2008 SPRING MACK DAYS

(Lake Trout Fishing Event)
on Flathead Lake-Over $30,000
in cash and prizes available!!
March 14th-April 27th
 Plus
770 tagged lake trout with tags
from $10-$5,000 plus
$10,000-$25,000 in bonuses for all
anglers entering 20 or more lake trout!!
Sponsored by the Confederated Salish and Kootenai Tribes
and sanctioned by Montana Fish, Wildlife, & Parks.
Flathead Lake-Polson, Montana

Click here for the 2008 Spring Winners

 

Winner in 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 with some lake trout entries.

The Confederated Salish and Kootenai Tribes sponsors of this event
and Montana FW& Parks who sanction the event
would like to thank each and every angler for participating in
2008 Spring Mack Days.  You are what makes this event a success.

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!!! 

Thank you for making 2007 Fall Mack Days the best ever!!
Click on 2007 Mack Days Finals for information on
prizes and awards.

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

Anglers:  Please be sure and have the correct count on your entries for the day.
That will help us have the correct count for you.  State and tribal regulations limit
anglers to 50 lake trout per day under 30". 
New--We will take lake trout up to
30" in this event.

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.

Exciting news!!
We have another telephone number
for Spring 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.

Check out the rules page for prize structure.

Mack Days Anglers:
The 2007 Mack Days Committee sincerely thanks you for your participation and valuable
contribution to the recent Fall Mack Days event.  You helped make 2007 Fall Mack Days a huge success,
far greater than we expected.  This success gives us new encouragement that anglers can correct the
current lack of balance in the Flathead Lake fishery.  With this event, we reached a target level of harvest
that may be sufficient to reduce the number of lake trout.  We anticipate that the abundant lake trout
population will adjust to this level of harvest by increasing its rate of reproduction.  Careful monitoring
of the lake’s fishery will be required to verify if a population reduction does occur, and to determine how
the population may adjust to the current harvest.  Any progress we have made will likely be lost if high
harvest levels are not sustained well into the future.   Please refer to the Mack Days website for additional technical information as we proceed in our efforts to reduce the total number of lake trout.  Managers
throughout the West are responding to overly-abundant lake trout populations, and many are employing techniques different than ours.  For example, on Yellowstone and Pend O’reille lakes there has been
extensive gillnetting to control lake trout, while on Flathead Lake we have focused on the angling public to achieve our management goals.  The very successful fall event was shaped by many of your suggestions,
and we welcome any additional suggestions you may have to help us continue to improve these events. 
For example, we are now considering a team or boat category for the spring event to address those anglers
that usually fish as a group.  We anticipate holding the spring event from March 14^th to April 27^th.

Again, we congratulate you on your accomplishments in 2007 and look forward to your participation
in future contests.  Please direct your suggestions or comments to Barry Hansen at 883-2888 ext. 7282,
or Cindy Benson at ext. 7294.

The Mack Days Committee and the Confederated Salish and Kootenai Tribes

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.

Check out the rules page for a list of prizes.

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.
 

  If you have suggestions, comments, or ideas, for the Mack Days Event
please contact us at 406-883-2888 ex. 7294.  We will be
happy to have your involvement. 

"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




 

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