Hey y'all, Artificial Lure here, your go-to Gulf of Mexico angling ace out of New Orleans. It's December 26th, 8:32 AM, and we're lookin' at a prime fishin' mornin' in these brackish bays and Lake Pontchartrain edges. Sun's up since 7:10 AM or so, sets around 6:20 PM, givin' ya near 11 hours of light. Weather's mild at 71°F average, water holdin' steady at 75°F, light 11 mph winds from the north with some gusts to 18—perfect for not freezin' your toes off.

Tides today mirror recent charts from Tideschart for New Canal USCG: high around 10-11 AM pushin' 1.12 ft, droppin' low by 11 PM or so at 0.69 ft. Fish the incomin' tide hard, 'specially 'round structure—current's gonna stir 'em up.

Fish activity's hot post-Christmas; reports whisper solid speckled trout and redfish schools in the shallows, with folks pullin' limits near the passes. Flatheads are monsters this time—Louisiana's record hauls prove they're lurkin' in the Mississippi cuts emptyin' to the Gulf. Sheepshead bitin' pilings, and bass holdin' in grassy pockets off Pontchartrain.

Best lures? H20X Swim Jigs from Academy—those 4/0 black nickel hooks with silicone skirts flip through grass like nothin', weed guards keep ya snag-free for bass and reds. Spinners vibrate great in any murk. Live bait? Shrimp or mullet chunks on bottom rigs for cats and specks—can't beat 'em.

Hit these hot spots: New Canal Lighthouse for trout on the tide rip, or Chandeleur Islands edges if you're runnin' offshore—reds stack there. Stay safe, watch for cottonmouths in the marshes.

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This is Artificial Lure with your Gulf of Mexico New Orleans fishing report.

We’re sitting on a mild south breeze and a partly cloudy sky across the lower Mississippi and Breton Sound. Southwest Pass and the mouth of the river are running low 70s for highs with mid‑60s overnight, according to the National Weather Service marine forecast. Winds are light enough to get outside the rocks, but there’s just enough chop you’ll want a bay boat or better if you’re running out of Venice or Empire.

NOAA’s tide station at Southwest Pass and Tides4Fishing’s New Canal Station tables line up on a **small winter tide swing**: a pre‑dawn high, mid‑day low, and an afternoon rise. That means your best window is that **late‑morning falling tide into early afternoon** when water is moving out of the marsh drains. Sunrise over Lake Pontchartrain is right around 7:05, with sunset just after 5:20, giving you a tight winter daylight bite. Solunar tables for southeast Louisiana show the stronger activity pegged around the afternoon tide change and again just before dark.

Inshore, reports coming into Louisiana Sportsman and local marinas from Hopedale, Shell Beach, and Delacroix have **speckled trout** still stacked in the deeper winter holes and along the outside edges of the marsh. Trout limits are coming on **matrix‑style soft plastics in shrimp and opening night colors under a popping cork**, 2–3 feet of leader, worked along current lines off points and bayou mouths. When the sun gets up and the tide slows, the bite’s sliding deeper; that’s when a 3/8‑ounce jighead and a smaller paddle tail bounced on bottom has been money.

**Redfish** are chewing in the skinny stuff. Guides out of Hopedale and Shell Beach are reporting mixed boxes of slot reds and a few upper‑slot bruisers caught tight to grass and cane on the **falling water**. Gold spoons, weedless paddle tails in dark colors, and live or dead shrimp under a cork are all producing. Slide into those little side ponds and drains; if the water’s got 6–18 inches of clarity and a little push, you’re in the game.

At the passes and rigs just off the river, recent trips out of Venice have put together good numbers of **sheepshead, black drum, and slot reds** around rock piles and pilings, mainly on **live shrimp, dead shrimp, and fiddler crabs**. Add a small piece of shrimp to a 1/4‑ounce jighead and you’ll catch just about everything with fins right now. Where you can find cleaner green water outside, there’ve been scattered **bull reds** and a few jacks on big Carolina‑rigged mullet and cracked crab.

Best lures and baits today:
- Inshore trout: **soft plastics under a popping cork**, and 3–4 inch paddle tails on 1/4–3/8 oz jigheads, natural or glow with chartreuse tails.
- Reds: **gold spoons, dark paddle tails, and live shrimp** under a cork near grass lines and drains.
- Pass/structure: Carolina‑rigged **dead shrimp, crab, and cut mullet**; add a small piece of shrimp to any jig.

Couple local hot spots to key on:
- **The Rigolets and Lake Borgne drains**: work the bridges, shell humps, and nearby bayou mouths for trout and reds on moving tide.
- **Hopedale / Shell Beach marsh and bayous**: fish the drains off Bay Lafourche, Lake Amedee, and Biloxi Marsh ponds for mixed trout and reds on a falling tide.

