Red River 8-30-25

Finally fixed my creaky boat trailer. Installed the Dexter shackle kit with greasable bolts last weekend, and it’s quiet as a church mouse.

Anyway, hit Red River yesterday and had a tough morning! I figured I’d have to work for them with the fresh rain and fishing the back end of a cold front.

Launched at St Maurice and jumped South to Hampton Lake. Looked around for a couple hours and didn’t catch a fish.

Ran up to the Natchitoches bridge and fished the old ferry pilings outside the rock wall. It was tough and slow, but I picked up my first couple fish. When it slowed there, I ran back down to Hampton. Several folks on the sandbars running jugs and chilling under their awnings. Plenty of beer,
no doubt!

Around noon by that time, and a few fish had set up on the trees near the bottom. 1/32nd minnow head jig and the threadfin shad Bobby garland, picked up a dozen or so.

Tough day, but left with 14. Gonna blacken the filets and make a fish salad ��

Good job. Blackened fish salad sounds good.

Great outing! Thanks for sharing with us