Some Fort Peck Deer

[Nemont]

I am liking having a digital camera so over my lunch hour I decided to make a quick trip to the Fort Peck dam and see what was around.

I'm Busted

Another doe

Hopefully you can see the deer in this one

A speedgoat, I nearly hit this one with my car before he decided to stroll off the road into the field

Okay here is some scenery:
These two pics were taken from on top of the dam. I just took one looking south at the upstream side of the dam and turned around and took the one looking south at the downstream side of the dam

Upstream look

Turn around and look down stream

 

[Nemont]

More Scenery

A lonely fisherman on a the big lake

Dryland that used to be under water

Face of the dam

Nemont

 

[Washington Hunter]

Good pictures. I like the picture of the antelope, because I don't get to see them very often.

 

[ELKCHSR]

Man I like those two bucks.... Thanks...

 

[mtmiller]

Looks like the rip-rap is doing a good job keeping the water at bay.

When are you guys going to turn the facuet back on and fill that thing up.

 

[Elkhunter]

Nice pics, thanks.

 

[Bambistew]

Nemont

How much below capacity is the lake? It looks waaaaaay low!!!

Cool pictures. That whitetail buck looks like an old sob...

 

[Nemont]

Date -- Elevation

7-1-02 -- 2220.0
9-1-02 -- 2218.6
11-1-02 -- 2217.2
12-1-02 -- 2216.7
1-1-03 -- 2214.6
2-1-03 -- 2212.6
3-1-03 -- 2211.1
4-1-03 -- 2212.8
5-1-03 -- 2212.8
6-1-03 -- 2213.0
7-1-03 -- 2213.6
8-1-03 -- 2212.3
9-1-03 -- 2210.8
10-1-03 -- 2209.6
11-1-03 -- 2209.3
12-1-03 -- 2208.3
1-1-04 -- 2206.8
2-1-04 -- 2205.3
3-1-04 -- 2204.0
4-1-04 -- 2205.5
5-1-04 -- 2204.9
6-1-04 -- 2203.4
7-1-04 -- 2203.8
8-1-04 -- 2202.4
9-1-04 -- 2200.9
10-1-04 -- 2199.8
11-1-04 -- 2199.8
12-01-04 -- 2199.8
1-1-05 -- 2198.9
2-1-05 -- 2198.5
3-1-05 -- 2198.3
4-1-05 -- 2198.5
5-1-05 -- 2198.6
6-1-05 -- 2199.6

Full pool elevation is 2246 so that makes the lake, as of 6-1-05, 46.4 feet below full pool. In the third week of June of 1997 the lake elevation reached 2247.0 and then it filled the emergency pool to an elevation of 2251. Since then is has been drained down to the current level.
I will tell you walleye firsherman that when it fills again get ready for some great fishing. All the trees and weeds that have grown up on the shore line will be flooded an when that happens the walleye fishing gets great.

Nemont

 

[ELKCHSR]

Thats not a good thing to be going into the summer with..