Check out the Outdoors calendar for fisheries meetings, bass tournaments and hunting season dates

MONDAY

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

TUESDAY

LA. OYSTER TASK FORCE MEETING: 1 p.m., Lakefront Airport, 6001 Stars & Stripes Blvd., New Orleans. Public-Private Oyster Seed Grounds Committee meeting, 10 a.m. & Aquaculture Committee meeting, 11 a.m., same venue.

THURSDAY

NRA FOUNDATION BANQUET/AUCTION: 5 p.m., Convention Center, Indianapolis. Website: nrafoundation.org.

THURSDAY-SATURDAY

ST. CROIX BASSMASTER OPEN/DIVISION 2: Cypress Bend Park, Toledo Bend. 6:45 a.m. daily launch, 2:45 p.m. daily weigh-in. Website: bassmastrer.com.

FRIDAY

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.

SATURDAY

BEGINNER BASS FISHING COURSE: Waddill Wildlife Refuge, North Flannery Road, Baton Rouge. Free. Tackle provided, but urged to bring personal gear. Limited to 10 anglers. Preregistration required. Website: louisianaoutdoors.com/events. Email: outreach@wlf.la.gov.

B.A.S.S. HIGH SCHOOL & JUNIOR NORTHERN OPEN: Lake Chickamauga, Dayton, Tennessee. Website: bassmaster.com.

HUNTING SEASONS

TURKEY: Area A: through April 30. Area B: through April 23. Area C: through April 16.

NOTE: Sherburne & Richard Yancey WMAs closed for turkey season & Tunica Hills WMA closed to public on weekends during turkey season.

AROUND THE CORNER

APRIL 17-21—NOAA GEAR MONITORING TEAM INSPECTION: Jefferson, Plaquemines & St. Bernard parishes. Shrimpers outreach & inspections of Turtle Excluder Devices. Call Canh Nguyen (228) 355-8372 or Jason Letort (228) 355-8667.

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