April in Montana Brings Spring Hunting and Fishing Opportunities: Captain’s...
April is the month where many of us start to enjoy both hunting and fishing. Hunting opportunities start with Spring Turkey season, which opens April 13th, and Spring Bear season that will open April...
View ArticleFREE FISHING SEMINARS THIS SATURDAY AT BRETZ RV & MARINE
(photo courtesy of Bretz RV & Marine) Below are four AWESOME reasons to attend the FREE fishing seminars this Saturday at Bretz RV & Marine Customer Appreciation Day this Saturday: TREVOR AND...
View ArticleThe Macman’s Fishing Report for 5.22.13
(photo courtesy of Angela Montana) Fishermen: The big news is the kokanee fishing at Lake Mary Ronan. If you haven’t caught a limit of fish in an hour or less you are doing something wrong. The...
View ArticleFishing Report by the Macman – 5.28.13
(photo courtesy of mountainlakelodge.blogspot.com) Fishermen: I’ve had so many folks asking about some place to catch perch and up to this point haven’t had any information definite enough. On May...
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Deadeye Denny Scores a Big One Using Zimmer Tackle
Deadeye Denny was out fishing with Bobby Culp on Flathead lake when he caught this monster with the Zimmer Whole Bait set-up. Nice one! Get your Zimmer Whole Bait set-up at Bob Wards today! Keep em...
View ArticleMacman Is Hopeful of Whitefish Bite
Fishermen: I’m cautiously optimistic about this year’s whitefish bite. For a solid 2 weeks fishermen have been reporting nominal success catching these scrappers. Three places seem to stand out: The...
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Catch Large Lake Trout on Open Water with Inexpensive Equipment – The Macman
Fishermen: Now is the time for fishermen who don’t have the expensive equipment needed to catch large lake trout on open water to have that opportunity. Jeff Posivio is an example of that with the two...
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A Great Day at East Bay!
What a great day for Dick Zimmer and Roger Smart at East Bay! On April 7th, they each caught 100+ perch! The pictures only show what Dick caught, as Roger took his fish home. Very cool!
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Dick Zimmer Out-Fishing the Captain
Sunday, on Lake Mary Ronan, the Captain was joined by Dick Zimmer from Zimmer Tackle. As is normally the case, the Macman out-fished the Captain. Zimmer caught his limit of salmon in one hour using...
View ArticleAre the Whitefish Going to Bite? – Captain’s Column (7.24.14)
There is one question on many anglers minds in Western Montana. Are the whitefish on Flathead Lake going to bite this summer? If the popular fish are going to bite this is the time of the year, that...
View ArticleThe Macman Confirms Perch Bite Is On In East Bay
Fishermen: The news that many of you have been waiting to hear is whether or not the perch have turned on in East Bay. I’m happy to report that “it has” and that I’d rate the fishing from good to...
View ArticleFishing Q and A with the Macman
Fishermen: The question that is foremost in the minds of the fishermen I’ve had contact with in the recent past is “Have the perch began to bite in the waters to the East side of Polson Bay?” My...
View ArticleFISHING UPDATE: The Perch Have Begun Biting at East Bay!
Paula Zimmer, of Zimmer Tackle, reported that “the perch have begun biting at East Bay” this past weekend! Although there is no word on the size and amount of perch at this point, Zimmer reported that...
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Perch Fishing Adventures with the Captain and Crew
Perch fishing is pretty good right now on Flathead Lake in East Polson Bay. Dick Zimmer, from Zimmer Tackle, lead the Captain, Matt Mackinaw and Alan Tabish to his perch fishing hole Tuesday. The...
View ArticleFishing Update from the Macman – Early Openings!
Fishermen: Ninepipe and Pablo Reservoir have been opened early. Zimmer fished it Saturday and caught fish west of the irrigation gate. He caught 50 and kept 20 . Zimmer Tackle (Feature photo of...
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Fishing Report by the Macman from 3.12.2016
March 12, 2016 Fishermen: As of this report Spring Mack Days is one week away beginning Friday March 18th. Because spring has come early this year another opportunity presents itself if your find a...
View ArticleFishing Report by the Macman (8.29.16)
Fishermen: The whitefish bite was far better this year than I expected and next year should be even better and last longer. With the whitefish fishing tapering down the question is “what next?” And...
View ArticleLake Mary Ronan Fishing Report 12.29.16
The fishing at Lake Mary Ronan is somewhat of a secret, it appears. Here is what Dick Zimmer reported: Fishing at Lake Mary Ronan at 43 feet of water lots of Kokanee Salmon. Fishermen wouldn’t give us...
View ArticleThe Macman Fishing Report 1.30.17
Fishermen: My gifted cohort, Marlon Starblanket, wrote a good dissertation of the thought intricacies that a successful ice fisherman on East Bay goes through. (See below) There are very few places...
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Flathead Lake Famous Whitefish Bite Might Be Starting
Many anglers will tell you that the whitefish bite on Flathead Lake that they have experienced the last week is well overdue. For the last several years, anticipation for the “Bite” has always been...
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It was another Whitefish Day on Flathead Lake
The Captain was joined by Jim Johnson from Hi Country Snack Foods in Lincoln and Ross Tate from Missoula on Tuesday on Flathead Lake. The trio had to work for their whitefish, but, overall, it was a...
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Macman Fishing Report 11.28.17
November 28, 2017 Fishemen: In the past, any good perch fishing that I knew of on Flathead Lake was over near the middle of October. My wife and I had our children coming from all over the country to...
View ArticleNW MT Fishing Report by the Macman 11.28.18
Fishermen: Yesterday, November 20 I spent the afternoon with my son-in-law, Aaron and my two grandchildren, Sean and Ethan Joe out on Elmo Bay. We found fish a little south and east of the town of Elmo...
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Flathead Lake is Producing Jumbo Perch
While fishing on Tuesday, Dan Smith and Dick Zimmer, the Macman, had the best-ever perch fishing trip in Montana on Flathead Lake! They caught the pictured jumbo perch with Zimmer tackle, and the...
View ArticleIce Fishing at Polson Bay and other Reports by the Macman (1.5.22)
Dick Zimmer, also known as the Macman, went to Polson Bay out in front of Kwatuknuk (4-7 inches of ice) and caught 2-14 lb mackinaws. Lake Mary Ronan (sloppy on the ice; 250 yards out and be careful;...
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