Without a doubt May and June might produce some of the best walleye fishing that South Dakota has to offer. The saying “fish are jumping in the boat” can be as close to reality as it comes with almost every type of bait and lure being productive. As the summer...
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We find walleyes cooperative at Carroll Lake By Larry Myhre
Reprinted from the Sioux City Journal CARROLL LAKE, Ont. | The tannin-stained water spilled over huge precambrian boulders and settled into the pool below. Steve Brinkman, general manager of The Lodge at Carroll Lake, held our 16-foot boat at the edge of the eddy, and...
Cranking Near Webster By Gary Howey
No doubt, most of you have heard about the Waubay-Webster areas great fishing, the many lakes and sloughs holding numerous species of fish. This would be our teams destination as we traveled back home after filming in Minnesota, Ontario and North Dakota. It was after...
5 Steps To Creating A New Food Plot
Summer is upon us and many gamekeepers are starting to get the fever for the fall hunting season. If you have a new lease or have acquired some new property to hunt you may have some new opportunities for places to establish a food plot. A question we are often asked...
Weather puts damper on Merritt walleyes By Larry Myhre
Reprinted from the Sioux City Journal. VALENTINE, Neb. | Heavy clouds wrapped themselves around the Sandhills landscape as Steve Isom guided his boat along the face of Merritt Reservoir dam. It was 5:30 a.m. and Gary Howey, Hartington, Neb., and I stood in the back of...
Kids and Fishing By Gary Howey
When you spend as much time in the outdoors as I do, you realize there are many things that just naturally go together.For instance, spring - mushroom hunting, summer - walleyes, fall - pheasant hunting or the fall colors and winter - ice fishing and of course - kids...
Walleyes cooperate on Lake of the Woods By Larry Myhre
Reprinted from the Sioux City Journal. WILLIAMS, Minn. | We were no more than a half a mile out from the mouth of Zippel Bay when Nick began zig-zagging over the reef below his 30-foot charter boat. Satisfied with what he saw on the depth finder, he hit the...
It’s High Water on the Red For Catfish By Larry Myhre
Grand Forks, N.D. The water in the Red River was up, up a lot, up thirteen feet with debris, branches, logs and even entire trees, floating by as they headed north towards Canada. The Red River begins its journey north where the Bois de Sioux and the Otter Trail...