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Grand Isle Fishing Report

Updated Fri, Oct 23, 2026 from live gauge and weather data

Louisiana's only inhabited barrier island: speckled trout by the box, bull reds in the passes and the state's whole coastal soul on one sand spit.

4/5
Good. Solid day ahead.Stable-to-falling pressure and workable wind line things up.
Next tide
High 9:50 PM
Air / High
73 / 75 F
Wind
NNE 7 mph

Sources: NOAA tides 8761724, Open-Meteo, solunar calculated for these coordinates.

Satellite view
Friday
23
October 2026

Today's Fishing Report

Generated this morning from live readings: gauge, weather model, sun and moon. A fresh report is published here every morning.

4/5Good. Solid day ahead.Stable-to-falling pressure and workable wind line things up.

Grand Isle lines up a genuinely fishable day across the board. Today brings clear skies, wind NNE around 7 mph, falling pressure near 1019 hPa and a high of 75. Tides: high 11:26 AM and 9:50 PM, low 5:11 AM and 3:02 PM: the moving water either side of each change is when this place feeds. Water sits around 78 F for the season (estimated). With the waxing gibbous, the solunar majors run 9:37 AM-11:37 AM and 10:03 PM-12:03 AM: the windows to build the day around.

The plan, species by species

Redfish (red drum)Excellent

Spring and early summer put redfish on grass flats, shorelines and oyster bars; on the Gulf, fish below spawning age stay inside the bays (TPWD). Sight-cast to tailing and cruising fish or drift live shrimp under a popping cork.

Speckled troutExcellent

Spring brings seatrout back over shallow seagrass, and the spawning season (April to September in Louisiana and South Carolina) keeps them feeding. Popping corks with live shrimp, free-shrimping on the drift and casting to working birds are the main tools.

Tomorrow: Similar at 75 F. The solunar majors shift about 50 minutes later.Next report: Sat, Oct 24, 6:30 AMHow this report is made β†’

Before you go

Louisiana requires a fishing licence from age 18, from $17.00 for residents, and salt water needs its own licence here. What a Louisiana licence costs and where to buy it β†’

Chasing redfish (red drum) here? Check the size and bag limits with LDWF before you keep anything. The season dates for Louisiana, read off the agency, are on the Louisiana seasons page.

Water and weather

Live readings.

Tides

NOAA station 8761724 (Grand Isle). Fish the moving water either side of each change.

Fri
LOW5:11 AM0.8 ft
HIGH11:26 AM1.0 ft
LOW3:02 PM0.9 ft
HIGH9:50 PM1.1 ft
Sat
LOW6:10 AM0.6 ft
HIGH9:41 PM1.3 ft

Right now

Latest readings

Air temp73 F
High / Low75 / 71 F
WindNNE 7-9 mph
Pressure1019.2 hPa, falling
Sky / Rain0% cloud, 0%
Sunrise / Sunset07:06 / 18:21
MoonWaxing Gibbous, 91%
Water temp (seasonal)~78 F est.

Bite planner

Hour-by-hour bite forecast for today. Tap a bar to see why.

5 AM8 AM11 AM2 PM5 PM8 PMsunrisesunsetPRIMEPRIME

Which day to fish Grand Isle this week

Today is the pick of the week on Grand Isle, at 4 out of 5.

Best day this week: today, Oct 23 β€” good at 4/5, falling pressure, usually the best window of a week.

Today, Oct 23 β€” Good

Stable-to-falling pressure and workable wind line things up.

Solunar majors
9:37 AM-11:37 AM and 10:03 PM-12:03 AM
Minor period
3:58 AM-4:58 AM
Sun
07:06 to 18:21
Moon
Waxing Gibbous, 91% lit
Sky and wind
Clear, 16 mph
Rain chance
0%

Forecast-based scores, less reliable further out: how the score is built.

Species guide

The species that matter on Grand Isle: seasons, structure and how to fish each one. Today's ratings live in the report above.

Redfish (red drum) illustration

Redfish (red drum)

Best: late-summer and fall bull run; inshore all year

Red drum (Sciaenops ocellatus), called redfish across the South, is a bronze inshore drum with a black spot near the tail, fished on grass flats, oyster bars, marsh creeks and beaches from the Chesapeake around Florida to Texas. Spring and early summer put redfish on grass flats, shorelines and oyster bars; on the Gulf, fish below spawning age stay inside the bays (TPWD). Sight-cast to tailing and cruising fish or drift live shrimp under a popping cork.

Speckled trout illustration

Speckled trout

Shallow bays spring and summer; deeper water in winter

Speckled trout is the anglers' name for the spotted seatrout (Cynoscion nebulosus), a spotted member of the drum family that lives in shallow bays and estuaries from the Chesapeake to Texas. Spring brings seatrout back over shallow seagrass, and the spawning season (April to September in Louisiana and South Carolina) keeps them feeding. Popping corks with live shrimp, free-shrimping on the drift and casting to working birds are the main tools.