If you can line up that late‑morning falling tide with some south wind and decent water clarity, you’ve got a real shot at a full box.

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Hey y'all, Artificial Lure here, your go-to Gulf Coast angler straight outta New Orleans. It's a crisp winter mornin' on December 22nd, sunrise at 6:32 AM and sunset 'round 5:01 PM per Tides4Fishing charts for Lake Pontchartrain waters. Tides today show high at 7:52 AM hittin' 0.8 feet, droppin' to low 'round 7:54 PM at -0.1 feet—perfect for fish huggin' the bottoms in these shallows. Weather's mild, temps pushin' upper 60s to low 70s with light winds, accordin' to NWS New Orleans forecasts, so bundle up but get out there.

Fish are active in this average solunar period, with specks and reds on fire lately. FishingBooker reports from St. Bernard near NOLA got double limits of speckled trout early, plus reds and bonus bass just this month—limits pulled on December 11th and 12th. Louisiana Sportsman says Myrtle Grove Canal's a trout hotspot right now, dead-end magic for specks, and Barataria's deliverin' winter variety like reds, sheepshead, and black drum if ya watch the weather.

Hit 'em with **gold or chartreuse spoonies** under a popping cork for trout, or **swimmin' mullet soft plastics** on a jighead for reds—works killer in these tides. Live shrimp or croaker under a cork seals the deal for bull reds. Gulp! shrimp imitators are hot too when bait's scarce.

Prime spots? Myrtle Grove Canal for canal trout poundin', and Grand Isle-Barataria marshes for mixed bags—launch early and drift the cuts.

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Hey y'all, Artificial Lure here, your go-to guy for reelin' 'em in from the Louisiana Gulf coast and around New Orleans. It's a crisp winter mornin' out there today, with solunar charts from FishingReminder showin' prime bite windows—major from 7:32 to 9:32 a.m. and 7:44 to 9:44 p.m., minors at 12:36 a.m.-2:36 a.m. and 2:28-4:28 p.m. Sun's risin' 'round 7:06 a.m. and settin' at 6:23 p.m. per Tides4Fishing for New Canal Station.

Tides at New Canal USCG on Lake Pontchartrain are lookin' solid—high around 7:43 a.m. at 0.8 ft, droppin' to low at 8:01 p.m. at 0.5 ft, perfect for that fallin' tide action. Weather's cool with north winds keepin' water clear, just like them October reports holdin' steady into December.

Fish are fired up, cher! Recent catches includin' big speckled trout hidin' in Lake Pontchartrain canals, as seen in that December 16 YouTube vid from the area. Speckled trout stackin' on oyster reefs and pylons, redfish cruisin' marsh edges and drains, plus flounder in current-swept pockets, bull reds at jetties, all per FishingReminder's coastal update. Limits comin' steady on specks and reds, some hefty bulls pushin' 30+ pounds.

Best lures? Early topwaters for specks, then soft plastics under poppin' corks. Gold spoons or paddle tails for reds and flounder on the drop. Live shrimp, cut mullet, or crab for the big boys. Fish dawn and dusk with movin' water—marsh drains two hours before and after low tide for aggressive strikes.

Hit these hot spots: New Canal USCG station for easy access to Pontchartrain trout, and Grand Isle jetties for bull reds. Harbors and passes like Chef Menteur are gold for land-based action.

Get out there safe, wear your PFD, and tight lines!

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Name’s Artificial Lure checking in with your Gulf of Mexico / New Orleans fishing report.

We’re sliding into that winter pattern now. According to the National Weather Service marine forecast out of New Orleans, light to moderate north to northeast winds are holding across the sounds and outside to about 60 miles, with seas running 1 to 3 feet and a reinforcing cool, dry air mass behind the last front. That north breeze has the water pulling out of the marsh and clearing up just enough in the bays.

Tides around New Orleans are on the small side but moving. NOAA’s tide station at New Canal on Lake Pontchartrain shows a nighttime high followed by a late‑morning low with only about a foot of range, so the best bite will be right when that water’s dumping out the ditches and trenasses. Over toward Shell Beach, Tides4Fishing shows a similar pattern: early low, strong mid‑day rise, so plan to fish two hours around those changes.

Sunrise along the southeast Louisiana coast is right around 7 a.m., with sunset just after 5 p.m., giving you a tight dawn and dusk window. Solunar tables from FishingReminder put the major morning activity right after first light and then again near dark, so start early and stay late if you can.

Fish activity’s been solid for December. Louisiana Sportsman is still talking up winter speckled trout in the Myrtle Grove Canal and across the Barataria system, and that pattern reaches right over to our side: specks stacked on shell and along deeper dead‑end canals once the sun gets up a bit. In Lake Pontchartrain, look for school trout and white trout on the bridges and along the south shore reefs; in the MRGO and Lake Borgne, nicer specks are holding off points with good current.

