Fall Mack Days: Top anglers surpass 18 days of fishing
Lindsay Carter, backed by Shaunda Albert of Ronan and Britton Salois of Pablo, shows off one of their handsome Mack Days lake trout entries. (CSKT Fisheries)
Six of the 2024 Top Ten anglers in the Mack Days Fishing Event have fished 18 straight days of weekend fishing on Flathead Lake.
Top Ten Anglers are ranked on their best 18-day average at the conclusion of the event. As they fish past the 18 days, their lowest total is dropped and replaced by the higher total. They lose tickets on those days, but they do receive tickets for the difference between the low number and the new high number which helps to give other anglers more of a chance in the lottery drawings. The total of their fish count does not change and they get credit for it in the bonus amounts paid out.
Up to $200,000 in cash and prizes will be awarded at the end of the event on Nov. 3. Mack Days fishing events are sponsored by the Confederated Salish and Kootenai Tribes and sanctioned by Montana Fish, Wildlife, and Parks. The fisheries management tool helps reduce the non-native lake trout in Flathead Lake and preserve and increase the native bull trout and westslope cutthroat trout populations.
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