MONDAY
EAST ASCENSION SPORTSMAN’S LEAGUE MEETING: 7 p.m., second floor meeting room, Cabela’s, Gonzales. Features St. Amant High fishing team members Chris Baker and Kimberly Wheat.
TUESDAY
AQUATIC VOLUNTEER INSTRUCTOR PROGRAM WORKSHOP: Lacombe. Instruction from Wildlife & Fisheries staff. Successful completion earns Aquatic Volunteer Instructor certificate. Materials provided. Open to public. Registration website: wlf.louisiana.gov/page/aquatic-vip
LAFAYETTE KAYAK FISHING CLUB MEETING: 6 p.m., Pack & Paddle, 601 E. Pinhook, Lafayette. Website: lafayettekayakfishing.com.
WEDNESDAY
FLIES & FLIGHTS: 7 p.m., Rally Cap Brewing, 11212 Pennywood Avenue, Baton Rouge. Fly tying. Open to public. Spare tools, materials for novices.
THURSDAY
ACADIANA FLY RODDERS PROGRAM: 6 p.m., Pack & Paddle Outpost, 601 E. Pinhook, Lafayette. Email Flip Siragusa: redfish452@gmail.com. Website: acadianaflyrodders.org.
THURSDAY-SATURDAY
ST. CROIX BASSMASTER OPEN/DIVISION 2: Lake Eufaula, Eufaula, Oklahoma. Website: bassmaster.com
FRIDAY-SATURDAY
BROTHER MARTIN FISHING RODEO: Fishing begins sunrise Friday, weigh-in 3-5 p.m. Saturday, Brother Martin High campus, Elysian Fields Avenue, New Orleans. Call Advancement Office (504) 284-6700. Email: alumni@brothermartin.com. Website: brothermartin.com/alumni/alumni-events/fishing-rodeo
SATURDAY
SACK UP FOR CLEAN WATER: 8 a.m., Black Water Conservation Area, 9385 Blackwater Road, Baker. Monthly Red Stick Fly Fishers/New Orleans Fly Fishing Club habitat enhancement day. Email Almeida Robinson: almeidarob38@gmail.com
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
JUNE 23—SOUTH LOUISIANA HIGHPOWER CLUB MATCH: 8:30 a.m., Ascension Parish Sheriff’s Range, St. Landry Road, Gonzales. NRA match rifle or service rifle, 200-yard/50-rounds match course & Prone Match. 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
JUNE 24—RED STICK FLY FISHERS FLY TYING: 7 p.m., Orvis Shop, Bluebonnet Boulevard. Website: rsff.org
JUNE 24-27—GULF OF MEXICO FISHERY MANAGEMENT COUNCIL MEETING: Omni Houston Hotel, Houston. 8:30 a.m.-2:45 p.m., June 24, 8:30 a.m.-until, June 25-27. Public comment period 1:30-5 p.m., June 26. Main topics: for-hire data collection; MRIP-FES transition document determining catch data; 20-fathom recreational season closure for shallow-water groupers; lane snapper overfishing. Webinar available. Website: gulfcouncil.org
JUNE 27—ACADIANA BUGS & BREWS: 6 p.m., Pack & Paddle Outpost, 601 E. Pinhook, Lafayette. Fly tying. Email “Catch” Cormier: catch@laflyfish.com. Website: packpaddle.com
JUNE 27-30—BASSMASTER ELITE SERIES: Smith Lake, Cullman, Alabama. Website: bassmaster.com
JUNE 29—FLY FISHING 101: 9-11 a.m., Orvis Shop, Bluebonnet Boulevard, Baton Rouge. No fee. Basics of casting, rigging, fly selection. Equipment furnished. All ages Preregistration required. Call Shop (225) 757-7286.
JUNE 29-30—PROJECT APPLESEED: Ages 17 and younger, Palo Alto, Donaldsonville. Day-long shooting event to make youngsters aware of firearms and become better shooters. Sponsored by Louisiana Sheriffs’ Association. Call Tony Geeck (985) 707-3443.
ALLIGATOR LOTTERY
APPLICATION DEADLINE: June 23, state Wildlife and Fisheries lottery take on 22 wildlife management areas, 28 public lakes & single Corp of Engineers property Aug. 28-Nov. 2, 2024. LDWF website: louisianaoutdoors.com/lottery-applications. Application fee $8.50. One application per hunter 16 and older.
ALLIGATOR BID HUNTING
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.
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 begin Thursday, 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
-Reopened: main road at Ruby Road station (Russell Sage WMA)
-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); Cas-Cas Road (Grassy Lake WMA, flooding); Rice Field & Signo roads (Thistlethwaite WMA); 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 set to begin June 17 to 8 feet below pool stage -through Oct. 1.
Email: jmacaluso@theadvocate.com