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FISHING RODEO
Area filled with numerous fishing rodeos throughout year By Kelly McElroy Correspondent Ronnie Buquet and his son, Noah, hold up their flounder on the final day of last year‘s annual Terrebonne Sportsman‘s League fishing rodeo held at East Park Recreation Center in Houma. [THE COURIER AND DAILY COMET/ FILE]
(normally held in May) • Creole Classic Fishing Tournament Bridge Side Marina in Grand Isle. (normally held in June) • International Grand Isle Tarpon Rodeo July 22-24 at Tarpon Rodeo Pavilion in Grand Isle. • “Ride the Bull” Extreme kayak Fishing Tournament Bridge Side Marina in Grand Isle. (normally held in late August) • Grand Isle Original Redfish Rodeo Bridge Side Marina in Grand Isle. (normally held in early September) • Grand Isle Ladies Rodeo (normally held in October) STATEWIDE • Coastal Conservation Association’s Statewide Tournament and Angler’s Rodeo (STAR) tournament, May 29-Sept. 6, various locations throughout the state.
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Anglers have plenty of opportunities through the course of the year to see how their skills stack up against others in the area at fishing rodeos. There are numerous fishing contests in Terrebonne and Lafourche parishes and in Grand Isle. Here are a few major fishing events to choose from but because of the COVID-19 pandemic, most of the dates for 2021 have not yet been set. TERREBONNE • Houma Oilman’s Fishing Invitational at Harbor Light Marina in Cocodrie. (normally last weekend in May) • Terrebonne Sportsman League‘s Annual Fishing Rodeo at East Park Recreation Center in Houma. (normally first weekend in August) • Krewe of Hercules Festival on the Bayou Annual Redfish Rodeo at Agricultural Building on the Houma Air Base. (normally second weekend in August, following weekend of Sportsman’s League Rodeo) • Diva Fishing Rodeo at TradeWinds in Cocodrie. (normally in October, held in December in 2020) • Bubba Dove Memorial Fishing Rodeo at Falgout Canal Marina in Theriot (held in June in 2020) LAFOURCHE • Golden Meadow-Fourchon International Tarpon Rodeo at Moran’s Marina in Fourchon. (normally held in July) • Fourchon Oilman’s Association Fishing Rodeo tentatively set for July 8-10 at Moran’s Marina in Fourchon. GRAND ISLE • Stan Brock’s Black and Gold Classic, Bast and Cast Saints Rodeo at Bridge Side Marina in Grand Isle. (normally held in May) • Grand Isle Speckled Trout Rodeo Bridge Side Marina in Grand Isle.
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