It is official! The Montana Outdoor Podcast
This week’s episode features a fascinating interview with Eddie Mindt from the Lakeridge Lodging and Bait Shop. Eddie is also one of the most knowledgeable guides on Fort Peck Reservior and one of the few that also does guided ice fishing trips on Fort Peck.
On the Podcast, host, Downrigger Dale, and his cohosts, The Captain, and his son, Shotgun Willie, talk to Eddie Mindt about catching Lake Trout, Walleye, Northern Pike and even King Salmon through the ice out on Fort Peck Lake.
Eddie also gives all kinds of ice fishing tips on how to check the ice for safety, what jigs, baits, leaders and lures are best to use and choosing the right spot to drill your ice fishing hole, to name just a few.
Click the link below, and it will take you directly to The Montana Outdoor Podcast site so you can listen to this podcast about ice fishing on Fort Peck, as well as future Podcasts that will cover all kinds of subjects about Montana’s great outdoors.
Future podcasts will cover all kinds of topics from ice fishing in Western Montana, an inside look into the King Salmon hatchery in Fort Peck, as well as a peek into the future of salmon fishing on the Reservior. We will also be covering ice fishing on the High Line, hunting fitness and many other topics.
New Podcasts will drop most every Saturday right after the Montana Outdoor Radio Show. The link below will take you to those future Montana Outdoor Podcasts, or you can get a link each Saturday on our website. You can also get to The Montana Outdoor Podcast by going to your favorite podcast site such as Apple Podcasts, Spotify and most all of the other sites like those.
The Montana Outdoor Podcast link:
https://montanaoutdoorpodcast.buzzsprout.com/
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