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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. On Friday, the lake level w ...
A Rexford man who was ice fishing drowned in Fort Peck Lake after the vehicle he was driving crashed through the ice north of Winnett, officials said. The incident occurred about 7 p.m. Saturday.
The lake offers fishing amenities including a 100-acre lake, piers, boat ramps, and bait shop. A $5 fishing fee is now in effect, the first increase in 16 years. The lake is stocked with ...
The Devil’s Creek portion of the 189-mile-long Fort Peck Reservoir is a transition zone from shallower turbid water to a clearer and deeper lake ... “Our kids grew up fishing” at Devil ...
Fort Peck Lake was named one of the best ice fishing destinations in the country for 2025. For the fifth year in a row, FishingBooker, “the world’s largest platform for booking fishing trips,” ranked ...
Few fisheries in the West can rival Fort Peck Lake when it comes to ice fishing. This remote reservoir sprawls over 234,000 acres in north-central Montana and offers great fishing for walleye ...
Fort Peck Lake in northeast Montana is a sprawling reservoir that holds plenty of walleyes and smallmouth bass. And it’s where part-time fishing guide Josh Johnson caught the bronzeback of his dreams ...
FORT PECK RESERVOIR ... salmon on Fort Peck, and especially those that are around 20-plus pounds,” said Heath Headley, Fish, Wildlife & Parks fisheries biologist for the lake, in an email.
A man was fishing ... on a Montana lake when one bite turned into a record-breaking catch of a “monster fish,” officials and news outlets reported. Jim Fauth was on Fort Peck Lake on Aug ...