{"id":213790,"date":"2025-06-12T10:00:00","date_gmt":"2025-06-12T14:00:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/gardenandgun.com\/?post_type=event&#038;p=213790"},"modified":"2025-06-12T10:37:28","modified_gmt":"2025-06-12T14:37:28","slug":"cast-blast-25","status":"publish","type":"event","link":"https:\/\/gardenandgun.com\/event\/cast-blast-25\/","title":{"rendered":"Cast &amp; Blast"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>In partnership with <a href=\"https:\/\/www.visitlakecharles.org\/things-to-do\/outdoors-recreation\/?gad_source=1&amp;gad_campaignid=21172324229&amp;gbraid=0AAAAADkVraD_Fns7Z-qUw49CIwAOMBaR0&amp;gclid=Cj0KCQjwgIXCBhDBARIsAELC9ZjvcIh473vGP2hlqBGCd13R537fgQIVTWpYLcRUHFOSpNA3OeCkBm4aAoTYEALw_wcB\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Visit Lake Charles<\/a>, <em>Garden &amp; Gun<\/em> hosts its eighth annual Cast &amp; Blast event at <a href=\"https:\/\/www.grossesavanne.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Grosse Savanne Lodge<\/a> in Lake Charles, Louisiana. The weekend features two fishing excursions for redfish, flounder, and trophy bass, along with two morning hunts marking the opening weekend of teal season. Throughout the event, guests are treated to gourmet game dinners prepared by Grosse Savanne head chef Matt Whitney, featuring regional specialties.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<hr class=\"wp-block-separator has-alpha-channel-opacity\"\/>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1100\" height=\"1100\" src=\"https:\/\/gardenandgun.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/06\/3-7-1100x1100.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-213793\" srcset=\"https:\/\/gardenandgun.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/06\/3-7-1100x1100.jpg 1100w, https:\/\/gardenandgun.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/06\/3-7-300x300.jpg 300w, https:\/\/gardenandgun.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/06\/3-7-150x150.jpg 150w, https:\/\/gardenandgun.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/06\/3-7-768x768.jpg 768w, https:\/\/gardenandgun.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/06\/3-7-1200x1200.jpg 1200w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1100px) 100vw, 1100px\" \/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"2669\" height=\"2001\" src=\"https:\/\/gardenandgun.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/06\/6-9-edited.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-213984\" srcset=\"https:\/\/gardenandgun.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/06\/6-9-edited.jpg 2669w, https:\/\/gardenandgun.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/06\/6-9-edited-300x225.jpg 300w, https:\/\/gardenandgun.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/06\/6-9-edited-1100x825.jpg 1100w, https:\/\/gardenandgun.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/06\/6-9-edited-768x576.jpg 768w, https:\/\/gardenandgun.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/06\/6-9-edited-278x209.jpg 278w, https:\/\/gardenandgun.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/06\/6-9-edited-570x428.jpg 570w, https:\/\/gardenandgun.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/06\/6-9-edited-1600x1200.jpg 1600w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 2669px) 100vw, 2669px\" \/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"2669\" height=\"2001\" src=\"https:\/\/gardenandgun.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/06\/10-3-edited.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-213986\" srcset=\"https:\/\/gardenandgun.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/06\/10-3-edited.jpg 2669w, https:\/\/gardenandgun.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/06\/10-3-edited-300x225.jpg 300w, https:\/\/gardenandgun.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/06\/10-3-edited-1100x825.jpg 1100w, https:\/\/gardenandgun.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/06\/10-3-edited-768x576.jpg 768w, https:\/\/gardenandgun.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/06\/10-3-edited-278x209.jpg 278w, https:\/\/gardenandgun.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/06\/10-3-edited-570x428.jpg 570w, https:\/\/gardenandgun.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/06\/10-3-edited-1600x1200.jpg 1600w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 2669px) 100vw, 2669px\" \/><\/figure>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p> A weekend of hunting and fishing in a sportsman\u2019s paradise.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"featured_media":213794,"template":"","categories":[2401],"tags":[30578,17915,30133,29993,292],"issue":[],"class_list":["post-213790","event","type-event","status-publish","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-goings-on","tag-cast-and-blast","tag-gg-events","tag-garden-gun-events","tag-lake-charles","tag-louisiana"],"acf":[],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO Premium plugin v25.4 (Yoast SEO v25.4) - https:\/\/yoast.com\/wordpress\/plugins\/seo\/ -->\n<title>Cast &amp; 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