2026 Fall Mack Days – Week 5 Results

Week 5 of our nine-week long 2026 Fall Mack Days event ended with a total of 13,535 lake trout entries.  This year’s Fall Mack days event ends on November 8^th, 2026.  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 to help increase native Bull Trout & Westslope Cutthroat trout populations.  

Several tagged fish with values from $100-$5,000 and THE $10,000 fish are still swimming the lake.  A total of $2,800 dollars’ worth of tagged fish have been caught during this event.  Weekend drawing winners were Riley Pickens $200, Devon Bukowski $100, and Terry Krogstad $100.

Leading the Smallest Fish competition is Terry Krogstad with his fish measuring 142mm.  Larry Karper is in second place with his small fish measuring at 144mm.   

There have still been No large fish entries turned in for the largest fish competition.

Top anglers are Terry Krogstad with 1031, Clint Speer with 744, Patrick Casey with 636, Devon Bukowski with 612, David Kelch with 610, Jack Kirkland with 533, Richard Kreis with 501, Larry Karper with 491, Larry Ashwell with 403, Mike Benson with 368, Joe Minnehan with 365, Bob Stewart with 291, Mike Colyer with 263, John Gauci with 240, Felix Gauci with 159, Cory Heimdahl with 138, Paul Grove with 108, Ted Stewart with 92, Monte McPherson with 88, and

Shane Salmimen with 86.

Julie Perkins is leading the lady anglers with 364 lake trout entries, Laurie Kreis is in second with 215, third place is Shaunda Albert with 199, fourth places is Angie Marrow with 49 lake trout entries. Lyncoln Gauci is leading the youth with 21, Ethan Zach is in second place with 9, Carter Lindsey is second with 4, third is Royce Couture with 3.  Leading the 13-17 age class is Isaac Zach with 5 lake trout Entries.  

The Zach family was visiting from North Carolina, they fished ONE day with Mike Benson and Ethan Zach, not only caught 9 lake trout to put him in second place in his age class, he also caught a $100 tagged fish!  What a Day!  Proving the point that it only takes one day to win!     

Fall has definitely arrived, we remind anglers to always be careful out on the water and to be prepared.  Have all safety equipment on board and keep a close eye on the weather!

Entries continue to be taken until the last day of the event. Fish one day or several days. Every entry put you in the lottery drawing and gives you the chance to win. Check out the entry page, fish ID, fishing tips, etc. on the website at www.mackdays.com.  If you have any questions or comments, please contact Joe Santos at joe.santos@cskt.org. 

Good luck and tight lines everyone!

—CSKT—

^{Photo: Ethan Zach, 12-under $100 tagged fish | CSKT}