MONDAY
LA. WILDLIFE & FISHERIES COMMISSION SPECIAL MEETING: 9:30 a.m., state headquarters, 2000 Quail Drive in Baton Rouge. For fall inshore shrimp season. Available through Zoom.
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
TUESDAY
CWD PUBLIC HEARING: 6 p.m., Community Center, 1245 Fairgrounds Drive, Jena. For notice of intent to restrict supplemental feeding and deer carcass export from the Chronic Wasting Disease Control Area.
SATURDAY
WOOD STORK/WADING BIRD VIEWING: 7-10 a.m., South Farm, Sherburne Wildlife Management Area. Ponds drained exposing feeding opportunity for storks, wading and shore birds. No fee except 18 and older must have a WMA Access Annual or a Five-Day permits available on Wildlife & Fisheries website: louisianaoutdoors.com
FLY FISHING 101/REDFISH: 9-11 a. m., Orvis Shop, Bluebonnet Boulevard, Baton Rouge. Fee free. Basics of casting, rigging. 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
FRIENDS OF NRA/NORTHSHORE BANQUET: 5:30 p.m., American Legion Post 16, 2031 Ronald Reagan Highway, Covington. Call Jeffrey Antwiller (504) 616-1140. Email: jeffreyantwiler@gmail.com
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
AUG. 3—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
AUG. 5—FRIENDS OF NRA/SOUTH LOUISIANA BANQUET: 6 p.m., Evergreen Cajun Center, 4694 West Main Street, Houma. Call Jeff DeBlieux (985) 855-9619. Email: jeffdeblieuxiv@gmail.com
AUG. 7—LA. WILDLIFE & FISHERIES COMMISSION MEETING: 9:30 a.m., Joe Herring Room, state Wildlife and Fisheries headquarters, Quail Drive, Baton Rouge.
AUG. 7—FRIENDS OF NRA/FLORIDA PARISHES BANQUET: 6 p.m., Carter Plantation, 23475 Carter Trace, Springfield. Call Marcell Parker (225) 229-5751. Email: la29friendsfp@gmail.com
AUG. 7-10—MLF BASS PRO TOUR: Saginaw Bay, Bay City, Michigan. Website: MajorLeagueFishing.com
AUG. 7-10—BASSMASTER ELITE SERIES: Lake St. Clair, Macomb County, Michigan. Website: bassmaster.com
AUG. 9—FRIENDS OF NRA/CENLA BANQUET: 5 p.m., Randolph Riverfront Center, 707 Second Street, Alexandria. Call Rickey Parish (318) 308-1419. Email: rickeyparish@bellsouth.net
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 and Wham Brake impoundment. Lake Bistineau drawdown set to begin Aug. 11.
Email: jmacaluso@theadvocate.com