Articles with the Tag: Fishing
FLATHEAD LAKE — As of Friday, anglers were beginning to catch whitefish at Dead Man’s Point above Big Arm. “We are not sure what is going to happen yet,” Paula Zimmer of Zimmer Tackle said. “(We) will know in a few days, but Dead Man’s Point is giving up...
WOODS BAY — “I am not touching that fish,” Brandee Reinsberg said. The fifth-grader had worked hard, reeling in the lake trout with the help of Stacy Ross, boat captain for Flathead Lake Charters, but she balked at touching the trout, nicknamed “Walter.” Ross came up with a pair...
Forget iron-clad protection and a stoic disposition. This sentinel’s armor is a fur coat and her protection routine is all a big game. Tia, an 8-year-old German Shepherd, was one of four scent detection dogs brought to Flathead Lake last weekend to sniff out any quagga or zebra mussels hitchhi...
Six-year-old Brandon McClure had never caught a fish before Saturday. The small boy beamed from ear to ear as his rod bent slightly with the weight of a small rainbow trout pulled from Ninepipe Pond south of Ronan. Friends and family members cheered him on and helped lug the beast in. Once on the ba...
News from Montana Fish, Wildlife and Parks FLATHEAD LAKE — The 21st annual Fishing Without Barriers Day will be held on Flathead Lake on Thursday, June 12. Anglers with disabilities are hosted for free fishing trips on charter boats and other boats provided by volunteers. The event is sponsored by t...
Fishermen, It is that time again. The perch bite is on at the east side of Polson Bay on Flathead Lake. Miles Marchi and I made a foray out there April 3rd. The picture is of the 44 perch I caught and kept. Miles had a couple of real jumbos. I’d like to have included Miles in the picture but w...
The bucket almost wasn’t big enough for the four fish entries of Bob Christensen of Missoula. Friday March 28 was the first of the three- day competition for the largest Bucket of Fish during 2014 Spring Mack Days on Flathead Lake. Anglers mark or pick out what they believe is their four heaviest fish ...
News from the Confederated Salish and Kootenai Tribes FLATHEAD LAKE —The 2014 Spring Mack Days began March 14 with 34 days of lake trout fishing on Flathead Lake. Mack Days runs Fridays, Saturdays and Sundays only, March 14 through May 18, with 10 straight days May 9-18. Sponsored ...
Fishermen: Pablo Reservoir is open and I would tag it as the hottest perch fishery in Western Montana, judging from all the reports I’ve received. There have been reports of guys taking home as many as 100 perch. Steve Speckert of Polson said he landed the biggest perch he has caught in 30 years....
POLSON — Mack Days began 12 years ago as a management tool aimed at reducing Flathead Lake’s lake trout population while increasing the native bull and cutthroat trout populations. After more than a decade, CSKT fisheries biologist Barry Hansen said the twice-annual fishing tournament ha...
