It had been a tough season for paddlefish in Eastern Montana when on June 8 Sidney resident Steve Harris Jr. packed his archery gear to the Yellowstone River.
Harris is an avid outdoorsman whether fishing, hunting or searching for agates, and paddlefish have been a longtime passion, he said, with a streak of catching at least one per year stretching back 30 years. In the past his haul often totaled four per season between Montana and North Dakota.
âTheyâre just a blast to fish for especially when you get good runoff,â he said in an interview Tuesday.
Steve Harris Jr. of Sidney holds up his bowfishing world record 92-pound paddlefish taken on June 8.