Fished Curlew from the 25th of June to the 2nd of July staying at Tiffanys Resort. Fishing from the dock at Tiffanys was hit and miss. Most of the action seemed to come around 11pm with most fish in the 16"+ range. Still fishing elsewhere on the lake wa shit and miss for us. Biggest trout was 20" with the smallest around 12". Seems the biologists are doing a creel survey. Most of our 12-14" fish were fin clipped. The clenaing station at Tiffanys has forms to fill out for fish caught to help with the study.

The bass fishing was quite slow. Water temp was 66.6* pretty consistently. The hot spots for fish were weedy shallows in 1-4' of water. A few fish were deep in the trees as the water is about 1.5' above normal. Biggest bass was around 13". Two smallies were caught, with picture proof this time.

The Tiger Muskies were as active as ever. I managed to land one on my first cast Saturday night at 18" while bass fishing. Sunday I had a follow by a 30" fish while bass fishing. Tiffanys had heavy activity around 5pm every night with two fish "parascoping" in front of the cabins every night. One stole a trout that another angler was reeling in at the dock. Another fish estimated at 18" took a rooster tail of one of the kids fishing at the dock and snapped his line. I managed to land a 36" Tiger off the point on Monday night after spotting him parascoping. I didnt think the situation through and after reeling him in had no way to net him and he eventually spit the hook. Successful catch and release in my book ha ha! Some large fish were seen, can't wait to get back after them!

There is currently a 7mph NO WAKE zone within 200 feet of shore due to high water levels to prevent erosion. It would be nice if people would follow this guideline. Multiple boats (Mainly water skiers who openly voiced their disregard for the rule) motored well within 200ft over 7mph. One even motored over a parascoping Tiger Musky. It was quite disgusting.

The other concern is the attitude towards the Tigers by most everyone at the resort. The bass were not biting well due to colder water temps. We arrived during the first week of decent weather according to the resort owners. Even still the lack of bass biting was blamed on Tiger Musky eating them all. Fisherman on the dock getting skunked blamed the Tiger Musky for eating all the trout, rather than their own approach. Some claimed the Tigers come through and scare all the trout away from the dock, yet every night the same tigers were out and every night we fished the dock we landed quality fish. One youngster caught a large fish that he began bludgeoning with a stick claiming it was an evil tiger musky. It ended up being a squawfish around 18", but the poor mentality is sickening. Some serious research and public education needs to be done to keep these wonderful fish from being killed out of ignorance.

As always Tiffanys was great. The girlfriend had a wonderful time and caught her first smallmouth (a fish I still havent caught in Curlew) as well as some nice trout from the dock. I introduced her to bass fishing and she is hooked now. The resort owners were as always very helpful and friendly. The only thing to do after this trip is decide when to come back, what new Musky gear to get, and which chapter to join, 57 or 60!