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Articles with the Tag: Flathead Lake

Fall Mack Days begin Sept. 4 Fall Mack Days begin Sept. 4

It is time…the 2025 Fall Mack Days Fishing Event on Flathead Lake is set to begin Thursday, Sept. 4 and end Sunday, Nov. 2. Nine weeks of lake trout fishing for anglers of all ages and skills will be casting their lines in the hope of catching lake trout at the end of their lines. Come out and join al...

Flathead Lake balancing act continues as drought persists

Given northwest Montana’s warm and dry spring, it was a shock to many to see snow at higher elevations on the first official day of summer. One couple even found themselves getting married in powder atop Whitefish’s Big Mountain, generating a snowy story that went viral. The summer solstice storm...

Flathead Lake level: simple solutions for full pool

      Energy Keepers, Inc. (EKI) and the Confederate Salish Kootenai Tribe (CSKT) have finally taken steps to help maintain Flathead Lake in Northwest Montana close to full pool (2,893 ft) during the summer season by decreasing the outflows of water from the lake by 45%. This will hel...

Tribes to reduce dam flows to keep Flathead Lake closer to full pool

FLATHEAD LAKE ­ - The Confederated Salish and Kootenai Tribes received permission from the secretary of the Interior on Friday to reduce the amount of water flowing through the Séliš Ksanka QÍispé Dam near Polson to keep Flathead Lake closer to full pool amid an increasingly s...

Streamflow runoff forecasts for the Flathead Basin decrease significantly

News from Energy Keepers Inc. POLSON - Unseasonably warm and dry conditions have significantly decreased water supply in the Flathead River Basin and spring runoff is quickly receding bringing river flows to extremely low levels. With the dry hydrologic forecasts for the remainder of 2025 will be the th...

Streamflow runoff forecasts continue to decrease

POLSON — Unseasonably warm and dry conditions continue to significantly decrease water supply in the Flathead River Basin and spring runoff is quickly receding bringing river flows to extremely low levels. These conditions have forced operations at SKQ to again be at license required minimum...

2025 Spring Mack Days final results announced 2025 Spring Mack Days final results announced

FLATHEAD LAKE -2025 Spring Mack Days on Flathead Lake sponsored by the Confederated Salish and Kootenai Tribes ended on Saturday, May 10, breaking the 2019 Spring Event record of 40,362 lake trout with a total of 60,138 entries turned in over the nine weeks of fishing on Flathead Lake. A total of 206 anglers...

Spring Mack Days week 8 results announced Spring Mack Days week 8 results announced

FLATHEAD LAKE - ­The one hundred fish limit was on the minds of many anglers on Friday, May 1, of the 2025 Spring Mack Days fishing event sponsored by the Confederated Salish and Kootenai Tribes. Ten anglers turned in their 100 fish limits of lake trout. The bite was on for them to have a perfect day of ...

Spring Mack Days week 7 results announced

News from CSKT FLATHEAD LAKE - The lake trout are still hitting the jigs and lures making for great fishing on Flathead Lake during 2025 Spring Mack Days. Angler totals are going up and the total for the 2025 Spring Mack Days Fishing Event has hit a new high. At the end of the 7th week of fishing 46,586...

pring Mack Days week 6 results announced pring Mack Days week 6 results announced

News from CSKT FLATHEAD LAKE — Fish on, fish on, and fish on! 2025 Spring Mack Days on Flathead Lake is on course for a new record of lake trout entries. There are three weekends left in this event, which is sponsored by the Confederated Salish and Kootenai Tribes. The event ends on Saturday, May 10...


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