Hooked on salmon: Fall chinook snagging draws anglers to Fort Peck Reservoir
Snagging chinook salmon is a popular way for anglers to catch tasty fish at Fort Peck Reservoir in the fall.
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Snagging chinook salmon is a popular way for anglers to catch tasty fish at Fort Peck Reservoir in the fall.
BRETT FRENCH Jared Ostermiller is willing to drive 400 miles â 11 to 12 hours from Rexburg, Idaho â just to ice fish at Fort Peck Reservoir. Heâs not alone. âWeâve got guys coming in from all over the place,â said Eddie Mindt, owner of the Lakeridge Lodging & Bait Shop near the small community of Fort Peck. Why drive so far in the winter to a remote corner of northeastern Montana to ice fish? For Ostermiller, itâs because there are few places he can catch as many different species of fish â and big ones â sometimes on the sa...