by Gary Howey | Jun 4, 2015 | Gary’s Thoughts from the Field
As the Otter float plane, lifted off the water, banking to east, a sea of blue appeared on the horizon. We were flying into Sunset Country Ontario, Canada to fish Carroll Lake. What appeared on the horizon proved what I had heard about the province to be true, that...
by Gary Howey | Jun 4, 2015 | Uncategorized
Reprinted from the Sioux City Journal. WEBSTER, S.D. | I don’t think there is a more fun way to catch walleyes than by casting crankbaits on spinning tackle. And the best time to do that is right now. The big female walleyes have recovered from the rigors of spawning...
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...
