A storm system is going to bring widespread showers, breezy conditions, and significantly cooler temperatures to our area as ...

MONTANA - Cooler, showery, and breezy conditions can be found in northwestern Montana today, with west winds turning in from ...

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 novice anglers who finally had their chance to land some big ones.

For the first time in 10 years, the waters of Fort Peck Reservoir have risen high enough to flow into the flood pool. “That’s your final storage amount before you become a pass-through ...

But quietly, over the past half-century, lake trout have grown into a strong fishery at Fort Peck, drawing the attention of quite a few individual anglers, especially in the spring and fall.

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.

Sailors hailing from saltwater ports of call are blown down by the thought of it: Sailboats in Montana? Have you heard you need water for that? But old hands charting a course for the Can-Am Fort ...

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 ...

Even on days like this, the roughly 134 miles of jagged shoreline around Fort Peck Reservoir is ripe for exploration, always revealing new and intriguing sculptures carved in sand, ...

Jared Ostermiller is willing to drive 400 miles — 11 to 12 hours from Rexburg, Idaho — just to ice fish at Fort Peck Reservoir. He’s not alone. “We’ve got guys coming in from all over ...

FORT PECK RESERVOIR – It’s an in-the-boat ballet. Long-handled dip nets held upright, Heath Headley, Bill Viste and Matt Baxter stand shoulder to shoulder at the front of an aluminum boat ...

Fishing guide Joe Bouroncle helps Carson Beer hold a lake trout on June 15, 2025 on the Fort Peck Reservoir in Montana. Rob Beer / The Forum My learning curve is so steep it’s almost vertical.