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Mack Days Fishing Events are sponsored by the Confederated Salish and Kootenai Tribes and sanctioned by Montana Fish, Wildlife, and Parks.

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
2009 Fall Mack Days:  Total fish~12,925



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
2009 Fall Top Fisherman:  Stephen Naethe~823~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 Fall total anglers         518
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