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2007 Fall Mack Days-Final

Paul and Mikayla Lebert of Kalispell
with one of their Fall Mack Day entries.

Fall Mack Days ended Sunday November 11^th with a record number of lake trout being harvested in the 21 day event. The number of lake trout in the seven weekends of the Fall Mack Days Fishing Event totals 14,415.  We had 487 anglers entered in the event with 219 turning in entries. Fall Mack Days was sponsored by the Confederated Salish and Kootenai Tribes and sanctioned by Montana Fish, Wildlife, and Parks and is designed to help restore a balance to the fishery of Flathead Lake by lowering the non-native lake trout numbers and increasing the native bull trout and Westslope cutthroat trout numbers.

Competing in this 21 day event means that some of these anglers spent 3 weeks fishing 10-12 hours per day in all kinds of weather and lake conditions. Top angler awards were given on the best twelve day average but the competitive nature of the anglers kept several of them out there more than 12 days. Every day of the event there were boats going out on the water before dawn and coming in after dark. Mack Days is made a success by the dedication and effort that they put into the contest.   

Final numbers for the leaders:

Tagged fish winners were $500-Dave Sparks-Thompson Falls, $100-Keith Wock-Polson, $100-Mike Benson-Hot Springs, $100 Kevin Sparks-Thompson Falls, & $100 to Dolly Fleck of Bigfork.

Smallest lake trout winners of $250 were 191mm-Dick Zimmer-Pablo and 194mm-Brandt Hammernick-Missoula. There were no entries in the largest lake trout category.

Top angler awards went to Mike Benson-$500, Don Schaffer-$400, Brandt Hammernick-$300, Rod Belcher-$200, and Bernd Albrecht-$100.

Daily limits of 50 were turned in during the event by Bill Swaney-
Arlee, Robert Parot  & Bernd Albrecht-Polson, Mike Benson-Hot Springs-(12), Paul Haines-Ronan, Marty Noyd & Brandt Hammernick-(4)-Missoula,  Paul Lebert, Don Schaffer-(10), & Rod Belcher-(4)-Kalispell.

Receiving $250 Captains Prizes (each trip out every person on a boat who turned in lake trout entered the boat captain in this drawing) were Brandt Hammernick-Missoula, Jeff Gould-Columbia Falls, & Greg Karlson-Missoula.

Ladies Only prize of $150 was won by Hannah Madsen of Polson. Lady anglers qualified for this award by turning in 20 or more entries.  Hannah turned in 31 lake trout in the youth division. Another youth angler Mikayla Lebert of Kalispell won the $100 door prize.

Cash awards in a lottery style drawing were $500-Marty Noyd-Missoula, Kevin Sparks-Thompson Falls, Jim Auger-Missoula, Don Peters-Missoula, Roger Smart-Ronan, $400-Robert Parot Sr.-Polson, C.R. Blem-Polson, $300-Keith Wock-Polson, Dean Vaughn-Charlo, Bobbi Hereford-Missoula, $250-Robert Parot Sr.-Polson, Sid Bitney-Kalispell, Reed Blackburn-Whitefish, Mikayla Lebert-Kalispell, $200-Paul Haines-Ronan, Regina Parot-Polson, Don Peters-Missoula, $100-Don Schaffer-Columbia Falls, Keegan Noyd-Missoula, & Sid Bitney-Kalispell.

Youth anglers:

Winning $200 for top youth angler was Stephen Naethe of Pablo and $150 went to Heidi Hereford of Missoula.

Lady anglers contributed a great deal to this event. Ending the contest with high numbers and leading the ladies was Nicole Peters of Missoula with 205 lake trout entries, youth anglers Heidi Hereford of Missoula added 203 and Mikayla Lebert of Kalispell 167, Aubree Benson-Lolo-145, Dolly Fleck of Bigfork added 136,  Bobbie Hereford-Missoula-135, Susanne Albrecht-Polson-101, Victoria Parot of Polson-87, Leann Blem-Poslon-67, Amanda Foster-Missoula-55,  Regina Parot-Polson-37, & Jeanee Mooney-Missoula-33.