The water begins cooling off until the lake turns over. Turnover time can be slow fishing but this is followed by heavy feeding by all gamefish as they put on weight for the winter and begin growing eggs for spring spawning. It is an excellent time to troll or cast crankbaits. Once fish have been located, the old jig and minnow can come in to play to really target them. Strange things happen in the Fall here on Fort Peck.
Fisherman numbers are down.
The most exciting spectacle of nature we see involves sea gulls. Like in salt water, circling and diving gulls indicate that something is happening. You can pick this up with binoculars. Often the water underneath them is boiling as many different species of gamefish rip through schools of what we have found to be baby crappies. Cisco begin to school up near shore and in the bays.