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Offline OUTHNTN

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Fort Peck Big Dry Arm report
« on: Feb 28, 2013, 07:48 PM »
Fished from Sat afternoon the 23 thru Wed evening and fishing was fantastic to say the least!!  Saturday afternoon around 1 we got the first line in and by 11 that night we'd iced 13 walleye and 18 pike including a 20+ pounder!  In 4 1/2 days/nights of fishing, 3 of us iced 183 total fish not including the perch!  Largest pike was 43" and 20+ pounds (entered in the tourney!), largest walleye was 28" and 8.5#, largest lake trout 31" and 12# and largest catfish was 8# (didn't get a length).  We kept some walleye, pike and cats for the table but most were released to catch another day.  One of the guys landed a 4# rainbow jigging and that was a first for us on Peck.  Also wanted to mention that PK lures flutterfish in firetiger tipped with a minnow head worked extremely well on catfish and walleye!
Trip totals:
Walleye: 71
Pike: 92
Catfish: 16
Lake trout: 3
Rainbow trout: 1
Perch: Too many to keep track of

Ice was good the whole trip and would've stayed thru the weekend, but the 50 degree weather scared us off as the road to Macguire Creek can get a bit gnarly to say the least.  We left early this morn when the road was still froze and didn't have any problems.
Here's some pics of the trip...

Big Dry Arm at Macguire Creek


20+ pound pike caught right at dark


12# Laker


My father-in-law with a 9# pike


Proof that pike like big meals!  That's a 6# pike that took an 8" sucker.  The next pic below it is a 6" minnow that a 14" walleye had in it's mouth.  Had to keep that one for the table...



8.5# walleye


Speared 9# Laker


Peck never seems to disappoint!
Good fishin' - OH

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Re: Fort Peck Big Dry Arm report
« Reply #1 on: Feb 28, 2013, 07:57 PM »
Nice pics and nice catch' and maybe not a moment too soon with the warm weather rollin in.... kinda been that way all winter though!!
Worst day of fishin I ever had was still damn good!

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Re: Fort Peck Big Dry Arm report
« Reply #2 on: Feb 28, 2013, 09:29 PM »
Outhntn; looks like you guys had a great trip. Peck is awsome! When the sun hits the south side of the hills...that road can be a greasy mess. Nice way to end the season!

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Re: Fort Peck Big Dry Arm report
« Reply #3 on: Feb 28, 2013, 10:51 PM »
Thanks hntrboy.  I didn't want to chain up to get out, just lazy I guess so we left early in the morn.  Congrats to you on your walleye you entered in the tourney!  My buddy caught the big walleye of the trip but he didn't register.  Looks like it may have made 3rd place.  As for the end of the season, the hi mountain lakes are still froze so I may hit them before hanging it up!  Good fishin' - OH

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Re: Fort Peck Big Dry Arm report
« Reply #4 on: Feb 28, 2013, 11:27 PM »
Wow!  That sounds like a heck of a trip!

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Re: Fort Peck Big Dry Arm report
« Reply #5 on: Feb 28, 2013, 11:42 PM »
Awesome job OUTHNTN!

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Re: Fort Peck Big Dry Arm report
« Reply #6 on: Mar 01, 2013, 12:28 AM »
Amazing trip, thanks for sharing:)

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Re: Fort Peck Big Dry Arm report
« Reply #7 on: Mar 01, 2013, 01:12 AM »
Good Lordy. That's an amazing trip. Thanks for sharing the report.
So many fish, so little time.

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Re: Fort Peck Big Dry Arm report
« Reply #8 on: Mar 01, 2013, 02:01 PM »
congrats
If at first you don't succeed at ice fishing

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Re: Fort Peck Big Dry Arm report
« Reply #9 on: Mar 01, 2013, 05:24 PM »
you guys kicked a@# :tipup:

 



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