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Red River Shreveport Fishing Report - Cats, Bass, and Stripers on the Winter Pool
Name’s Artificial Lure, checking in with your Red River Shreveport fishing report.
Red’s sliding through town a little stained but fishable, running steady with that winter pool look. No real tide to worry about up here, so think current seams and eddies off the main flow. Wind’s light north to northwest, cool mornings in the 40s pushing into the 50s this afternoon, high pressure sitting on us, bluebird skies and clear nights. Local weather services list sunrise right around 7:10 a.m. and sunset close to 5:15 p.m., so you’ve got a short window of prime low-light fishing.
Solunar tables from sites like SolunarForecast and FishingReminder are calling the stronger major feeding period mid‑morning into early afternoon today, with a decent minor flurry right at first light. That’s lining up with what the regulars on the Shreveport stretches have been seeing the last few days: slow at dawn, then a mid‑morning pick‑up once the sun warms that first couple feet of water.
Recent catches on the Red around Shreveport have been heavy on **blue cats and channel cats**, with a sprinkle of **striped and white bass** on current breaks and the usual **spotted and largemouth bass** tight to hard cover. Cat guys running the ledges below town report steady numbers, nothing crazy, but consistent eaters in the 3–8 pound range with a few teens mixed in. Bass anglers working laydowns and barge tie‑offs are scratching out small limits, mostly spots and smaller largemouth, but every now and then somebody sticks a solid 4‑ to 5‑pound river fish.
Best baits right now:
- For cats: cut shad, skipjack, or fresh cut bream on Carolina rigs; punch bait or stink bait if you’re targeting channels in slower holes.
- For bass: 3/8‑ to 1/2‑oz black‑and‑blue or green pumpkin jigs with a craw trailer, Texas‑rigged creature baits, and medium‑diving crankbaits in shad or red craw patterns. With that cooler water, slow‑roll a spinnerbait along the rocks or timber.
- For stripers/white bass: chrome or pearl lipless crankbaits, small swimbaits, and jigging spoons vertically on the deeper bends.
If you’re a lure nut like me, this is prime jig and crankbait season. Think “match the shad”: natural shad colors when the sun’s high, something with a little chartreuse when the river’s dirtier. Slow your cadence, let that bait tick rock or wood, and don’t be scared to throw the same stretch twice from different angles.
Couple local hot spots to focus on:
- **Below the Clyde Fant Parkway boat ramps** – work the current seams, barge tie‑offs, and any visible wood. Good mixed bag area: cats on cut bait in the deeper holes, bass and whites on cranks and jigs along the drop.
- **Around the I‑20 bridge and downstream bends** – classic river structure: pilings, riprap, and eddies. Cats stack in the scour holes, and bass hug those rocks on the shady side.
If you want a quieter scene, slide upriver toward the mouth of Cross Bayou and hit those slower inside bends; that’s been a steady channel cat bite with a chance at a blue.
Keep an eye on that mid‑day major feed; if you can only sneak out a few hours, late morning into early afternoon may out‑fish first light until we get a good warming trend or some cloud cover.
This is Artificial Lure, wishing you bent rods and safe runs on the Red. Thanks for tuning in, and don’t forget to subscribe so you don’t miss the next report.
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