Daily Highlights from the staff at BD

Thanks to Friends of Rollo and several Southern California landings, you can take a youngster fishing for free! Read on for dates and participating landings.

It's going to be another short red snapper season in the Gulf of Mexico. Florida sets its season June 1 through July 10. A total of 40 days, and the same as the federal season.

If you correctly identify these three species of fish you could win two pairs of AFTCO's high-tech fishing board shorts.

The IGFA is developing a new app with Columbia University that will help anglers identify their catch. To make the app a success, they're asking anglers to help out and send in some photos of several game fish.

The winner of the Race to P.E.I. contest will be fishing with a state-of-the-art custom rod created by Bill Havens. The rod has a United Composite blank and AFTCO components. 

Freshwater anglers at Sycamore Island park will soon have a new quarry to chase. California DFG officials will stock rainbow trout there starting this month.

Don't forget to head down to Day at the Docks in San Diego on April 15 and take part in the Bloodydecks blood drive. Every donor will receive a free shirt.

April 1 marks the beginning of the grouper season in Florida's state waters in the Gulf of Mexico. It's also the opener for Atlantic vermillion snapper.

The 2012 Yellowtail Shootout will take place June 22-24 at Dana Landing in Mission Bay. Come out and fish in the biggest yellowtail tourney on the West Coast.

The recreational season for shallow-water groupers (excluding gags) will reopen on April 1 for Gulf of Mexico federal waters.