Articles with the Tag: Flathead Lake
POLSON — Keller Transportation Inc. of Billings recently was fined for a 2008 spill of 6,380 gallons of gasoline on Montana Highway 35. This resulted in gasoline “entering springs along Flathead Lake, impacting groundwater as well as the lake,” according to a May 7 press release from the Un...
Tagged fish were the excitement of the Spring Mack Days Fishing Event during the ninth weekend. May 10 was a winning day for Steven Benson of Four Lakes, Wash. He is one of 850 anglers competing in the 2013 spring fishing event. Benson turned in 43 lake trout, which was the high number for the day, and one o...
POLSON — Now in its 12th year, the twice-annual Mack Days fishing event is aimed at reducing Flathead Lake’s lake trout population and increasing the native bull and cutthroat trout population. Perhaps the most intriguing aspect of the tournament, however, are the tagged trout. An ext...
The first weekend of the 2013 spring Mack Days fishing event ended with a total of 2,227 lake trout entered in the event, which is sponsored by the Confederated Salish and Kootenai Tribes and sanctioned by Montana Fish, Wildlife, and Parks. Friday was the best day for fishing during the first weeken...
The CSKT Fisheries Program announces the beginning of the 2013 spring Mack Days fishing event on Flathead Lake. Spring Mack Days begins March 15 and runs through May 19. Entrants can fish every Friday, Saturday and Sunday. May 10 begins a straight 10 days of fishing that runs through May 19. There are up ...
After a 12-year run, the twice-annual fishing event aimed at reducing Flathead Lake’s lake trout population and increasing the native bull and cutthroat trout populations may be coming to an end. A statement on the Mack Days website reads, “The prospects for future contests will be deter...
Editor, On Dec. 8, 2011, a U.S. Senate panel approved a plan for $415 million to be spent on the restoration of Lake Tahoe over a decade. This was in addition to $1.4 billion spent to restore or protect Tahoe since 1997. Flathead Lake is much the same size as Tahoe. Maintaining clean water in the Flathead...
Fall Mack Days ended after a grueling last week of the event’s 28 days. Frigid windy winter weather set in the last six days of the fall fishing event. Ice freezing on the boats and equipment was a concern that all anglers had to deal with. The few that continued the last few days were out in some of t...
Fall Mack Days continues until Nov. 11, with up to $125,000 in cash and prizes available to lake trout anglers. All it takes is one fish to win in the lottery style drawing that starts at $1,000 and goes to $200. Fifty cash prizes will be drawn plus many merchandise prizes. There is no entry fee, and entries...
MISSION VALLEY — According to the United States Department of Agriculture’s National Agriculture Library, invasive species are defined as, “non-native (or alien) to the ecosystem under consideration and whose introduction causes or is likely to cause economic or environmental harm or harm t...
