MONDAY
RED STICK FLY FISHERS FLY TYING: 7 p.m., Room 204, Adult Education Building, Broadmoor Methodist, 10230 Mollylea Dr., Baton Rouge. Website: rsff.org.
TUESDAY
LA. OYSTER TASK FORCE MEETING: 1 p.m., Lakefront Airport, 6001 Stars and Stripes Blvd., New Orleans. Also: Public-Private/ Enforcement/ Legal Committee meeting, 9:30 a.m. & Marketing Committee meeting, 10:30 a.m., same venue.
THURSDAY
DUCKS UNLIMITED/PEARL RIVER CHAPTER BANQUET: 5 p.m., The Barn at Pearl River, 37341 Jack Crawford Rd., Pearl River. Website: louisianadu.com.
HUNTING SEASONS
Deer seasons allow take of either-sex deer except where noted.
DOVES: Third split, North Zone, through Jan. 22. Closed in South Zone.
DEER/MODERN FIREARMS: Through Jan. 22, State Deer Area 6, with/without dogs; State Deer Areas 5 & 9, with/without dogs, bucks only.
DEER/PRIMITIVE WEAPONS: Through Jan. 22, State Deer Area 2.
DEER/MODERN FIREARMS: Through Jan. 22, State Deer Areas 1 & 4, with/without dogs.
DEER/PRIMITIVE WEAPONS: Jan. 23-31, State Deer Areas 1 & 6, either sex & State Deer Areas 5 & 9, bucks only.
DUCKS/EAST & WEST ZONES: Through Jan. 29, second (final) split, includes coots & mergansers.
GEESE/EAST ZONE: Through Jan. 29, second (final) split. Includes blue, snow, Ross’ & specklebellies species.
CANADA GEESE/EAST ZONE: Through Jan. 30, second (final) split.
GEESE/CONSERVATION ORDER: East Zone, Jan. 30-March 5. 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.
WOODCOCK: Statewide, through Jan. 31.
DEER/ARCHERY: Through Jan 31, State Deer Areas 1, 2 & 4; through Feb. 15, State Deer Areas 5, 6 & 9. Closed in State Deer Areas 3, 7, 8 & 10;
DUCKS/EAST ZONE: Feb. 4, special youth-only & veterans-only day.
GEESE/WEST ZONE: Through Feb. 5, third split. Includes blue, snow, specklebellies, Ross’ & Canada geese. Take of Canada geese prohibited in portions of Cameron & Vermilion parishes.
QUAIL/RABBITS/SQUIRRELS: Through Feb. 28, private lands only.
SNIPE: Through Feb. 28, statewide.
LOTTERY HUNTS
FEB. 7 — DEADLINE/STATE WMA TURKEY HUNTS: Open hunts on White Lake WCA & Pearl River, Tunica Hills, Bayou Macon, Clear Creek, Sonny Gilbert, Sabine and West Bay wildlife management areas. WMAs this spring. Youth lottery hunts Pearl River, Tunica Hills, Clear Creek, Fort Polk-Vernon/Peason Ridge, Pomme de Terre, Spring Bayou and West Bay WMAs. Applications ($5 fee) on LDWF website: louisianaoutdoors.com/lottery-applications. (Paper applications not accepted.) Call David Hayden (318) 487-5353/ Email: dhayden@wlf.la.gov.
FEB. 7 — DEADLINE/FISHING PERMITS: White Lake WCA. 100 fishing-access permits ($40 if drawn.) Boats restricted to 40 horsepower or less outboards. Application website: wlf.louisiana.gov/page/white-lake-lotteries. Call Schuyler Dartez (337) 536-6061. Email: sdartez@wlf.la.gov.
AROUND THE CORNER
JAN. 29 — B.A.S.S. HIGH SCHOOL & JUNIOR EASTERN OPEN: Harris Chain of Lakes, Leesburg, Florida. Website: bassmaster.com.
FEB. 1 — BUGS & BEER: 6:30-8:30 p.m., Skeeta Hawk Brewery, 455 North Dorgenois Street, New Orleans. Fly tying & demos. Open to public. New Orleans Fly Fishers Club event.
FEB. 2 — WILDLIFE & FISHERIES COMMISSION MEETING: 9:30 a.m., Joe Herring Room, state Wildlife and Fisheries headquarters, Quail Drive, Baton Rouge.
Feb. 3 — REGISTRATION DEADLINE/WOMEN’S FISHING 101 WORKSHOP: March 11, Waddill Wildlife Education Center, North Flannery Road, Baton Rouge. Registration open, Feb. 3 deadline. Also: April 15, same venue. Basic fishing instruction for women 18 and older. Limited to 15 each session. State fishing license required. Registration website: wlf.louisiana.gov then “fishing” & “women’s fishing workshops” pull-down tabs.
FEB 3-5 — ATLANTA FLY FISHING SHOW: Gas South Convention Center, 6400 Sugarloaf Parkway, Duluth, Georgia. Seminars, fly tying, casting, products. Admission fees $18-$38, $5 kids 6-12 & free to Boy/Girl Scouts in uniform.
FEB. 4 — LA. HIGH SCHOOL/JUNIOR BASS QUALIFIER/EAST DIVISION: Belle River Public Landing, Belle River. Call Tommy Abbott (504) 722-6638. Website: louisianahighschoolbassnation.com
FEB, 4 — DERELICT CRAB TRAP CLEANUP/VOLUNTEER DAY: 8 a.m.-3 p.m., Terrebonne Basin, Isle de Jean Charles Marina, 571 Island Road, Montegut. Preregistration encouraged. Email Peyton Cagle: pcagle@wlf.la.gov.
FEB. 4 — MAJOR LEAGUE FISHING COLLEGE/HIGH SCHOOL TOURNAMENTS: Lake Havasu, Lake Havasu City, Arizona. Website: MajorLeagueFishing.com.
FISHING/SHRIMPING
OPEN RECREATIONAL SEASONS: 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 red snapper, greater amberjack, gray triggerfish & gag, goliath & Nassau grouper in state/federal waters.
SHRIMP: Fall inshore season is closed in all state inside waters except portions of waters east of Mississippi River. Closure map website: wlf.louisiana.gov
LDWF UPDATES
- Cas-cas Road (Grassy Lake WMA) ATV/UTV trail closed. Vehicles allowed on rocked portions on roads and trails.
- Camp Bayou Road on Dewey Wills WMA closed (flooding) to large vehicles, but open for ATV/UTV use.
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