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...
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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....

Lake Oahe Mid-Summer Walleyes By Eric Brandreit
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...

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...