by Gary Howey | Nov 7, 2025 | Bluegill, Clear Water, Crappie, Crawlers, Farm Ponds, Gary Howey-NE., Gary’s Thoughts from the Field, Northeastern South Dakota, Perch, Pike, Slip Bobbers, Spinnerbaits
WHEN I FIRST MOVED INTO NEBRASKA AFTER I GOT OUT OF THE MILITARY, I DISCOVERED MOST OF THE ANGLERS DID THE MAJORITY OF THEIR FISHING ON THE MISSOURI RIVER, SINCE I DIDN’T HAVE A BOAT, I NEEDED TO FIGURE SOMETHING OUT. THE FISHING I DID AT THAT TIME WAS FROM THE...
by Gary Howey | Aug 21, 2022 | "Of the Outdoors" Columns
Northern pike, while some people don’t care for them, there are others, like me, who enjoy the fight a hooked northern puts up, then there’s those anglers, because of the pike’s slime coat, that refuse l to bring them into the boat. My experience with Northerns...
by Gary Howey | Jul 13, 2021 | Gary’s Thoughts from the Field
When fishing on Oahe as well as other small rivers, you can be fishing for walleyes, with your drag set fairly light and have a big pike grab your bait. This is when Chuck Krause, Originally from Watertown, S.D. used his second drag and by putting pressure on the...
by Gary Howey | Jul 3, 2020 | Larry Myhre-IA
I’m not sure when Lindy came out with their Spin Rig, but I’m guessing sometime in the early to mid 1970s. But I became a fan of them right off the start. The Spin Rig is designed to present live bait, a minnow or chub or even a nightcrawler or leech. It came in many...
by Gary Howey | May 23, 2019 | Gary’s Thoughts from the Field
“Legendary Angler”, Chuck Krause, Gettysburg, South Dakota with a 20-pound walleye taken this spring from Lake Oahe near Gettysburg (Outdoorsmen Productions Photo) If you grew up in northeastern South Dakota as I did in Watertown, the first fish you...
