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Welcome to the "Gulf of Mexico, New Orleans Fishing Report Today" podcast! Dive into expert insights, local fishing conditions, and the latest tips for anglers exploring the vibrant waters of the Gulf and New Orleans. Stay updated with daily reports on weather, tides, species activity, and the best fishing spots. Perfect for seasoned fishermen and newcomers alike, tune in to enhance your fishing adventures! For more info go to https://www.quietperiodplease.com/ Get all your gear befoe you leave the dock https://amzn.to/3zF8GXk This content was created in partnership and with the help of Artificial Intelligence AI.

  1. 10h ago

    Early Summer Bite: Trout, Reds, and Flounder on the Move Near New Orleans

    Good morning, this is **Artificial Lure** with your New Orleans and Gulf Coast fishing report for today. Out on the water near New Orleans, it’s shaping up like a classic early-summer morning: light and manageable, with the bite best around first light and again near the moving tide. Since I don’t have live access to today’s tide, weather, or sunrise tables in this report, the smart play is to fish the *current outgoing or incoming tide* and be on your spot at dawn, when the water stays cooler and the bait gets nervous. Around the marsh, lake edges, and the nearshore Gulf, the most recent kind of action that usually lights up this time of year is speckled trout, redfish, flounder, black drum, and the occasional sheepshead around structure. If the water is clean enough, trout tend to suspend near passes, rigs, and deeper cuts; reds are more reliable in marsh drains, points, and shell edges; flounder like sandy edges, potholes, and ambush lanes along current seams. For lures, keep it simple and local: - **3-inch paddletails** in chartreuse, pearl, or dark chicken-on-a-chain - **Topwater plugs** at sunrise if the water is calm - **Suspending twitchbaits** for trout along deeper edges - **Gold spoons** and weedless soft plastics for redfish in grass and mud - **Bottom rigs** with live or fresh bait for drum and flounder Best bait choices right now are hard to beat: - **Live shrimp** - **Croaker** - **Finger mullet** - **Pinfish** for bigger nearshore predators - **Cut bait** on the bottom where drum are hanging If the tide is moving and the water has a little color, that’s money. If it’s slick and clear, downsize and go natural. If it’s muddy after wind or rain, louder colors and scent get the nod. A couple of hot spots to keep on the map: - **Lake Pontchartrain marsh edges and nearby drains**, especially where bait funnels off the grass - **The passes and jetties toward the Gulf**, where current stacks up trout, reds, and bait - **East Orleans marsh outflow areas**, for redfish and flounder on a moving tide If you’re fishing from a boat, work the edges of current breaks, shell pockets, and any little dropoff that holds bait. If you’re bank fishing, target drains, canal mouths, and places where the wind pushes water and bait together. That’s the word from the dock: fish the tide, fish the edges, and don’t leave the spot until you’ve worked it slow and methodical. Thanks for tuning in, and be sure to subscribe. This has been a quiet please production, for more check out quiet please dot ai. Great deals on fishing gear https://amzn.to/44gt1Pn

