by Gary Howey | Jul 9, 2015 | "Siouxland Outdoors" Columns, Larry Myhre-IA
SIOUX CITY | If there is a more exciting way to catch either largemouth or smallmouth bass than on topwater baits, I have yet to find it. The first time a big largemouth “blew up” on my black Hula Popper, I was hooked, even more solidly than the bass. It’s no mystery...
by Gary Howey | Jul 8, 2015 | "Of the Outdoors" Columns, Crawlers, Gary Howey-NE., Minnows
Over the years, I fished with several anglers that would use his “Not” so live bait until it would no longer stay on the hook. It wasn’t that they didn’t have the money to buy fresh bait, I think they over did the “If you don’t have...
by Gary Howey | Jul 7, 2015 | Conservation Groups, Habitat, Waterfowl Hunting, Wetlands
Reprinted from Ducks Unlimited Memphis, Tenn. – July 2, 2015 – The U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service (FWS) today released its report on 2015 Trends in Duck Breeding Populations, based on surveys conducted in May and early June by FWS and the Canadian Wildlife Service....
by Gary Howey | Jul 2, 2015 | Eric Brandreit- Team O-A S.D., Kids, Lake Oahe-SD & ND, Walleye Fishing
Without a doubt May and June might produce some of the best walleye fishing that South Dakota has to offer. The saying “fish are jumping in the boat” can be as close to reality as it comes with almost every type of bait and lure being productive. As the summer...
by Gary Howey | Jul 2, 2015 | "Siouxland Outdoors" Columns, Carroll Lake Lodge-Ontario, Larry Myhre-IA, Ontario-Canada, Walleye Fishing
Reprinted from the Sioux City Journal CARROLL LAKE, Ont. | The tannin-stained water spilled over huge precambrian boulders and settled into the pool below. Steve Brinkman, general manager of The Lodge at Carroll Lake, held our 16-foot boat at the edge of the eddy, and...