Artificial Lure here with your Gulf of Mexico Louisiana fishing report for Monday, November 3, 2025. Sunrise came in at 6:22 AM and we’re looking at sunset close to 5:13 PM. Today brings cooler post-front air, clear skies, and a light north breeze—fine conditions to be out on the water with the marshes and bays waking up after the recent fronts, which always gets the fish chewing.
Tide action today is soft, with the tidal coefficient around 33-34 through the afternoon, meaning there’s not a whole lot of moving water, so focus on fishing pinch points and current breaks. Look for best action within two hours either side of the lowest tides. According to Tides4Fishing, even with low currents, these transitions are prime time to work your baits through drains and cuts.
Up and down the Louisiana coast, November brings some of the hottest speckled trout action of the year. Oyster reefs and bridge pylons in Lake Pontchartrain are putting out solid boxes of keeper trout. Early birds are topwater fishing—walking baits or even the Berkley Choppo prop lure is drawing blow-ups right at first light. As the sun climbs, swap to soft plastics under a popping cork (think Matrix Shad or Down South Lures) or the highly realistic Live Target Croaker swimbait—both are fooling trout and redfish all week. Reports from Louisiana Sportsman say the dorsal fin on that swimbait acts as a weed guard, letting you fish it over shell and grass without hangups.
Redfish are thick on the marsh edges, especially where drains empty out bait on a falling tide. Gold spoons and weedless paddle tails do the trick, but if you can get your hands on live shrimp or cut mullet, the bull reds stacked around the Grand Isle jetties can't resist. Plenty of reports, including recent catches up to 30+ pounds, are coming from the surf at Grand Isle and the cuts around Fourchon. Venice is another redfish hotspot—look for clean water and bait flickering on the surface.
Don't overlook the flounder this month. They’re ambushing baits around current-swept pockets, and anglers slow-rolling paddle tails on the bottom or drifting live minnows are putting a few doormats in the box.
Out deeper, boats dropping near Fourchon have been rewarded with hefty scamp grouper and black drum—Louisiana Sportsman just featured a 17-pound scamp and a 29-inch black drum in recent days. Big cut bait dropped in 250+ feet is your ticket. Inshore, blue catfish are hitting cut bait in deeper river bends.
Top baits today:
- Early: Topwater walkers and prop baits for trout and redfish.
- Midday: Soft plastics, Live Target Croaker swimbait, gold spoons.
- Live options: Shrimp and mullet for the big reds and drum.
- Bottom: Cut bait or live minnows for occasional flounder and cats.
For hotspots, Grand Isle remains a can’t-miss for big reds and trout right off the beaches or jetties. Also try Lake Pontchartrain trestles for trout, and marsh drains near Cocodrie for steady mixed bags. If you want more room to roam, the Calcasieu marshes and Fourchon rigs are producing, though best action is at low light.
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