Articles with the Tag: Flathead Lake
FLATHEAD LAKE — Off to a great start, anglers in the 2015 Spring Mack Days fishing event turned in a total of 3,774 lake trout entries over the first weekend. The weather was great on Friday and the anglers many who had not fished all winter were anxious to get on the water. Friday’s tot...
$12 million judgment overturned RONAN – The Montana Supreme Court will allow an insurance company to make its case in Flathead County District Court that it should not have to pay the $12 million settlement resulting from construction disputes for Shelter Island, which lies in the mid...
PABLO — Virgil Dupuis has spent the last 30 years fighting with invasive species so he’s a good fit for Governor Steve Bullock’s Montana Invasive Species Advisory Council. The governor appointed Dupuis and seven other Montanans to the council on Feb. 20. Although the board hasn’...
Competitive swimmer and coach Mark Johnston left Montana to swim in the first open-water winter swim sanctioned in America, and returned home a national champion. “I am really happy with how I did,” Johnston said. “I didn’t know what to expect. I hadn’t done anything like thi...
State lawmakers have sent a bill to Governor Steve Bullock allowing for the construction of a public dock at Wild Horse Island State Park. Prior to the bill’s passage, the state was prohibited from constructing docks on islands, although according to Sen. Janna Taylor, R-SD 6, funds were appro...
LAKE COUNTY — There is one word that sums up the outlook Mission Valley real estate agents have for 2015: optimistic. The further in the rear view mirror the crash seven years ago gets, the better things appear. With the beginning of a new year comes new hope for real estate. “The perfect pict...
Fishermen, Lots of snow on relatively thin ice makes for a cold sloppy mess. Fortunately the discomfort you feel above the ice doesn’t affect the fish under it. This has been one of the best years for trout (mostly brown trout) at Crow Reservoir. A lot of small perch and a few larger ones i...
POLSON — Polar bear plungers dashed into Flathead Lake at Riverside Park on New Year’s Day. The chilly water, estimated to be from 33 to 38 degrees, was warmer then the outside temperature. “It was cold enough to float a rock,” said Dave Bull, local dentist and plunge partic...
A continual snowstorm throughout the weekend piled up enough of the white stuff to cause some schools to cancel classes on the first day back from holiday break and the Confederated Salish and Kootenai Tribes to declare a snow day Monday. Area residents were shoveling out Monday, while street and tr...
Take a cold shower. The benefits go far beyond the cliché — improved circulation, learning not to hyperventilate, but most importantly training the brain to accept discomfort as a necessary tool for improvement. It’s also solid advice for those wanting to train for open water winter ...
