The Louisiana marsh is fishing well this week, with redfish the dependable headline. Fish are working the marsh ponds, shorelines, and bayou edges around Venice, Hopedale, and the Biloxi Marsh, eating market shrimp, soft plastics, and gold spoons. The slot reds have been thick, and bull reds are showing around the passes and nearshore.
Speckled trout are biting on the flats, around the islands, and along the nearshore rigs and reefs, with live shrimp under corks and soft plastics both producing. The trout have moved toward the saltier water as the season progresses, and the rigs and barrier islands have held the better concentrations.
Mangrove snapper are stacking on the nearshore rigs and structure and offer fast action and excellent eating on light tackle. Sheepshead and black drum round out the structure bite for anglers fishing the platforms and reefs.
Offshore, the red snapper, mangrove snapper, and amberjack action over the deeper rigs and bottom has been strong, and the tuna and mahi bite at the floating rigs is heating up for boats making the run on the weather windows.
Summer heat and afternoon storms mean early starts pay off. The marsh redfish and trout bite should stay reliable through June, with the nearshore and offshore rigs offering plenty of options when the Gulf lays down.