Reprinted from the Sioux City Journal. WEBSTER, S.D. | I don’t think there is a more fun way to catch walleyes than by casting crankbaits on spinning tackle. And the best time to do that is right now. The big female walleyes have recovered from the rigors of spawning...
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Going Deep when it’s Hot By Gary Howey
Here, lately, there have been days when I wondered if the warmer weather would ever get here. Right now, it may not seem like it, but have no fear when it arrives, it will be with a vengeance. When it does arrive, it will warm up quickly. This along with the higher...
Red River Channel cats on the bite By Larry Myhre
Reprinted from the Sioux City Journal. GRAND FORKS, N.D. | It was the Mother of All Cold Fronts that swept through Grand Forks, N.D., and other parts north a couple of weeks ago. “The river is up about 13 feet from where it was a week ago,” Brad Durick told me over...
“Fan”tastic Turkey Hunting By Gary Howey
As Ben Loecker and I watched, we could see three Toms fanned out and proudly displaying for their harems. The birds were displaying about a half mile south of us in a harvested bean field, it wasn't the half-mile walk that I was thinking about; it was how to get Ben...
A versatile angler can catch fish anywhere By Larry Myhre
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...
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...