The annual fishing vacation finally rolled around. Normally we go to Minnesota, but thought the finances would be better if we stayed in state. So the first week September 19-26 we stayed in a vacation rental and fished Curlew Lake. (The second week we tried Newman Lake in Spokane County.)

The weather was super, though we had some pretty good rains on some days. Temperatures were normally in the 60's.

We fished hard, no less than 6 hours a day up to 10 hours a day. We threw crankbaits, bobber fished, drop shotted with worms, and plugged for tiger muskies. Our targets were primarly LMB and muskie.

We caught numerous bass especially by the railroad trestle. The bass had moved away from most of the docks and were deeper.

The last three days of our stay we shared the waters with the Muskie Club and Tournanment.
As of Saturday evening, everyone we spoke to said the muskies were in hiding and no one had boated a fish. K. caught an 18" tiger, so maybe we should have been Club members and entered the tourney! However, also maybe we get the prize for seeing the biggest muskie.
We spotted her twice on two different days and she was every bit of 4'. What a beauty.

I think we saw more deer than fish all week long, though!

We had a super week and would likely return.