Four Different Mack Days Fishing Tournament Competitors Tell All About How They Find and Catch the Macks and How Much Money YOU Could Make!
This week on the Montana Outdoor Podcast your host Downrigger Dale takes a unique approach to learning all about the Fall Mack Days fishing tournament that will take place on Flathead Lake in Northwest Montana, starting September 5th and going through November 3rd. Rigger talked to 4 different competitors and Tournament Director Cindy Benson. When you click here to listen to the Podcast one of the things that will likely standout to you BIG TIME is the amounts of money that all these competitors have made in the past. SPOILER ALERT: IT IS A LOT!
Rigger was able to get them to really spill the beans! Not only did they talk about how much they have made they went into detail on how they did it! We are talking the whole inside scoop here folks! Everything from what kind of rods, line, lures and bait they use, to how deep and where to troll, if that is your thing, or how deep and where to jig for those Mighty Mackinaw Lake Trout in Flathead Lake. Two of Downrigger’s guests are boyfriend and girlfriend, Julie Perkins and Terry Krogstad who fish the tournament together in Terry’s boat. Julie has won the women’s division several times and Terry has done the same in the men’s division. These two love to troll for the Macks and give all kinds of great info. See the pictures of their gear below. They also were lucky enough to catch a $10,000 tagged fish in 2021! No that is not a typo, that $10,000 number is correct!
And yes, there is another $10,000 fish that will be swimming around this year, plus (3) $5,000 & (5) $1000 plus over (9,000) $500 to $100 tagged Lake Trout! Rigger also talks to two other competitors, David McDaniel and Joe Minnehan. David fishes solo and talks about his unique double jigging technique and much more. Joe fishes with a partner and he talks about a very interesting vertical jigging and casting technique that they use plus a whole lot more. See the pictures below of Joe and David. These folks have all made 4 to 5 figure incomes fishing Mack Days and when you click here and listen to the podcast you will learn a ton of things that will help you to maybe do the same!
Links:
- Click here to get all the details about this year’s Fall Mack Days.
- You can fish just one of the days of the tournament or every day! It is super easy to enter and the link above has all those details. However, if you have questions you can email Tournament Director Cindy Benson by clicking here. Or call you can call her at 406-270-3386 or click here email Downrigger Dale.
- Click here to see a map of Flathead Lake. You can enter things like, Blue Bay Campground, (which Rigger and Cindy talk about on the podcast) in the search bar.
- Get the free Fishes of Montana App so you can identify the right fish. You don’t want to accidently keep an endangered fish! Click here for the android version. Click here for the Apple version.
- Click here to go to the Montana State Parks website for info on campgrounds in the area.
