Red River Shreveport Fishing Report 09/14/2025: Prime Fall Fishing, Cats and Bass Biting Strong

Artificial Lure here with your Red River Shreveport fishing report for Sunday, September 14, 2025. Folks, we’re headed into prime fall fishing, and the river is alive and kicking. First thing to note this morning—**sunrise hit at 6:51 AM**, and we’re looking at a sunset right at 7:24 PM. Weather’s mild to warm; expect upper 60s at dawn, climbing into the mid 80s by afternoon with light breezes—ideal for all-day fishing. The **solunar tables out of Central Louisiana** call today an “average” day, but with minor feeding activity around 9:14 to 10:14 AM and a major stretch lighting up the action from 4:13 to 6:13 PM. That means the bite should pick up late morning and get real good as you head toward supper time. No tides, but river current is pulling steady and just a touch stained—classic Red River conditions, perfect for working those breaks, dropoffs, and rock piles. This past week’s catch reports have had anglers bringing in plenty of **channel cats, blue cats, and eater-size flatheads**. Cut shad and live crawfish have been red hot. Over by Stoner Avenue and the old barge tie-ups, folks are limiting out pitching Carolina-rigged stinkbaits. If you want to tangle with a **trophy blue**, try drifting those deeper holes south of the Bossier City boat ramp with big chunks of skipjack. **Largemouth bass** are active early and late—look for them busting shad along the riprap banks at Hamel's Park and in the backwaters near Cross Bayou. Frogs and buzzbaits over grass first thing, then switch to Texas rigs or chartreuse crankbaits once the sun gets up. A couple of locals just weighed in a 5+ pound bass near Shreve City on a black/blue jig with a craw trailer, so don’t be shy about flipping heavy cover. **Crappie** are starting to stack up bridge pilings and submerged brush around Lock & Dam 5. Best bites have been coming with **live minnows**, though jig fishermen using electric chicken and monkey milk plastics are catching slabs after the morning cool-off. **Hot spots today:** - The old concrete wing dam just downstream of the Market Street bridge—awesome for bass and cats. - Backwater pockets off Ford Park—prime for crappie, with the added bonus of occasional white bass blowing up on baitfish. - Don’t ignore the mouth of Twelve Mile Bayou; hybrids and stripers have surprised a few folks chunking spoons mid-morning. **Bait and lure tip of the day:** For cats, stick with **fresh cutbait** or punch bait on a slip sinker rig. For bass, try a 1/4-oz white spinnerbait around current seams. Crappie are still loving small tube jigs under a slip float, set about 3 to 5 feet down. If you’re in town early for the Red River Revel, swing by and check out the action—word has it you might catch a few festival folks down at the riverbank wetting a line before heading to enjoy Shreveport’s best margaritas. That wraps it up for today’s Red River fishing. Thanks for tuning in to your local report—this is Artificial Lure, reminding you to subscribe so you neve This content was created in partnership and with the help of Artificial Intelligence AI.