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Fort Peck
 Fort Peck Reservoir is a quarter million acre lake formed by a large earth filled dam on the Missouri River and is part of the Charles M. Russell NAtional Wildlife Refugee. The shoreline extends more than 1700 miles with many bays and points..
Smallmouth bass fishing is the available to the angler. Also present in the lake are walleye, sauger, northern pike, perch, ling cod, lake trout and chinook salmon..
President Franklin Roosevelt approved construction of the Fort Peck Dam on the Missouri River in 1933. During the height of the Great Depression, the project provided much-needed work for the legions of unemployed men. When filled to capacity, the dam impounds a reservoir of 247,000 acres. It stands 250 feet high and is 3500 feet wide at its base. The Fort Peck Dam Powerhouse Museum offers a fossil record of the plants and creatures of the late Cretaceous period to help explain the geological history of the river. The lobby has models and exhibits which tell the story of the building, operation, and benefits of the dam. Tours of the massive power plant are available.
Fort Peck Indian Reservation - About 6000 Sioux and Assiniboine live on the reservation, encompassing more than 2 million acres of land just east of Fort Peck Reservoir, extending almost to North Dakota and from 50 miles south of Canada to the Missouri River.
This sprawling lake is located in parts of Garfield, McCone, and Valley counties.
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For more information: Montana Fish, Wildlife & Parks 1420 East Sixth Avenue P.O. BOX 200701 Helena, MT 59620-0701 (406) 444-2535 FAX: (406) 444-4952 or e-mail: fwpgen@state.mt.us
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| Name: jimbo |
Date: 2008-09-06 |
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Report: Tough day, only two 3 pounders. One black and one spot. Please use valid comments on this site. |
Tips: Check all your lines before going out, I had four line malfunctions. Battery was low(check it) and I couldn't use finders. left real early. |
| Name: capt mike |
Date: 2005-12-24 |
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Location: orangevale |
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Water Teamp: 55 |
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Report: Fished noon to four in the afternoon with my buddy mike dean. Did well for the dead sea in the winter. We caught and released 6 spots up to 2 lbs. Drop shot and dart head morning dawn 4 inch worms. 25 feet is where the thermocline is and that's where i found the little green things. Deep water is near by. Fish slow and watch your line they swim right at you. Drop shot wacky style seemed better. Merry christmas to all you guys that love to fish. Hope next year is as good as this year. Basin Bassmasters hope we have a good year as well. |
Tips: Fish 25 feet slow. 6lb test is best. My buddy mike used 8lb and I smoked him. |
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