Ft Peck 2020

[chysteve]

Fished near Rock Creek on Friday and did well. Mixed bag. Smallmouth, northern and walleye. Biggest 'eye was 5 lbs. Things are picking up now that the water temp is increasing. Couldn't get out Sat. b/c of the wind. Got all fish in 8-12 ft. pulling cranks.

[Peckhead]

We spent the week boat camping in Snow Creek and Cole Creek. Fished Timber Creek and caught about 20 dink walleye in two hours. We fished further down toward J marker and Snow Creek main points and found the sows. Biggest was 28 inches, plus northers up to 43 inches(24 lbs) most on jigs and cranks. SM were starting to gather on rocks pre-spawn. Water temps were about 58-60 degrees where the walleyes were moving through. Most were in 10-15 feet on mud lines off points. The pike we filleted had lots of ciscos up to 12 inches in them. The eater walleyes also were on ciscos.


Dogs went nuts one night and we found lion tracks the next morning about ten feet from the boat.Such a cool wild place.

[Peckhead]

This is the 43 inch northern. Love the sagging belly sows that look like they came from Canada.

Lots of 35-38 inchers as well.

[Peckhead]

Spent the week fishing between Heell Creek and The Narrows. Biggest walleye was 29 inches with lots of 17-26's in everything from 2 ft to 40 ft on cranks. Northerns eating pretty well. Crappies were all over the place west of Bone Trail and were fun for the grand kids on bobbers and jigs. SM are in about 12 feet to right up on rock piles. Perch were aggressive to say the least!

[chysteve]

Thanks for the report. Got up here late Thurs. and spent yesterday doing yard work. Heading out today. Gonna be hot.

[Peckhead]

Been up here all week. Fishing was great until we had some nasty storms. 70 mph winds both days as the storms rolled in. Even had a tornado on the lake a couple days back which was cool to see from a mile away. Cold front took the surface temps down from 74 to 66and shut things down quite a bit. Picked up this afternoon when the wind switched to the SE and temps recovered a bit. Morning bite was finding pods of fish in 22-29 ft and bobber fishing with leeches. Afternoon was 12-17 on cranks. Nothing huge except a 15 lb carp that ate a shad rap and a few 3 lb sm.

Gov Cup starts in the AM so will be going far west to avoid the crowds.

[chysteve]

We fished from dam up to Railroad over the past 2 weeks. Best bite was closer to **** Creek. Very good fishing with mixed sizes. Biggest was 29 in. Cranks and spinners/nightcrawlers in 10 to 22 ft. of water. Heading back up next week and hope things have settled down after the Gov. Cup.

[Peckhead]

More big NW winds today. Bite was good until we got blown off at 10am. Biggest was 26 inches with a limit of 16-19s to take home in the morning. Yesterday we decided to snap rap
most of the day and caught a bunch of medium sized walleye, bass and northerners anywhere from 8 ft out to 35. No real pattern as the weather stays unsettled.

Plan on coming back up in late July-early August and spend some time chasing salmon as well.

[chysteve]

I'm heading back up tomorrow to see if the bite is still good. Gov. Cup had some huge weights and all those big ones should still be swimming!!

[Daddybigfins]

Gov Cup weights were crazy this year! Wish I could get back up there but 2 trips is about all I can manage as a working (and married) man.