A Different Lake for Every Day by GARY HOWEY and KELLA RODIEK Something to Be Said About Being Sort of Pattern We Could Work
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Saturday, 8.10.13 ON THE WEB: www.yankton.net outdoors SPORTS DEPARTMENT: [email protected] PRESS DAKOTAN PAGE 11 Of The Outdoors | Gary Howey A Different Lake For Every Day BY GARY HOWEY AND KELLA RODIEK something to be said about being sort of pattern we could work. Hartington, Neb. the only boat on the water, when it's Just when things seemed the just you and your comrades and the slowest and we'd begun doubting If you were to ask about the fish below the surface. our plan, a pattern appeared as the Webster area, you'd likely hear The water of the lake was crystal- purple descent jointed Rapala came about the extraordinary fishing in clear, making it a Mecca for weed to life, with Kella pounding the fish the hundreds of lakes and sloughs growth. The entire shoreline out to one right after another. found throughout that part of South ten feet was covered up with weeds, The walleye's main sense of Dakota. making us to wonder just what the sight wasn't as affective in the dingy The glaciers that moved through plan might be in order for us to fish water as it would be in less turbid the area over ten thousand years there. We identified an abundance of conditions. Instead, they seemed to ago gouged out the craters that coontail and milfoil, and the dense be zeroing in on the extra vibration form these bodies of water. The colonies looked as if they could be given off by the jointed lure. more recent floods then filled the tricky to overcome. We'd need the After Kella put fish in the boat depressions and up popped fishing correct presentation to evade the and we figured out the pattern of paradise. weeds and catch the fish, and fortu- what the fish wanted, we re-rigged Many of these lakes are shallow, nately Cory knew the tricks. with the hot bait to get back in the ranging from Here was the plan. We'd rig up action and our eight-fish limit came only eight to ten with one ounce bottom bouncers quickly. feet in depth, yet and Lindy single hook spinners, In a short day and a half, we'd most still hold baited with a small piece of crawler spent some quality time with good catchable popu- or a piece of 7” Breen-Orange Spin- friends, taken our two-day limit of lations of wall- ner Crawler Berkley Gulp Alive. We'd walleyes and a few perch and had eye, perch, then troll the rigs through the open two of our Outdoorsmen Adven- smallmouth water in middle of the lake. tures segments in the can. bass, northern Cory maneuvered the boat at a Topping it all off, we had the op- pike and crappie. fast enough speed to allow our bot- portunity to return home and spend We've fished tom bouncers to cruise just over the time at one of South Dakota's most the area on both top of the weeds coming up from the beautiful destinations. open and hard bottom. That seemed to be the water numerous Gary ticket and we maintained that tech- Gary Howey, Hartington, Neb., is times over the nique all afternoon. a former tournament angler, fishing years with one of HOWEY Our first fish, a chunky walleye, and hunting guide. Howey is the Pro- our Team Out- came when Cory made a turn out in ducer/ Host of the award winning Out- doorsmen Ad- the middle of the lake, which in- doorsmen Adventures television ventures members, Cory Ewing of creased the speed of our outside series, which can be seen in Yankton Waubay Lake Guide Service lure. This indicated the fish were the series airs on channels 2 & 98 (waubaylakeguideservice.com). more aggressive and were looking PHOTO: TEAM OUTDOORSMEN ADVENTURES Saturday at 6:30 pm and Sunday at Every outing with Cory has been for a bait trolled at a higher speed. Columnist Gary Howey, left, and Kella Rodiek are pictured with two walleyes they 7:00 am. He and Simon Fuller are successful, keeping us coming back Frequent taps on the end of our caught while fishing in the Webster area with Waubay Lakes Guide Cory Ewing. the hosts of the Outdoor Adventures for more. lines revealed an abundant popula- radio program Monday-Saturday at He's a superior angler and guides tion of the walleye's smaller cousin, (one of several in the area with that However, the water of this lake was 6:45 am on Classic Hits 106.3 and on many of the lakes found through- the perch, in the lake. Perch are fa- name). This time we weren't alone a dingy brown color compared to