Outdoor calendar

JULY 1 Rabbit and varying hare hunting season opens 1 Spring Chinook salmon fishing opens on portions of the Klamath River Basin 1-10 Mono Village Summer Fishing Derby, Upper Twin Lake; facebook.com/Mono. Village, (760) 932-7071 1-31 How Big-Is-Big Fishing Derby, West Walker River; northernmonochamber.com 2 Free fishing day, no general license required in state waters; wildlife.ca.gov/ Licensing/Fishing/Free-Fishing-Days 9 Kokanee Power Team Derby, New Melones Lake; kokaneepower.org 9 Zone A archery deer hunting season opens 16 Sacramento and Feather River king salmon fishing scheduled to open 22 Recreational ocean salmon fishing reopens from the 40°10’ Line to Point Arena 23 Zone B-4 archery deer season opens 29-30 Bridgeport Fish Fest, Twin Lakes Resort; facebook.com/twinlakesbridgeport

AUGUST 6 Lake Berryessa Team Kokanee Derby; kokaneepower.org 6-14 Most archery pronghorn antelope hunting season dates 13 Zone A deer season opens (South Unit 110 and North Unit 160) 13-21 Owens Valley Multiple Zone archery-only bull tule elk hunt dates 16-19 Grizzly Island Period 1 apprentice antlerless archery tule elk hunt dates 18-21 Grizzly Island Period 2 apprentice archery spike bull tule elk hunt dates 20 Archery-only and falconry quail, grouse and chukar hunting seasons open 20 Zones B-1, B-2, B-3, B-5 and B-6 archery deer seasons open 20 Most D Zone archery deer seasons open 20-28 Most general and apprentice pronghorn antelope hunting season dates 26 Start of Ambush at the Lake fall fishing derby, Convict Lake; convictlake.com, (800) 992-2260 31–Sept 11 Northeastern California either-sex Rocky Mountain elk season dates

Note: With COVID-19 restrictions uncertain, always confirm events before attending.

For a list of upcoming bass tournaments, go to nrm.dfg.ca.gov/FishingContests/default.aspx.

July 2 is a Free Fishing Day in California, when a general license is not required for anglers to wet a line. (CHRIS COCOLES)