SATURDAY
STATEWIDE TOURNAMENT & ANGLERS’ RODEO/S.T.A.R.: Opening day of CCA summer-long fishing contest through Sept. 1. Multiple species categories. CCA membership required. Website:
HUNTING SEASONS
SQUIRRELS: Statewide, through May 25, private lands only. Closed on wildlife management areas.
AROUND THE CORNER
MAY 25—SOUTH LOUISIANA HIGHPOWER CLUB MATCH: 8:30 a.m., Ascension Parish Sheriff’s Range, St. Landry Road, Gonzales. CMP GSSM, NRA match rifle or service rifle, 200-yard/50-rounds match course & Prone matches. Fee $15 members, $20 nonmembers, $5 juniors. $25 annual club (first match free) & Civilian Marksmanship Program membership (allows purchases from CMP). Call (337) 380-8120. Email Mike Burke: SouthLaHighPower@hotmail.com
MAY 25—BLESSING OF THE BOATS: 2 p.m., Morrison Parkway public launch, False River, New Roads.
MAY 26—MEMORIAL DAY
MAY 27—RED STICK FLY FISHERS FLY TYING: 7 p.m., Orvis Shop, 7601 Bluebonnet Boulevard. Open to public. Hands-on clinic covering basics of fly tying. Materials and tools provided. Website:
MAY 28—PUBLIC MEETING/NE LA. WILD TURKEY: 5:30 p.m. LSU AgCenter, 4589 La. 605, St. Joseph. Wildlife and Fisheries-led discussion of turkey populations. Email Cody Cedotal: ccedotal@wlf,la.gov
MAY 29-31–42nd PHOENIX BASS FISHING LEAGUE ALL-AMERICAN: Lake Hamilton, Hot Springs, Arkansas. First place $120,000. Website:
MAY 30-31—BASSMASTER COLLEGE SERIES/LUNKERS TRAIL: Chickamauga Lake, Dayton, Tennessee. Website: .
MAY 31-JUNE 1—BASSMASTER KAYAK SERIES: Lake Tenkiller, Cookson, Oklahoma. Website:
LOTTERY
ALLIGATOR HARVEST APPLICATION DEADLINE: June 15 for tags for taking alligators beginning Aug. 27 on 22 wildlife management areas, 28 public lakes & one Corps of Engineers property. Applicant minimum age 16 & $8.50 fee. Rules/application website: . For more, email: LAalligatorprogram@wlf.la.gov
FISHING/SHRIMPING
SHRIMP: Spring inshore season open from Miss. River/South Pass west to Freshwater Bayou Canal (will open 6 a.m., May 19, La./Miss. line west to South Pass & 6 a.m., May 22, Freshwater Bayou Canal west to La./Texas line); all outside waters open. Shrimp season in federal waters off the Texas coast closed.
OPEN RECREATIONAL SEASONS: 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 and gag, goliath & Nassau groupers in state/federal waters.
LDWF UPDATES
Closed: South Farm/Sherburne WMA (flooding); Pearl River WMA (Old U.S. 11 gate & shooting range; flooding); Hope Canal Road/boat launch (Maurepas Swamp WMA, levee construction); Hunt, Sandy Bayou & Muddy Bayou roads (ATV access allowed), Dewey Wills WMA (flooding); roads/trails, Richard Yancey WMA (except Shell, Yakey, Wycoff & Silver Lakes roads, flooding); Grassy Lake WMA all roads & trails (flooding).
Email: jmacaluso@theadvocate.com
