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Look at these stats: 
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2008 Spring Mack Days
Adult

Don Peters-672
Paul Haines-501
Marty Noyd-484
Mike Benson-474
Bryon Zempel-456
Sid Bitney-416
Bud Howe-413
Dean Vaughan-352
Jerry Benson-321
Joe O'Hara-267

Youth

Stephen Naethe-240
Keegan Noyd-180
Tanner Murry-100
Garett Vaughan-71
Terry Biere-29
Eric Sams-29

 

1st Week-2,171
2nd Week-1,433
3rd Week-890
4th Week-1,053
5th Week-1,657
6th Week-605
7th Week-2,104

Total-9,910

 

 


2007 Fall Mack Days
Adults


Mike Benson-847
Don Schaffer-723
B. Hammernick-651
Rod Belcher-608
Bernd Albrecht-556
Stephen Naethe-498
Paul Lebert-491
Robert Parot-457
Kevin Sparks-447
Marty Noyd-431
Dave Sparks-421
Sid Bitney-366

Youth
Stephen Naethe-498
Heidi Hereford-203
Mikayla Lebert-167
Brett Hereford-138
Maura Soukup-61
Keegan Noyd-57
Hannah Madsen-32
Linnea Madsen-31
Garett Vaughn-31
Travis Phelps-19
Daniel Hunt-13
Austin Moran-13


1st Week-1,365
2nd Week-1,697
3rd Week-2,698
4th Week-1,991
5th Week-2,531
6th Week-2,099
7th Week-1,766

Total-14,415


2007 Spring Mack Days
Adults
Paul Haines-352
Marty Noyd-316
Tim Shattuck-310
Dean Vaughn-301
Dutch Turner-258
Doug White-257
Roger Davis-252
Paul Soukup-249
Stan Ross-229
Bill Sullivan-213

 

Youth
Stephen Naethe-109
Keegan Noyd-59
Linnea Madsen-26
Cody Scheaf-21
Mitchell Decker-17
Garret Vaughn-17
Austin Moran-12
Kyleigh Tripp-10
Myles Tripp-7
Benton Spears-7
Bridger Gould-6


Weekend Totals
Week#1-2,502
Week#2-1,986
Week#3-1,356
Week#4-1,415
Week#5-645
Total-7,904




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Confederated Salish & Kootenai Tribes,
MFW& Parks,
Polson Business Community, Sportsman's Warehouse-Missoula

Bob Ward and Sons-Missoula,
Polson Bay Grocery,
Polson Outdoors Inc.,
 Polson Chamber of Commerce, 
KERR/KQ92, Community Banks-Polson,
   Gull Printing-Polson,
Snappy Sports Center-Kalispell,  
 Zimmer Tackle-Pablo,
 
Lake County Leader-Polson, KECI-Monty Turner, Montana Outdoor Radio Show,
KPAX Television

Thank you for your support.

2008 FALL MACK DAYS
FISHING EVENT

(Lake Trout Fishing Event)
on Flathead Lake-Over $37,000
in cash & prizes available
($10,000-$30,000 in bonuses for all
anglers entering 20 or more lake trout)+
Over $16,000 cash awards in a lottery style drawing
plus 755 tagged lake trout with
values from $100-$5,000


OCTOBER 3rd-NOVEMBER 16th
(Fridays, Saturdays, & Sundays)
All it takes is one fish to win!!
Fish 21 days and/or pick your best 12 days to compete
for the top angler prizes.

Sponsored by the Confederated Salish and Kootenai Tribes
and sanctioned by Montana Fish, Wildlife, & Parks.
Flathead Lake-Polson, Montana

 

 

Click here-2008 Fall Mack Days
Prize Categories

Last day-Nov. 16th-changes-check
it out and let us know what you think.

 


 


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Best Western-KwaTaqNuk Resort & Casino
Polson, Mt.
112 rooms/Jocko's Restaurant/Indoor Pool

Managers Special Rate for Fall Mack Days Participants
$84.79/night($105.99 reg.)-you must specify that you
are a Fall Mack Days participant.

49708 US Hwy. 93 East
406-883-3636
 

 

 

 


Winner of the large lake trout category during Spring Mack Days for the second year in a row
Willie Murry and his son Tanner entered this large lake trout 4/26/08.  This lake trout measured 43"
and weighed in at 26.6 lbs.
 


 



Rick Skates and Phil Lehner of Polson do it again!!  Wasn't quite large
enough but what a nice fish.  This one measured 38" and weighed 25.2lbs.
4/12/08

 

 

2008 Spring Mack Days

 


Bill Swaney on 3/21/08 with  lake trout entries.



Understand and appreciate the event rules-good sportsmanship depends on conforming to the
intent of the rules and to not be looking for a loophole. You may enter only the lake trout you
have caught. Fish entered daily are to be harvested on that day. When you take your lake trout
home they will be clipped. Keep the fish on ice if you are going to donate them.  They are going to be
processed for the food pantries.  We cannot accept fish that are not kept on ice.

