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 27, 2019 | Gary’s Thoughts from the Field
Our nation’s waters are under attack by an invasive species, Asian carp, and if we don’t do something quickly to stop or eliminate them, the consequence we’ll face could be the destruction of our fisheries. I’ve had some run-ins...
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 | Oct 2, 2019 | Gary’s Thoughts from the Field, Uncategorized
We are being invaded by invasive species, both plant and fish, with the Silver, Grass, Big Head and Black Carp leading the charge. The Silver an Big Head carp are continually feeding throughout the day taking in zooplankton, what the young game fish and paddlefish...
by Gary Howey | Sep 16, 2018 | Gary’s Thoughts from the Field
The Outdoors A place to Get it Together I have always been somewhat of a sports enthusiast. Competing in about every sport a person can imagine. In grade school, it was track, baseball, and football, in high school track and football and once I moved to Nebraska it...