7-Day Fishing Forecast
Fishing Score Breakdown
Current Conditions
Sun & Moon
Solunar Periods
Local Fishing Guide
Fishing Tips
Timbalier Island, Timbalier Bay offers excellent opportunities around oyster bars, grass flats, and channel edges. Fish the moving tide - the first two hours of an incoming or outgoing tide are usually the most productive. In Louisiana, world-class redfish, speckled trout, and bass fishing in the marshes. Use live bait on the flats and switch to artificials when fish are actively feeding on the surface.
About This Area
Timbalier Island, Timbalier Bay is a sheltered bay in Louisiana. The Gulf Coast coastline is world-class redfish, speckled trout, and bass fishing in the marshes. Tidal patterns here follow a mixed semidiurnal cycle - check the tide chart above for today's schedule.
Common Species
Redfish, Speckled Trout, Flounder, Sheepshead, Snook. Availability varies by season - use the fishing score above to gauge today's conditions.
Best Times to Fish
Fish year-round in these subtropical waters. Spring bull redfish action peaks March-May. Summer means early morning topwater for trout and reds on the flats. Fall is the best season overall with aggressive feeding before winter. Winter trout fishing on warm days can be outstanding.