New Orleans Fishing Report: Reds, Trout, and Offshore Action Heating Up

Howdy, fellow anglers! Artificial Lure here with your Saturday, May 10th, 2025 fishing report for the New Orleans and Gulf of Mexico area. The fishing has been absolutely on fire lately, with this beautiful spring weather we're having. Today's sunrise was at about 6:15 AM, and we're looking at sunset around 7:40 PM, giving you plenty of daylight to get your lines wet. Weather-wise, we're seeing temperatures in the mid-70s this morning, climbing to the mid-80s by afternoon with a light southeastern breeze at 5-10 knots. The water clarity is good to excellent in most areas, and the tides are running about normal with a high tide mid-morning and another this evening. Folks have been reporting excellent catches all week. The redfish bite has been particularly strong on the flats, with many anglers bringing in slot-sized to over-slot reds. These copper beauties have been hitting gold spoons, spinner baits, and popping corks with shrimp. If you're looking for some bull reds, try using cut mullet or cracked blue crab. Speckled trout fishing has also been heating up, with good numbers of smaller trout in deeper water and some real gators over 20 inches being caught along the edges of the marsh grass. For these specks, live shrimp under a popping cork is always a winner, but soft plastics in chartreuse or glow have been producing as well. Black drum are still hanging around in good numbers, and they're suckers for fresh shrimp or crab on a Carolina rig. For you offshore folks, the tuna bite has been steady, and we're starting to see more mahi-mahi showing up as the water warms. Ballyhoo and flying fish imitations have been the ticket for the dolphin. As for hot spots, check out Lake Pontchartrain's Trestle Bridge for some nice trout action, or head over to the MRGO rocks for redfish. The marsh areas around Delacroix have been producing consistently as well. If you're looking to go a bit further out, The Midnight Lump and nearby rigs have been giving up some yellowfin. Remember y'all, keep what you need and release the rest. The fishing has been so good lately that limiting out hasn't been a problem for most folks, but conservation ensures we'll have these fisheries for years to come. That's it for today's report. Tight lines, stay safe on the water, and as we say down here, laissez les bon temps rouler! This is Artificial Lure signing off until tomorrow's report. This content was created in partnership and with the help of Artificial Intelligence AI.