SUNDAY
ADVANCED FLY CASTING/THE DOUBLE HAUL: 3-4 p.m., Orvis Shop, Bluebonnet Boulevard, Baton Rouge. Fee free. Bring your own rod. Call Shop (225) 757-7286.Website: orvis.com/batonrouge
MONDAY
RED STICK FLY FISHERS MEETING: 7 p.m., Regional Branch Library, 9200 Bluebonnet Boulevard, Baton Rouge. Open to the public. Email Brian Roberts: roberts.brian84@gmail.com Website: rsff.org
TUESDAY
LAFAYETTE KAYAK FISHING CLUB MEETING: 6 p.m., Pack & Paddle, 601 E. Pinhook, Lafayette. Call (337) 232-5854. 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. Email Chris Williams: thefatfingeredflytyer@gmail.com
THURSDAY
ACADIANA FLY RODDERS PROGRAM: 6 p.m., Pack & Paddle, 601 E. Pinhook, Lafayette. Open to public. Email Darin Lee: cbrsandcdc@gmail.com. Website: acadianaflyrodders.org .
SATURDAY
FLY FISHING 101: 9-11 a. m., Orvis Shop, Bluebonnet Boulevard, Baton Rouge. Fee free. Basics of casting, rigging, fly selection. No fee. Equipment furnished. All ages, but 15-and-younger must be accompanied by an adult. Preregistration required. Call Shop (225) 757-7286.Website: orvis.com/batonrouge
FLY CASTING CLINIC: 9 a.m., Perkins Road Park, 7122 Perkins Road, Baton Rouge. Red Stick Fly Fishers event.
ONGOING
CCA STATEWIDE TOURNAMENT & ANGLERS’ RODEO/S.T.A.R.: Summer-long fishing contest through Sept. 1. Multiple species categories. CCA membership required. Website: ccalouisiana.com
HUNTING
LOTTERY DOVE HUNT DEADLINE: July 27 for Elbow Slough WMA. $8.50 application fee. Applications website: louisianaoutdoors.com/lottery-applications. Call David Hayden (318) 487-5353. Email: dhayden@wlf.la.gov
LOTTERY TEAL HUNT DEADLINE: July 27 for White Lake Wetlands Conservation Area. $8.50 application fee. Applications website: louisianaoutdoors.com/lottery-applications. Call Lance Ardoin (337) 536-6061. Email: lardoin@wlf.la.gov
AROUND THE CORNER
JUNE 20-22—MLF BASS INVITATIONAL: James River, Richmond, Virginia. Website: MajorLeagueFishing.com
JULY 24—ACADIANA BUGS & BREWS: 6 p.m., Pack & Paddle, 601 E. Pinhook, Lafayette. Open to the public. Email Flip Siragusa: redfish452@gmail.com. Website: www.packpaddle.com
JULY 23-25—BASSMASTER OPEN/DIVISION 1: Chesapeake Bay, North East, Maryland. Website: bassmaster.com
JULY 24-26—GRAND ISLE TARPON RODEO: Grand Isle Marina & Otto Candies Pavilion, Grand Isle. Website: tarponrodeo.org.
JULY 25-27—DUCK HUNTERS EXPO: Fairgrounds, Oklahoma City, Oklahoma. Delta Waterfowl event. Includes Grand Duck Hunters Banquet, July 25. Vendors, Duck Dogs, Callmakers & Calling championships, decoy carving, Field-to-Table stage. Website: deltawaterfowlexpo.com
JULY 26—BAYOU BLAST/NSCA REGISTERED EVENT: Covey Rise, 58256 Covey Rise Drive, Husser. 100-target main event, 50-target Super Sport, 5-Stand & 12-gauge true pair. Fees $45-475. Call Covey Rise (985) 747-0310. Website: scorechaser.com
JULY 26—SACK UP FOR CLEAN WATER: 9 a.m., Howell Park, 5509 Winbourne Avenue, Baton Rouge. RSFF/No Wake Outfitters conservation, environmental & habitat enhancement days. Email Almeida Robinson: almeidarob38@gmail.com
JULY 26-27—BASSMASTER KAYAK SERIES: Lake Champlain, Plattsburgh, New York. Website: bassmaster.com
JULY 27—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
FISHING/SHRIMPING
SHRIMP: Spring inshore season closed except in Breton/Chandeleur sounds. All outside waters remain open.
OPEN RECREATIONAL SEASONS: Red snapper, 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: Gray triggerfish, greater amberjack, bluefin tuna and gag, goliath & Nassau groupers in state/federal waters.
LDWF UPDATES
Closed: Hope Canal Road/boat launch (Maurepas Swamp WMA, levee construction); Dobbs Bay Road & all roads on the Mississippi River batture east of La. 15 (Richard Yancey WMA, flooding).
Drawdowns: underway on Saline, Kepler,Iatt Lake Black & Clear lakes.
Email: jmacaluso@theadvocate.com