by Gary Howey | Apr 25, 2016 | Catch & Release, Horeshoe Lake-SD, Smallmouth Bass, South Dakota, State Records
The fish, a female full of eggs, was 19 inches long and had a 19-inch girth.“I’ve never seen anything so fat. It was so fat its eyes were bulging. It was a freak,” Held said.Held caught the fish on a swim bait with a jig head, using an Alabama rig. Not legal in all...
by Gary Howey | Apr 21, 2016 | "Of the Outdoors" Columns, Bass Fishing, Gary Howey-NE.
It’s the time of the year, when many anglers develop tunnel vision. It’s when some anglers go after just one species of fish and head for bigger waters. When tunnel vision is developed, it means you’re missing some of the finest early season...
by Gary Howey | Apr 21, 2016 | "Siouxland Outdoors" Columns, Bass Fishing, Larry Myhre-IA, Pre-Spawn
I watched the big single spin spinnerbait coming through the shallow water of the upper reaches of the Iowa farm pond. The big Colorado blade was pulsing and sending out flashes of chartreuse as the colored blade pumped through the scattered stick-ups and emerging...
by Gary Howey | Apr 19, 2016 | New Products
A certain number of our customers are entrepreneurs – inventors and marketers with an idea for solving a problem, and they invent a plastic product to do just that.Such is the case with Kevin Jensen of Quik Products, LLC, who came to us for help in turning his idea...
by Gary Howey | Apr 14, 2016 | "Siouxland Outdoors" Columns, Gary Howey-NE., Larry Myhre-IA, Red River SD & Manitoba
Reprinted from the Sioux City JournalFor many Siouxland catfish anglers, North Dakota’s Red River is the place where dreams are made. It is where hundreds of dedicated cat men trek to each year to seek battle with one the toughest fish that swim, the channel...