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 | Apr 9, 2015 | "Siouxland Outdoors" Columns
The sun was beating down on this small, northern Ontario lake. But that was a good thing. It was only a few days after ice-out, and a warming sun often prompts big northern pike to put on the food bag. My friend and I had booked a two-week trip into a fly-in lake even...
by Gary Howey | Mar 12, 2015 | Gary’s Thoughts from the Field
My hometown is Watertown, S.D. a place I return to as often as I can. A couple of weeks ago, we headed back north to ice fish on a few of the dozens of lakes and sloughs scattered throughout the Watertown area. Anyone who has spent time on the ice where the northerns...