Artificial Lure here with your Red River Shreveport area fishing report for Tuesday, October 21, 2025. We're waking up to picture-perfect late October weather. According to the National Weather Service, it’s sitting at a cool mid-60s this morning and will warm up to the mid-to-upper 80s by afternoon. Skies will stay mostly sunny, with a whisper of breeze from the northeast around 5 mph, and no real threat of rain until maybe late tonight. Great conditions to get on the water. Sunrise came at 7:33 AM, and sunset is this evening at 6:23 PM. Today’s moon phase is new, so you won’t get much light overnight, but these dark mornings often get bass fired up shallow. If you’re timing your outings for the best bite, the major fishing periods run from 12:05 PM to 2:05 PM, with minor activity from 7:11 AM to 8:11 AM and again from 5:50 PM to 6:50 PM, according to SolunarForecast. Let’s talk river action. Recent reports from local anglers say the fall pattern is finally taking hold. The river has settled, water clarity is fair—just enough stain to keep fish comfortable along the edges. Folks have been pulling quality largemouth bass off rocky banks and backwater pockets near the city, especially around the bridges and at the mouth of Twelve Mile Bayou. Popular weights have landed in the two- to four-pound class, with a few solid fives being weighed in over the past week. If crappie are your game, action’s heating up on the brush piles and submerged timber near North Caddo Recreation Area. Blue catfish are still hanging along the deeper ledges and outside bends, especially south of downtown, with reports of 8- to 15-pounders coming to the scales just this past weekend. Top producing lures for bass right now include black and blue jigs, shad-colored crankbaits, and bonneville green spinnerbaits. Early risers have scored well on topwater poppers around the banks and riprap. If you’re chasing crappie, locals are running 1/16-ounce chartreuse jigs and live minnows under slip floats. Catfish are biting best on cut shad or chicken livers—don’t be shy with the stink bait for those channel cats either. For bank and kayak folks, a couple of hot spots worth checking include the public access at Stoner Avenue and downstream at the Port of Shreveport, where deeper holes stack up all kinds of species. If you want to fish with the family, the North Caddo Recreation Area offers safe bank access and reliably produces a few big slabs this time of year. No tidal swing to worry about on the Red, but remember: the bite often picks up an hour or two after sunrise and again just before dark—today’s light schedule should set you up for a strong evening bite. As the season cools off and the shad start schooling tight, this is the time for that classic fall flurry. Watch for shad popping along the shallows and match your bait colors accordingly. Thanks for tuning in to today’s Red River fishing report—if you want to stay in the know, be sure to subscribe and never miss a hot bite. 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
