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Message: <blockquote data-quote="lostinnd" data-source="post: 163592" data-attributes="member: 1428">If you want some more info go ahead and message me. I am not a very experience Fort Peck angler but been out there a few times.  Two years ago we spent 4 days ice fishing around the dam area, stayed in the hotel there and had a good time at the bar across the road, it closes early sometimes though especially for food.  We fished the north shore and got on the ice in Duck creek I believe.  Took a Ranger and we drove all over but beware of driving over points or close to shore.  The ice really thins out over shallow water where the sun warms the rocks underneath.  While we were there two four wheelers fell through.  It gets freaky driving over 150-200 feet of water on a foot of ice too.  We set tipups all over and tried jigging and didn't have the best luck.  The pressure was all over the place with a system moving in.  If you want to find lakers look for underwater islands and humps that come up to about 30-50 feet deep with 100 feet or more of water nearby.  We were able to mark a lot of them but had a hell of a time getting a bite.  For pike we set smelt in 8-12 feet and caught some nice ones up to 9lbs.  Didn't catch a walleye the whole trip but we were mostly pike/trout fishing.  It is a daunting lake to fish as there is so much structure and not many people fishing so its hard to draw any idea of what to do.  The locals just seemed to spread tipups out on every point and drive around all day checking them.  We also fished Bear Creek Bay on the east side.  We caught some nice lakers there fall fishing the year before and thought we could get to the same humps we caught them in open water but no luck with all the pressure ridges.  The pressure ridges there open and close all day long and it could be easy to get stuck somewhere.  We considered crossing the main ridge across the bay to get to the sunken islands as in the morning the gap was only a foot or so in some places.  Lucky we didn't as during the day it kept widening and by night the pressure ridge had upwards of 6 feet of open water.  We crossed some places where the ice was cracked through and the sheets moved a lot during the day.  I don't think we ever saw much more than 18" of ice with most areas about 12" or less.  Best of luck and be safe out there, its wild country.</blockquote>

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