Calendar

SUNDAY

CAPITAL CITY BASS ELITE TEAMS TOURNAMENT: 3 p.m. weigh-in, Bayou Black Marina, Gibson.

TUESDAY

Mardi Gras

FRIDAY

ANNUAL DUCK WAKE: 7 p.m., Francis Romero Memorial Building, 6310 Coteau Park Rd., Coteau. Celebration of recent waterfowl season. Call Gordie White [phone].

FRIDAY-SUNDAY

BASSMASTER CLASSIC: Red River, Shreveport. 3 p.m. daily weigh-in, CenturyLink Center, 2000 CenturyTel Center Drive, Bossier City. Free admission. Classic winner earns $500,000.

BASSMASTER CLASSIC OUTDOORS EXPO: Noon-8 p.m., Feb. 24; 10 a.m.-7 p.m., Feb. 25; 10 a.m.-4 p.m., Feb. 26; Convention Center, 400 Caddo St., Shreveport. Free.

SATURDAY

FALSE RIVER BASS TRAIL TOURNAMENT: Black River Lake, Horseshoe Landing. Second in 9-tournament pick-your-partner series. Fee $40/boat. $40 membership fee Call Kenny Mix [phone].

FLY TYING AT BASS PRO SHOPS: 9:30 a.m.-noon, Conference Room, Bass Pro Shops, Denham Springs. Call Ron Brooks [phone].

INAUGURAL MULTIPLE SCLEROSIS OPEN TEAM BASS TOURNAMENT: 6:10 a.m. to 3 p.m. weigh-in, St. James Boat Club, U.S. 61 between Sorrento and Gramercy. Pick-your-partner trailer tournament. Fee $150/team. $2500 first place guarantee (60-plus entries). Benefits Louisiana Chapter, National Multiple Sclerosis Society. Call Tommy Bourgeois [phone] or Jeff Bourgeois [phone].

25th ANNUAL ACADIANA FLY FISHERS CONCLAVE: 9 a.m.-4 p.m., Grace Presbyterian Church, 518 Roselawn Blvd., Lafayette. Free. Programs, tying, exhibitors, casting clinics. Special guest: Cameron Mortenson. Sponsored by the Acadiana Fly Rodders. Call Barry Dauphin [phone]. Web: http://www.laflyfish.com/.

SALTWATER SPORTSMAN NATIONAL SEMINAR SERIES: 9 a.m.-4 p.m., Bo Campbell Auditorium, Gym Armory, LSU, Baton Rouge. Hosts: George Poveromo (World of Saltwater Fishing) and John Brownlee (editor, Salt Water Sportsman). Louisiana instructors: Theophile Bourgeois, Mike Frenette, Rimmer Covington, Erik Rue, Tommy Pellegrin, Chris Moran, Gerald Bryant & Dudley Vandenborre. Tickets $55 (includes textbook, one year of Salt Water Sportsman, Roffers Ocean Fishing Forecast Analysis and gift bag). Call [phone]. Website: http://www.national
seminarseries.com/.

REEL PADDLING FILM FESTIVAL: 1 p.m., BREC Greenwood Park, Baker. Free. Best paddling films of the year. Sponsored by The Backpacker and BREC. Call Jeff Beck [phone].

FLW OUTDOORS/BFL COWBOY DIVISION TOURNAMENT: Lake Sam Rayburn, Jasper, Texas. First in five-tournament series. Other events: March 17, Toledo Bend; April 28, Atchafalaya Basin; June 9, Bayou Black, Gibson; Sept. 29, Lake of the Pines. Website: http://www.flwoutdoors.com/.

SATURDAY-SUNDAY

PRO BASS CHALLENGE: 3 p.m. daily weigh-in, Academy Sports & Outdoors, Siegen Lane, Baton Rouge. Pro-Am event. A “trailer” tournament. Fees $400/pro angler, $200/co-angler. $10,000 Pro guarantee & $2,000 Co-angler guaranteed payouts. Must be 18 years old. Launch/check-out sites: Belle River Public Landing, Adams Landings & Doiron’s landings. Opening night party Feb. 24, Mockler Beverage, Baton Rouge. Call George Shaheen [phone]. Email: [e-mail].

monday, feb. 27

RED STICK FLY FISHERS FLY-TYING SESSION: 7 p.m., Bass Pro Shops, Denham Springs. Call Emmitt Simmons [phone]. Website: http://www.rsff.org/.

