3,000 Excited Anglers
What makes 3,000 excited anglers flock to a short section of Yellowstone River shoreline and beat the water to a froth by flailing it with heavier-than-usual fishing gear?
During late May and June a special breed of angler travels to a rocky stretch of the river near Glendive at the Intake Diversion Dam. It's here where they rig up their saltwater fishing gear and churn the coffee-colored water for the senior citizen of the Yellowstone - the paddlefish. Paddlefish are also caught in lesser numbers at the mouths of the Tongue and Powder Rivers and the Forsyth Diversion Cam. Currently, the largest non-intake fishery is downstream from the Intake Diversion Dam. Important paddlefishing areas on the Missouri River are the Slippery Ann area just upstream of Fort Peck Reservoir, the "Dredge Cuts" just downstream of Fort Peck Dam, and the Nashua- Wolf Point area.