Fall Mack Days begins Sept. 5

The 2024 Fall Mack Days Fishing Event on Flathead Lake will begin two weeks early on Sept. 5 and will end on Nov. 3. The event dates were moved up to try and alleviate the cold mid-November temperatures anglers have endured the past couple of years.

Mack Days fishing events are sponsored by the Confederated Salish and Kootenai Tribes and are used as a fisheries management tool to increase the populations of native bull trout and westslope cutthroat in Flathead Lake. The events are sanctioned by Montana Fish, Wildlife, and Parks.

The native fish are important to the Flathead waters. Their numbers have been reduced by introduced non-native lake trout competition. Montana is a stronghold for the bull trout in this country. They are an important part of the history of the Confederated Salish and Kootenai Tribes and the state of Montana.