A warm sunny day can bring a lot of warmth to people, especially those of us who long to be outdoors after a long cold winter. I know you have heard the old saying “too much of anything is not good for you!” That holds true when it comes to spending too much time in...
Gary Howey’s Outdoors Blog
West River stock dams yield big bluegills By Larry Myhre
Reprinted from the Sioux City Journal PIERRE, S.D. | The prairie swept away to the west like an endless sea of waving grass. It was shortly after dawn and antelope and deer scampered away from our vehicles as Gary Howey and Steve Nelson guided their trucks down the...
Jigging the Big Lake, Lake of the Woods, MN. By Gary Howey
Lake of the Woods is a pristine 50,000-acre lake along the Minnesota and Canada borders. There you will find, 65,000 miles of shoreline, numerous bays and over 14,000 islands, and some of the finest fishing available in North America. This would be our destination...
Why not make your own walleye spinners? By Larry Myhre
Walleyes are currently in their summer patterns, and the No. 1 lure being trolled by most walleye anglers right now is the spinner rig. Whether you are fishing with night crawlers, leeches or minnows, the versatile spinner rig is sure to catch fish. While there are...
The Artwork of Terry Redlin A Step Back in Time by Gary Howey
Terry Redlin's artwork and the Redlin Art Center are amazing! They attract collectors and visitors from throughout the world. There has been no one with the talent to capture the outdoors on canvas as Terry Redlin has done. I was very fortunate to have filmed two of...
Topwaters put the excitement in summer angling By Larry Myhre
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...
If you want to catch fish It has to be Fresh By Gary Howey
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 your hook in the water, you aren't...
Duck numbers remain high, Drier conditions on the prairies demonstrate importance of Boreal Forest habitat
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....