Check the Outdoors calendar for fishing events and LDWF updates

WEDNESDAY

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

WEDNESDAY-THURSDAY

GULF COUNCIL REEF FISH SSC MEETING: 8 a.m.-3:30 p.m. (CDT) daily, Gulf of Mexico Fishery Management Council office, Suite 200, 4107 West Spruce Street, Tampa, Florida. Update Spanish mackerel stock assessment & review king mackerel stock analysis. Public comment at end of daily meetings. Website: gulfcouncil.org.

THURSDAY-SATURDAY

ST. CROIX BASSMASTER OPEN/DIVISION 3: St. Lawrence River, Waddington, New York. Website: bassmastrer.com.

FRIDAY

FRIENDS NRA BANQUET: 6 p.m., Civic Center, 232 Denver Street, Delhi. Call Charles Clack (318) 235-4350, Email: noslack3@yahoo.com

FALSE RIVER COOKIE JAR BASS TOURNAMENT: 7 p.m.-midnight, LA Express landing, Jarreau. Fee $40/boat, max 2 anglers. Weekly event. Call Storm Randall (225) 937-0489.

FRIDAY-SATURDAY

BASSMASTER JUNIOR SERIES NATIONALS: Green Pond Landing, Lake Hartwell, Anderson, South Carolina. For anglers in 2nd-8th grades.

SATURDAY

NSCA REGISTERED SPORTING CLAYS: Covey Rise Gun Club, 58256 Covey Rise Drive, Husser. 100 Main Course, Super Sport 50 targets, 50 Target 5-Stand, 20-gauge 50 targets. Fees $40-$70. Call (985) 747-0310. Email: office@coveyriselodge.com

AROUND THE CORNER

JULY 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. Fee $12 members, $15 nonmembers, $5 juniors. $15 annual club & Civilian Marksmanship Program membership (allows purchases from CMP). Contact Mike Burke: SouthLaHighPower@hotmail.com.

JULY 24—RED STICK FLY FISHERS FLY TYING: 7 p.m., Room 204, Adult Education Building, Broadmoor Methodist, 10230 Mollylea, Baton Rouge. Website: rsff.org.

JULY 27-29—INTERNATIONAL GRAND ISLE TARPON RODEO: Grand Isle Marina & Otto Candies Pavilion, Grand Isle. Website: tarponrodeo.org.

JULY. 27-29—BASSMASTER HIGH SCHOOL NATIONALS: Green Pond Landing, Lake Hartwell, Anderson, South Carolina.

JULY 28-30—DELTA WATERFOWL DUCK HUNTERS EXPO/GRAND BANQUET: Statehouse Convention Center, Little Rock, Arkansas. Banquet, 5:30 p.m., July 28. Includes Delta Waterfowl Call makers & noon, July 29, World Cutdown Duck Calling championships. Website: deltawaterfowlexpo.com. Email Brad Heidel: bheidel@deltawaterfowl.org.

LOTTERY

ATCHAFALAYA DELTA HOUSEBOAT BID DEADLINE: July 23, moorings on Main & Wax deltas on the Atchafalaya Delta through the 2023-24 hunting season. Fees charged. Bid application website: wlf.louisiana.gov/page/atchafalaya-delta. Call Leslie Campbell (337) 735-8667.

ELBOW SLOUGH WMA DOVE HUNT: Application deadline July 27. $5 application & $5 transaction fees. Website-only application: louisianaoutdoors.com/lottery-applications. Email David Hayden: dhayden@wlf.la.gov.

WHITE LAKE WCA TEAL HUNTS: Application deadline July 27. $5 application & $5 transaction fees. Website-only application: louisianaoutdoors.com/lottery-applications. Email Schuyler Dartez: sdartez@wlf.la.gov.

ONGOING

STATEWIDE TOURNAMENT & ANGLERS’ RODEO: Through Labor Day, CCA Louisiana summer-long saltwater fishing event. Tagged Redfish, Speckled Trout, Offshore, Inshore, Ladies & Children’s divisions. Registration required. Must be CCA member. Website: ccastar.com.

GRAND ISLE ONLINE RODEO: Opening day through Oct. 1, 6 Inshore & 6 Offshore categories. Cash prizes. Email: info@grandisleonlinerodeo.com.

FISHING/SHRIMPING

SHRIMP: Spring inshore Season closed except “double rig” area Breton & Chandeleur sounds. All state outside waters open. Map website: wlf.louisiana.gov

OPEN RECREATIONAL SEASONS: Recreational red snapper; lane, blackfin, queen and silk snappers & wenchmen among other snapper species; all groupers, except closed for gag, goliath & Nassau groupers in state/federal waters.

CLOSED SEASONS: Recreational greater amberjack, gray triggerfish & gag, goliath & Nassau grouper in state/federal waters. Recreational red grouper season closes July 21 in federal waters. Will reopen Jan. 1. Commercial take of greater amberjack.

LDWF UPDATES

• Shell Road, Richard Yancey WMA (Concordia Parish) reopened after repairs.
• Tram ATV Trail, south tract Tunica Hills WMA (West Feliciana Parish) closed, repairs; Hope Canal Road (Maurepas Swamp WMA) & boat launch closed indefinitely, levee construction.
• Bundick Lake drawdown through fall months to repair hurricane damage.
• Ivan Lake (Bossier Parish) drawdown begins July 17. Boat ramp will be closed.