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Rock creek Ft Peck Mt #6881040
05/24/20 12:06 PM
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Any one here fish Rock Creek at Ft Peck Mt looking for fishing advice or tips post spawn walleye first week June.

Re: Rock creek Ft Peck Mt [Re: danvee] #6881048
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Crawler harnesses with spinners behind a bottom bouncer sinker or trolling crankbaits. Baited jigs/lead heads with minnows and look for structure. Rocky/gravel bottoms are a place to start and start in shallow water and move out till you find the right depth.

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Re: Rock creek Ft Peck Mt [Re: danvee] #6881049
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Never fished there but a great read about building the dam is here; Bucking the Sun, by Ivan Doig. It's fiction but the historical part is true.

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Re: Rock creek Ft Peck Mt [Re: danvee] #6881145
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Thanks Snowy I heard the water will be cold in the mid 50s never fished ft peck or for walleyes that early. I hear the small mouth are good up there also northern and might get some trout in 40foot. White I read FT Peck is the largest earth dam in the WORLD must be a feat to build one that big. Might get the book for a good read if the weather hits or fishing is slow.

Re: Rock creek Ft Peck Mt [Re: danvee] #6881149
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Yep, water will be in that range. I would beleive you will do well but then there are days it can be tough fishing. Look for good structure and find the depth they are in and yo will do fine. Start shallow 4 to 8 feet of water and work from there.

I had an uncle that helped build that dam.


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Re: Rock creek Ft Peck Mt [Re: danvee] #6881173
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I'm not familiar with the area of Rock Creek on Fort Peck Lake but I've fished out of Crooked Creek often .
The above suggestions are good I'd add some lead core line and dragging crank baits .
I also like lite 6 lb braid line with lite jigs and fishing even shallower I like casting jigs onto the shore and work them back to the boat, vertical jigging works at times too .

As for Fort Peck there's 1,850 miles of shore line and it's over 150 miles long . When I was a kid we went to a celebration at the dredge cuts where they even dropped bowling balls from a helicopter trying to knock over the bowling pins long down the spill way then after cleaning up that mess they opened up all the gates turning loose a huge wall of water it was quite a sight to see I'm glad I had the chance to see it even if I ended up getting sun burned and looked like a boiled lobster ha ha !
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