Fort Peck Lake in northeast Montana is a sprawling reservoir that holds plenty of walleyes and smallmouth bass. And it’s where part-time fishing guide Josh Johnson caught the bronzeback of his dreams ...

Who's the best bass fisherman under the Big Sky? You could make a very strong case that it's Mike Otten. Otten, 49, of Lewistown, recently set a state smallmouth bass record at 6.66 pounds with a fish ...

It could be a new state record smallmouth bass, but Mike Dominick let it go. “I’ve never seen a smallmouth that fat,” he said. “Not in my hands.” Let’s back up here a minute and give you a fuller ...

Mike Otten of Lewistown seems to be angling for the title of Montana's Mr. Smallmouth. In 1996, Otten set the state record for smallmouth bass, with a 6.10-pound specimen he caught in Fort Peck ...