by Gary Howey | Apr 28, 2016 | "Of the Outdoors" Columns, Channel Catfish, Iowa, Kansas, Minnesota, Nebraska, North Dakota
Anyone who has ever had the opportunity to tangle with a big catfish knows how powerful a big cat is. They’re not the prettiest fish in the water, but they are plentiful, fun to catch and great eating.Cats are bottom-hugging creatures, spending most of their...
by Gary Howey | Apr 28, 2016 | "Siouxland Outdoors" Columns, Turkey Hunting
Reprinted from the Sioux City JournalThere’s nothing quite like sitting in the dark with your back against a tree in the turkey woods. The whippoorwills are in full throat, their lashing cries piercing the darkness with a cadence only that bird can make.A barred owl...
by Gary Howey | Apr 26, 2016 | Terry Redlin Art Center-SD, Terry Redlin-Wildlife artist Deceased, Watertown, S D
Terry Redlin, one of the country’s most widely collected painters of wildlife and Americana, died Sunday after a nine year struggle with dementia. He was 78 years old.The only child of Alfred Redlin and Dora (Stein) Redlin, Terry Avon Redlin was born just north of...
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...
