Louisiana Fishing Report: Trout, Reds, and Flounder Bite Strong as Fronts Clear Out the Marsh

Artificial Lure here with your Gulf of Mexico, Louisiana fishing report for Tuesday, November 25, 2025. First light arrived this morning at 6:46, with sunset coming at 5:14 PM. Tidal swing’s average today, with a mid-morning low at 11:34 AM and evening high peaking about 9:16 PM around Calcasieu and Grand Pass. Expect moderate water movement—those prime solunar periods fall in the early morning and late evening, both big triggers for a November Louisiana bite according to tides4fishing.com and Fishing Reminder. We’re still riding the cool-down from those recent fronts. Winds are out of the north, steady 10-15 mph, clearing up the water inside the marshes but churning up the surf just a tick. That has the fish up and feeding—especially at dawn and dusk, just like Louisiana Sportsman’s late November report predicted. Speckled trout are the star of the show right now. Limits are being boxed in places like Lake Pontchartrain and Calcasieu, with boats working oyster reefs and channel drops. Topwaters get the early love—think bone or chrome Super Spooks or Rapala Skitter Walks—until the sun gets above the marsh. Once it does, switch to soft plastics on a quarter-ounce jig or under a popping cork. Matrix Shads and Down South Lures in opening night or shrimp creole colors have been top producers. Live shrimp always gets action, if you can find it at the bait shop. Redfish are on the feed too, from slot fish inside the grass beds to bull reds running the jetties and passes around Grand Isle and Venice. Bring your gold spoons, weedless swimbaits, and cracked crab or cut mullet if you want to target those bruisers. Multiple catches in the 25-30 pound class have hit the docks this week—no surprise with these strong outgoing tides and clear marsh water. Don’t sleep on the flounder either. Folks are rolling paddle tails slowly along the bottom at bayou mouths and current-swept cuts and landing some door mats. Gulp! Swimming Mullet in white or chartreuse has been particularly deadly. If you’re looking for quantity and a mixed bag, hit the marsh drains two hours before and after a falling tide. According to Louisiana Sportsman and Fishing Reminder, position yourself down current and let that bait sweep naturally through the funnel, whether you’re fishing plastics, live minnows, or shad. Offshore, when the seas lay down, red snapper, mangrove snapper, and a few late-season cobia are still coming over the side around the rigs. Best baits offshore have been cigar minnows, pogies, or a big 5-inch chartreuse jig bounced around structure. For bass anglers, the Atchafalaya spillway, Caney Creek, and Bussey Brake continue to put out quality fish. Recent tournaments have seen winners hauling in fish flipping green pumpkin creature baits—like a Yamamoto Flappin’ Hog—with 3/8-ounce tungsten, or working chatterbaits off hard points and grass edges. A couple of local hot spots to focus on: try the drains and grass edges at Grand Isle for those bull reds, and the dee This content was created in partnership and with the help of Artificial Intelligence AI.