Curlew Lake fishing: Largemouth Bass, Rainbow Trout

Target species: Largemouth Bass, Rainbow Trout

The lake

Curlew Lake covers 885 acres in Washington, across Ferry County. It is a lake: 94.4% of it is 90 feet deep or less; the deepest point measured is at least 120 feet (36.6 m). Our records hold 5 species for this water.

Curlew Lake looking South.jpg
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Depth and bottom

Deepest measured point: at least 120 ft (36.6 m). That is the deepest contour line: the bottom goes deeper. 94.4% of the water is 90 feet or shallower. We hold 56 depth contour lines for this water.

  • 0–10 ft: 25.7% of the water
  • 10–20 ft: 12.3% of the water
  • 20–30 ft: 10% of the water
  • 30–40 ft: 10.8% of the water
  • 40–50 ft: 9.1% of the water
  • 50–60 ft: 7.7% of the water
  • 60–70 ft: 5% of the water
  • 70–80 ft: 5.6% of the water
  • 80–90 ft: 8.2% of the water
  • 90–100 ft: 3.5% of the water
  • 100–110 ft: 1.7% of the water
  • 110–120 ft: 0.5% of the water

2 target fish, led by Largemouth Bass

  • Largemouth Bass — Feeding water: 65–85°F.
  • Rainbow Trout — Feeding water: 50–65°F.

Also recorded here: Northern Pike, Brook Trout, Smallmouth Bass.

Where this data comes from

  • Washington State Department of Ecology — Washington State Department of Ecology: depth contours: class A, a survey of the bottom.
  • EPA NLA — EPA National Lakes Assessment: class B, a depth figure measured and published by an agency, without a bottom map.
  • Webster, K.E., McCullough, I.M., Soranno, P.A. LAGOS-US DEPTH v1.0, EDI, doi:10.6073/pasta/64ddc4d04661d9aef4bd702dc5d8984f (CC BY 4.0); Cheruvelil et al. LAGOS-US LOCUS v1.0 (EDI) — LAGOS-US DEPTH v1.0: Lake depth for 17,675 lakes in the conterminous U.S.: class B, a depth figure measured and published by an agency, without a bottom map.