Jul 29, 2023 · How and When Did the Chinook or “King” Salmon Get into Fort Peck Reservoir? How many get stocked in there? How Big do They Get? Just How Good of a Salmon Season Will it be? Those and many more questions about the hardest fighting fish in Montana get answered in this week’s Montana Outdoor Podcast!

Aug 13, 2024 · Pending Helena approval, a new state record Chinook salmon was caught on Fort Peck Reservoir on Friday, August 9th. At around noon, Jim Fauth of Malta was fishing east of the Fort Peck Marina, trolling a flasher and squid, when he landed the monster fish.

Nov 3, 2022 · Although Fort Peck is the only place anglers can catch chinook salmon in Montana, prior to the reservoir being planted about 15,600 chinook were dumped in the Missouri River above Canyon...

Aug 15, 2024 · A new state record has been set for the largest Chinook salmon caught in the state at Fort Peck Lake, weighing 32.62 pounds.

Sep 19, 2024 · Jim Fauth struggles to hold the state-record chinook salmon he caught on Aug. 8 while fishing on Fort Peck Reservoir in Montana. The fish was 38 inches long and weighed 32.65 pounds.

We meet and take off from the Fort Peck Marina. Please feel free to give me a call for more information on this trip. We are the only outfitters in the state of Montana that offer Chinook Salmon Charters.

One of two Pacific salmon species in Montana, the chinook salmon, was introduced into Fort Peck Reservoir during the 1980s in an effort to produce a trophy fishery. Like all Pacific salmon species, the chinook dies after spawning.

Aug 15, 2024 · Fishing east of the Fort Peck Marina around noon, Fauth used a flasher and squid rig to reel in the massive salmon, the release said. The enormous fish tipped the scales at 32.62 pounds and...

Aug 14, 2024 · FORT PECK MARINA, Mont. (KFYR) - A new state record Chinook salmon was caught on Fort Peck Reservoir on Aug. 9. Jim Fauth of Malta was fishing east of the Fort Peck Marina, trolling a flasher...

Sep 1, 2024 · 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...