Calendar
MONDAY
WEDNESDAY
- BENGAL TIGER CHAPTER/DELTA WATERFOWL FALL MEMBERSHIP BANQUET: 5:30 p.m., JL’s Place, 1115 Bob Pettit, Baton Rouge. Dinner, auctions, raffles. Tickets $40 (includes DW annual membership). Call Josh Zumo (225) 939-9585. Email: azumo1@tigers.lsu.edu.
THURSDAY-SATURDAY
- BASSMASTER CENTRAL OPEN: Fort Gibson Lake, Wagoner, Okla. Last in three-tournament series. Qualifies winner for 2013 Bassmaster Classic. Website: http://www.bassmaster.com.
FRIDAY
- FRIDAY NIGHT COOKIE JAR BASS SERIES: 7 p.m.-midnight, False River, Public Landing, Morrison Parkway, New Roads. Weekly through Sept. 14. Weekly fee $30 per boat/1-2 anglers. 14-inch minimum size for bass. Call Guy Perkins (225) 293-3402.
SATURDAY
- FLY TYING CLASS: 9 a.m.-noon, Ascension Parish Library, 708 S. Irma Blvd. Gonzales. No fee. Basics of tying fresh and saltwater flies (Bendbacks, poppin’ bugs, crickets, spoon flies, sardines). Call Darrell Crawford (225) 644-7989.
- IHMSA HANDGUN METALLIC SILHOUETTE MATCH: Ascension Parish Sheriffs Training Range, St. Landry Road, Gonzales. Smallbore (.22) and Field Pistol matches. Fee $8.
Sponsored by Ascension Silhouette. Call Charlie Braud (225) 647-8288 or Philip Braud (225) 675-6451. - PRECISION RIFLE MATCH: Palo Alto Rifle & Pistol Club, Donaldsonville. 600-yard match. Website: PaloAltoGunClub.com.
- THE CAMP ADVANCED/INSTRUCTORS PREP FLY FISHING SCHOOL: 8 a.m.-5 p.m., The Camp Facility, Breaux Bridge. Fee $135 includes lunch, refreshments, handouts. FFF-certified instructors. Call Keith Richard (337) 344-0908. Website: www.thecampfly
fishingschool.com.
STORM POSTPONED
- SECOND ANNUAL SOUTH LOUISIANA BRANCH/QDMA GUN BASH: 4-H Mini Farm, AgCenter Drive, LSU, Baton Rouge. Dinner, gun raffles. Tickets $100, $800 tables. Call William Shockey (225) 291-7500. Rescheduled date TBA.
OPENINGS/CLOSURES
- OPEN: State Fall Inshore Shrimp season (all inshore waters); recreational amberjack season.
- CLOSED-GULF OF MEXICO SEASONS: Recreational red snapper & gray triggerfish, state and federal waters & commercial king mackerel & gray triggerfish.
AROUND THE CORNER
- SEPT 10 — RED STICK FLY FISHERS PROGRAM: 7 p.m., location TBA (water damage to state Wildlife and Fisheries headquarters forced venue change). Regular monthly program. Call Dan Weber, (225) 892-4352. Website: www.rsff.org.
- SEPT. 11 — FERAL HOG SEMINAR: 6 p.m. supper, 6:30 p.m. program, Nelson Memorial building, LSU, Baton Rouge. USDA biologist Scott Woodruff seminar on damage control, feral hog biology & control techniques; Dr. Jim Lacour, LDWF veterinarian on hog diseases and a collared hog project. Preregistration $15 ($25 couples), $20/person after Sept. 4. Call AgCenter forester Brian Chandler (225) 683-3101. Email: bchandler@agcenter.lsu.edu.
JUST ANNOUNCED
- SEPT. 29 — ANGLING AGAINST AUTISM TEAM BASS TOURNAMENT: Safe daylight, Doiron’s Landing, Stephensville. Pick-your-partner. Fee $150/boat. Benefits Baton Rouge Speech & Hearing Foundation’ early intervention autism program. Call “Moonie” Bergeron (225) 938-2834 or Keith Thibodeaux (225) 938-0941. Website: http://www.AnglingAgainstAutism.com.
HUNTING SEASONS
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