OUTDOOR CALENDAR
PROTECTING
WILD CALIFORNIA
FEBRUARY 3
NorCal Trout Challenge, San Pablo Reservoir; anglerspress.com 3-4 Foundation Sportsman’s Sturgeon Derby, Sacramento River Delta; originalsturgeonderby.com 3-4 Youth waterfowl hunting days in most zones 10 Central Valley Anglers Trout Derby, Camanche Lake; centralvalleyanglers.com 10-14 Late-season white-fronted geese season opens in the Balance of State Zone 17 Start of North Coast late-season Canada geese season 22-24 Rowdy Creek Fish Hatchery Steelhead Derby, Chetco (Oregon) and Smith Rivers; delnorte.org/event/ rowdy-creek-fish-hatchery-steelhead-derby 23-25 The Fly Fishing Show, Alameda County Fairgrounds, Pleasanton; flyfishingshow.com/pleasanton-ca
MARCH 2-4 2-4 3
Fred Hall Central Valley Sports Show, Kern County Fairgrounds; fredhall.com NorCal Sport, Boat and RV Show, Shasta District Fair and Event Center, Anderson; norcalsportshow.com NorCal Trout Challenge, Lake Pardee; anglerspress .com
Winter steelheading is in full swing along the Northern California coast, and the Rowdy Creek Fish Hatchery Steelhead Derby on the Smith and Chetco Rivers begins on Feb. 22. (HARRY MORSE/CDFW)
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Fred Hall Show Long Beach, Long Beach Convention Center; fredhall.com 17 Red Hook Adventures Trout Derby, San Pablo Reservoir; redhookadventures.com 17 Blake Jones Trout Derby, Bishop; bishopvisitor.com 17-18 SMUD Trout Derby, Rancho Seco Park, Sacramento; anglerspress.com/anglers-press-smud-trout-derby 22-25 Fred Hall Show Del Mar, Del Mar Fairgrounds; fredhall.com 24-25 Youth turkey hunt 31 Start of spring turkey hunting season
Notes: A list of upcoming bass tournaments can also be found at nrm.dfg.ca.gov/FishingContests/default.aspx. For deer hunting zone information, go to nrm.dfg.ca.gov/FileHandler.ashx?DocumentID=122314&inline.
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