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...
Gary Howey’s Outdoors Blog
“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...

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...