There’s only one week left in the 2026 Fall Mack Days Fishing Event which ends on Sunday November 8th. Mack Days are sponsored by the Confederated Salish and Kootenai Tribes and first began in the Fall of 2002, as a tool to reduce non-native lake trout in Flathead Lake. Anglers have turned in a total of 21,077 during the 2026 fall event. We would like to thank all of our Anglers for continuing to make this event a success!
You still have time to enter, the $10,000 fish is still out there! There are tagged fish with values from $100-$5,000. Anglers have turned in a total of $4,400 in tagged fish during this fall event! Weekend tagged fish winners were; Terry Krogstad $200, Richard Kreis $100 and Julie Perkins $100.
The smallest Fish competition is led by Terry Krogstad with his fish measuring 142mm. Larry Karper has also entered his small fish, measuring 144mm. Devon Bukowski small fish entry is 160mm. There have been no large fish turned in yet for the largest fish competition.
Top anglers are Terry Krogstad with 1514, Patrick Casey with 966, Clint Speer with 921, Devon Bukowski with 907, Jack Kirkland with 863, Larry Karper with 835, Richard Kreis with 825, Julie Perkins 754, Larry Ashwell with 639, Mike Benson with 637, David Kelch with 610, Felix Gauci with 570, Joe Minnehan with 494, John Gauci with 426, Bob Stewart with 375, Mike Colyer with 375, Shaunda Albert with 333, Korey Heimdahl with 255, Laurie Kreis with 240, and Lyndon Lee with 225.
Julie Perkins has a strong lead among the lady anglers with 754 lake trout entries, Shaunda Albert is in second with 333, third place is Laurie Kreis with 240, fourth places is Angie Marrow with 102 lake trout entries. Lincoln Gauci is leading the youth with 21, Isaac Zach is second with 5, third place is Carter Lindsay with 4 and fourth place is Royce Couture with 3. Leading the 13-17-year-old age group is Ethan Zach with 9 lake trout entries.
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. Tight lines everyone!
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