I don't know about what channel to take (I guess I should be paying attention) but someone here I'm sure has floated it recently.

About the B-day thing, mine is on February 5th and I usually go the the ********* with my dogs or whoever else wants to go, and get my limit of steelhead every year. That's as good as a B-day present I can think of.

Good luck on your B-day.