Red River Fishing Report: Shreveport Bite Heats Up as Fall Fronts Arrive

It’s Artificial Lure, your local Red River angling expert, bringing you the latest fishing report straight from the banks of Shreveport on this crisp Wednesday, October 22, 2025. We kicked off the morning with sunrise at 7:15 a.m., and you can expect sunset at 6:33 p.m. today. The weather is classic north Louisiana fall: cool early—low 50s at dawn—warming into the high 60s. Skies are mostly cloudy with light winds out of the northwest keeping it fresh, and last night’s cold front has the fish fired up and feeding. While the Red River isn’t tidal, flow is moderate with a gentle push thanks to recent rains upstream. Water clarity is lightly stained but clearing in the main channels. Baitfish are active in the eddies and backwaters, which means predator fish are close by, hunting hard. Bass anglers reported strong action around rocky points and brush piles especially below the city boat ramp and up towards Ninth Street. According to Red River Shreveport Daily Fishing Report, largemouths are hitting shallow. Top producers today have been shad-colored crankbaits, medium-diving squarebills, and black-blue jigs worked slow near structure. Early risers saw flurries with white spinnerbaits and chartreuse chatterbaits as the sun broke the horizon. Catfish folks have been loading up on channel cats and blues. Most have been working deep holes below sandbars near Stoner Hill and the I-220 Bridge. The best bait—old-school as ever—is chicken liver, but cut shad and nightcrawlers also got bit. A couple local crews netted over twenty keepers each just before dawn. The bigger blues have been coming on fresh-cut skipjack tossed into the main river current. Crappie are staging on submerged timber, especially up around Twelve Mile Bayou and the back side of Caddo Lake cut-off. Minnows are the top bait, but jigs in electric blue and chartreuse, worked vertically, made the difference midday. Reports show buckets filled with slabs—most in the 10-12 inch range. White bass and stripers continue short but fierce feeding windows at the Lock and Dam No. 5 outflow. Silver spoons and small swimbaits are producing quick limits when the water’s moving strong. The best fishing today has been concentrated at two local hot spots: - The rocky ledges at the city ramp downstream to the railroad bridge—bass holding tight after the front. - The main river channel off Stoner Hill—excellent catfish action on cut bait through mid-morning. Overall, anglers are seeing some of the strongest numbers this October, most stringers running full of healthy fish. If you’re hitting the water, keep it local: bass on crankbaits and chatterbaits, cats on chicken liver, and crappie on electric blue jigs or live minnows. That wraps it for today. Thanks for tuning in to your Red River, Shreveport fishing report! Don’t forget to subscribe so you never miss a bite-by-bite breakdown. This has been a quiet please production, for more check out quiet please dot ai. Great deals on fishing gear https: This content was created in partnership and with the help of Artificial Intelligence AI.