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The first Mack Days event
occurred in the fall of 2002, arising out of the need to restore balance to the
Flathead Lake trout fishery caused by the continually increasing population of
lake trout. These events represent a new approach to fisheries management that
strives to directly involve the angling public in shaping the fish community.
The success of the events continues to grow, and we commend the angler's for
their part in this success. With the
levels of lake trout harvested that we are seeing, it is still insufficient to significantly reduce the lake trout
population in Flathead Lake. It is important to continue to build these events
and maintain them in the future-Barry Hansen, CSKT Fisheries Biologist. Thank
you for your help and participation in the fishing events.
PREVIOUS EVENT HISTORY
2002 Fall Mack Days: Total fish
~ 888 2003 Spring Days: Total fish ~ 1,052 2003
Fall Mack Days: Total fish ~ 2,608 2004
Spring Mack Days: Total
fish ~ 3,155 2004 Fall
Mack Days: Total fish ~ 1,474
2005 Spring Mack Days: Total fish caught~7,055
2005 Fall Mack Days: Total fish~3,217
2006 Spring Mack Days: Total fish~7,986
2006 Fall Mack Days: Total fish~4,403
2007 Spring Mack Days: Total fish~7,904
2007 Fall Mack Days: Total fish~14,415
2008 Spring Mack Days: Total fish~9,910
2008 Fall Mack Days: Total fish~10,129
2009 Spring Mack Days: Total fish~12,651

2002 Fall Top Fisherman: Chester Rollins ~ 106-Polson 2003
Spring Top Fisherman: Doug White ~ 126-Ronan 2003 Fall
Top Mack Fisherman: Paul Soukup ~ 128-Ronan 2003 Fall Top
Whitefish Fisherman: Dick Zimmer ~ 220-Pablo 2004 Spring Top Fisherman:
Paul Haines ~ 249-Ronan
2004 Fall Top Fisherman: Paul Haines-128-Ronan
2005 Spring Top Fisherman: Marty
Noyd~267-Missoula
2005 Fall Top Fisherman: Brandt Hammernick~199-Missoula
2006 Spring Top Fisherman: Marty Noyd!~266-Missoula
2006 Fall Top Fisherman: Dean
Vaughn~192-Charlo
2007 Spring Top Fisherman: Paul Haines~352~Ronan
2007 Fall Top Fisherman: Mike Benson~847~Hot Springs
2008 Spring
: Don Peters~672~Florence/Polson
2008 Fall
: Paul Lebert~686~Kalispell
2009 Spring
: Stephen Naethe~714~Pablo

2002 Fall Top Youth Fishermen: Emma Decker, Mitchell Decker, Warren
Hansen~3
2003 Spring Top Youth Fisherman: Dale Keller 22
2003 Fall Top Youth Fisherman: Keegan Noyd~28
2004 Spring Top Youth Fisherman: Mike Elliot~56
2004 Fall Top Youth Fisherman: Keegan Noyd~21
2005 Spring Top Youth Fisherman: Keegan
Noyd~126
2005 Fall Top Youth Fisherman: Keegan Noyd~84
2006 Spring Top Youth Fisherman: Brandon Bailey~141
2006 Fall Top Youth Fisherman: Baylan
Connolly~44

2009 Spring total anglers
722
2008 Fall total anglers 473
2008 Spring
694
2007 Fall
484
2007 Spring
1025-not a true count-category to guess #'s added people who were
not entering to fish.
2006 Fall
315
2006 Spring
296
2005 Fall
144
2005 Spring
274
2004 Fall
87
2004 Spring
114
2003 Fall
78
2003 Spring
127
2002 Fall
80
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