Check out the
sportsmanship page.

 

Spring Mack Days Anglers:
The 2008 Mack Days Committee sincerely thanks you for your participation and valuable
contribution to the Spring Mack Days event.  You helped make the event a big success.  We achieved
a total harvest of 9,910 lake trout, or over 2,000 more fish than were caught in the 2007 spring event. 
We achieved this increased harvest largely by making the event two weeks longer than last year’s. 
These events must still grow larger before they can influence the over-abundant lake trout population. 
We remain committed to the use of the angling public to accomplish this goal, and we continue to look
for new ways to increase angler participation and success.  There will again be an increase in the prize
money for the fall event that will begin on October 3rd and run until November 16th.  We welcome any
additional suggestions you may have for increasing the success of the event.  We will also be recruiting volunteers in the fall event to help us tag fish so that we can conduct a population estimate. 
We will use the spring 2009 event for recapturing those tags.  It is necessary for us to know just how
large the lake trout population is in order to gauge our effort to reduce their numbers, and we need to
tag several thousand fish to be able to generate a valid estimate.

Again, we congratulate you on your accomplishments in 2008 Spring Mack Days and look forward to
your participation n future contests.  Please direct your suggestions or comments to
Barry Hansen at 883-2888 ext. 7282,
or Cindy Benson at ext. 7294
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The Mack Days Committee and the Confederated Salish and Kootenai Tribes

 





Check out the largest lake trout page for info on that category.

Pick your best 12 out of 21 day totals.
Totals will depend on the numbers of
tagged lake trout and bonus payout numbers.

Go to the current leaders page for the top 60 entries and
leaders in the other categories.

Ice is a requirement for the lake trout that are going to be donated
to area food pantries.  We will not take fish that have not been
kept on ice!!! 

 

  We encourage all boaters/anglers to use caution and be safe while on the lake. 
Check out safe boating and launching tips.

Click here for 2008 Spring Winners

 



Andrew Cornelius of Kalispell reeled in  this nice lake trout
Easter Sunday. Just under 30" it is the largest he has
ever caught.


Incentives for fishing more than 12 days are:
 1. Higher bonus category
2. Catching a tagged fish
 3. Better 12 day total for
 drawing & top angler award.


We have another telephone number
for Fall Mack Days to go along with our
cell phone number.  The new number is 406-982-3142 for the
Blue Bay Boathouse.
 
Our cell phone number is still 406-270-3386.

Office number is 406-883-2888 ex. 7294.

 



FLATHEAD RAFT COMPANY, INC.

 FLATHEAD LAKE FISHING CHARTER OR RAFTING TRIP
Click here for more information.
 

 

 


 

 


 

 



 

 


Final numbers sometimes are different than what is first reported.  The reason
for the difference is catching mistakes when we finally have the time to go
over all envelopes and verify numbers.  Also we do not mean to leave any
one off of any list.  Each and every angler and the number of lake trout they caught-if it
is one fish or over 200-they all add up and all count.  We can only list so many names
so we have to limit what is printed.  Youth anglers are an important investment
in our future and are given priority on lists that go out to papers.

 


All it takes is one fish to win!! 
Mack Days Events are
about fishing, family, and fun.
 


"Man can learn a lot from fishing -- when the fish are biting no problem
in the world is big enough to be remembered."
-- Orlando A. Battista




 


 


 


 


Flathead Lake Anglers-Send us your photos or stories to be published on the Flathead Lake Anglers page!!

Fish one day or 21 days-All it takes is one fish to win!!
The best 12 days you fish count in the lottery drawing.
Fish more than 12 and increase your bonuses.

 


 
 


 



21 Great days of Fishing Flathead Lake, coordinated by the MACK DAYS committee,
supported by the
Confederated  Salish & Kootenai Tribes & MT Fish, Wildlife & Parks.

 

Official Montana Flathead  Lake Mack
Dave Larson's 1979 record lake trout was replaced after
25 years by Ruth Barber's fish that weighed
42 pounds, 11.8 ounces, measured 42.5 inches
 long and 31.5 inches around!  Ruth caught the
 fish In the middle of Flathead Lake on June 23rd, 2004.


 

Anglers-please be aware of the identifying characteristics of bull trout.  Bull trout are listed as a threatened species under the Endangered Species Act.   It is illegal to target or harvest bull trout in Flathead Lake. If you need information on how to identify these fish contact our office (406-883-2888 ex. 7294 or 7282) or Montana Fish, Wildlife, & Parks (406-752-5501). Click on Bull Trout ID to learn how to identify a bull trout.

 

You are fish number Hit Counter to swim on in since October 7th, 2003!

 

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