by Gary Howey | Oct 23, 2020 | Gary’s Thoughts from the Field
Author’s brother AJ Howey, Watertown, S.D. and guide Marlyn Wiebelhaus with the 2020 Paddle fish that AJ caught below Gavin’s Point Dam. (Outdoorsmen Productions Photo) It was October first which was the first day of the 2020 paddlefish snagging season, with...
by Gary Howey | Aug 6, 2020 | Gary’s Thoughts from the Field
When I was a kid, growing up a block away from the Big Sioux River in Watertown, South Dakota, each spring, there was always the spring carp and buffalo runs which brought hundreds of these rough fish up river to spawn. We speared them, which was...
by Gary Howey | Oct 10, 2019 | Gary’s Thoughts from the Field
As we came up into the waters surging through Gavin’s Point Dam, it was obvious that the 2019 Paddlefish season was underway, with “hundreds” of anglers lining the shore. Anglers were wall-to-wall from the warning sign at the end of the...
by Gary Howey | Jul 30, 2019 | Gary’s Thoughts from the Field
Original Team Member Marlyn Wiebelhaus, Wynot, Nebraska claimed the New South Dakota Paddlefish Bowfishing record by taking a 56.9 pound paddlefish in the Missouri River between South Dakota and Nebraska with archery equipment. Wiebelhaus also has several other...
by Gary Howey | Dec 27, 2018 | Gary’s Thoughts from the Field
I have applied for a paddlefish tag numerous times and fortunate enough to draw several tags. In years past, My daughter Mieke Slaba, Wagner, S.D. accompanied me, unfortunately, this particular year, she did not receive one. Our other Team members...