    3 min

  2. 1d ago

    Early Summer Specks and Reds: Shell Beach to Delacroix Moving Water Bite

    Name’s Artificial Lure, checking in with your Gulf of Mexico / New Orleans fishing report. We’ve got a classic early-summer pattern setting up along the southeast Louisiana coast. Light south to southeast breeze this morning, building a bit by midday, warm and humid with a mix of sun and clouds, and a chance of a pop‑up shower after lunch. Air temps running mid 70s at daybreak, climbing into the upper 80s to near 90 by midafternoon. Water temps are pushing the low 80s in the marsh and around the rigs, which has the specks and reds feeding hard on moving water. Around Shell Beach and Hopedale, tide charts for Breton Sound and Lake Borgne show a decent 1–1.5 foot range today, with an early incoming, a midday slack, then an afternoon fall. First good feeding window is that pre‑sunrise to a couple hours after sunrise push. Sunrise is right around the mid‑5s local time, with sunset in the mid‑8s, so you’ve got a long day to work two solid tide changes. Nighttime cooling has been just enough to keep the bite from getting sluggish at daybreak. Speckled trout reports out of Shell Beach, Hopedale, and Delacroix have been strong the last few days, with some anglers boxing easy limits of 12–18 inch trout on the outer bay reefs and rigs. The bigger fish are coming off oyster shell and current breaks where clean green water meets that slightly dirtier marsh water. Redfish action has picked up in the inside ponds—plenty of slot reds, plus a few bulls hanging at cuts dumping into the larger bays. Sheepshead and drum are still around the structure, and there’s been a scattered bite of Spanish mackerel along the edges of cleaner Gulf water when the bait stacks up. For lures, keep it simple and local: Soft plastics on 1/4‑ounce jigheads under popping corks have been the MVP—shrimp and glow, opening night, and chartreuse tails have all been producing when you pop that cork with some attitude. Free‑lined plastics or light jigheads over reefs are picking up the better trout when the sun gets higher. Topwaters at first light—Walk‑the‑Dog style baits in bone or chrome—have been drawing explosive strikes along current seams and the edges of grass. For reds, gold spoons, spinnerbaits with white or chartreuse skirts, and weedless paddle tails in natural baitfish colors are working great in the ponds. If you’re a bait angler, live shrimp is still king—under a cork near reefs, jetties, and marsh points with moving water. Croaker and small pogies freelined or on Carolina rigs have been catching quality trout and some reds. Dead shrimp on the bottom near structure will still put sheepshead and drum in the box. Don’t overlook finger mullet or cut mullet for bull reds along channels and passes. Couple of hot spots to circle on the map: – The rigs and wellheads outside Bay Eloi and along the fringes of Breton Sound, where specks have been stacking up on early incoming tide. – Inside marsh around Hopedale and Delacroix—look for drains dumping into Lake Amedee, Lake Robin, and Four Horse Lake on the falling tide for steady redfish action. Focus on clean, moving water, bait flipping on the surface, and birds working, and you’ll stay on the bite. Keep an eye on the afternoon storms building to the west and have that rain gear handy—summer pattern means they can sneak up fast. Thanks for tuning in, and don’t forget to subscribe so you never miss a report. This has been a quiet please production, for more check out quiet please dot ai. Great deals on fishing gear https://amzn.to/44gt1Pn

    4 min

  3. May 21

    **New Orleans Gulf Report: Trout and Redfish on the Rise** Character count: 58 characters ✓

    Artificial Lure here, checking in with your New Orleans fishing report for the Gulf and nearby marsh. We’ve got a light south to southeast breeze this morning, building a bit by midday, with air temps pushing upper 70s early and mid‑80s this afternoon. Humidity’s thick, but the cloud cover will be in and out—good “trout sky” with broken sun. Marine forecast from NOAA has 1–2 foot seas nearshore and a light chop on open bays, so smaller bay boats and kayaks are good to go if you watch the wind. Sunrise is right around six, with sunset close to eight this evening, giving you a long window to work the moving water. Tides around the Mississippi River delta and Lake Borgne are on the modest side today. Rigolets and Lake Pontchartrain passes are seeing a slow incoming through the early morning, topping late morning, then easing into an afternoon fall. Down toward Hopedale and Shell Beach, the tide swing is a bit stronger, with a decent morning rise and a falling tide mid‑ to late afternoon—perfect for draining ponds and marsh cuts. Speckled trout have been active at first light over shell and around current breaks. Local marinas from Shell Beach to Hopedale report most folks boxing 10–20 keeper trout on live shrimp under popping corks, with some better catches when the tide’s really rolling. Free‑lined live shrimp and small croakers are producing bigger trout on the outside rigs and wellheads when the water’s clean. Artificial guys are doing well on 3–4 inch paddle tails in opening night, glow/chartreuse, and LSU colors, plus MirrOlure MirrOdines and topwaters like Skitter Walks early. If the water’s off‑color, bump up to darker plastics with a chartreuse tail and add a little scent. Redfish action has been steady in the ponds and along the grass edges wherever you can find green, moving water. Reports out of Delacroix and Reggio have limits of slot reds coming on dead shrimp or cracked crab on the bottom, and on gold spoons and spinnerbaits for sight‑fishermen once the sun gets up. Look for them pushing bait on the shorelines when the tide starts dumping out later today. Don’t overlook big live shrimp or finger mullet under a cork in slightly deeper bayous for the bigger bulls. Sheepshead and drum are still hanging around the rocks and pilings—good backup plan if the trout get finicky. Pieces of shrimp or fiddler crabs tight to structure will do it. A few flounder are showing at cuts and drains; slow‑roll a Gulp! swimming mullet or a small jig near the bottom. Water clarity has been best where that Mississippi River water isn’t pushing too hard—edges of Lake Borgne, Biloxi Marsh, and the cleaner side of the MRGO. Look for bait flicking and birds picking; if the dolphin move in heavy, bump a mile or two and reset. Couple of hot spots to keep on your radar: First, the Hopedale–Shell Beach triangle—around Bay Eloi, Lake Borgne shorelines, and the MRGO rocks. Trout on the reefs and redfish along the grass pockets and ponds off the main passes. Second, the Delacroix marsh—Oak River, Four Horse, and the small ponds off Bayou Terre aux Boeufs. Work the drains on a falling tide for reds and mixed trout. Best bet today: launch early, fish topwater or suspending plugs at gray light for trout on the reefs and points, then slide into the marsh to sight‑cast or cork‑fish for reds once the sun gets higher. Keep an eye on those storms building in the afternoon heat; if you hear thunder, head in. That’s your Gulf and New Orleans area fishing rundown from Artificial Lure. Thanks for tuning in, and don’t forget to subscribe so you never miss a report. This has been a quiet please production, for more check out quiet please dot ai. Great deals on fishing gear https://amzn.to/44gt1Pn

