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 .
FRIDAY-SATURDAY
BROTHER MARTIN FISHING RODEO & SUMMER FEST: Fishing begins sunrise June 20, weigh-in 4-5:30 p.m. June 21, Brother Martin High campus, 4401 Elysian Fields Avenue, New Orleans. All Louisiana waters & launch sites. Call Advancement Office (504) 284-6700. Website: brothermartin.com/alumni/fishing-rodeo
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
AROUND THE CORNER
JUNE 23—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: rsff.org
JUNE 26—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
JUNE 26-29—MLF BASS PRO TOUR: Potomac River, Marbury, Maryland. Website: MajorLeagueFishing.com
JUNE 28—FLY FISHING 101: 9-11 a. m., Orvis Shop, Bluebonnet Boulevard, Baton Rouge. Fee free. Basics of casting, rigging, fly selection. Equipment furnished. All ages, adults to accompany 15-and-younger. Preregistration required. Call Shop (225) 757-7286.Website: orvis.com/batonrouge
JUNE 29—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 and outside waters open statewide. Closed in federal waters off the Texas coast.
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: Woodworth shooting range through June 22 (berm maintenance); 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); roads/trails, Richard Yancey WMA (except Sunk, Shell, Yakey, Wycoff & Silver Lakes roads, flooding); Grassy Lake WMA all roads & trails (flooding), except South Bayou Natchitoches Road is open.
Drawdowns: underway on Saline & Kepler lakes.
Reopened: South Farm (Sherburne WMA).
Email: jmacaluso@theadvocate.com