Jason Mitchell Outdoors Fort Peck

Jason Mitchell of the outdoor program, Jason Mitchell Outdoors recently filmed an ice fishing segment on Fort Peck Reservoir.  Mitchell along with three additional outdoor writers targeted trophy pike near Rock Creek in the Dry Arm. 

“We caught several big pike, the size and girth of these fish is impressive and Fort Peck might be one of the Nation’s best kept secrets for huge pike,” explains Mitchell.  The anglers used tip ups and Northland Tackle Predator Rigs baited with either frozen herring or big suckers to catch most of the bigger pike.  Points and shelfs that cut near sharp breaking channels produced many of the biggest pike with most of the pike caught in less than fifteen feet of water. 

“The high water Fort Peck had a few years back has definitely benefitted the lake with some solid year classes of fish.  That is typical of these Missouri River Reservoirs when high water covers some of the vegetation on the shoreline, you get year classes of pike that eventually grow up to be really big pike,” explains Mitchell.  Besides several trophy pike, the anglers caught a mixed bag of lake trout, ling and walleye.

Jason Mitchell Outdoors reaches over twelve million households on Fox Sports North and Fox Sports Midwest airing in the following states; ND, SD, NE, KA, MN, WI, IA, IL, MO and IN.  The trophy pike segment filmed last week on Fort Peck will air this upcoming fall and winter.  Show schedule and listings can be found at http://www.jasonmitchelloutdoors.com.