Reprinted from the Sioux City Journal. Versatility is the key to successful fishing. How many times have we heard that? Yet, do we really understand what that means. Let’s envision a “dyed in the wool” walleye fisherman. At the end of his tunnel vision is that silvery...
Gary Howey’s Outdoors Blog
Early Season Bass By Gary Howey
This is the time of the year when many anglers develop tunnel vision, thinking only of walleyes and fishing on the bigger water! When you do this, it means that you are missing some of the finest early season fishing. Many of these anglers will be running great...
Looking back at this spring’s turkey season By Larry Myhre
Reprinted from the Sioux City Journal. It’s moments like this that make me love turkey hunting. The response to my yelps on the diaphragm call was loud and raucous. It was the guttural cough of a wild turkey’s gobble. Then another followed immediately after. I...
Wild about Wild Edibles By Gary Howey
I love springtime, weather is warming up, fish are starting to bite and it is the time of the year when thousands of folks and I head out to start looking for those wild edibles mushrooms and asparagus. My first experience at hunting wild asparagus happened by...
Invasive carp may ruin our fisheries By Larry Myhre
Reprinted from the Sioux City Journal. A couple of years ago things were kind of slow on the river. I guided the boat upstream and turned to slide into the mouth of the Big Sioux River. “I want to show you something,” I told Fran. “Get ready for some action.” We came...
Nebraska Walleye Association Lewis and Clark Tournament
Scott Ulrich and Heath Walter, Hartington, NE. along with twenty-nine other teams competed in the Nebraska Walleye Associations two-day tournament on Lewis and Clark Lake April 25, & 26. As it does often in Nebraska, the wind howled on Saturday, making the run...
Mushroom Hunting A Spring Outdoor Obsession By Gary Howey
It won't be long before outdoorsmen and women will be infected with a disease, which will spread quickly throughout in the upper Midwest. It’s been known to infect men, women and children, infecting young and old alike. The cause of this infectious disease is a fungus...
Fishing outlook is great at Devils Lake By Larry Myhre
Reprinted from the Sioux City Journal. Anglers heading for North Dakota’s Devils Lake will find conditions to be a little bit different this year. A very mild winter with very little snow has combined to result in very little runoff into the lake. And that, says...