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Recreation and outdoors calendar

Pro-Am Rockfish

Friday to Sunday, June 10-12: Maryland Watermen's Association 21st annual Pro-Am Rockfish Tournament at Rock Hall. Call 410-216-6610 or go to marylandwatermen.com.

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Kids Fishing Day

Saturday, June 11: The Patuxent Research Refuge and the National Wildlife Visitor Center will host events from 8:30 a.m. to 9:45a.m. and 10 a.m. to 11:15 a.m. Preregister for one session only at 301-497-5887. Novice anglers can learn how to cast a rod, identify fish and enjoy fishing. Equipment will be provided. More experienced youth anglers may use their own equipment (no license required) at the refuge's North Tract location (off Route 198) from 8 a.m. to 4 p.m. State and refuge regulations and fishing policies apply. Details: fws.gov/refuge/Patuxent.

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Free Fishing Day

Saturday, June 11: A Free Fishing Day in Maryland. No license required. All creel and size limits, as well as other restrictions, apply. Details: dnr2.maryland.gov/Fisheries/Pages/Free-Fishing.aspx.

Annapolis Decoy Show

Next Sunday, June 12: The Annapolis Decoy Show will be from 10 a.m. to 4 p.m. at Annapolis Elks Lodge 622, 2517 Solomons Island Road, Edgewater. Admission free. Details: 703-912-2949.

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At 56, Vince Cooke is challenging Route 66, the fabled byway that starts in Chicago and ends at the beach in Santa Monica, Calif. Cooke plans to cycle it all — an eight-state trek that will take him across the Continental Divide and through the Mojave Desert — in 28 days.

Light tackle tips

June 14: Capt."Walleye" Pete Dahlberg of Four Seasons guide service will share light tackle tips and techniques for summer fishing from Solomons Island to above the Bay Bridge when he talks at a meeting of the Northwest Chapter of the Maryland Saltwater Sportfishing Association. The session at the Patapsco Council No. 1960 Knights of Columbus Hall at 1010 Frederick Road in Catonsville will start at 7:30 p.m. Doors open at 6:45 p.m. Use the Beaumont Avenue (side) entrance. Admission is free. Details: Contact Mark DeHoff at mcdehoff@netzero.com.

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Tuna-ment

June 17-19: MSSA's 27th annual Tuna-ment. Details: mssa.net.

MSSA meeting

June 20: The MSSA Broadneck/Magothy No. 10 Chapter will meet at 7:30 p.m. at American Legion Post 175, 832 Manhattan Beach Road in Severna Park. Details: 410-757-9070.

The Caves Valley Golf Club Foundation's 2016 $100,000 scholarship winner, DeAndre Diggs, set to enroll in UMES' PGA Golf Management program this fall, didn't know how to manage a flagstick as a freshman at Archbishop Curley, much less break 100 over 18 holes three years ago.

Ocean Games

July 16: The fourth-annual Ocean Games will start at 10 a.m. just off the Boardwalk at Caroline Street. The games feature a WOWSA-sanctioned series of 1-, 3- and 9-mile swims, as well as 4- and 2-mile elite and open paddleboard races as part of the East Coast Sup Cup. And for the first time, an Ultimate disc tournament will be added. The games benefit Johns Hopkins' Brain and Stroke Rehabilitation Program, for which they have raised more than $55,000 since their debut in 2013. Details and registration: oceangamesusa.org.

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Wildlife shoot

Aug. 13: Jay Fleming will lead the full-day Smith Island Photography Excursion in Tylerton. There will be an opportunity to photograph pelicans at the largest nesting colony on the Chesapeake Bay, a still-life-and-portrait shoot with a waterman, and a dusk session with a waterman fishing for crabs in a work boat. Details: wardmuseum.org.

Casting For Recovery makes no claims to heal. Yet women who've participated in the national non-profit program, which brings breast cancer survivors together for a junket of fly fishing and fellowship, say it buoys their spirits to hook a rainbow trout in a stress-free setting with others who are in the same boat.

Skipjack bike tour

Sept. 10: The 9th Skipjack Bike Tour will feature 15-, 30-, 50- and 100-mile rides through Eastern Shore landscapes. Details: Call 410-784-2335 or go to dealislandchancevfd.com.

Skipjack run

Sept. 10: The 3rd Annual Skipjack Run will be held. Details: facebook.com/skipjackrun.

Dock Day on the Bay

Sept. 24: Dock Day on the Bay, celebrating Crisfield's maritime history, will be 11 a.m. to 4 p.m. at Somers Cove Marina. Boats, arts and crafts, children's activities, live music, and a blessing-of-the-fleet ceremony. Details: Call 410-968-2501 or go to crisfieldheritagefoundation.org.

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