ESPN Sports Radio 1570. If you’re out northeastern South Dakota. mous for keeping at a bait until on the water. the glass-like clarity of the slough. looking for more outdoor informa- Accompanying me on this trip they've sucked the hook clean, forc- The trucks lined up bumper-to- As he did the day before, Cory tion, check out www.outdoorsmenad- was Outdoorsmen Productions ing us to use the tougher Gulp Alive bumper (well, bumper to boat crafted a strategy based on success- ventures.com and like Outdoorsmen Wayne State College intern Kella to keep from being robbed. In the trailer really,) ready to launch and ful experiences. This time we'd be Adventures on Facebook. Rodiek, an excellent angler from clear water, the flashy orange color leave the land behind. There were pulling crankbaits on Fireline using Mitchell. of the Gulp was irresistible to the anglers from Minnesota, South line-counter reels on long eight and Kella Rodiek, Mitchell, is a senior Cory had a plan, as he usually walleye, which the slough seemed to Dakota, Iowa and North Dakota, all a half foot rods. at Wayne State College and is work- does, informing us we'd be fishing a be rich with. with the same walleye mindset. Cory had us speed trolling at ing as an intern at Outdoorsmen Pro- "slough" north of Webster. Upon ar- It didn't take long for us to film an Good friend Casey Weismantel three to three and a half mph, ductions LLC, Hartington, NE. and is riving, the so-called slough looked entire show and reach our eight-fish of Aberdeen joined us on day two, pulling Lindy Shadlings and jointed an avid angler and hunter Kella nothing like the sloughs back home, walleye limit. The walleye we kept fishing near us while manning our Rapalas, and short lining with just served as the editor of the Wayne considering the size, with the quality measured from 17 to 21 inches and camera boat to supplement the 30 to 40 feet of line out behind the Stater this last year. She's Co-Hosted of the fishing in the area, size really were accompanied by several good- show with a different viewpoint boat. several Outdoorsmen Adventures tel- doesn't matter. sized perch. than usual. Since the bite was slower than evision show with her Camo Kella From the grass and gravel of the Day two was a change of scenery Like the slough we fished the the previous day, we and the other column appearing in the Wayne bank, we launched the sole vessel as we headed towards Garden City, previous day, this body of water ran boats around us covered a lot of States College newspaper, the Wayne the lake would see all day. There's south of Webster to fish Dry Lake that same eight to ten feet in depth. water, looking for the fish and some Stater. OUTDOORS DIGEST Fox Run Looking Good Natalie and Meredith SDGA Last year’s drought left Fox Turner will be in the 10:20 Bison Step Outside Youth State Park is hosting the 8th Annual Bat Run Golf Course in tough a.m. group. Natalie, a Brandon Festival. Several biologists will be on-hand From Page 6 shape. But a year later, it’s Valley graduate, has trans- From Page 6 Activity Day Aug. 24 with activities and presentations to help ferred from Dakota Wesleyan SCOTLAND — The South Dakota visitors understand and appreciate the hard to see the effects, ac- myths and facts associated with bats. Info: cording to Merry. to the University of Sioux Game, Fish & Parks Department will hold Falls. Meredith played at O’- a Step Outside Free Youth Activity Day on 605-255-4464 or www.sdbwg.org lead after each shot 72s. “Fox Run is in as good a about our goals and what Saturday, Aug. 24, from 9 a.m.-1 p.m. at • Constellation Stories, 9:30 p.m. CDT, Leland, an Augustana Col- condition as I’ve seen it,” he Gorman last spring. we want to accomplish,” the Scotland Tramp Range. The range is Good Earth State Park at Blood Run near lege golfer, teamed with Kali said. “They’ve done a wonder- Morgan and Lauren Fitts of said linebacker Grant located east of Scotland near the ball Sioux Falls. Learn constellation stories Trautman of Clear Lake to win ful job. A lot of players have Brookings will be in the 11:10 Olson. “The problem is if fields. from cultures around the world while look- a.m. group. Morgan just fin- ing at the Good Earth night sky through a the SDGA Two-Woman Cham- commented on how nice it is. we start looking ahead to Youth ages 8 and up must be accom- pionship a week ago in Dell ished her senior season at that, and that’s when panied by a parent or guardiant.