TUESDAY
RED STICK FLY FISHERS FLY-TYING SESSION: 7 p.m., Bluebonnet Regional Library, 9200 Bluebonnet Blvd., Baton Rouge. Open to the public. Materials and tools available for beginners. Featured Tyer: Carlos Adams. Featured Fly: Sand Flea Spoon Fly. Website:
WEDNESDAY
LA. OUTDOORS FOREVER TECH ADVISORY/PROJECT SELECTION MEETING: 9 a.m., state Wildlife & Fisheries headquarters, 2000 Quail Drive, Baton Rouge.
THURSDAY
ACADIANA BUGS & BREWS: 6 p.m., Pack and Paddle, 601 E. Pinhook, Lafayette. Casual fly tying and local beers provided. Open to the public. Email Darin Lee: cbrsandcdc@gmail.com. Website:
FRIDAY-SATURDAY
NSCA SPORTING CLAYS EVENTS: Wilderness Club, Lafayette.
ONGOING
STATEWIDE TOURNAMENT & ANGLERS RODEO/S.T.A.R.: Through Sept. 7, Coastal Conservation Association’s summer-long fishing event. Tagged redfish, coastal/offshore species categories & youth division. CCA membership required. Website:
HUNTING SEASONS
SQUIRRELS: Through May 24, statewide, private lands only.
AROUND THE CORNER
MAY 31 โ GARAND/SPRINGFIELD MODERN MILITARY MATCHES: Poydras Gun Club. Call Michael Burke (337) 380-8120.
JUNE 1-3 — GULF COUNCIL MEETING: Hilton Airport Westshore, Tampa, Florida. Agenda items: red grouper commercial quota, shrimp bycatch, for-hire data collection, recreational anglers deep-water grouper permit & red snapper post-season accountability measures & regional recreational greater amberjack management. Public comment 7:45-11 a.m. June 3. Website:
JUNE 4 โ LA. WILDLIFE & FISHERIES COMMISSION MEETING: 9:30 a.m., Joe Herring Room, state Wildlife and Fisheries headquarters, Quail Drive, Baton Rouge.
JUNE 4-6 — CATHOLIC HIGH ALUMNI FISHING RODEO: Fourchon Marina, Port Fourchon. Adult & Youth divisions. Inshore, Rig & Offshore divisions. $50 & $100 Redfish Stringer, Mangrove Snapper, Red Snapper, Speckled Trout & Offshore Grand Slam calcuttas. Check-in/registration party Thursday, 5-8:30 p.m. Weigh-in June 5, 4-6:30 p.m. & June 6, 3-6 p.m. Website: . Call CHS Alumni Relations (225) 228-0831.
FISHING/SHRIMPING
SHRIMP: Spring inshore season open; all outside waters open.
OPEN RECREATIONAL SEASONS: Private recreational red snapper; gray triggerfish; flounder; lane, blackfin, queen and silk snappers & wenchmen among other snapper species; all groupers except closed for goliath & Nassau groupers in state/federal waters.
CLOSED SEASONS: Greater amberjack; bluefin tuna; gag, goliath & Nassau groupers in state/federal waters. Commercial greater amberjack season closed.
LDWF UPDATES
- Reopened: Pearl River Wildlife Management Area & shooting range.
- Closed: Hope Canal Road/boat launch (Maurepas Swamp WMA, levee construction)
Email: jmacaluso@theadvocate.com