Fishing Report For Fort Peck Lake, MT

January 27, 2025

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Fishing Report Fort Peck Lake, MT

Popular Fish Species Fort Peck Lake, MT

Walleye

Current Report: Good
Outlook: Good To Very Good

Walleye continue to be a major draw for anglers to Fort Peck Lake. Locals report catching nice walleye on long points, flats along the river and creek channels, and structure off shore. Deep-diving crankbaits, like the Bandit, are a great for trolling. Jerkbaits, spinners, worms and bottom bouncers all work well here. Use electronics to locate which structure is holding walleye, and at what depth.

Lake Trout

Current Report: Fair To Good
Outlook: Good To Very Good

Lake trout in Fort Peck Lake can be found in water as deep as 100 feet, or deeper. When they move up to the 40 to 60-foot range, they are more likely to be active. Cloudy days, early mornings and early evenings are the best time to catch big lakers. Spoons, jigged vertically within the target depth can entice bites. Trolling with spoons, brightly-colored jerkbaits, and spinners with a variety of rigging methods to get these lures to run deep.

Northern Pike

Current Report: Fair To Good
Outlook: Good

These ferocious eaters are a killing machine that will devour virtually anything that swims. Pike anglers report catching these big guys on jerkbaits, spinners, spoons, and swimbaits - anything that has the appearance of a small fish. Many of the local guides tend to favor the James Kipp state recreation area, The Dry Arm area, Rock Creek and Hell Creek, among others.

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Fish species to fish for...

Guide to fishing for largemouth bass, smallmouth bass, channel catfish, black crappie, white crappie, walleye, rainbow trout, brown trout, lake trout, bluegill, green sunfish, yellow perch, chinook salmon, northern pike, paddlefish, sauger and sturgeon at Fort Peck Lake in Montana.

Fort Peck Lake is a 245,000 acre lake, with 1,500 miles of shoreline. The fertile waters here support healthy populations of bass, catfish, crappie, walleye, trout, sunfish, perch, salmon, paddlefish, sauger and pike. Ice fishing in winter can be spectacular, due to relatively light fishing pressure.

Primary fish species to catch

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Rick Seaman is a fishing enthusiast with over five decades of fishing experience, a retired tournament fisherman, author of numerous published articles on fishing, and co-author of the book "Bass Fishing - It's not WHAT you throw, It's WHERE you throw it".