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Curlew Fishing Reports

By: Anonymous
Posted: 5/19/2008
Species: Rainbow Trout
Rating: 4
Fished: 5/16/2008
Hot Spots: 0
Got to the lake around 5:00 am, not a breeze and calm did not take much time until fish were hitting almost every cast. The fish averaged 14" to 16" 4 inch wide fish are in good shape ...
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Posted: 9/10/2007
Species: Largemouth Bass
Rating: 4
Fished: 9/7/2007
Hot Spots: 0
Got to the lake late at night and tried fishing off the dock at the Sate Park to no avial. Next day I started jigging my 4" black curly-tail worm from the same dock and was met with success. Then my p...
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Posted: 7/4/2007
Species: Tiger Muskie
Rating: 3
Fished: 6/28/2007
Hot Spots: 0
Only had a couple hours to fish before dark. Wind blown weed bed produced this fat, healthy bruiser. Riverman was the net man on this trip. Great fisherman and boat partner. Hope to do it again some ...
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By: Anonymous
Posted: 6/3/2007
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Rating: 4
Fished: 6/3/2007
Hot Spots: 0
We got to Lake Curlew at around 3:30 on Saturday and setup our overnight camp site. Got to the lake to fish at about 4:30 right on the dock. My dad and cousin were using straight Powerbait (Rainbow wo...
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By: Anonymous
Posted: 4/22/2007
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Rating: 4
Fished: 4/17/2007
Hot Spots: 0
Arrived at curlew around noon. My Dad and I caught plenty of fish all day. It was a great experience and I will soon return.
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By: Anonymous
Posted: 4/14/2007
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Rating: 4
Fished: 4/13/2007
Hot Spots: 0
arrived at curlew lake about 1130 caught a good 3lb white fish 3 of them were 1to 2 lbs as well as plenty of trout one 18'' great day of fishin kinda windy but i will defenetly be back for the bass. m...
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By: Anonymous
Posted: 7/31/2006
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Rating: 5
Fished: 7/23/2006
Hot Spots: 0
We had read reports of fishing being bad at Curlew this year. We got there on Sunday the 23rd, caught a couple rainbows off of Tiffany's dock that night. We fished at the state park the next day, and ...
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By: Anonymous
Posted: 4/27/2006
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Rating: 3
Fished: 4/20/2006
Hot Spots: 0
Fished for 4 days. We had mixed success. Lake was a max. of 48 degrees. Still a little cold. Caught fish every day. However never a limit of five. Largest in our group was a 20" 3#. Nice. Most were in...
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By: Anonymous
Posted: 10/11/2005
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Rating: 2
Fished: 7/12/2005
Hot Spots: 0
I have been going to Curlew Lake for over 30 years. This year was probably one of the worst for trout fishing. What happened was that last summer was so warm that the fish that were being raised in ...
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By: Anonymous
Posted: 9/2/2005
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Rating: 4
Fished: 8/31/2005
Hot Spots: 0
We headed up to Curlew to try for some Tiger Muskie. We got there and started up near the tressel and caught a few little bass. Then we fished along the eastern shore in the shalows and got some more ...
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By: Anonymous
Posted: 8/24/2005
Species: Rainbow Trout
Rating: 5
Fished: 8/20/2005
Hot Spots: 0
I have been going to lake curlew every summer for my whole life staying at no other than tiffany's. Doug and Linn are great people who run the place, if i were to rate the resort i would give it a 5 t...
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By: Anonymous
Posted: 8/21/2005
Species: Rainbow Trout
Rating: 2
Fished: 8/17/2005
Hot Spots: 0
My first time fishing Curlew lake. I had learned about it a few years ago at a fishing expo (well I guess it was more than a few years ago because the expo was in the king dome). But I decided that it...
