THURSDAY-SATURDAY
74th GOLDEN MEADOW-FOURCHON TARPON RODEO: Moran’s Marina & Fourchon Pavilion, Port Fourchon. Benefits South Louisiana High students. Fishing begins daylight Thursday. Weigh-in 1-7 p.m., Friday & 1-4 p.m. Children’s Division, 1-5 p.m. other divisions, Saturday. King of the Catch cooking contest, Friday. Inshore, Big Game, Shoreline, Kayak, Spearfishing & Children’s divisions. Website: fourchontarpon.com.
SATURDAY
FLY TYING 101: 10 a.m.-12:30 p.m., Orvis Shop, Perkins Rowe, Bluebonnet Boulevard, Baton Rouge. Free class. Tools/materials provided. Also: 6:30-8:30 p.m., July 17, Rally Cap Brewery; 2-4:30 p.m., July 21 & 10 a.m.-noon, July 17, Orvis Shop. Registration required. Call Orvis Shop (225) 757-7286.
ONGOING
STATEWIDE TOURNAMENT & ANGLERS’ RODEO: Opening day of CCA summer-long fishing contest through Sept. 2. Multiple species categories. CCA membership required. Website: ccalouisiana.com
AROUND THE CORNER
JULY 8—RED STICK FLY FISHERS MEETING: 7 p.m., Joe Herring Room, state Wildlife & Fisheries headquarters, 2000 Quail Drive, Baton Rouge. Website: rsff.org.
JULY 9—LA. WILDLIFE & FISHERIES COMMISSION MEETING: 3 p.m., Joe Herring Room, state Wildlife and Fisheries headquarters, Quail Drive, Baton Rouge.
JULY 10—BUGS & BEERS: 6:30 p.m., Skeeta Hawk Brewing, 455 N. Dorgenois Street, New Orleans. Fly tying. Open to the public. Email A.J. Rosenbohm: ajrosenbohm@gmail.com. Website: neworleansflyfishers.com
JULY 11—JUNIOR SOUTHWEST BASSMASTERS MEETING: 7 p.m., Seminar Room, Bass Pro Shops, Denham Springs. Boys & girls age-group bass tournaments for ages 7-10, 11-14 & 15-18 anglers. Oct. 19-20, Toledo Bend. Call Jim Breaux (225) 772-3026.
JULY 11—LA. FRIENDS OF NRA/LAKE CHARLES BANQUET: 5 p.m., Loggerheads River Event Center, 3748 La 3059. Lake Charles. Call Brack Cole (337) 912-1620, email: jbcoleair@yahoo.com
JULY 11-13—ST. CROIX BASSMASTER OPEN/DIVISION 3: Lake St. Clair, Macomb County, Michigan. Website: bassmaster.com
JULY 13–28th VETERANS OPEN BASS TOURNAMENT: Safe daylight, Doiron’s Landing, Stephensville (Atchafalaya & Verret basins). No entry fee for veterans. Non-vets entry fee $100. First-place & big-bass guarantees. 30% of fees benefit La.-based Wounded War Heroes Program. Westside Bassmasters/Optimal Field Services event. Call Joey Stein (225) 776-6982. Tournament info: westsidebassmasters.com
JULY 13—SACK UP FOR CLEAN WATER: Monthly Red Stick Fly Fishers/New Orleans Fly Fishing Club habitat enhancement day. Various locations. Email Almeida Robinson: almeidarob38@gmail.com
LOTTERY HUNTS
ELBOW SLOUGH WMA/DOVE: July 27 application deadline. $8.50 fee. Website: louisianaoutdoors.com/lottery-applications. Call David Hayden (318) 487-5353.
WHITE LAKE WCA/TEAL: July 27 application deadline. $8.50 fee. Website: louisianaoutdoors.com/lottery-applications. Call Lance Ardoin (337) 536-6061.
ALLIGATOR BIDS
APPLICATION DEADLINE: July 16, hunters selected through bid process on 8 wildlife management areas, 1 refuge &White Lake area. 26 opportunities. LDWF website: wlf.louisiana.gov/page/alligator-hunting or write: La. Department of Wildlife & Fisheries, Attn: Kelly Stanford, 2024 WMA Alligator Harvest Bids, 200 Dulles Drive, Lafayette, LA 70506.
FISHING/SHRIMPING
SHRIMP: All state inshore and offshore waters open. Note: All inshore waters to close at 6 p.m. Monday.
SPECKLED TROUT: New regulations in effect, 15 per day measuring 13-20 inches with 2 trout more than 20 inches allowed in daily catch.
REDFISH: New regulations in effect, 4-fish daily limit, 18-27 inches “slot” limit, no redfish more than 27 inches long.
OPEN RECREATIONAL SEASONS: Recreational, state for-hire & federal for-hire red snapper; southern flounder; lane, blackfin, queen and silk snappers & wenchmen among other snapper species; all groupers except closed for gag, red, goliath & Nassau groupers in state/federal waters; and, federal for-hire permitted vessels for red snapper season through Aug. 27.
CLOSED SEASONS: Greater amberjack; gray triggerfish; gag, red, goliath & Nassau grouper in state/federal waters. Federal for-hire, red snapper permit holders.
LDWF UPDATES
Closed: Catfish Bayou, Blount, Goose Lake & Dobbs Bay roads, Blackhawk boat launch, Blackhawk & Lincecum roads & trails and all roads east of the Mississippi River levee (Richard Yancey WMA, flooding); Island Road fishing pier (Pointe-aux-Chenes WMA, parking lot repairs), Tram ATV Trail (Tunica Hills WMA, repairs), & Hope Canal Road/boat launch (Maurepas Swamp WMA, levee construction).
Saline Lake drawdown underway; Iatt Lake drawdown set to begin July 15 to 6 feet below pool stage through Oct. 14.
Email: jmacaluso@theadvocate.com