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...
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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...

Big Stone Lake’s panfishing secret exposed By Larry Myhre
ORTONVILLE, Minn. | Big Stone Lake is a 26-mile long fish factory. Long known for its excellent walleye fishing, and in the past few years an exploding perch population, few anglers are aware of the excellent fishing for other species. Take panfish, for instance. When...
PANFISH ON THE ROCKS ON BIG STONE By Gary Howey
Ortonville, MN. It was not long ago, when I made the remark, "bobber fishing is not one of my favorite ways to catch fish", but that all changed last week. On that day, Team Outdoorsmen Adventures Member, Larry Myhre, Sioux City, IA. and I would meet Tanner Arndt, a...
Anglers in South Dakota are Reminded Not to Move Lake Water When Fishing
PIERRE, S.D. – The South Dakota Game, Fish and Parks’ (GFP) would like to remind anglers of the new rules regarding fish and bait transportation. Bait can only be transported away from a water body in domestic water (tap water, well water, bottled water, ice). Boat...
Into the Blue Carroll Lake Fly-In By Gary Howey
As the Otter float plane, lifted off the water, banking to east, a sea of blue appeared on the horizon. We were flying into Sunset Country Ontario, Canada to fish Carroll Lake. What appeared on the horizon proved what I had heard about the province to be true, that...