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Iowa Great Lakes are a multi-species paradise By Larry Myhre Team Outdoorsmen Adventures

by Heartland Hosting, LLC | Jun 26, 2017 | "Siouxland Outdoors" Columns

SPIRIT LAKE, Iowa — It was shaping up to be a picture perfect, bluebird day. The sun glinted off the calm surface of Emersons Bay on Big West Lake Okoboji as fishing guide John Grosvenor put the hammer down on his big Skeeter WX2060....

Farm ponds offer bass, bluegill action By Larry Myhre

by Heartland Hosting, LLC | Aug 6, 2015 | "Siouxland Outdoors" Columns

Reprinted from the Sioux City Journal HARTINGTON, Neb. | One thing I like about farm pond fishing is that ponds are generally loaded with fish. And the one Gary Howey and I were fishing just southwest of town was proving that it was no exception. When it comes to...

West River stock dams yield big bluegills By Larry Myhre

by Gary Howey | Jul 23, 2015 | "Siouxland Outdoors" Columns

Reprinted from the Sioux City Journal PIERRE, S.D. | The prairie swept away to the west like an endless sea of waving grass. It was shortly after dawn and antelope and deer scampered away from our vehicles as Gary Howey and Steve Nelson guided their trucks down the...

PANFISH ON THE ROCKS ON BIG STONE By Gary Howey

by Gary Howey | Jun 11, 2015 | Gary’s Thoughts from the Field

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...

Last Ice By Gary Howey

by Gary Howey | Mar 19, 2015 | Gary’s Thoughts from the Field

I was keeping an eye on the weather, as we needed cold weather in order to get back into the dam we hoped to ice fish, but didn’t need any sub zero temperatures or heavy wind. I was looking at ice fishing a pond southwest of town, one that was in the middle of a...