Three weeks have gone by already in the 2025 Fall Mack Days Fishing Event on Flathead Lake. The event does not end until November 2^nd. Six more weeks to go-you still have time to come on out and get involved. Every lake trout entry gets you entered in the lottery drawings that begin at $2,000 and go to $400. Lots of categories and ways to win. Go to the website at www.mackdays.com for information. Mack Days Fishing Events are sponsored by the Confederated Salish and Kootenai Tribes and are used as a tool to reduce the non-native lake trout in Flathead Lake. The native bull trout and westslope cutthroat are an important part of the fishing history of Flathead Lake and of the tribal people. You can fish as many days as you like-enjoy the outdoors in a fantastic setting on Flathead Lake. 

There is a tie in the Top Angler category for 1^st place-these two hard working anglers have changed places again only this time they each have a total of 497 entries. David Myer of Riverton Wy and Terry Krogstad of Kalispell are in the race for 1^st. Lady angler Julie Perkins of Kalispell is in 3^rd with 407, 4^th Larry Ashwell of Missoula with 393, 5^th Devon Bukowski of Kalispell-353, 6^th Lyndon Lee of Canada with 279, 7^th Patrick Casey of Townsend with 258, 8^th Jack Kirkland of Lolo-255, 9^th Bob Stewart of Kalispell-213, 10^th Mike Benson of Lonepine-199, 11^th Janet Myers Riverton WY 187, 12^th Richard Kreis Huson 172, 13^th Larry Karper Florence 163, 14^th Jerry Benson Plains 157, 15^th Felix Gauci Stevensville 152, 16^th Laurie Kreis Huson 136, 17^th Angie Morrow Kalispell 132, 18^th Ted Stewart Kalispell 105, 19^th Steve Mack Helena 86, and 20^th Dan Deutschman of Fergus Falls MN 76. 

Julie Perkins leads the Ladies with 407, 2^nd Janet Myers 187, 3^rd Laurie Kreis 136, 4^th Angie Morrow 132, and 5^th Lorinda Freeman Polson 35. 

Carter Lindsay of Pablo has 5 in the 12 & Under and Olivia Cottet of Polson has 5 in the 13-17 category.

Terry Krogstad is 1^st in the 70 & Over with 497, 2^nd Larry Ashwell 393, 3^rd Jack Kirkland 255, 4^th Mike Benson 199, and 5^th Larry Karper 163.

Dan Deutschman turned in an entry in the Largest Lake Trout category on Saturday with a 40.25 inch 28.65 lb. lake trout. 

Double D (Downrigger Dale) is still eluding the anglers. He has a value of $10,000-there are also 3-$5,000, 5-$1,000 and over 9,000 tagged lake trout with $100-$500 values. Turning in $100 tagged lake trout were: Ken Rickert of Thompson Falls, Mike Benson, and Ryker Bair of Helena. 

Weekend Winners: $200 Bob Stewart, $100-Dave Myers, Julie Perkins, Larry Ashwell, and Kody Sloane of Helena. 

Day 1 of the three Bucket Days was a bucket of four lake trout turned in by Jens Gran of Polson. His bucket weighed in at 32.8 lbs. Rick Skates of Big Arm came in 2^nd with a bucket at 32 lbs. Third place was a tie between Ken Rickert and Britton Salois/Shaunda Albert of Ronan with buckets at 23.75 lbs. Mike Benson was 5^th with a 22.55 lb. bucket.

Entries continue to be taken until the last day of the event. You can enter at the end of a day of fishing. Fish pickups are done around the lake on Friday, Saturday, and Sunday check out the times on the website. 

Tight lines everyone!!

Picture is Dan Deutschman of Fergus Falls MN with his large lake trout entry. 40.25 inches and 28.65 lbs.

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