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The drive to ice fish: Idaho anglers motor 400 miles east to fish Fort Peck Reservoir


BRETT FRENCH
Jared Ostermiller is willing to drive 400 miles — 11 to 12 hours from Rexburg, Idaho — just to ice fish at Fort Peck Reservoir.
He’s not alone.
“We’ve got guys coming in from all over the place,” said Eddie Mindt, owner of the Lakeridge Lodging & Bait Shop near the small community of Fort Peck.
Why drive so far in the winter to a remote corner of northeastern Montana to ice fish?
For Ostermiller, it’s because there are few places he can catch as many different species of fish — and big ones — sometimes on the same jig and bait. Mindt, who also runs an ice-fishing guide service, said anglers are willing to drive 16 hours from the Midwest and Dakotas to catch a big lake trout through the ice because it’s something they can’t do in their state. He’s even had clients from California. ....

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