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By: Anonymous
Posted: 8/9/2005
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Rating: 3
Fished: 8/1/2005
Hot Spots: 0
What a year of surprises, and broken hearts - this beautiful lake is dead for Trout - yes, there are a few 'big ones' in there but as a seasoned and avid trout angler I am done with Curlew - I fished ...
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By: Anonymous
Posted: 4/23/2005
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Rating: 1
Fished: 4/23/2005
Hot Spots: 0
So we got to the lake and started looking for the fish, and guess what we couldn't find a single fish. After 5.5 hrs. of fishing we had seen Three fish jump and didn't get a single bite. I was up to C...
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By: Anonymous
Posted: 4/8/2005
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Rating: 1
Fished: 4/8/2005
Hot Spots: 0
My friend and I decided to give the lake a go for some early season trout fishing. Being that he has a cabin on the east side of the lake, we fished off of the dock the whole time. The water was rat...
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By: Anonymous
Posted: 8/16/2003
Species: Smallmouth Bass
Rating: 5
Fished: 8/16/2003
Hot Spots: 0
Fished curlew this weekend with a friend we must have caught over 70 bass, the biggest being about 11 inches. We kept several of the bigger ones, boy they tasted good. Stayed at Tiffanys resort, and n...
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By: Anonymous
Posted: 6/21/2003
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Rating: 1
Fished: 6/21/2003
Hot Spots: 0
The lake is dead. last fall when the season is over. Fish & Game poisoned the lake to get ride of garbage fish (bass). they claimed people in this area want trout. most of them don't know anything abo...
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By: Anonymous
Posted: 6/7/2003
Species: Tiger Muskie
Rating: 4
Fished: 6/7/2003
Hot Spots: 0
Fished Curlew Saturday afternoon and Sunday morning. This was my first trip to the lake scouting for Muskies. The sky was high and bright both days, not the best for musky fishing. The water is still ...
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By: Anonymous
Posted: 5/12/2003
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Rating: 4
Fished: 5/12/2003
Hot Spots: 0
The revised planting schedule from last fall (holding off on the plant until the 1st of November) seems to have paid off with our results this spring. Most of our trollers are bringing in limits of 1...
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By: Anonymous
Posted: 8/6/2002
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Rating: 3
Fished: 8/6/2002
Hot Spots: 0
I spent three days here prospecting for the elusive tiger muskie, and came up empty. The weather varied from hot and clear to cloudy with a sprinkling of raindrops, and the lake was in full algae b...
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By: Anonymous
Posted: 8/4/2002
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Rating: 3
Fished: 8/4/2002
Hot Spots: 0
We arrived at Curlew on the 4th of August. That evening we caught 3 'bows, the largest around 4 lbs. After dark for the next 5 nights we caught between 3 and 4 trout per night. Some were in the 12-...
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By: Anonymous
Posted: 8/4/2002
Species: Rainbow Trout
Rating: 1
Fished: 8/4/2002
Hot Spots: 0
Wow, what a disappointment this year at wonderful curlew lake. I started inquiring as to why this is so and apparently (as I have been told by several resort managers - Tiffanies and Black Beach - so ...
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By: Anonymous
Posted: 5/18/2002
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Rating: 1
Fished: 5/18/2002
Hot Spots: 0
Fished curlew around 11:30 am and went looking for some Tigers and Bass. My Dad hooked a nice 6#+ Bass and I lost another nice one at the boat. We never saw any Tigers. Water temp was 60 or so. Th...
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By: Anonymous
Posted: 5/5/2002
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Rating: 1
Fished: 5/5/2002
Hot Spots: 0
As of about 5 or 6 years ago there are no longer any bass in swan lake. I loved the challenge of trying to catch those beautiful fish but some official in charge decided to end the lives of all the f...
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By: Anonymous
Posted: 4/15/2002
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Rating: 1
Fished: 4/15/2002
Hot Spots: 0
It is still cold - trolled with pop gear, landed a nice two to three pound trout. Anther month it should be good. Needs to warm up. It snowed on Monday and Tues. It ...
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