MONDAY
MEMORIAL DAY
TUESDAY
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
WEDNESDAY
PUBLIC MEETING/NE LA. WILD TURKEY: 5:30 p.m. LSU AgCenter, 4589 La. 605, St. Joseph. Wildlife and Fisheries-led discussion of turkey populations. Email Cody Cedotal: ccedotal@wlf,la.gov
THURSDAY-SATURDAY
42nd PHOENIX BASS FISHING LEAGUE ALL-AMERICAN: Lake Hamilton, Hot Springs, Arkansas. First place $120,000. Website: MajorLeagueFishing.com
HUNTING SEASONS
SQUIRRELS: Statewide, through May 25, private lands only. Closed on wildlife management areas.
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 1-7—NRA NATIONAL HIGH POWER ACROSS THE COURSE CHAMPIONSHIPS: Winnequah Gun Club, Lodi, Wisconsin. Website: winnequahgunclub.org
JUNE 3-4—GULF COUNCIL MEETING: 7:30 a.m.-2:15 p.m. each day, Council office, 4107 West Spruce Street, Suite 200, Tampa, Florida. Main agenda items: changes to shallow-water grouper complex & Spanish mackerel catch limits. Public comment, 9:25-11:30 a.m. June 4. Webinar available. Website: gulfcouncil.org
JUNE 4-7—SWOLLFEST RODEO: Grand Isle Marina, Grand Isle. Offshore & Inshore categories. Weigh-in 4:30-6:30 p.m. daily. Benefits Our Lady of the Lake Children’s Hospital & others. Email: swollfest@cox.net. Registration website: swollfest.com.
JUNE 4-8—NRA NATIONAL HIGH POWER MID-RANGE CHAMPIONSHIP: Oklahoma City Gun Club, Arcadia, Oklahoma. Website: okcgunclub.org
JUNE 5—LA. WILDLIFE & FISHERIES COMMISSION MEETING: 9:30 a.m., Joe Herring Room, state Wildlife and Fisheries headquarters, Quail Drive, Baton Rouge.
JUNE 5—JUNIOR SOUTHWEST BASSMASTERS MEETING: 7 p.m., Seminar Room, Bass Pro Shops, Denham Springs. Boys & girls age-group bass tournaments for ages 7-10, 11-14 & 15-18 anglers. Call Jim Breaux (225) 772-3026.
JUNE 5-7—CATHOLIC HIGH ALUMNI FISHING RODEO: Fourchon Marina, Port Fourchon. Fishing begins June 4. Adult & Youth divisions. Four species each in Inshore, Rig & Offshore divisions. $50 & $100 Redfish Stringer, Mangrove Snapper, Red Snapper, Speckled Trout & Offshore Grand Slam calcuttas. Check-in/registration party 5-8:30 p.m., June 5. Weigh-in 4-6:30 p.m. June 6-7. Website: catholichigh.org
JUNE 5-8—MLF BASS PRO TOUR: Kentucky Lake, Calvert City, Kentucky. Website: MajorLeagueFishing.com
JUNE 6-8—NATIONAL WOMEN’S SAILING ASSOCIATION CONFERENCE: University of South Florida, St. Petersburg, Florida. American Sailing event. Website: bit/ly/NWSAConference.
LOTTERY
ALLIGATOR HARVEST APPLICATION DEADLINE: June 15 for tags for taking alligators beginning Aug. 27 on 22 wildlife management areas, 28 public lakes & one Corps of Engineers property. Applicant minimum age 16 & $8.50 fee. Rules/application website: louisianaoutdoors.com/lottery-applications. For more, email: LAalligatorprogram@wlf.la.gov
FISHING/SHRIMPING
SHRIMP: Spring inshore season and outside waters open statewide. Closed in federal waters off the Texas coast.
OPEN RECREATIONAL SEASONS: Red snapper, gray triggerfish, 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: Greater amberjack, bluefin tuna and gag, goliath & Nassau groupers in state/federal waters.
LDWF UPDATES
Closed: 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); Sandy Bayou & Muddy Bayou roads (ATV access allowed), Dewey Wills WMA (flooding); roads/trails, Richard Yancey WMA (except Sunk, Shell, Yakey, Wycoff & Silver Lakes roads, flooding); Grassy Lake WMA all roads & trails (flooding); Woodworth Shooting Range, May 30-31 (youth shooting event).
