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Articles with the Tag: Flathead Lake

Spring Mack Days in final week Spring Mack Days in final week

FLATHEAD LAKE — Up to $225,000 in cash and prizes will be awarded on Sunday, May 17 at the conclusion of the 2015 Spring Fishing Event on Flathead Lake. Mack Days are sponsored by the Confederated Salish and Kootenai Tribes and are used as a tool to reduce numbers of non-native lake trout in Flathead L...

Public comment on fishing regulations sought

News from Montana Fish, Wilife and Parks KALISPELL — Fish, Wildlife and Parks, Region 1, will host a public open house to provide information on 2016 -19 fishing regulations and gather ideas from the public.  Every four years, FWP does a comprehensive review of Montana’s fishing regula...

Adapt fishing techniques as lake trout evolve Adapt fishing techniques as lake trout evolve

Fishermen,  Why has there been such a disparity among lake trout fishermen in the Mack Day Tournament? Some catch huge numbers while others struggle to catch just a few. First of all to answer this question an awareness of what the extreme pressure on these fish over the last number of years has c...

Mack Days anglers see sun, showers during week six of spring fishing event Mack Days anglers see sun, showers during week six of spring fishing event

Three weeks are left in the nine-week 2015 Spring Mack Days fishing event. Anglers have turned in a total of 22,888 lake trout entries, 18,616 of those fish are from Friday through Sunday fishing days and 4,272 are Tuesday through Thursday fishing days. Jason Mahlen, Kalispell, took over the lead on Sunda...

Spring Mack Days reaches halfway point Spring Mack Days reaches halfway point

FLATHEAD LAKE — The 2015 Spring Mack Days fishing event continues with anglers having turned in a total of 18,340 lake trout entries through the fifth of nine weeks. This spring’s event has reached the halfway mark and looks to be one of the more ones.  The fifth weekend of the event has ...

Court denies petition for rehearing of island case

HELENA — The Montana Supreme Court has denied a real estate tycoon’s appeal to rehear a case disputing a $12 million Flathead County ruling that resulted from construction on Shelter Island in Flathead Lake.  The court on April 14 denied a petition for rehearing filed by attorneys for Don...

Film competition includes local business, vote through April 21

 News from the Montana Office of Tourism   HELENA —The Audience Awards and Montana Office of Tourism Real Montana competition is now open for voting on one-minute videos submitted to compete in five categories: Food and Beverage; Artists, Culture and Events; Montana Places; Montana...

Anglers brave wind for Mack Days

FLATHEAD LAKE — The 2015 Spring Mack Days Fishing Event moves on into the fifth week after a stormy, very windy, fourth weekend of lake trout fishing.  Friday was a great day for the anglers with 1,457 lake trout turned in. Three anglers—Ryan Shima, Jason Mahlen, and Danner Shima—al...

Power restored to Camp Melita Island Power restored to Camp Melita Island

News from the Boy Scouts of America, Montana Council FLATHEAD LAKE — Electricity has been restored to the Boy Scouts’ Camp Melita Island. In October, 2014, the power cable finally succumbed to many years of exposure. The cable stretched from the mainland, along the bottom of Flathead Lake, to ...

Tagged fish snagged in week 3, Spring Mack Days

  FLATHEAD LAKE — Exactly 194 anglers have turned in a total of 10,623 lake trout entries so far in the 51-day, 2015 Spring Mack Days event. During the Tuesday-Thursday fishing days, 1,528 of those fish were caught; during the Friday-Sunday fishing days, 9,095 fish were caught. The first t...


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