For Helena angler Trevor Johnson, it is the allure of the unknown that has always inspired his passion for fishing.
It doesnât matter whether it s fishing from a boat costing tens of thousands of dollars or casting from the shore while sitting in a lawn chair, anyone at any time on any given cast can hook the fish of a lifetime, he says. And it is that promise of what the depths of Holter Reservoir might hold that led Trevor and his dad Kit Johnson to head out fishing on Monday.
âThis spring has been a beast out there, not because thereâs no walleyes, but itâs been cold and the flows have been way below normal,â he said. âTrout have been great but the walleyes, those fish are in there doing something different this year.â
While fishing the Marias River, Robbie Dockter hooked, fought, and landed a 32.43-pound brown trout. Dockter’s catch breaks the former state brown trout record that was set by E.H. “Peck” Bacon in 1966. Bacon’s record was caught in Wade Lake and weighed 29 pounds.