I have a couple of items for the mark your calendar category. First of all, don’t forget to renew your fishing license. If you plan to fish the “April Fools” Open in the Columbia Basin, you better have a new one. Licenses expire on March 31st these days. Coming up in April will be a meeting at the Douglas County PUD Auditorium about the Coastal Conservation Association. Gary Loomis is actively seeking members to form a Northwest Chapter of the association that currently has 17 coastal state chapters. The CCA is best known for its success with the salvation of the redfish fishery in Gulf States, but has other very impressive success stories. Loomis will explain the mission and aims of the advocacy group and talk about the formation of local chapters and they would be structured. The meeting will begin a 6 p.m. and all anglers who have an interest in steelhead and salmon fishing should attend. Also coming up in April is the Annual Rock Island Kids Fishing Day at the Pitt Pond. The WDFW will have the juvenile pond with plenty of rainbow and Ray Pearson will there cooking hot dogs again. The Wenatchee Sportsmen’s Association will also be on hand to help kids with fishing gear, to make sure they’re set up properly to catch a fish.