AROUND THE CORNER

MARCH 2—CCA-LOUISIANA STATE BOARD MEETING: CCA headquarters, Industriplex Boulevard, Baton Rouge. Call CCA [phone].

MARCH 3—CHILDREN’S HOSPITAL BASS CLASSIC PRESENTED BY CABELA’S: Doiron’s Landing, La. 70, Stephensville. Pick-your-partner event. Pretournament meeting: March 1, Cabela’s, Gonzales. Fee $250/team. $12,500 first-place prize; $1,250 big-bass winner. Benefits Children’s Hospital, Baton Rouge and New Orleans. Call Gary Cross [phone] or Brad Rodrigue [phone].

MARCH 3—21sT ANNUAL RED STICK DAY CONCLAVE: 8:30 a.m.-4 p.m., Waddill Outdoors Education Center, 4142 N. Flannery Rd., Baton Rouge. Free. Fly fishing and kayak fishing programs, tying, kayak demos, casting clinics, food, refreshments. Sponsored by the Red Stick Fly Fishers. Call Glen Cormier [phone]. Website: http://www.rsff.org/.

MARCH 3—2nd ANNUAL CLEVY DAVID & CHRISTY ROY MEMORIAL FISHING TOURNAMENT: Safe daylight to 3 p.m. weigh-in, False River, Morrison Parkway public landing, New Roads. Pick-your-partner bass tournament. Fee $100/boat. $1,000 guarantee first place. Benefits ALS Louisiana-Mississippi Chapters. Call “Buster” Roy [phone] or “Bug” Roy [phone]. Website: http://www.alsalams.org/.

March 3—MID RANGE RIFLE MATCH: Palo Alto Rifle & Pistol Club, Donaldsonville. 600-yard prone match includes F-Class (any rifle, any sight, any support), FTR.223 &.308 with a bipod & conventional prone (any caliber). Website: http://PaloAlto
GunClub.com/.

march 4 — LA LADY LEGENDS Sporting Clays FUNDRAISER: 8 a.m. registration, 9 a.m. 100-target sporting clays shoot, Hunter’s Run Gun Club, Port Allen. Benefits LA Lady Legends 16-under softball team. Fee $500/team. Call Ken Mann [phone]. Email: [e-mail].

March 4—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 [phone] or Philip Braud [phone].

MARCH 4—CAPITAL CITY BASS OPEN TEAM TOURNAMENT: False River, Morrison Parkway landing, New Roads. $50/team tournament fee. 100-percent payback. First in three-tournament series. Other events: June 10, Tickfaw River, Tin Lizzy Landing; July 21, Lake Verret-Atchafalaya Basin, Doiron’s Landing, Stephensville. Top 2 overall teams qualify for Aug. 4-5 “classic.” Call Jesse Brooks [phone].

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MARCH 8 — CAJUN LONG SPURS CHAPTER/NATIONAL WILD TURKEY FEDEREATION BANQUET: 6 p.m., 4-H Mini Farm Building, LSU, Baton Rouge. Tickets $50 singles, $60 couples, $275 sponsor, $15 Jakes (youth). Call Eric Templet [phone]. Email: [e-mail].

HUNTING SEASONS

SNIPE: Through Feb. 28, statewide, second split.

SQUIRREL, RABBIT AND QUAIL: Through Feb. 29.

NUTRIA: Through Feb. 29. Daily limit 5. Nontoxic shot only for shotguns. Check for specific restrictions on take and pelting.

GEESE/CONSERVATION ORDER/EAST AND west WATERFOWL ZONES: Through March 11. Limited to take of blue, snow and Ross’ geese. No possession limits. Hunters allowed to use unplugged shotguns, electronic calls. Hunting hours extended to one-half hour after sunset.

TURKEY: Area A lands, March 24-April 22; Area B lands, March 24-April 15; Area C lands, March 24-April 8.

LICENSED PRESERVES/PEN-RAISED BIRDS: Through April 30.

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