by Gary Howey | Mar 15, 2018 | Gary’s Thoughts from the Field
The red line below my tungsten jig on my Vexilar locator rose up from the bottom slowly indicating a fish was moving up to my bait. Peering down into the clear water, I could see the perch moving up to the same level as my jig. I twitched my bait ever so slightly as...
by Gary Howey | Nov 14, 2017 | Gary’s Thoughts from the Field
Jack, the DeBruyckere’s English Setter methodically worked his way through the thick CRP cover, as he picked up the running birds scent he would pause and then move forward slowly as he worked his way towards the running bird and the end of the field....
by Gary Howey | Jun 14, 2017 | Gary’s Thoughts from the Field
The bobber rig on the end of my line was about to reach the boat, when a dark shadow, a huge muskie rose up from the depths, paying little attention to my 1/16 ounce jig and leech as it slid by my lure and into the cabbage weed in the deep water. ...
by Gary Howey | Jun 11, 2015 | "Siouxland Outdoors" Columns
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...