EASL Terry Melancon Memorial Saltwater Challenge

Each year in July EASL members head to Grand Isle for  EASL's "Terry Melancon Memorial Saltwater Challenge".  The "Saltwater Challenge" is for EASL members only, but $10 annual memberships are available at the Friday evening social.  Membership is open to the public. Come fish with us in Grand Isle! We guarantee you'll be glad you did.

The 2011 Saltwater Challenge will be July 14-16 in Grand Isle.

For more details, contact Wesley Johnson at 324-3035.

Schedule of Events:

Friday, July 15 at 6:30 pm: Rules Dinner / Social Gathering / Team sign-up / BYOB
Location; at beautiful camp Therapy ” (directions; 3.5 miles east of GI bridge; directly across street from Megan’s Snowballs; brown camp/green roof; look for the EASL banner)

Saturday, July 16: fishing from safe daylight to 3 pm

Saturday; 3 p.m. weigh-in at camp “Therapy”

Saturday evening around 6:30: Fish fry – Cash awards presented to winners,
Location at camp “Therapy”

Registration fee is $10 for EASL Members, $20 for non-members (includes 1 year EASL membership). (Registration fee includes dinner Friday & Saturday evenings.)

Rules:

• Entry fees must be paid no later than the Friday evening social.

• Maximum of 5 anglers per team. (Note: Beach, kayak, & other anglers not sharing the same boat must remain within sight of their teammates at all times while fishing.)

• Boat, Beach, Pier, Bridge fishing is allowed with either live or artificial bait.

• Fishing boundaries are from; Grand Bayou on the east; Timbalier Island on the west

• Fishing will begin at safe daylight. Teams must be at the weigh site no later than 3 pm .

• 100% of registration fees will be divided among winners of the following categories;

• Combined weight of 5 biggest speckled trout; 1 st & 2 nd place

• Big speck; 1 st place

• 2 heaviest redfish under 27”; 1 st & 2 nd place

• Heaviest red (any length); 1 st place

• Big flounder; 1 st place

• Biggest ‘other’ fish; 1 st place ( “other” means any legal fish that does not fit any of the above categories).

• All category winners will share equal percentages of the total entry fees with the exception of the “other fish” category which will receive $20. Second place finishers will receive an amount equal to one-half of the first place prize.

EASL Annual Sporting Clays Scramble

EASL holds an annual Sporting Clays Scramble each year in June.  It's our premier fundraising event and a great opportunity for fellowship. Sporting Clays is a challenging clay target game designed to simulate field wing shooting, where shooters are presented with a wide variety of targets that simulate flight path of game birds such as flushing, crossing, incoming and other angling shots. The scramble mixes all shooters for the day on random teams, assuring that everyone has a chance to be on a winning team as well as winning the individual category.

EASL's 6th annual Sporting Clays Scramble will be Saturday, June 18, 2011 at Hunter's Run Gun Club, in Port Allen.

Join EASL for a fun day of shooting and fellowship!

Registration begins at 7:30am and competition starts at 8:30am. Registration fees: Single shooter, $80; Corporate Team, $300; Station Sponsor, $100. Entry fee includes event shooting (100 rounds) and a meal after the match. Shooters must furnish their own shells (no larger than 7 ½ shot).

Hunter's Run Gun Club, one of our area's most popular shooting ranges, has proven to be an excellent host for this event and has comfortable accommodations for everyone, including non-participants who might want to cheer their favorite shooters on.

The “scramble” mixes all shooters for the day on random teams, assuring that everyone has a chance to be on a winning team. Individual scores will also be tallied to credit corporate team registrations and individual high scores as well, assuring every shooter – novice or expert – three ways to win. First, second and third place trophies will be awarded in Scramble Team, Corporate Team, and Individual Shooter categories. You do not have to be a professional or a Corporate Team member to win a prize.

We are looking for individual shooters, corporate team shooters, station sponsors, door prizes, meal sponsors and volunteer workers for the day of the event.

Registration fees will be collected on the day of the event. Come out and join us in a friendly day of competition and fellowship for EASL’s fundraising event. For more information contact Barney Callahan at 225-445-6870.

Kid's Fishing Rodeo

EASL sponsors an annual Kid's Fishing Rodeo each year, usually in early August.

Go here to read more about last year's event.

Please contact info@easlonline.org for more information.