Check out the outdoors calendar for fishing events (2024)

MONDAY

RED STICK FLY FISHERS MEETING: 7 p.m., Joe Herring Room, state Wildlife & Fisheries headquarters, 2000 Quail Drive, Baton Rouge. Website: rsff.org.

WEDNESDAY

LA. OYSTER TASK FORCE MEETING: 10 a.m., Lakefront Airport, 6001 Stars and Stripes Boulevard, New Orleans.

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

THURSDAY-SUNDAY

LOUISIANA SPORTING CLAYS CHAMPIONSHIP: Covey Rise, Husser. HOA, Masters through E classes & 50-bird competitions. Call (985) 747-0310. Website: coveyriselodge.com

BASSMASTER ELITE SERIES: Wheeler Lake, Decatur, Alabama. Website: bassmaster.com

FRIDAY-SATURDAY

BROTHER DARDIS FISHING RODEO: Begins sunrise Friday; weigh-in 2-4 p.m., Saturday, Jesuit High School, Banks Street at Carrollton Avenue, New Orleans. Freshwater, Inshore & Offshore categories in Adult & Student divisions. Website: jesuitnola.org. Call Mike McMahon (504) 650-1700.

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 16—FATHER’S DAY

JUNE 17—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.

JUNE 18—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

JUNE 18—LAFAYETTE KAYAK FISHING CLUB MEETING: 6 p.m., Pack & Paddle, 601 E. Pinhook, Lafayette. Website: lafayettekayakfishing.com.

JUNE 19—FLIES & FLIGHTS: 7 p.m., Rally Cap Brewing, 11212 Pennywood Avenue, Baton Rouge. Fly tying. Open to public. Spare tools, materials for novices.

JUNE 20—ACADIANA FLY RODDERS PROGRAM: 6 p.m., Pack & Paddle Outpost, 601 E. Pinhook, Lafayette. Email Flip Siragusa: redfish452@gmail.com. Website: acadianaflyrodders.org.

JUNE 20-22—ST. CROIX BASSMASTER OPEN/DIVISION 2: Lake Eufaula, Eufaula, Oklahoma. Website: bassmaster.com

JUNE 21-22—BROTHER MARTIN FISHING RODEO: Fishing begins sunrise June 21, weigh-in 3-5 p.m. June 22, 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

​JUNE 22—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

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

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.

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.

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); Cas-Cas Road (Grassy Lake WMA, flooding); main road at Ruby Road station (Russell Sage 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