New Orleans Fishing Report February 2026

The February fishing down on the bayou has been both cold and warm. For several days, we fished with high temperatures in the 40s, and on other days we had highs in the mid-80s. On those cold mornings, the bite was slow, but once the sun got up and started warming the water up, the bite picked up. We found that leaving the dock a little later in the morning and fishing between 9 AM and 3 PM produced the best bites. Bull reds and sheepshead were where it was at for the first half of February. The sheepshead were thick and plentiful around pilings, rock jetties, and shallow water rigs. Fishing on the bottom with live bait produced the best catches. We did have several days where live bait was not available, and we were able to stay on a decent bite with dead shrimp on the bottom. A very slow retrieve, bouncing off the bottom and structure, did the trick. The big bull reds were thick as well, with several days catching multiple redfish between 35 and 45 inches. On the days we had some nice warm weather in the 70s and 80s, we were able to get on some nice speckled trout bites. Fishing with a 4 - 5-foot leader under popping corks did the trick on the specks. Finding good tide lines on steep drop-offs using live shrimp when available or a small plastic Vudu or Marker 54 shrimp got them biting. Looks like we have some warmer temperatures on the horizon, and it's shaping up to be a great spring speckled trout spawn.
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