Outdoors

Mack Days are over as of Nov. 12. Hunting season slowsdown the fishing of course. Whitefish are biting in theriver above the lake and at the Polson bridge. Rance Hertz caught two there days ago. Dan Smith was trolling around Melita Island and caught lake trout. Crappie are in the sloughs. Delta for 90 feet for lake trout and whitefish. Jigging with Glo Grub or a Leadagator or a Rattled Zastor in white glow are successful. Lake trout will be coming off their spawning beds and will be working the shore lines for perch feeding. If you fish deeper water there are quite a number of lake trout that aren’t going to spawn this year. An Erie jig with a fly above it will do...

News from the NAISMA organization We are excited to announce the launch of NAISMA’s newest short course, Biocontrol 101, in our InvasivesU online learning library. This asynchronous course was created to provide you with an introduction to classical weed biological control.  In this short ...

News from CSKT FLATHEAD LAKE — One week is all that is left of the 2023 Fall Mack Days Fishing Event on Flathead Lake. Up to $200,000 in cash and prizes, sponsored by the Confederated Salish and Kootenai Tribes, will be awarded on the last day of the event, Nov. 12. There will be no fish fry, but ...

News from MT Fish, Wildlife & Parks KALISPELL — Montana’s general hunting season is in full swing, and hunters are experiencing the arrival of winter weather in northwest Montana. Snowfall began last week across most of the region and the National Weather Service is advising recreatio...

News from Montana Fish, Wildlife & Parks HELENA – Those interested in entering a lottery for a guided trophy bison hunt on the Blackfeet Reservation will have five opportunities to enter the drawing. Chances sold from Oct. 28 to Nov. 16, drawing Nov. 17 Chances sold from Nov. 18 to Dec. ...

New from CSKT FLATHEAD LAKE — One hundred twenty-one lake trout anglers, out of three hundred twenty-nine registered, have turned in a total of 12,889 lake trout entries in the 2023 Fall Mack Days event. Friday’s catch was 555, Saturday there were 463 turned in, and on Sunday 364 were turned...

News from Montana Fish, Wildlife & Parks HELENA – If you’re a fan of fishing, archery, or wildlife stewardship, and want to share your knowledge with others, please join us.   Montana Fish, Wildlife & Parks is hiring contract educators across Montana to teach standardized les...

News from Montana Fish, Wildlife & Parks KALISPELL — Montana Fish, Wildlife & Parks is offering two free instructional workshops in northwest Montana for hunters to learn how to collect chronic wasting disease (CWD) samples from deer, elk and moose. A workshop will be held in Kalispell on...

News from CSKT FLATHEAD LAKE — Anglers have almost hit the half way mark of the 2023 Fall Mack Days Fishing Event sponsored by the Confederated Salish and Kootenai Tribes and sanctioned by Montana Fish, Wildlife, and Parks. Up to $200,000 in cash and prizes will be awarded at the conclusion of the...

News from MT Fish, Wildlife & Parks HELENA — Montana’s two-day, youth-only deer hunt is coming up Oct. 19 and 20, and general deer season opens Oct. 21. Now is a good time to consider signing up for the Apprentice Hunter Program.  The apprentice hunter program allows people ages 10...