The Moses Lake Irrigation and Rehabilitation District will host the Fifth Annual Kid's Fishing Derby at Connelly Park tomorrow, April 12, for youth ages 5 through 14. Weinstein Beverage and Pepsi also sponsor the event.

Fishing is free, bait is provided, but the young anglers must bring their own gear.

This is a great event to visit, even if you don't have children participating. No times were on the website or flyer, but I'm heading to the park at around 11:30.

Spring turkey season opens Tuesday, April 15

The spring turkey season opens statewide next Tuesday, April 15 and continues through May 31. Spring turkey season is open for shotgun (10 gauge or under capable of holding three or fewer shells - a plug may be used to meet this requirement - or muzzleloader with shot) and bow-and arrow hunting only.

A valid hunting license and an unaltered, unnotched turkey transport tag or tags are required for hunting turkey.

Immediately after killing a turkey, hunters must validate their own tag by completely removing notches for month and day of kill and securely attach tag to carcass. It is unlawful to use dogs, live birds, electronic calls or electronic decoys to hunt turkeys. Baiting game birds is illegal.

A total of three turkeys may be bagged in the spring season with following restrictions: Only two turkeys may be taken in eastern Washington and only one of those may be taken in Chelan, Kittitas, and Yakima counties (combined); only one turkey may be taken in western Washington per year outside of Klickitat County. Two turkeys may be taken in Klickitat County.

Additional turkey tags may be purchased at any time. In appropriate areas, two turkeys can be harvested in one day.

April 26 big day for lowland lakes opener

The big fishing opener is on April 26 this year and is called the lowland lakes opener. This is when many of the lakes in the Sun Lakes State Park area open.

Drive to Park Lake on April 26 and notice all of the camping anglers along Highway 17 for an interesting perspective on how popular this opener is and has been.

Look for more info about the opener in this space in the next couple of weeks.