Kalispell angler Terry Krogstad wins Fall Mack Days
The 2025 Fall Mack Days Fishing Event on Flathead Lake, organized by the Confederated Salish and Kootenai Tribes, concluded Sunday with 19,144 lake trout entries, surpassing last year’s total of 18,414.
A total of 335 anglers joined the tournament, and 116 of them turned in catches. The fishing totals from Monday through Thursday reached 5,369, while Friday through Sunday produced 13,775 — both higher than the 2024 figures of 3,811 and 14,603, respectively.
Competition Highlights
Veteran fisherman Terry Krogstad from Kalispell earned the title of Top Angler with 1,206 lake trout entries and an 18-day average of 57.83.
The Top 10 anglers were ranked based on their best 18 fishing days:
- Terry Krogstad, Kalispell — 1,206 fish (57.83 average)
- David Myers, Riverton, Wyo. — 986 fish (51.56 average)
- Larry Ashwell, Missoula — 1,007 fish (49.5 average)
- Julie Perkins, Kalispell — 1,027 fish (48.83 average)
- Jack Kirkland, Lolo — 803 fish (41.89 average)
- Patrick Casey, Townsend — 774 fish (41.06 average)
- Devon Burkowski, Kalispell — 760 fish (38.06 average)
- Richard Kreis, Huson — 663 fish (33.39 average)
- Lyndon Lee, Canada — 535 fish (27.67 average)
- Mike Benson, Lonepine — 516 fish (27.17 average)
“Jens Gran of Polson won all three of the Mack Days Bucket of Fish contests with a total of 93.65 pounds of lake trout.”
(Photo courtesy of CSKT Fisheries)
Summary
Terry Krogstad of Kalispell claimed the 2025 Fall Mack Days title, leading among 335 anglers with over a thousand lake trout caught on Flathead Lake.