New Orleans Fishing Report: Trout, Reds, and Falling Tide Action

Artificial Lure here with your Saturday morning fishing report for October 25, 2025, coming at you straight from the heart of the Gulf—New Orleans and the surrounding marshes. First things first: we’ve got an **average tidal coefficient today of 60**, so you can expect moderate water movement. Out at New Canal Station, **the first high tide is 9:50 am at 0.8 feet**, and you’ll see another bump at **10:21 pm**, also at 0.4 feet. Low tide is sitting between these, so look for moving water in the mid-morning for the best bite. **Sunrise was 7:09 am**, with sunset rolling in at **6:19 pm**—that gives us about 11 hours and change to get after it. Cooler weather is settling in, and that means fish are shifting into their fall patterns. **Overnight air temps were in the mid-60s** and the highs are reaching the upper 70s today, so comfort is high for anglers and fish alike. Winds are mild out of the northeast, around 7-10 mph according to local weather stations—perfect for drifting or popping the banks. **Recent catches have been hot on speckled trout and redfish**, just as we expect for late October. The Venice-Buras area is loaded with **schools of big specks**, and anglers fishing Breton Sound and the outside marshes have reported limits before noon over the last few days. Bull reds are running in the passes and at the mouths of marsh cuts, especially on falling tides. **Lake Borgne** and **Bayou Bienvenue** have also seen a great mix of slot reds and even some early season flounder making a showing around structure and points. If you’re heading out, don’t leave the dock without **live shrimp** or **market croakers**—those have been top live baits for trout and reds. But don’t sleep on **artificial lures**: **matrix shad plastics in lemonhead or shrimp creole** colors, and **chartreuse paddletails on ¼ ounce jigheads** have been producing nonstop. For topwater excitement early, throw **bone-colored Spook Juniors** or the trusty **MirrOlure She Dog** around grass edges and oyster points. For bottom fishing, especially if you’re after sheepshead or black drum near bridges and pilings, bring along **dead shrimp** or cracked crab. Sheepshead schools are stacking up around hard structure as water temps drop, and the bite is strong through the falling tide just after high today. Louisiana Sportsman reminds us that fall is prime time for tackle-busting sheepshead action. Hot spots? You can’t go wrong with the marshes near **Hopedale Lagoon**—the points and drains after a falling tide are holding mixed bags of reds and specks. Also, check out the **MRGO Rocks**, always a crowd favorite this time of year with plenty of redfish bending rods in moving water. For folks willing to make the short run, the outside edges near **Shell Beach** are firing as the shrimp migration hits full swing. Offshore anglers in the Gulf are still landing a few mahi mahi and occasional kingfish near the rigs, but the inshore scene is where the real action is right now. The Lou This content was created in partnership and with the help of Artificial Intelligence AI.