Gary Howey’s Outdoors

The good, the bad and the ugly, Channel Catfish by gary Howey
Author with Red River with Guide Brad Durick, with one of the huge catfish they took in North Dakota. https://redrivercatfish.com They may not be the prettiest fish in the world, but they’re great...

Blue Catfish, True River Monsters By gary Howey
Col- Drifting for Blue Cats If you are looking for monster catfish. Try pursuing blue cats in the Missouri River Pat Carter, South Sioux City, Neb., and Larry Myhre, Sioux City, Iowa, have...

The Smallmouth Bass By gary Howey
Author with one of many smallmouth bass, he’s taken while fishing on the Missouri River. (Photo By Larry Myhre) It was mid-July, found us on Lake Sharpe below Pierre, South Dakota where our crew...

Walleye Wisdom By gary Howey
Fishing Low-light periods of the day morning and dusk is a very productive time to fishing for walleyes. Walleyes are native to Canada and found, in the Great Lakes, the Missouri River...

When Fish will not Bite! By gary Howey
When walleye won’t bite, it's time to pursue other species, like the LM bass, as his grandson Dylan Kneifl did. (Gary Howey photo) If it’s happened once, it’s happened a dozen times to me and to...

Camouflage By gary Howey
Camo allows a turkey and deer hunter to be almost invisible. Author is shown camouflaged, invisible from the turkey that came 100 yards into his setup. (Photo by Larry Myhre) Attempting to blend in...

FROM THE GROUND UP NO MORE EXCUSES By Jeff Davis Editor WTU Magazine
NO MORE EXCUSES If you hunt from an elevated stan, you need to use a safety harness, so stop making excuses, get the gear and learn how to use it properly. No one expects to be injured...

White for Winter By gary howey
It doesn’t matter what season you’re hunting in, there’s different brands of camo that allow you to hide yourself from the sharp eyes of wildlife. In this column, I used snow-camo and snowshoes,...

DOG GONE BY gary Howey
Dogs are man’s best friend, especially if you’re a hunter, as Duke was to me, he had a good nose and let very few if any birds get away. (gary Howey Photo) I’ve always had a dog, as a kid, a lab,...

It’s the Snows BY gary Howey
Because snow geese numbers are so high, they’ve destroyed the tundra, where they migrate to and nest, the spring season being set up the help reduce their numbers. This special season which opens...