Recent catches out of Shell Beach and Hopedale have been mixed boxes: 20–40 specks per boat when folks stay on the move, plus a half‑dozen keeper reds and the occasional flounder. Down Empire and Buras, crews sliding a little farther into the Gulf have been whacking bull reds and a few black drum on the rigs and rock piles. Nobody’s sinking limits every trip, but steady action if you work.

Best offerings right now:

- For trout: 3–4 inch soft plastics in glow, opening night, or watermelon on a 1/4‑ounce jighead, either tight‑lined or under a popping cork. A slow, twitch‑pause retrieve is key in this colder water.
- For reds: gold spoons, spinnerbaits with a gold blade, or a shrimp imitation under a cork along grass edges and drains on a falling tide.
- Live bait: live shrimp are still king when you can find them; otherwise, dead shrimp on a Carolina rig for drum and sheepshead, or cut mullet and crab chunks for bull reds around the jetties and nearshore rigs.

Couple of hot spots to circle on your map:

- **Lake Borgne / MRGO rocks and Shell Beach area** – Work the rocks and nearby points with plastics under corks for trout, then slide into the marsh pockets behind Shell Beach for reds once the sun’s up.
- **Bayou Biloxi and the eastern Rigolets mouths** – On a hard falling tide, trout line up on those shell points; bump plastics or small swimbaits just off the bottom. Reds prowl the drains dumping into the passes.

If you want to stay closer to town, those Lake Pontchartrain bridges are always in play this time of year: slow‑roll plastics or small swimbaits along the pilings, and don’t be afraid to fish a little deeper than you think.

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Name’s Artificial Lure, checking in with your Gulf-side fishing report from around New Orleans.

We’re riding a good winter pattern now. New Canal Station tide tables from Tides4Fishing show a **high tidal coefficient and multiple small tide swings today**, with water moving best around mid‑morning and again late afternoon. That moving water window is when you wanna be posted up on drains and cuts; slack’s been dead slow.

Weather-wise, the latest NOAA marine forecast calls for **light to moderate north to northeast winds**, cool morning temps in the 50s warming into the 60s, and mostly stable barometer. That’s a classic speck and redfish setup in the inside marsh, especially where wind stacks bait on the leeward banks. Sunrise is right around **7:05 a.m.** and sunset just after **6:20 p.m.** over the lake and marsh, so your prime bites have been that first hour after daylight and the last hour before dark.

In the last few days, local captains out of Shell Beach, Hopedale, and Delacroix have been boxing **solid speckled trout with plenty of 12–16 inch fish**, plus good numbers of **slot reds** and a sprinkling of **sheepshead and black drum** off the rigs and rock structure. Most boats doing it right have been finishing with **20–40 trout** and **half a dozen reds**, depending on how hard they grind and how picky they’re being.

Best producers:

- **Speckled trout:**
- 3–4 inch **paddle-tail plastics** on 1/4 oz jigheads in opening night, matrix shad, and glow/chartreuse under popping corks.
- Free-lined **live shrimp** or shrimp on a dropper loop when the bite gets finicky.
- **Redfish and drum:**
- **Dead shrimp or market shrimp** on the bottom around pilings, rock, and shell.
- Gold **weedless spoons**, 1/8–1/4 oz jigheads with white or chartreuse paddle tails, and black/chartreuse soft plastics dragged slow.
- Around the bridges and lakefront, a few anglers are doing well slow-rolling **swim baits** and working **suspending jerkbaits** when the water’s clear enough.

Two hot spots to circle:

1. **Hospital Wall and the New Orleans Lakefront** – From West End down toward Seabrook, the rocks and breaks have held specks and a few reds on days with cleaner water. Work popping corks just off the rocks and jerkbaits or soft plastics along the edge when the tide’s swinging.

2. **Hopedale / MRGO and the outer bays toward Lake Borgne** – Drains coming out the marsh on the falling tide have been stacked with school trout and rat reds, with nicer fish mixed in. Anchor or spot lock just off the current seam and fish your corks or Carolina rigs right down the edge.

For the night‑owls, Jefferson Parish just added **green LED fishing lights at Bonnabel Boat Launch in Metairie**, and they’ve already been pulling in school specks and white trout on small plastics and shrimp-tipped jigs under the glow.

Water’s cool, so slow your presentation down. Let that cork sit, give it a pop, and don’t be afraid to fish tight to structure. If you’re not bumping shell or rock every now and then, you’re probably a little too far off.

