Shore Thing Fishing Report, 8/13/2025

August 13, 2025

The weather patterns have been consistent, and so has the local fishing - and that's a good thing!
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​- by Sonny Schindler, Shore Thing Fishing Charters

Huge bull reds like this one caught with Captain Josh Ellis in the Louisiana marsh should be around for the next couple of weeks.

We have been dealing with warm temperatures, but we are happy to say that the temperatures have been less miserable the last couple of days. Since we have not had a drastic shift in weather, we are keeping with the same patterns. This is not a bad thing, since the fishing has been very consistent.
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Federal red snapper season is still open, and our offshore boat is still picking away on those delicious red wonders. This time of year, you must search for some good live bottoms or hidden structures to find the monster fish.
 

Turner Jones from Madison, Mississippi, with a hefty mangrove snapper he caught with Captain Alex McInvale south of the barrier Islands.

 
We took advantage of the bigger high tides coming off the full moon. The redfish bite was pretty decent this past week. From shorelines in Lake Borgne to the flooded grass in Bay St. Louis and throughout the Louisiana marsh, our boats collectively saw a good many redfish. We caught fish on live and dead shrimp under Boat Monkey popping corks. We also used finger mullet and small croakers when we could get them.
 

Father Patrick Sanders from Gulfport with a nice redfish he caught out of Bayou Caddy.

 
We should see an uptick in the speckled trout bite once we get a little further away from this full moon (spawn). Hopefully the speckled guys and gals had themselves a good time, and we will soon see many speckled trout babies here in the coming weeks and months.
 

A very happy young lady with a speckled trout she caught fishing with Captain Matt Tusa south of Pass Christian.

 
All the other random critters should stay here for a little while longer. Sharks should be thick around the barrier islands. Jack Crevalles should be mixed in with them, if you want to fight something big and mean. Anything fixed or floating in open water is worth an inspection for tripletail . All the deeper holes in 15 to 20 feet of water are worth a drop-down for white trout. We have been using FISH BITES Tipped on soft plastics with heavy jig heads, and it is scary how well they work.
 

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