun pops up it’s comfortable layering weather, prime for specks on the inside waters. Sunrise around the south shore is just before 7 a.m., with sunset a little after 5 p.m., giving you tight prime-time windows at first and last light.

    Bite’s been good. Louisiana Sportsman’s recent coastal reports say speckled trout are stacked on the bridges and reef edges in Pontchartrain and along current-swept shell in Borgne and Black Bay. Limits have been coming on 12–18 inch schoolies with some 20-plus inch fish mixed in. In a typical trip right now you can expect a couple dozen keeper specks if you stay on clean water and moving tide. Reds are thick in the marsh: plenty of 16–24 inch slot fish with the odd bull roaming outside passes and along shorelines when the water’s clear.

    Best baits: under a popping cork, it’s hard to beat live shrimp or a cocaho minnow on a 1/4-ounce jighead. For artificials, local guides have been leaning on Matrix Shad and similar paddle tails in opening night, green hornet and shrimp imitations. New shrimp imitations like the Vudu-style Mambo Shrimp that Louisiana Sportsman has been featuring are getting inhaled when worked slow along the bottom. Early, throw topwaters like a She Dog or Spook Jr. over shell and along shorelines for trout and bonus reds; once the sun gets up, switch to plastics or live bait under a cork. Gold spoons and spinnerbaits are money for sight-feeding reds on the flats.

    A couple hotspots to circle today:

    • Paris Road Bridge and the ICW cuts toward Lake Borgne – good moving water, trout on the drops, reds in the nearby marsh ponds and drains.
    • Shell Beach out toward the MRGO rocks and Hopedale marsh – consistent reports of mixed boxes of specks, reds and a few drum when the water’s got some green to it.

    Fish your drains two hours on either side of the falling tide. Set up downcurrent, let that cork or jig swing naturally, and don’t be scared to bump to lighter leader if the water’s clear. It’s a “grind and move” kind of day, but if you hop around and trust the tide, you’ll bend the rod plenty.

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