THURSDAY
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.
THURSDAY-SUNDAY
BASSMASTER ELITE SERIES: Pasquotank River/Albemarle Sound, Elizabeth City, North Carolina. Website:
SATURDAY
LA. HIGH SCHOOL/JUNIOR QUALIFIER/EAST DIVISION: Doiron’s Landing, Stephensville. Call Tommy Abbott (504) 722-6638. Website:
SACK UP FOR CLEAN WATER: 8:30 a.m.-noon, Bucktown Marsh, 325 Metairie-Hammond Hwy., Metairie. RSFF/No Wake Outfitters conservation, environmental & habitat enhancement days. Email Almeida Robinson: almeidarob38@gmail.com
FLY CASTING CLINIC: 9 a.m., Perkins Road Park, 7122 Perkins Rd., Baton Rouge. Red Stick Fly Fishers event.
FLY FISHING 101/CARP: 9-11 a. m., Orvis Shop, Bluebonnet Boulevard, Baton Rouge. Fee free. Basics of casting, rigging, fly selection. Equipment furnished. All ages. 15-and-younger must be accompanied by adult. Preregistration required. Also fly tying for carp, April 13. Call Shop (225) 757-7286.Website:
HUNTING SEASONS
TURKEY: Area A: through May 4; Area B: through April 27; Area C: through April 20.
AROUND THE CORNER
APRIL 14—RED STICK FLY FISHERS MEETING: 7 p.m., Regional Branch Library, 9200 Bluebonnet Boulevard, Baton Rouge. Open to the public. Email Brian Roberts: roberts.brian84@gmail.com. Website:
APRIL 14-15—COMMERCIAL FISHING LICENSE/BOAT REGISTRATION RENEWAL: 9 a.m.-3:30 p.m., LDWF office, 1025 Tom Watson Road, Lake Charles. Also April 16-17, 9 a.m.-3:30 p.m., LDWF office, 200 Dulles Drive, Lafayette; April 22-24, 8 a.m.-3:30 p.m., LDWF office, 468 Texas Gulf Road, Bourg; April 29-May 1, LDWF office, 2045 Lakeshore Drive, Suite 438, New Orleans. Call LDWF Licensing (225) 765-2898.
APRIL 15—LAFAYETTE KAYAK FISHING CLUB MEETING: 6 p.m., Pack & Paddle, 601 E. Pinhook, Lafayette. Call (337) 232-5854. Website:
APRIL 15-17—MLF BASS INVITATIONAL: Smith Lake, Cullman, Alabama. Website:
APRIL 16—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
APRIL 16-18—BASSMASTER OPEN/DIVISION 1: Tombigbee River, Columbus, Mississippi. Website:
APRIL 17—ACADIANA FLY RODDERS PROGRAM: 6 p.m., Pack cdc& Paddle, 601 E. Pinhook, Lafayette. Open to public. Email Darin Lee: cbrsandcdc@gmail.com. Website: .
APRIL 20—EASTER SUNDAY
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); Blackhawk Boat Landing, Annie’s Lake, Lincecum, Union Point, Dobbs Bay & Routen Camp roads and the Warren Trailhead (Richard Yancey WMA, flooding, culvert failure).
Email: jmacaluso@theadvocate.com