    5 min

  4. May 20

    Light Onshore Breeze, Prime Trout and Redfish Action in Lower Gulf Waters

    This is Artificial Lure coming to you with your New Orleans and lower Gulf fishing report. We’re sitting under a light onshore breeze this morning, with temps starting in the low 70s and climbing to the mid‑80s by afternoon. Humidity is up, skies partly cloudy, and a slight chance of a passing shower later. Winds are generally 8–15 knots out of the southeast, so the outside bays and open Gulf will have a light chop, while the marsh and interior ponds stay manageable. Sunrise is right around 6 a.m. on the east side of town, with sunset just after 7:50 p.m. That first light from about 5:30 to 8 a.m. is the prime bite window, with a decent evening push from 6 to dark if the storms stay away. Tides across Breton Sound, Black Bay, and Lake Borgne are running a moderate single to weak double tide today, about a foot of movement overall. You’re looking at an incoming push mid‑morning, slack early afternoon, and a falling tide into the evening. Focus your efforts when that water starts moving—current edges at cuts, bayou mouths, and along broken marsh shorelines should light up. Water temps in the sounds and outer bays are in the low to mid‑70s. That’s money for speckled trout and redfish. Local captains out of Hopedale, Shell Beach, and Venice have been reporting steady boxes of schoolie trout with some 3–4‑pounders mixed in, plus solid redfish action on the flats and in duck ponds when you can find clean, moving water. Speckled trout have been stacking on shell and reef structures in Lake Borgne, Breton Sound rigs, and the fringe islands. Under clean, slightly green water, the bite’s been best on shrimp imitations and small baitfish profiles. Under a popping cork, go with live shrimp, live cocahoe minnows, or plastics like a 3‑inch paddle tail in opening night, green hornet, or glow/chartreuse. On top early, a small walk‑the‑dog plug or a popping plug worked over slicks and nervous bait can draw some explosive strikes. Redfish are tucked along grass edges, drains, and points with current. Gold spoons, spinnerbaits with chartreuse trailers, and weedless soft plastics in darker colors are producing. If you’re soaking bait, cracked blue crab, fresh shrimp on the bottom, or cut mullet around points and oyster bars are hard to beat. Locals have been reporting decent numbers of slot reds with a few bulls cruising the deeper passes as we get closer to summer. Sheepshead and drum are still hanging around structure—pilings, rocks, and rigs—taking dead shrimp and fiddler crabs. A few early tripletail have been showing up along wellheads and buoys; keep a rod rigged with a small live shrimp under a cork when you’re running. As for hot spots, keep an eye on: 1) Lake Borgne to Bayou Biloxi line: Shell pads, reefs, and current seams are holding specks when the tide’s rolling. Drift with a cork and plastics or live shrimp, and watch for birds working. 2) Breton Sound and the outer Hopedale marsh: Islands, outer points, and the rigs just inside the sound have been giving up good trout, while protected ponds and bayou mouths inside the marsh hold reds when the wind gets up. Closer to town, the MRGO and the ICW intersections are worth a look when the tide is moving—mixed bags of trout, drum, and reds for folks bouncing plastics or tight‑lining shrimp near the bottom. Today, play the wind, chase the cleanest water you can find, and fish that moving tide. Light tackle, stealthy approaches in the marsh, and downsizing baits a hair will turn lookers into biters, especially if the sun gets high and the water clears. That’s your Gulf of Mexico, New Orleans fishing report from Artificial Lure. Thanks for tuning in, and don’t forget to subscribe so you don’t miss the next report. This has been a quiet please production, for more check out quiet please dot ai. Great deals on fishing gear https://amzn.to/44gt1Pn