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Hey y'all, Artificial Lure here, your go-to Gulf Coast angler straight outta New Orleans. It's December 17th, 8:30 AM, and the bite's heatin' up around Lake Pontchartrain and the Gulf edges. Sunrise hit at 7:03 AM, sunset 'round 6:27 PM per Tides4Fishing charts—perfect for dawn and dusk runs.

Tides today at New Canal USCG station show low at 3:10 AM (0.5 ft), high around 4:55 PM (0.8 ft), with solunar majors from 7:32-9:32 AM and 7:44-9:44 PM—prime windows when fish go stupid, says FishingReminder. Weather's mild, north winds clearin' the water post-front, expect partly cloudy highs near 65-70°F.

Fish activity's solid: Speckled trout stackin' oyster reefs and pylons, redfish cruisin' marsh edges on the fallin' tide, flounder in current pockets, and reports of red snapper offshore now season's back per WVUE FOX 8. Captain Experiences notes reds, specks, kings, and flounder top catches lately—limits comin' easy inshore.

Best lures? Gold spoons and soft plastics under poppin' corks for reds and specks early, paddle tails slow-rolled for flounder. Live shrimp or cut mullet seals the deal on points and jetties. Artificials like topwaters at dawn kill it.

Hit these hot spots: Lake Pontchartrain's oyster bars near the Causeway for trout, or Grand Isle jetties for bull reds. Work drains two hours before fallin' tide—bait sweeps natural, strikes aggressive.

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Name’s Artificial Lure, checking in from the southeast Louisiana salt and the edge of the Gulf.

Over on Lake Pontchartrain at the New Canal Station, tides4fishing shows a classic winter pattern: modest range, with a mid‑morning high and evening low, just enough current to stack bait along bridges and shell.[Tides4fishing – New Canal Station] Shell Beach shows a rising tide through the morning pushing toward a mid‑day high, good for redfish and trout around the outer marsh.[Tides4fishing – Shell Beach] Down toward Grand Isle, tides4fishing reports a longer falling cycle, which is lining up nicely with the inlet drains and bayou mouths for daytime action.[Tides4fishing – Grand Isle]

Sunrise around the lake is just after 6:45 a.m. and sunset a little after 6:15 p.m. according to Tideschart for the New Canal USCG station, giving you a tight winter light window and a strong dawn and dusk bite.[Tideschart – New Canal USCG]

Fishingreminder’s Louisiana outlook has today pegged as an average bite overall, but with prime windows at dawn and again at dark when that tide is moving and the solunar periods line up.[Fishingreminder Louisiana forecast] That matches what locals have been seeing this week: slower mid‑day, then it’s like somebody flips a switch when the light gets low.

Inshore around New Orleans, Louisiana Sportsman’s December coverage says trout, reds, and drum are still chewing in the cold, with Chalmette and surrounding marsh staying hot even on chilly days.[Louisiana Sportsman, “Chalmette gets hot when it’s cold”] Reports out of the MRGO and Violet canals have boxes of school specks with some three‑pounders mixed in, plus slot reds on the edges. Folks working the bridges on Pontchartrain have been picking off speckled trout on calmer days, especially around the Causeway and Trestles, with the better numbers right on the tide changes.

Typical winter mix in the boxes lately: 20–40 specks for a three‑man crew when the weather behaves, half‑dozen slot reds, a drum or two, and the odd flounder pulled off current‑swept pockets, which tracks with Fishingreminder’s October coastal pattern still holding into early winter—trout on reefs and pilings, reds on marsh drains, flounder tight to the bottom.[Fishingreminder Louisiana October report]

Best offerings right now are all about subtlety. Soft plastics under a popping cork—matrix‑style shad tails in glow/chartreuse or opening night—are still the bread and butter for Lake Pontchartrain trout, especially worked along bridge pilings on that mid‑morning high. In the marsh and along the edge of the Gulf, a 1/4‑ounce jighead with a paddle‑tail bounced slow on bottom is taking both reds and flounder. For artificial‑only folks, a subsurface swimbait like the 6th Sense Judo swimbait, which Academy notes is designed to mimic baitfish for trout and redfish, will shine around clean banks and submerged shells.[Academy – 6th Sense Judo Swimbait]

If you’re soaking meat, live shrimp is still king under a cork around Shell Beach and Hopedale; when live’s hard to find, dead shrimp or cut mullet on a Carolina rig is fooling drum and bull reds at the deeper passes. Gold spoons and spinnerbaits are producing in the dirtier ponds on a falling tide.

Couple hot spots to circle for today:
- Shell Beach / MRGO rocks and nearby marsh ponds: ride that rising tide into the ponds for reds, then slide back to the rocks as it tops out for trout.
- Lake Pontchartrain bridges, especially the Trestles: work the shaded side of the pilings during that major solunar and tide swing; be patient and fish slow.

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