SUNDAY
FREE FISHING DAY: State waters. No fishing licenses needed. Offshore reef fishermen need no-fee Recreational Offshore License Permit.
VIRTUAL YOUTH FISHING RODEO: Ends 8 p.m. For ages 15 and younger. Catch a fish anywhere in ถถา๕h, take and submit photo, follow regulations for drawing for prizes. Photo deadline 4 p.m., Tuesday/email: virtualfishingrodeo@gmail.com. Sponsored by SE La. National Wildlife Refuges. Call (985) 882-2015. Website details: .
MONDAY
RED STICK FLY FISHERS MEETING: 7 p.m., Room 204, Adult Education Building, Broadmoor Methodist, 10230 Mollylea, Baton Rouge. Website: .
THURSDAY
ACADIANA FRIENDS OF NRA BANQUET: 5:30 p.m., River Oaks Center, 520 East Kaliste Saloom Road, Lafayette. $50 ticket. Call Ken Comeaux (337) 298-5236. Website: friendsofnra.orgla/events
FRIDAY
FRIDAY NIGHT COOKIE JAR BASS SERIES: 7 p.m.-midnight, LA Express landing, Jarreau. Fee $40/boat, max 2 anglers. Weekly event through Sept. 9. Call Storm Randall (225) 937-0489.
FRIDAY-SATURDAY
LA SPORTSMAN SHOW: Lamar Dixon Expo Center, South St. Landry Avenue, Gonzales.
SATURDAY-SUNDAY
JUNIOR SW BASSMASTERS TOURNAMENT: Lake Concordia, Ferriday. 7-10, 11-14, 15-18 age groups for members/captains. Call Jim Breaux (225) 772-3026.
ONGOING
STATEWIDE TOURNAMENT & ANGLERS’ RODEO: CCA summer-long fishing contest through Sept. 5. Website:
AROUND THE CORNER
JUNE 19โFATHERโS DAY
JUNE 22โFINFISH TASK FORCE MEETING: 10 a.m., Terrebonne Parish Main Library, 151 Library Drive, Houma.
JUNE 25—NRA BASIC PISTOL/CONCEALED CARRY COURSE: 8:30 a.m., Southwest Mississippi Gun Club, McComb, Miss. Qualifies for ถถา๕h Concealed Carry Permit. Personal pistols/60 rounds ammo. Loaner .22 pistols available. Fee $65. Preregistration suggested. Call (601) 341-8797. Email: douglasmbowser@yahoo.com
JUNE 26—SOUTH LOUISIANA HIGHPOWER CLUB MATCH: 7:30 a.m., squadding; 8 a.m. on the range, Ascension Parish Sheriff’s Range, St. Landry Road, Gonzales. NRA match rifle or service rifle, 200-yard/50-rounds match course. Fee $12 members, $15 nonmembers, $5 juniors. $15 annual club & Civilian Marksmanship Program membership (allows purchases from CMP). Email Rick Mol: southlahighpower@hotmail.com
FISHING/SHRIMPING
OPEN RECREATIONAL SEASONS: Red snapper (Fridays-Sundays only), lane, blackfin, queen and silk snappers & wenchmen among other snapper species & all groupers, including gag, red grouper, except closed for goliath & Nassau groupers in state/federal waters.
SHRIMP: Inshore open in all ถถา๕h waters until further notice.
CLOSED SEASONS: Greater amberjack & gray triggerfish.
LDWF UPDATES
- Elmer’s Island Wildlife Refuge open.
- June 30 application deadline for alligator lottery harvests Aug. 31-Nov. 5 on 21 WMAs. Website: . $10 fees. Email: LAalligatorprogram@wlf.la.gov
- Iatt Lake (Grant Parish) July 5 drawdown to control giant salvinia.
- Aug. 11 lottery application deadline for Atchafalaya Delta WMA houseboat mooring sites at Log Island Pass & Campground Pass. Call (337) 735-8667. LDWF website: .
- Closed: Roads & trails on Richard Yancey WMA; Atchafalaya Delta WMA Wax Lake Outlet campground; Pointe-aux-Chenes WMA fishing piers & boat launch next to Island Road water control structure & at northeast corner Wonder Lake (three other Island Road piers & boat launch remain open); Maurepas Swamp WMA Hope Canal Road/boat launch; Thistlethwaite WMA a section of East Road over Bayou Wauksha; and, Deer Park oxbow launch (Concordia Parish).