Good morning y’all, this is Artificial Lure, bringing you your June 11, 2025, Gulf of Mexico Louisiana fishing report.

Sunrise was bright and early at 6:01am, giving us a full day’s worth of fishing action before sunset rolls in at 8:03pm. The weather’s in our favor—warm and humid with light winds off the Gulf, and water temps hovering around 80 degrees. That means baitfish are thick along the coast, and both inshore and offshore species are heating up their bite. While there’s no major flood tide expected today, it’s always wise to keep one eye on the sky since NOAA is keeping us on alert for a potentially active hurricane season, and those quick coastal storms have been popping up some afternoons along the marshes and the barrier islands.

Inshore, the bite is absolutely on fire. Speckled trout have been stacked up from Shell Beach to Hopedale and east toward Breton Sound. Captain Mike Callahan says June is one of the best months for inshore action here. Most folks are limiting out early, finding mixed bags of solid trout and the occasional flounder when working live shrimp under popping corks or pitching artificial lures like the MirrOlure She Dog topwater early, then switching to Matrix Shad soft plastics on 1/4-ounce jigheads once the sun gets higher.

Redfish action is strong in the canes and marsh edges from Pointe a la Hache down to Delacroix and east over toward Bayou Bienvenue. Best results are coming on spinnerbaits—especially the Z-Man Chatterbait and the Strike King Redfish Magic, with anglers pitching into pockets of grass or right up against the cane. These baits get thumped hard in the stained water we’re seeing after the last run of storms.

Offshore, Venice is the place to be—this is peak red snapper season, and charters are pulling up beautiful limits daily. There’s also plenty of vermilion and lane snapper, gag and red grouper, and folks bottom fishing are picking up cobia and the occasional shark. John D. from Boothville-Venice reports big yellowfin tuna are closer in this week, and wahoo are starting to show as the blue water pushes in.

Hot spots for today: For inshore, hit the oyster reefs and deeper cuts in Bay Eloi or hop the rigs in Lake Borgne; for offshore, try West Delta and Main Pass out of Venice for snapper and tuna. Don’t forget to bring a selection of topwaters and spinnerbaits for reds, and live shrimp or croakers for the bigger trout.

That’s the bite for June 11th around Louisiana’s Gulf coast. Thanks for tuning in to your daily fishing report with Artificial Lure—don’t forget to subscribe so you never miss a hot tip or a hot spot. This has been a quiet please production, for more check out quiet please dot ai.