    5 min

  5. May 19

    Spring Bite Heating Up: Trout, Reds, and Snapper on the Gulf Coast

    This is Artificial Lure with your New Orleans and Gulf fishing report. We’re sitting on a mild spring pattern along the southeast Louisiana coast. Early morning temps are starting in the upper 60s to low 70s, warming into the low 80s by midday. Light southeast wind around 5–10 knots nearshore, a touch stronger out past the rigs. Humidity’s up, but cloud cover stays broken, so expect a mix of sun and scattered clouds with a stray shower building in the afternoon. Tide-wise, the Rigolets and Lake Borgne passes are seeing a decent morning incoming that tops out mid‑morning, then a slow fall through early afternoon. Down toward Empire and Venice, the Mississippi River is still running high and dirty, but the surrounding bays are getting enough tidal push to move bait along the edges of the grass and shell. Sunrise is coming in early, with that first good light window in the 6–7 a.m. hour, and sunset giving you a solid late‑day bite window right before dark. The best fish activity is lining up with that morning incoming and the last hour of daylight as the water starts to cool and the wind lays. Inshore action around Hopedale, Shell Beach, and the MRGO rocks has been solid. Local captains are reporting good boxes of speckled trout, mostly 12–18 inches, with a few bigger fish pushing 20. Anglers drifting over shell in 3–5 feet are picking up limits on live shrimp under popping corks and soft plastics in opening night, glow/chartreuse, and purple haze. The key is steady popping and letting that bait hang just above the shell. Redfish are chewing in the marsh drains and pond mouths from Delacroix down to Reggio. Slot reds, 18–27 inches, are coming on gold spoons, spinnerbaits with white or chartreuse paddletails, and dead shrimp or cut mullet on the bottom. Sight‑casting has been hit‑or‑miss thanks to stained water, so work the points and current seams and let that lure bump along slow. Sheepshead and drum are still stacked around bridges, pilings, and rock jetties. If you want a guaranteed bend in the rod, drop pieces of shrimp or fiddler crabs tight to structure on a Carolina rig. You won’t win a beauty contest with them, but you’ll eat well. Nearshore in the Gulf, when the wind and seas cooperate, anglers running out of Venice, Empire, and Port Eads are seeing solid action on mangrove snapper and smaller red snapper around rigs and wrecks in 40–100 feet. Best producers have been cut pogies, squid strips, and cigar minnows. Free‑lining live bait around the legs will pick off bonus king mackerel when the water cleans up. A couple of hot spots to circle: – Hopedale / Lake Robin shell flats: Drift with the wind, popping corks and live shrimp or Matrix Shad‑style plastics. When you stick a few trout in one area, hit spot‑lock or drop anchor and work it thoroughly. – MRGO rocks and Alligator Point area: Early morning specks on topwaters like She Dogs and Skitter Walks when there’s a light chop, then switch to subsurface baits and corks as the sun gets up. Keep a jig ready for reds cruising the rocks. If you’re wading or fishing tight marsh, bring topwaters for that first light window – bone, chrome/black back, and pink are all producing blowups on both trout and reds. As the sun climbs, go to 1/8‑ or 1/4‑ounce jigheads with paddle‑tail plastics and work the shade lines and deeper cuts. Best overall strategy today: launch early, ride that morning incoming tide for trout on the shell, slide into the ponds for reds once the sun gets higher, then, if the weather lets you, push out toward the closer rigs for a quick snapper and mangrove drop. That’s your Gulf of Mexico and New Orleans fishing rundown from Artificial Lure. Thanks for tuning in, and don’t forget to subscribe so you never miss a report. This has been a quiet please production, for more check out quiet please dot ai. Great deals on fishing gear https://amzn.to/44gt1Pn

