The disappointing part of Ft. Peck is the almost never reliable ice conditions. Way to many gas pockets and big winds that make the ice crappy. Add in the garbage access to the lake and then you understand why there are such big fish there.
Yeah ive been wanting to take a trip there for a few years now. Unless they have an open winter where you can access the west end, it seems like it wouldn't be worth the drive. It sounds to me like the east end is so damn sketchy ice wise.