November 10th Gulf of Mexico and New Orleans Fishing Report - Hot Bites, Calm Seas, and Seasonal Transitions

Artificial Lure here with your November 10th, 2025 Gulf of Mexico and New Orleans-area fishing report—let’s dive right into the bayou action. **Weather & Tides:** We kicked off the morning with a cool northerly breeze. National Weather Service out of New Orleans calls for north winds steady at 10 to 15 knots and waves hovering in the 2 to 3 foot range, so small craft were rocking a bit but not enough to stop the bite. High pressure moving in should keep things calm but brisk today and early this week. Sunrise hit us right at 6:23 AM, and we’re looking at sunset around 5:04 PM. Tides around Grand Isle are working a decent swing, with high tide peaking around mid-morning and low tide falling out just after lunch, prime for folks wanting to work the falling water along marsh drains and shell banks. **Fish Activity & Recent Catches:** November fishing is lighting up like the French Quarter at dusk. Reports from local guides and regulars say speckled trout and redfish have fired up in the marsh, particularly as water temps dip and schools transition from the lakes and bays toward winter holes. Just this weekend, multiple inshore boats limited out on slot reds and picked through schools of speckled trout under slicks and diving birds—Capt. Jay worked the edges of Lake Borgne and hammered the trout, with folks culling dinks for keepers all morning. Offshore, weather limited effort, but when boats got out past the Chandeleur Islands, bull reds ran strong and some nice black drum and sheepshead were caught around deeper rigs and cuts. A few tripletail were brought in by tossing live shrimp under buoys east of the river. Red snapper season is closed, but charter reports from last week noted hefty mangrove snapper and lane snapper caught on reefs and wrecks near the mouth of the Mississippi. Strong bites on cut bait and soft plastics near structure. A hot hand even put a couple nice flounder in the box near oyster beds! **Best Lures & Baits:** Marsh reds are eating up gold spoons, chartreuse paddle tail soft plastics on a 1/4 oz jighead, and old-school live market shrimp under popping corks. For specks, Matrix Shad in “shrimp creole” or “lemon head” have been hot, especially rigged on light jigheads bounced off the bottom of points and windblown shorelines. If you’re soaking bait, fresh dead shrimp and finger mullet will tempt everything from black drum to flounder. Offshore, those chasing snapper or mangroves are still swearing by squid strips and menhaden chunks, while big bull reds won’t turn down a live mullet or cracked crab. **Hot Spots:** For inshore anglers, Bayou Bienvenue and the MRGO wall are holding fat reds and trout, especially near the edges where marsh drains meet deeper channels. Another consistent producer: Hopedale Lagoon—work those oyster reefs on a moving tide for a mixed bag. Out on the coast, the east side of Grand Isle and Fourchon Beach have seen steady runs of slot drum and trout at first light. If you’re headed off This content was created in partnership and with the help of Artificial Intelligence AI.