2020 Fall Mack Days Week 7 results

by Lake County Leader
| October 26, 2020 2:00 PM

There are three weeks left in the 10-week 2020 Fall Mack Days at Flathead Lake, which ends Nov. 15. Up to $200,000 in Cash and Prizes sponsored by the Confederated Salish and Kootenai Tribes will be awarded by the event’s conclusion.

The seventh weekend was very extreme. Friday was cold, rough and windy, but a few anglers ventured out. A total of 218 entries were turned in. Saturday’s weather made the lake unfishable,with strong, gusty winds that did not let up and lots of snow. Sunday it was sunny and a little breezy, but very cold temps.

There were 320 total lake trout entries for the weekend. The $10,000 tagged lake trout, Little Fin, has yet to be caught.

There also are three $5,000 and five $1,000 tagged lake trout, along with over 9,000 fish with values from $100 to $500.

You cannot see these tags; the adipose fin on these fish have been clipped. These fish are scanned when they are turned in and numbers are looked up on a computer list with values associated to that tag number.

Fifty-three tagged lake trout have been turned in during the fall event, and total of 10,912 lake trout have been turned in by 127 anglers.

The ladies leader is Julie Perkins of Kalispell with 362, followed by Laurie Kreis, Huson (225), Gina Schiff, Whitefish (75) and Kim McMillie, Polson (52).

Youth angler numbers did not change. Tripp Bick of Arlee leads the 12-and-under group with 13, Kaden Blowers of Missoula has 6 and Gage Spring of Alberton has four.

Jeffrey Devlin of Polson leads the 13-17 category with 14, followed by Makenna Garrett, Missoula (eight) and Kadin Kammerer, Missoula (seven).

Mike Benson of Lonepine is leading all anglers with his total of 749, followed by Sam Cusker (580), Larry Ashwell, Missoula (694), Terry Krogstad (451), ScottBombard, Missoula (442), John Gauci, Florence (426), Julie Perkins (362), Kolton Turner, Kalispell (359), Steve Benson, Spokane Valley, Wash. (341) and Larry Karper, Florence (320).

Anglers can choose to keep their catch or donate it to be processed by BlueBay staff. Lake trout are spawning at this time of the year so they come in closer to shore and can be caught more easily by shore anglers. For more information visit www.mackdays.com.