THURSDAY-SATURDAY
MLF TOYOTA BASS SERIES/PLAINS DIVISION: Lake of the Ozarks, Osage Beach, Missouri. Website:
THURSDAY-SUNDAY
BASSMASTER ELITE SERIES: Lake Okeechobee, Okeechobee, Florida. Website:
SATURDAY
ANGLING FOR AUTISM BASS TOURNAMENT: Safe daylight to 3 p.m. weigh-in, Doiron’s Landing, Stephensville. Benefits Port City Enterprises. Call Moonie Bergeron (225) 938-2834 or Keith Thibodaux (225) 938-0941.
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, but 15-and-younger must be accompanied by an adult. Preregistration required. Call Shop (225) 757-7286.Website:
ONGOING
DERELICT CRAB TRAP REMOVAL: Through Feb. 26, northern half of Calcasieu Lake; through Feb. 28, Terrebonne Basin (between Dulac and Cocodrie).
HUNTING SEASONS
SNIPE: Through Feb. 28, statewide.
QUAIL/RABBITS/SQUIRRELS: Through March 2, private lands and selected wildlife management areas.
GEESE/CONSERVATION ORDER: Through March 2, East & West zones. Limited to take of blue, snow and Ross' geese only. No daily nor possession limits. Hunters allowed to use electronic calls and shotguns capable of holding more than three shells.
AROUND THE CORNER
MARCH 2—BASSMASTER HIGH SCHOOL AND JUNIOR SERIES: Smith Lake, Cullman Alabama. Website:
MARCH 4—MARDI GRAS
MARCH 4—GULF COUNCIL SHRIMP ADVISORY PANEL MEETING: 7:30 a.m.-4 p.m. (CST), Council offices, 4107 West Spruce Street, Suite 200, Tampa, Florida. Website:
MARCH 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.
MARCH 5-8—BASSMASTER OPEN/DIVISION 2: Kentucky Lake/Lake Barkley, Paris, Tennessee. Website:
MARCH 6—LA. WILDLIFE & FISHERIES COMMISSION MEETING: 9:30 a.m., Joe Herring Room, state Wildlife and Fisheries headquarters, Quail Drive, Baton Rouge.
MARCH 6—GULF COUNCIL RECREATIONAL WORKING GROUP VIRTUAL MEETING: Via webinar. Public comment/input session, 5-8 p.m. (CST). Website:
MARCH 6-8—MLF TOYOTA BASS SERIES/SOUTHWESTERN DIVISION: Sam Rayburn Reservoir. Website:
MARCH 6-9—MLF BASS PRO TOUR: Lake Murray, Columbia, South Carolina. Website:
MARCH 7-9—PHEASANT FEST & QUAIL CLASSIC: Convention Center, Kansas City, Missouri. Seminars & special events. Website:
MARCH 8–31st ANNUAL RED STICK DAY: 8:30 a.m.-3:30 p.m., Waddill Outdoor Education Center, 4142 North Flannery Road, Baton Rouge. Free. Fly & kayak fishing programs; tying demos, casting clinics. Red Stick Fly Fishers event. Website: .
MARCH 8—LA. HIGH SCHOOL/JUNIOR QUALIFIER/NORTH DIVISION: Jimmie Davis State Park, Caney Lake, Chatham. Call Tommy Abbott (504) 722-6638. Website:
MARCH 8—FLY FISHING FOR BASS: 9-11 a.m., Orvis Shop, Bluebonnet Boulevard, Baton Rouge. Fee free. Basics of casting, rigging, fly selection. Equipment furnished. All ages, but 15-and-younger must be accompanied by an adult. Also: Fly Tying for Bass, 2-4 p.m., March 9. Call Shop (225) 757-7286. Website:
MARCH 9—DAYLIGHT SAVINGS TIME: Begins, 2 a.m.
FISHING/SHRIMPING
SHRIMP: Inshore season closed except in Breton/Chandeleur sounds & all outside waters open.
CLOSED SEASONS: Greater amberjack, red snapper; gag, goliath & Nassau groupers in state/federal waters.
OPEN RECREATIONAL SEASONS: Flounder; lane, blackfin, queen and silk snappers & wenchmen among other snapper species; all groupers except closed for goliath & Nassau groupers in state/federal waters.
LDWF UPDATES
Closed: Pearl River WMA (Old U.S. 11 gate & shooting range; flooding); Hope Canal Road/boat launch (Maurepas Swamp WMA, levee construction).
Email: jmacaluso@theadvocate.com
