After a slow 2017 season, chinook salmon are biting at Fort Peck Reservoir meaning that anglers with downrigger-fitted boats fitted have been flocking to the dam area in search of fish. Heath Headley, ...

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 ...

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 ...

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 begun to ...

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 ...

My travels last weekend with the Montana Outdoor Radio Show landed me in Glasgow, in far northeastern Montana. I was honored to be the master of ceremonies for the Montana Walleyes Unlimited state ...

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 ...

Montana might not be famous for its salmon fishing — but one local resident just proved the state definitely has some whoppers. Jim Fauth of Malta may have set a new state record for Chinook salmon ...

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 ...