Reprinted from the Sioux City Journal I didn’t need to look at a calendar to know that it was the month of February. My depth finder was lit up like a Christmas tree with fish signals, but nothing was happening. A tiny 1/100th-ounce jig was hanging on fresh, two-pound...
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6 Hot Spots For Finding Shed Antlers
6 Hot Spots For Finding Shed Antlers Shed hunting is all the rage now-days. People train their dogs specifically to find sheds, there are clubs and organizations devoted to the sport and shed hunting has become so popular that guided week-long “shed hunts” in...
Figuring Out Spring Fishing By Gary Howey
To me, it seems like this has been one long winter and unfortunately, there's a lot of it left! It hasn't been overly cold, but the wind has been blowing a lot. I like winter to a point, for ice fishing and predator calling, but each year, it seems like I like...
Studying Missouri River fisheries is his job By Larry Myhre
Reprinted from the Sioux City Journal ONAWA, Iowa — Monitoring the Missouri River fishery is the job of Ryan Hupfeld, Missouri River fish management biologist. Hupfeld was named to the position last fall after Van Sterner, fisheries biologist, retired. While much of...
Tackle Tips, Getting into the sport of Fishing By Gary Howey
At the seminars and on my web page, there are many questions on what type of tackle is needed to get into the sport of fishing. The information in this column will give you information on the basic tackle needed if you are thinking about going...
Change tactics for ‘educated’ coyotes By Larry Myhre
The dying rabbit screams were echoing off the hills on the other side of the valley. It was colder than a well digger's heart and I was beginning to think this stand was going down as another exercise in futility. Then I heard the drumming sound of galloping...
A Hunter and His Dog When it’s Time to say Goodbye By Gary Howey
Each time, when I pull into my driveway, I would glance over towards the dog kennel in my backyard, as there has always been one of my hunting dogs waiting for me. I cannot describe how I felt last week, coming home, looking towards the kennel and...
Warmest memories created in the cold By Larry Myhre
There’s nothing quite like that hour before dawn on the ice. Throughout my long ice fishing career, I harbor many cherished memories. It’s not the big fish or the number of fish I’ve caught on an outing that occupies the high points of my memory of many hundreds, or...