Mack Days: Perfect weather for opening weekend
Brodie Smith, a young angler from Kalispell, is leading the 13-17 Category in Spring Mack Days with 89 entries. (Courtesy photo)
The 2024 Spring Mack Days on Flathead Lake, sponsored by the Confederated Salish and Kootenai Tribes and sanctioned by Montana Fish, Wildlife, and Parks, began Thursday, March 14, and wrap up May 11.
Mack Days fishing events, held each spring and fall, are a fish conservation effort designed to lower the numbers of non-native voracious feeding lake trout in Flathead Lake to increase the numbers of native bull trout and westslope cutthroat, which were the dominant fish of the lake for hundreds of years.
The event offers up to $225,000 in cash and prizes to the many qualifying hard-working anglers who must turn in at least 11 lake trout to earn bonus dollars, which go up as their totals go up. Tagged fish winners can claim $100 to $10,000, and lottery-prize winners can take home $100-$2,000; prizes are also available in different categories.
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