Articles with the Tag: Flathead Lake
News from CSKT, Natural Resources FLATHEAD LAKE — The 2020 Fall Mack Days event has been one anglers won’t soon forget. This year’s event began with hot sunny weather and waters way too flat for good fishing. Anglers were enjoying the weather but looking for a little shad...
News from CSKT Mack Days helps the ecological balance of Flathead Lake by thinning the mackinaw (also called lake trout) populations. Anglers help manage the lake by harvesting over abundant lake trout.
News from CSKT FLATHEAD LAKE — Up to $200,000 in cash and prizes, sponsored by the Confederated Salish and Kootenai Tribes, will be awarded to participating anglers at the conclusion of the 2020 Fall Mack Days event, which ends Nov. 15. Mack Days are used as a tool by CSKT to reduce the ...
With fall, swimmers disappear from the increasingly frigid waters of Flathead Lake, and anglers, bundled up on boats or casting from shore, begin to hunt for wily mackinaw or lake trout. It’s a sport that’s not only sanctioned, but actively encouraged by the Confederated Salish and Koote...
News from CSKT The Confederated Salish and Kootenai Tribes’ Mack Days fishing contest continues daily through Nov. 15 on Flathead Lake. The semiannual fishing derby, which boasts up to $200,000 in cash and prizes, includes lottery drawings, prizes for top anglers and tagged fish worth $100-$10,000...
POLSON – The Flathead Lakers, a nonprofit organization dedicated to protecting the lake, commissioned an artist to convey their message visually through a large mural painted last week on the outside of the Salish Building in Polson. “This is a gift to the Flathead Lake Community,” said ...
News from the Flathead Lake Biological Station For nearly a century, since the regulation of lake levels began, significant shoreline erosion has been documented around Flathead Lake, including at the Bio Station and Flathead Lake State Park - Yellow Bay. In total, the Bio Station’s nearly 7,000 f...
DPHHS to receive nearly $6M in pandemic relief funds News from the office of Senator Tester BIG SANDY – To help offset costs incurred through Montana’s public health response to the COVID-19 pandemic, the Montana Department of Public Health and Human Services will receive $5,713,6...
News from CSKT FLATHEAD LAKE – The 2020 Fall Mack Days event began Tuesday, Sept. 8 and will end Sunday, Nov. 15. The event will be one week longer because the spring event was shortened, due to COVID-19. There will be up to $200,000 in cash and prizes awarded at the conclusion of the ev...
POLSON — Armed with tape measures and aerial maps, a small army of volunteers wearing bright yellow safety vests took to the city streets of Polson last Thursday to help reduce the amount of pollutants entering Flathead Lake from stormwater runoff. “The purpose of this project is to determine ...
