Iowa Sportsman

Locating Hot Weather Smallies In Iowa

Locating Hot Weather Smallies in Iowa The tug on the line and in the next instance a miraculous jump above the water…smallmouth bass. This is always the first image in my mind when someone says smallmouth bass. They are no doubt the most exciting fish that swims in our waters of Iowa. They are known […]

An Iowa Treasure Hunt

An Iowa Treasure Hunt I am an Iowa boy to the core! Don’t get me wrong, I like to travel and see other places in our great nation. However, even during my short retreats elsewhere, I’m always missing my home here in Iowa. I love the history, the surroundings, the people, the culture, and the […]

Midwest Vacation Walleyes

Midwest Vacation Walleyes When asked if I would write a feature for the July Iowa Sportsman magazine about Midwest Vacation Walleyes, I jumped at the chance. Wow! Then as I began to make my four or so choices, I began to struggle. I mean there are hundreds of deserving places in the Midwest to fish […]

Herbicide Applications: Whitetails 365

Whitetails 365: Herbicide Applications: Why and How I got a call from a close friend the other night while I was watching You Tube videos about, what else, deer hunting. The phone conversation went something like, “Hey, I’m building a sprayer for my UTV. How do you know what kind of nozzles to buy? What […]

Ways to Rig Plastics

Ways to Rig Plastics Texas-Rig This is a mainstay for anglers searching for bass. It can be used with any soft plastic that you want banging around the bottom of the lake. NO matter the plastic you choose rigging is the same for each style of bait. Run the top of your bait over the […]

Simple Things Landowners can do to Improve Wildlife

Simple Things Landowners can do to Improve Wildlife One of my favorite things about hunting is watching different wildlife interacting and coexisting in one place. Whether you are an avid hunter or wildlife enthusiast, there are a few projects you can do to improve your land’s attractiveness to wildlife. Wildlife require habitat, water, and food […]

Waterfowl Lingo

Have you ever walked outside and listened to the Snow Geese or Canada’s and wonder what on earth they could be screaming about? Or how about a group of mallards working a marsh and all you can hear is chuckling or that lone hen screaming out a cadence. What about the whistle of Woodies screaming […]

Holsters… Where do I start?

You wouldn’t think so much care and time go into something like that, but just like a cowboy is picky about his saddle, lots of folks are picky about their holster. For good reason, I might add. Generally speaking, people looking for holsters fall into two basic categories. The first contains the half of us […]

Sturtz Catches State Record White Bass

Sturtz Catches State Record White Bass By Steve Weisman – Outdoor Editor State fish records are becoming a common occurrence around the Iowa Great Lakes. First a state record perch from a local pond last winter and now local angler Justin Sturtz caught the new state record white bass at 3:30 a.m., on Monday, June […]

Ways to Catch Summer Catfish on the River

Ways to Catch Summer Catfish on the River Catching catfish on the surface looks pretty easy and it is. One of the beautiful things about catfishing in the 21st century is it can be as simple or as difficult as you want it to be. Ways to catch catfish are many. In some states you […]

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