by Gary Howey | May 29, 2015 | Gary’s Thoughts from the Field
Here, lately, there have been days when I wondered if the warmer weather would ever get here. Right now, it may not seem like it, but have no fear when it arrives, it will be with a vengeance. When it does arrive, it will warm up quickly. This along with the higher...
by Gary Howey | May 29, 2015 | "Siouxland Outdoors" Columns
Reprinted from the Sioux City Journal. GRAND FORKS, N.D. | It was the Mother of All Cold Fronts that swept through Grand Forks, N.D., and other parts north a couple of weeks ago. “The river is up about 13 feet from where it was a week ago,” Brad Durick told me over...
by Gary Howey | May 26, 2015 | Gary’s Thoughts from the Field
As Ben Loecker and I watched, we could see three Toms fanned out and proudly displaying for their harems. The birds were displaying about a half mile south of us in a harvested bean field, it wasn’t the half-mile walk that I was thinking about; it was how to get...
by Gary Howey | May 26, 2015 | "Siouxland Outdoors" Columns
Reprinted from the Sioux City Journal. Versatility is the key to successful fishing. How many times have we heard that? Yet, do we really understand what that means. Let’s envision a “dyed in the wool” walleye fisherman. At the end of his tunnel vision is that silvery...
by Gary Howey | May 14, 2015 | Gary’s Thoughts from the Field
This is the time of the year when many anglers develop tunnel vision, thinking only of walleyes and fishing on the bigger water! When you do this, it means that you are missing some of the finest early season fishing. Many of these anglers will be running great...