When to come: the Grand Isle calendar

Activity by species and month, and how the water warms through the year. Tap any cell.

Species activity by month

1 = slow, 5 = peak. Current month highlighted.

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Redfish (red drum)
Speckled trout
SlowPeak

Water temperature through the year

Typical surface temperature for this water type; today is around 78 F (estimated, not a reading).

5060708090JanMarMayJulSepNovOct, ~78 F now

Angler reports

Real reports from real anglers, reviewed before publishing. The water log below tracks each day automatically.

No angler reports yet this weekBe the first: your report helps every angler who checks Grand Isle today, and we feature the best catch of the week.

Water log, last days

Auto-logged from live data
Thu, Oct 22

5/5 Excellent. Go now. Everything lines up: pressure, wind and light are in your favor. Redfish (red drum) led the card at excellent. High of 75 F, wind to 12 mph.

Wed, Oct 21

4/5 Good. Solid day ahead. Stable-to-falling pressure and workable wind line things up. Redfish (red drum) led the card at excellent. High of 75 F, wind to 13 mph.

Tue, Oct 20

3/5 Fair. Fish the windows. A steady pattern: dawn and dusk carry the day. Redfish (red drum) led the card at excellent. High of 75 F, wind to 21 mph.

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Before you go

License

Louisiana requires a valid fishing license for adults. Buy online from the state agency; one-day options exist for visitors.

Regulations

Louisiana license (saltwater). Trout 15/day at 13 inches current: check LDWF updates. Rodeo week: book far ahead.

Access

Grand Isle SP pier and beach, Bridge Side and Sand Dollar marinas; Caminada Pass access.

About this water

Louisiana's barrier island capital, Jefferson Parish, LA. The state's saltwater soul.

Fishing Grand Isle: the full guide

The island institution

Grand Isle hangs off Louisiana's marsh like a comma: the state's only inhabited barrier island and its saltwater capital: the Tarpon Rodeo (America's oldest fishing tournament) runs here, the camps stack on stilts, and the fishing: specks, reds, flounder, and the offshore rigs beyond: defines the place entirely.

Specks and the island rhythm

Speckled trout are the island's currency: spring runs at the passes (Caminada, Barataria), summer's beach-side trout under birds, and the surf's green-water mornings when wade fishermen limit before breakfast. Live shrimp under corks, plastics on the current seams: the methods never change because they never stop working.

Reds, rigs and the passes

Bull redfish own the passes each fall (cut bait in the current: 30-40-pound fish in numbers that feel unfair), slot reds prowl every marsh drain behind the island, and the nearshore rigs: Louisiana's steel reef system: hold everything from mangrove snapper to cobia within sight of the beach. The island's fleet runs from kayaks to canyon boats: pick your radius.

Island practicalities

The state park's fishing pier and beach anchor the boatless game: ramps at the marinas serve the fleet: and hurricane recovery is the island's permanent rhythm: infrastructure changes season to season: confirm current camp and ramp status. July's Tarpon Rodeo books the island solid: the other fifty-one weeks, the fish outnumber the anglers.

Common questions

When is the speckled trout run at Grand Isle?

April-June at the passes and beaches is the storied window: summer mornings keep producing in the surf. The island rarely has a bad month: only windy ones.

What is the Tarpon Rodeo?

America's oldest fishing tournament (since 1928): July's island-wide festival of leaderboards and camps. Book a year out or come any other week: the fish stay.

Is fishing good at Grand Isle right now?

Check the daily report at the top of this page: it is regenerated every morning from live data. Today's read: Good. Solid day ahead. Stable-to-falling pressure and workable wind line things up.

Nearby waters

Barataria Bay8 miLake Pontchartrain64 miBiloxi104 miAtchafalaya Basin115 miVermilion Bay124 miDauphin Island133 mi

Where this page's numbers come from

Tide predictions
NOAA CO-OPS 8761724 β€” Grand Isle
Harmonic predictions, datum MLLW, local time. 8 high and low events returned for today and the next two days. A prediction, not a measured water level: wind and surge move the real thing.
Weather and pressure
Open-Meteo forecast model
Queried at 29.2400, -89.9900 in this water's own timezone. A model, not an observation.
Moon and solunar windows
Calculated on this site
Astronomical calculation from these coordinates and the date, not a third-party feed. How much weight it deserves.
The written guide on this page
Pablo Ruiz Quintero
How this page was made. The daily report is computed by our scoring engine from live readings; nobody types it. The written guide was drafted with AI assistance. Unlike our newer pages, it does not yet list the official pages its facts were checked against: that audit is under way, and anything it cannot verify will be taken out. Pablo Ruiz Quintero sets every guideline, the data-verification system and the minimum standards a page must meet to be published, reviews page structure and approves what goes live; the responsibility is his, and the AI carries out the work. We work this way because it is how one person can keep every page current with named sources. Errors are published in the verification log; the full policy is in the editorial policy.

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