Fort Peck Reservoir, dam area: The Missouri River below the dam is fishing well for walleyes, sauger and northerns. Minnows will work. The fish are starting to take leeches and crawlers.

Fort Peck Reservoir, dam area: Some 20-22-pound chinook salmon are being caught off the face of the dam and a few by York Island and Haxby Point. Fish 65-75 feet deep with flashers and squids.

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 ...

BILLINGS — In the wake of river fishing closures that seem to be spreading across Montana at far too rapid a rate, there’s some good news coming from Fort Peck Reservoir. Chinook salmon have ...

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.

Fort Peck, Dam area: Fishing is good with a lot of nice walleye being caught down the Big Dry Arm, Bear Creek and Duck Creek. Fish are in shallow and also out to 30 feet.

Huge (245,000 acres, with more than 1,500 miles of shoreline), deep (220 feet), and remote (in Montana’s little-tracked northeastern corner), Fort Peck Reservoir is a gold mine for ice fishing.

FORT PECK — Chinook salmon have arrived near the face of Fort Peck Dam, and it looks like the 2003 run is going to be a good one. As of last weekend, the biggest salmon caught was a 24-pounder ...

An aerial view shows Fort Peck Dam and ice covering the lake on Saturday, April 21. The dam captured a high amount of spring runoff from the Missouri River.

Also, paddlefish season begins on the Missouri River section from Fort Benton downstream to Fort Peck Dam on May 1. Bighorn Lake, Barry’s Landing: A few ling were taken by shore fishermen.