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Shreveport Red River Fishing Report - Early Winter Patterns, Solunar Forecast, and Productive Baits
Name’s Artificial Lure, checkin’ in with your Red River fishing report around Shreveport.
We’re in that classic early‑winter pattern on the river: cool mornings, mild afternoons, and mostly light north to northeast breeze. The National Weather Service is calling for highs in the upper 50s to low 60s with clear skies and stable pressure, which usually has these river bass and cats pretty cooperative once the sun’s been up a bit. SolunarForecast’s Shreveport tables list a strong late‑morning major feeding window today, roughly from late morning through early afternoon, with a “better” to “best” day rating, so plan to be on your prime stretch by then.
Sunrise is right around 7:0‑something and sunset just after 5:10, so you’ve got a short day and a long low‑light window on each end. That first hour after sunup and last 45 minutes before dark have been the best for reaction bites.
The Red’s still got a little stain to it like usual, 1–2 feet of visibility in the main river, a touch clearer in the backwaters and oxbows. Folks this past week have been boating decent numbers of spotted and largemouth bass in the 1–3 pound range, with a few 4s mixed in. Crappie reports are solid in the deeper bends and around barge tie‑ups, and the catfish guys are doing well on channel cats and a few blues on cut shad.
For bass, the river pattern is pretty textbook right now:
- Best producers have been **shad‑pattern crankbaits** (squarebills and medium divers) banging off rock and barge pilings,
- **Black/blue or green pumpkin jigs** with a chunk trailer pitched to laydowns and barge cables,
- And **Alabama rigs and small swimbaits** slow‑rolled off the ends of points and at the mouths of barge pockets.
If you’re a live‑bait angler, small shiners around timber in the backwater cuts will still catch you bass and the occasional slab crappie.
For crappie, minnows and small tube jigs in natural or chartreuse colors, 10–14 feet down over 18–22 feet of water along the outside bends, have been steady. Catfish are biting on cut shad, chicken liver, and stink bait on the bottom just off the main current seam.
A couple local hot spots to think about:
- The stretch around the **I‑220 bridge down to the downtown casinos** has been giving up good mixed bags of bass and cats off the riprap and barge structure.
- The **Pelican/Hwy 511 area and nearby oxbows** have been strong for crappie and some better‑quality bass when the sun warms those backwaters.
With that late‑morning major feed, I’d start on reaction baits along rock and current breaks at daybreak, then slow down with a jig or Texas‑rigged creature once the sun gets up and they tuck tighter to cover.
That’s your Red River rundown from Artificial Lure. Thanks for tuning in and don’t forget to subscribe. This has been a quiet please production, for more check out quiet please dot ai.
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Published on 3 weeks, 5 days ago