Pending Helena approval, a new Montana state record Chinook salmon was caught on Fort Peck Reservoir on Friday, Aug. 9, reports the Montana Fish, Wildlife and Parks Region 6 office.
At around noon, Jim Fauth of Malta was fishing east of the Fort Peck Marina, trolling a flasher and squid, when he landed the monster fish.
Fauth’s fish weighed in at 32.62 pounds on a certified scale, measuring