 Outfitter Doug Komrosky, PO Box 1057, Havre, MT 59501 Home: (406) 262-2195, Cell: (406) 390-6892 Email: Hi-Line Charter Fishing
One of the mainstays at Fort Peck has to be the Lakeridge Motel and Tackle/Bait store. If your plans include staying at Ft Peck, be sure to call (888-554-8125) or stop and talk with the owners, Gene and Donna Moore. They offer clean, comfortable, remodeled cabins along with anything you may need for your fishing adventure such as tackle, bait, oil and fuel. The Lakeridge is also one of the places you can contact the folks of Hi-Line Charter Fishing. To fill that hungry, thirsty feeling, the Gateway Lounge is one of the more popular stops at Fort Peck. The Gateway Lounge and Restaurant is located directly across the street from the Lakeridge Motel. The Gateway offers a dining room as well as a lounge. Here you can kick back and relax after a fun filled day of fishing.
The new Fort Peck Interpretive Center offers a look at Montana's long past with a dinosaur display and two live fish tanks with the many and varied species of fish you'll find in Fort Peck. The Fort Peck Theater provides various live shows and plays during the weekends in June, July and August. I have attended many of these plays and would rate each and every one of them first-class. If you have never attended a live performance or production play, I would strongly recommend you add this activity to your summer plans. The Fort Peck Hotel has been designated as a National Historic Site. Once you enter the Hotel, it becomes more than apparent why the owners have tried to maintain the integrity of the building. If you are looking for a four star hotel; complete with elevators, bell boys, valet parking, crushed velvet upholstery, and rooms with guest slippers, robes, TVs with HBO, and desk clerks that always smile while they collect upwards of $200 for your one nights stay, pass up the Fort Peck Hotel. If, however, you are looking for a clean, comfortable, full-service facility that allows you to step back in time to the late '30s and early '40s with the time period fixtures and furnishings, the Fort Peck Hotel is just what the doctor ordered. The owners, staff and management have but two things in mind when you stay at this hotel - courtesy and affordable comfort. The comfortable rooms, great food and down-home hospitality are a rare treat. I have personally stayed at the Fort Peck Hotel on numerous occasions and will certainly attest to their being part of our "Outdoor Heaven." The Power Plant Museum and Tours is a must-see for anyone traveling to, or through, the Fort Peck area. The museum and tour covers all aspects of the building and maintenance of the Fort Peck Dam. It all began as one of the first and largest Federal Works Projects initiated by then-President Franklin D. Roosevelt. The result was the construction of the largest earth-filled, man-made dam in the world This dam has created a water impoundment that has literally more shore line than the entire state of California. The museum and tour take you through the entire project, from planning to completion. You will discover the many architectural and construction problems encountered and how they were solved. You will also learn the little known fact - that the dam actually gave way while under construction, killing some of the workers and sending tons of sediment down river. If the Powerhouse Museum and Tour is not considered part of Montana's "Outdoor Heaven" I don't know what is.
The wildlife viewing area is adjacent to the town of Fort Peck. A gravel road takes you around the viewing impoundment. At times you can observe bison, elk, deer and antelope. It is one of the finest places I have found to actually observe these animals in a natural environment. Better yet, it's a great place to take kids. They get to see these animals up close and get an appreciation for just how magnificent this part of the animal world can be. No comments on Montana's "Outdoor Heaven" would be complete without some discussion about the body of water called Fort Peck Reservoir. Allow me to start with the fishing opportunities available on Fort Peck. Few bodies of water in the world provide such a diverse array of species of fish to be taken by anglers. Just to mention a few, Fort Peck's bounty of fishing opportunities includes Catfish, Chinook Salmon, Drum, Sauger, Saugeye, Walleye, Perch, Northern Pike, Smallmouth Bass, Burbot, Goldeye, Lake Trout, Paddlefish, Sturgeon, Crappie, and many others. In fact, Fort Peck Reservoir is the holder of no fewer than nine current state fish records along with the world-record saugeye and co-world-record sauger. There are many ways to fish it and many ways to enjoy the Fort Peck area. It's a bit of Outdoor Heaven. Outfitter Doug Komrosky PO Box 1057, 6820 Hiway 2 East Havre, MT 59501 Home Phone (406) 262-2195 Cell Phone (406) 390-6892 Email: Hi-Line Charter Fishing |
