by Gary Howey | Aug 6, 2020 | Gary’s Thoughts from the Field
When I was a kid, growing up a block away from the Big Sioux River in Watertown, South Dakota, each spring, there was always the spring carp and buffalo runs which brought hundreds of these rough fish up river to spawn. We speared them, which was...
by Gary Howey | Aug 6, 2020 | THE GAMEKEEPERS OF MOSSY OAK
Picture the scene…you’re gathered around the dining table with family and friends for a lavish holiday meal. There’s a table full of all your favorites. An hour later, everyone has stuffed themselves and enjoyed the festive meal, but now someone begins clearing...
by Gary Howey | Aug 4, 2020 | Gary’s Thoughts from the Field
Handle a caught fish as little as possible while keeping it in the water as much as possible. (Nebraskaland Magazine/NGPC) Whether you intend to release a fish you catch or you plan to legally keep it, the fish should be handled properly. For the fish’s...
by Gary Howey | Jul 30, 2020 | Gary’s Thoughts from the Field
There are a lot of anglers that believe that in order to get into some big fish, they have to fish big water, like Oahe, Lake of the Woods, Waubay Lake and Lake McConaughy, The truth is, that you don’t need to have thousands of acres of water to...
by Gary Howey | Jul 30, 2020 | THE GAMEKEEPERS OF MOSSY OAK
In the 1970s Don Keller and Barry Smith started American Sport Fish Hatchery in South Alabama. They are considered to be some of the most premier fishery scientist around. When it comes to sport fish management, largemouth bass, trophy bluegill, crappie, they are...
