Outdoors
Fishermen: Lots of bodies of water still have ice including Lake Mary Ronan. Locally we have Crow Reservoir but take a plank to get onto it. East Bay, Ninepipe and Kicking Horse – avoid. Swan Lake - we caught 11 lake trout but don’t recommend ice fishing now. Cold weather is coming. Thompson Chain has ice for Kokanee. Delta area is good fishing for Mack Days which starts on the 13th. Waiting for open water, prime place at that time is Crow Reservoir for Brown Trout and Rainbow. East Bay partially open but 45 degrees before the perch start biting. Keep your eye on the weather. Good Fishing, Dick Zimmer, The Macman
News from CSKT FLATHEAD LAKE - 2025 Spring Mack Days on Flathead Lake will begin Thursday, March 13, and end on Saturday, May 10, following nine weeks of lake trout fishing on one of the northwest’s most beautiful freshwater lake. Mack Days fishing events, sponsored by the Confederated Salish and ...
News from Montana Fish, Wildlife & Parks HELENA – The new license year opened March 1, which means that’s the first day you can buy your 2025 hunting, fishing and conservation licenses and begin applying for permits and special licenses. The deadline to apply for deer and elk permits is ...
News from Glacier National Park WEST GLACIER - Glacier National Park is seeking public comment on an environmental assessment (EA) for the park’s proposed Fire Management Plan (FMP). The EA is available for public review and comment until March 12 online at: https://parkplanning.nps.gov/FMP2...
News from DNRC HELENA — Governor Greg Gianforte recently announced Montana’s Department of Natural Resources and Conservation (DNRC) placed nearly 130,000 forested acres under management since he took office. “DNRC has demonstrated its commitment to safeguard our forests, communitie...
Everyone will be looking for a pot of gold at the 35th Annual St. Patrick’s Day Parade in Ronan on March 17 at 5:30 p.m.With the theme “Let the Shenanigans Begin,” this year’s celebration will be filled with family fun and festivities. “We are so excited,” said Committee C...
News from the Theodore Roosevelt Conservation Partnership MISSOULA — On Feb. 13, the Theodore Roosevelt Conservation Partnership announced their Public Land Access webpage, an educational resource for hunters, anglers, and all Americans who take pride in their public lands and are concerned with t...
News from CSKT FLATHEAD LAKE - The countdown clock is at 14 days until 2025 Spring Mack Days begins. The website is updated — if you see something that needs attention let us know. There is a lot of information on the website, rules, fish pickup times, rules of disqualification, fish ID, fishing t...
News from NRCS BOZEMAN — “Following a relatively warm and dry start to the snow accumulation season across most of Montana, the weather took a timely turn during the last week of December. Since then, much of Montana has received significant snowfall, however gains were not equivalent ...
News from MT Fish, Wildlife & Parks HELENA – Applications for a permit to float the Smith River will be accepted through Feb. 15. The permit drawing will be held soon after the deadline. Permits are required to float the 59-mile section of river between Camp Baker and Eden Bridge and ...
