Heavy Weight Cats Vs. Light Weight Gear

July 22, 2011

Outside Iowa® & Midwest Iowa Outdoors® With Thomas Allen (July 11th, 2011) I’ll be totally honest with you I am a glutton for punishment.  I love to pursue fish that are known for biting once in every 10,000 casts – the mighty muskellunge.  It can be a frustrating game, but the satisfaction when one of [...]

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It’s Their Time

July 22, 2011

Outside Iowa® & Midwest Iowa Outdoors® With Thomas Allen (July 4th, 2011) I can still vividly remember some of my earliest fishing experiences.  I was somewhere in the neighborhood of three to four years old, and I was so consumed with the desire to fish, it was all I could think about.  My dad saw how [...]

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Trail Camera Time

July 22, 2011

Outside Iowa® & Midwest Iowa Outdoors® With Thomas Allen (June 27th, 2011) It seems hard to believe that the time to start thinking about our fall has arrived.  Over the past few weeks we have really been focusing on Iowa’s fishing opportunities, and for good reason!  There are some tremendous fishing opportunities that exist this [...]

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OutdoorsFIRST Radio with Spencer Berman

June 24, 2011

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Summer Bass

June 17, 2011

Outside Iowa® Midwest Iowa Outdoors® With Thomas Allen (June 20th, 2011) While the dog days of summer are not officially here yet, they are just around the corner.  As a bass fisherman, this is one of my very favorite times of the year to be on the water.  The big female bass have successfully completed [...]

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The Chase

June 17, 2011

Outside Iowa® Midwest Iowa Outdoors® With Thomas Allen (June 13th, 2011) I love to tournament fish.  I thrive on the competition and really enjoy paying to fish for the purpose of claiming the day’s finest angler.  It forces me to dig down deep and find the best angler I can be.  To be perfectly honest, [...]

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Flooded Timber Secrets

June 17, 2011

Outside Iowa® Midwest Iowa Outdoors® With Thomas Allen (June 6th, 2011) There may not be a more intimidating body of water at first glance than that of Brushy Creek Lake, Three-Mile Lake, Twelve-Mile Lake, Lake Sugema, Lake Belva Deer, or any other body of water created over standing timber.  Obviously, these Iowa lakes were created [...]

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Cranky Crappies

June 17, 2011

Outside Iowa® Midwest Iowa Outdoors® With Thomas Allen (May 30th, 2011) The Crappie.  Old Papermouth, Slab-O-Saurus, or even Pomoxis Nigromaculatus, if you’re in to the Latin version.  No matter how you call him, most will agree that when the crappies are hot, not only are they a lot of fun to catch, but they also [...]

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Iowa’s Spring River Run Walleyes

June 17, 2011

Outside Iowa® Midwest Iowa Outdoors® With Thomas Allen (May 23rd, 2011) Iowa’s interior river systems are not only some of the finest fisheries in the state, but they are also very overlooked.  In most cases, you can access quality fishing from the shore, but if a boat is preferred launches are also accessible.  Nearly every [...]

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Iowa Muskies

June 17, 2011

Outside Iowa® Midwest Iowa Outdoors® With Thomas Allen (May 16th, 2011) The fish of 10,000 casts?  Well, they can be, especially if you aren’t throwing what you need to be throwing or not fishing where you need to be fishing.  Confession time; I am a total muskie nut, completely consumed.  I am absolutely fascinated by [...]

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