Available Fishing Guide:
Website: YJ Guide Service
This was our first time to Curlew Lake. The comments we kept hearing is that the trout are nowhere near as plentiful as they used to be. We tried fishing from shore around the state park but there was so much milfoil that it was difficult not to snag it. I did catch a bass on my second cast from shore, using a spinner, and I quickly caught another bass, but neither was big and both were released. My wife did catch a very nice 16-18" rainbow while we were fishing from our canoe, and we had more strikes, but we only landed the one trout. I talked with several folks who had luck fishing for perch, but we never tried going after them. I would give the lake a 2 for trout fishing, but higher if you seek bass or perch.