    5 min

  6. May 4

    Gulf Coast Fire: Reds, Trout, and Drum Post-Spawn Bite

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    3 min

  7. May 3

    Gulf Coast Sunday: Specks, Reds, and Perfect Conditions

    Hey y'all, this is Artificial Lure, your go-to guy for all things fishin' in the Gulf around New Orleans. It's early Sunday mornin', May 3rd, 2026, and the water's callin'. Weather's lookin' prime out there—NOAA says mostly sunny skies, temps climbin' to 82°F with light southeast winds at 5-10 knots, perfect for a day on the brine. Sunrise hit at 6:05 AM, sunset's 7:42 PM, givin' us a solid 13+ hours of prime light. Tides per NOAA are risin' today: low at 4:21 AM, high at 10:37 AM, then droppin' to low around 5:02 PM. That incoming tide 'til mid-morning is gonna push baitfish into the shallows—fish will be feedin' aggressive. Fish activity's hot right now. Louisiana Department of Wildlife and Fisheries reports speckled trout and redfish goin' strong in the estuaries, with recent catches includin' limits of 15-20" specks on reefs off Grand Isle, plus reds up to 30" in the marshes. Black drum and sheepshead are stackin' up near structures, and early reports from Tim's Marina show folks pullin' 10-15 flounder per trip near the MRGO. Jacks and Spanish mackerel are crashin' the surface in 20-40 feet offshore. For lures, my top picks are **gold spoons** like the Johnson Sprite for specks and reds—throw 'em on the troll or retrieve fast. **Soft plastics** such as Gulp! shrimp in chartreuse under a popping cork are killin' it for trout. Live bait? Finger mullet or live shrimp on a Carolina rig can't be beat for bottom feeders. Hit these hot spots: **Catfish Point** for reds and specks in the shallows, or **the Hopedale Lagoon** for flounder and drum—launch from Bayou Liberty and you're golden. Thanks for tunin' in, folks—subscribe for more reports! This has been a Quiet Please production, for more check out quietplease.ai. Great deals on fishing gear https://amzn.to/44gt1Pn This content was created in partnership and with the help of Artificial Intelligence AI.

    2 min

  8. May 2

    Gulf Coast Redfish and Speckled Trout Bite Hot This May Morning

    Hey y'all, this is Artificial Lure, your go-to Gulf Coast fishing guru, comin' atcha live from the bayous 'round New Orleans on this fine early mornin' of May 2nd. Water's lookin' good out there in the Gulf of Mexico and our local spots—tides are risin' slow today with a high around 1.2 feet at 10 AM near the Mississippi River mouth, droppin' to low at 4 PM, accordin' to the NOAA charts. Perfect for workin' the edges where fish stack up. Weather's mild—NOAA says partly cloudy skies, temps climbin' from 68°F now to a comfy 82°F by afternoon, light southeast breeze at 5-10 knots, makin' for flat seas offshore. Sunrise was at 6:15 AM, sunset 'round 7:45 PM, givin' us a solid 13+ hours of prime light. Fish are bitin' steady after that full moon push. Locals report redfish schools hammerin' in the marshes—guys pullin' limits of 20-30 inch bulls on yesterday's outgoing tide near Lake Borgne. Speckled trout are hot too, with 15-25 fish strings from the rigs off Grand Isle, per Louisiana DWF creel surveys. Sheepshead clusterin' on pilings, flounder flippin' in the surf, and a few big black drum showin' up. Spanish mackerel crashin' topwater out deep. **Best lures?** Go with gold spoon flies or 1/4-oz jigheads tipped with shrimp for reds and specks—miracle minnows in chartreuse are killin' it. Live shrimp or mullet under a popping cork for bait, hands down. Cut menhaden if you're chasin' drum. Hit these hot spots: **1) The Rigolets** for reds and trout on the tide rip—launch from the public ramp. **2) Elmer's Island** beach for flounder and pompano, wadin' the surf at first light. Stay safe, check regs, and wear your PFDs. Thanks for tunin' in, folks—subscribe for daily updates! This has been a quiet please production, for more check out quiet please dot ai. Great deals on fishing gear https://amzn.to/44gt1Pn This content was created in partnership and with the help of Artificial Intelligence AI.

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Welcome to the "Gulf of Mexico, New Orleans Fishing Report Today" podcast! Dive into expert insights, local fishing conditions, and the latest tips for anglers exploring the vibrant waters of the Gulf and New Orleans. Stay updated with daily reports on weather, tides, species activity, and the best fishing spots. Perfect for seasoned fishermen and newcomers alike, tune in to enhance your fishing adventures! For more info go to https://www.quietperiodplease.com/ Get all your gear befoe you leave the dock https://amzn.to/3zF8GXk This content was created in partnership and with the help of Artificial Intelligence AI.

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