FORT PECK RESERVOIR — King salmon is not a species commonly associated with Montana, but after Jim Fauth reeled in a new state record on Aug. 8 — a 32.65-pounder that narrowly edged out the prior ...

FORT PECK, Mont. — There was a certain rhythm to Joe Bouroncle’s cadence. Fishing for lake trout on the Lower Big Dry Arm of the Fort Peck Reservoir on the east fork is a blast, especially for some ...

The annual walleye spawn on Fort Peck Reservoir was fast and furious this year, lasting only 16 days. More than 2,000 walleye were captured in trap nets, with 611 females spawned yielding ...

A man was fishing with his wife and friends 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 ...

It’s hard to believe I’m still in Montana. The landscape is so bleak and harsh. Oval boulders resting below scoured hillsides resemble giant ocher dinosaur eggs. Leaves in three huddled cottonwood ...

Lake trout get no respect in Fort Peck Reservoir. There's no Lake Trout Unlimited or Lakers Forever pushing their cause. There's no lake trout tournament circuit. There's really no organized support ...

billings — Eighty-five antelope met a watery end in Fort Peck Reservoir last Friday when the ice broke as they attempted to cross the lake a few miles southwest of Fort Peck Dam. The incident occurred ...

Scattered showers and mountain snow continue to move through this morning, but the system responsible slowly pulls away.

Fort Peck Dam has bumped up its releases to 17,000 cubic feet per second as high inflows have pushed the reservoir level up 3 feet in two weeks, according to the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers. The ...