Outdoor Calendar for July 5, 2009

• By JOE MACALUSO
• Advocate Outdoors writer
• Published: Jul 5, 2009 - Page: 12C

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SUNDAY
IHMSA HANDGUN METALLIC SILHOUETTE MATCH: 9 a.m., Ascension Parish Sheriffs Training Center Range, St. Landry Road, Gonzales. Smallbore and field pistol event. Sponsored by Ascension Silhouette Shooters. Fee $8. Call Philip Braud (225) 644-6792.
E-mail: braud357@eatel.net.

WEDNESDAY
WEDNESDAY EVENING COOKIE JAR BASS TOURNAMENT: 5-8 p.m., Canal Bank Club, Diversion Canal. Fee $40/boat. 100 percent payback. Every week through Sept. 2. Must fish 8 events to qualify for end-of-year classic. Call David Cavell (225) 937-0046.

FALSE RIVER WEDNESDAY AFTERNOON FISHING SERIES: 6-9 p.m. every week through Sept. 9, L.A. Express Landing, False River, Jarreau. Fee $40/boat. Call Buck Bergeron (225) 718-0271.

AMITE RIVER HUNTER RETRIEVER CLUB MEETING: 7 p.m. Bass Pro Shops, Denham Springs. Open to all interested in learning how to train retrieving dogs. Call Mark Evans (225) 938-6981.

THURSDAY
U.S. COAST GUARD/LAKE MAUREPAS BOATERS MEETING: 5 p.m., Maritime Museum, Madisonville. To discuss restoring channel markers and lights on Blind River, Tickfaw River and Lake Maurepas. U.S. Coast Guard Aids to Navigation Team hearing. Call State Rep. M.J. “Mert” Smiley (225) 698-9694.

FRIDAY
FRIDAY NIGHT COOKIE JAR BASS SERIES: 7 p.m.-midnight, LA Express Landing, False River, Jarreau. Weekly through Sept. 11. Entry fee $30 per boat/1-2 anglers. Call Guy Perkins (225) 293-3402.

FRIDAY-Saturday
KREWE OF BAYOU PETIT CAILLOU FISHING RODEO: Harbor Lights Marina, Cocodrie. Call Alvin Luke (985) 226-0049.

FRIDAY-SUNDAY
GRAND ISLE FLY FISHING WEEKEND: Sponsored by south Louisiana and Mississippi fly-fishing clubs. Registration required. Call Randy Leonpacher (225) 769-1895 or Barry Dauphin (337) 873-8912 . Web site: http://www.rsff.org/.

SUNDAY
TEAM BASS TOURNAMENT: Safe daylight, Saline Lake, Woodson Landing. Sixth in seven-tournament series. $25 annual membership fee. Team tournament fee $150. $10 big-bass kitty fee. Call Jonathan Davis (225) 718-4575 or Tanner Pourciau (225) 955-2460.

MONDAY, JULY 13
RED STICK FLY FISHERS PROGRAM: 7 p.m., Meetings second Monday monthly, Wildlife & Fisheries, Quail Drive, Baton Rouge. Call Joe Kahler (225) 892-4352. Web site: http://rsff.org/.

ONGOING
S.T.A.R. Through 5 p.m., Monday, Sept. 7. Statewide Tournament and Angler’s Rodeo. Fee $25. Free for 17 and younger. Must be CCA-Louisiana member. Tagged redfish division and speckled trout, flounder, cobia, dorado, largemouth bass. Ladies, paddlecraft and children’s divisions. Call CCA-Louisiana (225) 952-9200. On-line registration: http://www.ccamembership.org/.

RECREATIONAL RED SNAPPER SEASON: State and federal waters. Closes Aug. 15, earlier if advised by National Marine Fisheries Service/Gulf of Mexico Fisheries Management Council. Creel limit: 2 per day, 16-inch minimum size.

AROUND THE CORNER
JULY 16-18—DUCKS UNLIMITED, LOUISIANA STATE CONVENTION: Hampton Inn, 1201 Convention Center Boulevard, New Orleans. Call Chris Montgomery (504) 897-3434/(504) 390-1372.