Fort Peck Reservoir (Hell Creek): Fishing has been spotty, but some big ones have been caught, including a 33-inch walleye that came in this week. All methods are taking some fish.

Fort Peck Reservoir, Crooked Creek — It was one of the best weekends of fishing this season. Most action is from a boat. Bottom bounce crawlers in 8 to 20 feet of water for walleye.

This year, we have the water. And the fishing in Fort Peck is expected to be very good. Mark Ward's statewide Montana Outdoor Radio Show airs Saturday's from 6 to 8 a.m. in Missoula on KGVO 1290 AM.

The paddlefish season on the Missouri River below Fort Peck Dam and in the Yellowstone River below the mouth of the Bighorn River opens May 15, and the archery fishing season for paddlefish in the ...

The paddlefish season on the Missouri River below Fort Peck Dam and in the Yellowstone River below the mouth of the Bighorn River opens May 15, and the archery fishing season for paddlefish in the ...

The Fort Peck reservoir has hit its lowest level in a half-century. The record of 2,208.7 feet elevation above sea level set in April 1991 was matched Thanksgiving Day.

Given this scenario, the lake could drop about 8 feet to an elevation of 2,222 feet above sea level by March 1, according to the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers, which operates Fort Peck Dam. At that ...

Legal hours for catch-and-release fishing for paddlefish are 6 a.m. to 9 p.m. daily. The 2015 paddlefish harvest target for this population in the Upper Missouri River is 500 fish.

FORT PECK, Mont. -- Looming above the plain like a great grassy green berm, Fort Peck Dam has impounded more Missouri River water this spring than ever before - enough to cover all of Yellowstone ...

HELENA, Mont. (AP) - High waters from huge amounts of rainfall combined with melting snowpack over the past month are prompting the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers to release massive amounts of water ...

HELENA, Mont. (AP) - High waters from huge amounts of rainfall combined with melting snowpack over the past month are prompting the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers to release massive ...