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Spring Mack Days week 3 results announced Spring Mack Days week 3 results announced

News from CSKT FLATHEAD LAKE — 2025 Spring Mack Days week three ended with a total of 20,211 lake trout entries. Weekend totals were Friday - 1,939, Saturday - 1,806, and Sunday - 1,821. The Monday to Thursday total was 4,612 and the Friday to Sunday total was 15,599. We are off to an amazing star...

2025 Spring Mack Days - week 2 results 2025 Spring Mack Days - week 2 results

News from CSKT Natural Resources FLATHEAD LAKE ­- Two weeks of the 2025 Spring Mack Days Fishing Event on Flathead Lake are complete. There are seven more weekends left for anglers to come out and enter before the last day on May 10.  Mack Days are sponsored by the Confederated Salish and Ko...

Week one Spring Mack Days results annnounced Week one Spring Mack Days results annnounced

News from CSKT Natural Resources FLATHEAD LAKE — The 2025 Spring Mack Days Fishing Event on Flathead Lake started out with anglers saying “Fish On” many times over the first few days of the event. There are up to $225,000 in cash and prizes sponsored by the Confederated Salish and Koot...

Flathead Lake State Park volunteer stewardship program recruits new members

News from Montana Fish, Wildlife & Parks KALISPELL — Montana Fish, Wildlife & Parks invites community members to support Flathead Lake State Park by joining a new volunteer stewardship program. The Flathead Lake State Park Stewards program is a new effort to organize volunteers who are ...

Fishing Update

Fishermen: Lots of bodies of water still have ice including Lake Mary Ronan. Locally we have Crow Reservoir but take a plank to get onto it. East Bay, Ninepipe and Kicking Horse – avoid. Swan Lake - we caught 11 lake trout but don’t recommend ice fishing now. Cold weather is coming. &...

Spring Mack Days begin March 13 Spring Mack Days begin March 13

News from CSKT FLATHEAD LAKE - 2025 Spring Mack Days on Flathead Lake will begin Thursday, March 13, and end on Saturday, May 10, following nine weeks of lake trout fishing on one of the northwest’s most beautiful freshwater lake. Mack Days fishing events, sponsored by the Confederated Salish and ...

Large section of Flathead Lake north shore temporarily closes for bird nesting, migration Large section of Flathead Lake north shore temporarily closes for bird nesting, migration

News from MT Fish, Wildlife and Parks KALISPELL — A seasonal closure started March 1 along a large portion of the north shore of Flathead Lake between Bigfork and Somers to support migrating and nesting birds. The U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service Flathead Waterfowl Production Area (WPA) spans 7 m...

Countdown to 2025 Spring Mack Days begins Countdown to 2025 Spring Mack Days begins

News from CSKT FLATHEAD LAKE - The countdown clock is at 14 days until 2025 Spring Mack Days begins. The website is updated — if you see something that needs attention let us know. There is a lot of information on the website, rules, fish pickup times, rules of disqualification, fish ID, fishing t...

Fall Mack Days week 8 results announced

News from CSKT FLATHEAD LAKE — The 2024 Fall Mack Days Fishing Event on Flathead Lake will end Nov. 3 after nine weeks of lake trout fishing. Mack Days are a fish conservation tool used to decrease the non-native lake trout in Flathead Lake. The effort is sponsored by the Confederated Salish and K...

UM Bio Station scientists make deep sea discovery in ocean’s twilight zone UM Bio Station scientists make deep sea discovery in ocean’s twilight zone

From UM News Service FLATHEAD LAKE – The ocean’s twilight zone is deep, dark and – according to recent research – iron deficient. No sunlight reaches this region 200 to 1,000 meters below the sea surface, where levels of iron, a key micronutrient, are so low that bacteria growth ...


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