by Gary Howey | Feb 6, 2020 | Gary’s Thoughts from the Field
When fishing for more aggressive fish such as pike, a medium heavy rod works well. The author and a Team Member were throwing lipless crankbaits in a lake near Webster, S.D. for walleye, when this pike made a pass at the bait and missed. Howey grabbed a medium...
by Gary Howey | Oct 5, 2019 | Gary’s Thoughts from the Field
Someone yelled, “Fish on” as I looked towards Team Member Larry Myhre. It was obvious he had hooked a big fish. He was fishing off the stern of Zippel Bay’s 32-foot launch. With his rod bent in half, he did his best to control and bring...
by Gary Howey | May 10, 2019 | "Of the Outdoors" Columns, Gary’s Thoughts from the Field
For thirty-nine years, I’ve been an outdoor communicator and fortunate to have met and spent time with some truly exceptional outdoorsmen and women: guides, outdoor educators, tournament anglers, seminar presenters and radio/television personalities who’s...
by Gary Howey | Dec 8, 2018 | Gary’s Thoughts from the Field
My Mepps Aglia Long in-line spinner dropped into the fast moving water below Gavin’s Point Dam. To avoid becoming snagged up in the rocks, I held my rod trip high, reeling as quickly as I could as I retrieved the lure back downstream in the direction of...
by Gary Howey | Jul 26, 2018 | Gary’s Thoughts from the Field
When I do my seminars throughout the upper Midwest, I talk to a lot of anglers and at one, I had several anglers tell me that they either had trouble fishing a jig or had not used them much as they did not have the time needed to learn how. I told them,...
