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By: Hunter757
Posted: 2/25/2015
Species: Rainbow Trout
Rating: 2
Fished: 2/24/2015
Hot Spots: 1
Well I have been to American lake a few times this year so far and have come home empty most trips. I arrived and started fishing about 1pm and headed to the north end of the lake. I dropped my line...
By: Lindajean
Posted: 2/28/2015
Species: Rainbow Trout
Rating: 1
Fished: 2/28/2015
Hot Spots: 0
Fished off the dock at the boathouse at American Lake this morning. Was quite windy...in fact left because I couldn't control my casts anymore as the wind picked up. I did catch a 14 inch rainbow tr...
By: billyl
Posted: 2/17/2015
Species: Rainbow Trout
Rating: 3
Fished: 2/17/2015
Hot Spots: 0
Amercain Lake today. One bow on fly and one on a wiggle hoocie.
Chester got real excided after the first fish. Had three quick release.
Great weather for February
By: ScottinMilton
Posted: 3/2/2015
Species: Rainbow Trout
Rating: 4
Fished: 3/1/2015
Hot Spots: 1
We left the free launch at 7 fished till 11 two people in the boat still fishing. caught 2 limits of real nice 13-15 inch rainbows. fished 45 feet of water it was cold in the morning and lots of fun t...
By: rythefisherman
Posted: 12/26/2014
Species: Rainbow Trout
Rating: 3
Fished: 12/26/2014
Hot Spots: 0
Launched the boat at 9. Started fishing right out of the launch. Trolled two hours without a bite. Got a decent bite on the ford fender, but it didn't stick. An hour later my rod goes off. It didn't s...
By: Dave M
Posted: 11/27/2014
Species: Rainbow Trout
Rating: 1
Fished: 11/26/2014
Hot Spots: 0
Heard they dumped a few thousand 1 to 1.5 pounders and about 700 in the 3-5 pound range near Bills Boathouse.We hit the park just north I think of the boat house. No Joy.
By: resorter
Posted: 11/30/2014
Species: Rainbow Trout
Rating: 5
Fished: 11/30/2014
Hot Spots: 1
Gorgeous day on American Lake. Two of my brother and me got on the lake by 9am and fished the north end picking up three 1 1/2 lbs trout then we trolled over to the south end of the island and hit th...
By: billyl
Posted: 11/15/2014
Species: Rainbow Trout
Rating: 3
Fished: 11/11/2014
Hot Spots: 0
Started around 8am cold and windy. The lake was angry that day. We tried trolling for Kokes for about hour or so
just too windy to keep the boat straight. Motored into little American and better cond...
By: Fishsean
Posted: 11/17/2014
Species: Rainbow Trout
Rating: 3
Fished: 11/15/2014
Hot Spots: 0
Went American with my son for a little trout fishing. Got to lake just before noon. Over near Bills boat house hooked a nice rainbow using garlic marshmallows on a 3 ft leader on the bottom. Caught a ...
By: bandseeker
Posted: 7/19/2014
Species: Rainbow Trout
Rating: 4
Fished: 7/19/2014
Hot Spots: 3
I went out initially for Kokanee, but ended up catching some nice rainbows. I caught one 17" and a 12" on downrigger at about 35 feet. I also have noted on the finder schools of perch around 30 to 35 ...
By: Sharkbait123
Posted: 4/20/2022
Species: Rainbow Trout
Rating: 5
Fished: 4/20/2022
Hot Spots: 0
This weekend describes fishing in a nutshell, I drove 900 miles this weekend (back and forth plus running around) to hunt and fish around Lake Roosevelt. I shot 2 turkeys with one shell (my first turk...
By: Guammaine
Posted: 5/1/2022
Species: Rainbow Trout
Rating: 4
Fished: 5/1/2022
Hot Spots: 0
Started out with loosing a whooper had him a foot from the net and hook came out of his lip. He floated for a few seconds and blinked at me and went on with his day. Then 20 min later both rods were ...
By: tombee77
Posted: 5/20/2022
Species: Rainbow Trout
Rating: 5
Fished: 5/20/2022
Hot Spots: 0
Caught 5 of the biggest trout I've ever caught in American Lake the other day exclusively using Mag Lip lures. This is one of the best lures for catching BIG trout.
By: Diehardfishing
Posted: 2/13/2023
Species: Rainbow Trout
Rating: 3
Fished: 2/11/2023
Hot Spots: 0
Started trolling at 0820 and closed the day out at about 1430 hrs. We caught two limits and had another 17 take-downs. Fishing leadcore set up on one side of the boat. I was out 4 colors and 25-30...
By: Tiny Tyee
Posted: 3/23/2023
Species: Rainbow Trout
Rating: 2
Fished: 3/22/2023
Hot Spots: 0
Headed out to American Lake to troll for some trout. Thought I'd be able to catch one or two decent fish before the barometer dropped. Got to the launch at 2:30pm and started to troll around 3:00. Had...
By: Tiny Tyee
Posted: 3/31/2023
Species: Rainbow Trout
Rating: 2
Fished: 3/29/2023
Hot Spots: 0
Went to American Lake again on Wednesday. Launched and started trolling around 3:00pm. Was using pop-gear(Rooster Trolls) and a floating hard plastic minnow. 80-100ft of line out.Had two rods, both wi...
By: Bay wolf
Posted: 4/14/2023
Species: Rainbow Trout
Rating: 5
Fished: 4/12/2023
Hot Spots: 0
Met up with my good friend Salmon Chaser for some non-stop trout action on American lake. The wind was troublesome at first, but he suggested we go into a small cove and the bite was on! Check out t...
By: yakawop1
Posted: 4/29/2023
Species: Rainbow Trout
Rating: 3
Fished: 4/28/2023
Hot Spots: 0
Got a late start,, on the water with my kayak at 10am. Pulling a wet fly around with sinking line going down fairly deep.. I had tied up a red woolybugger with crystal flash ribs and tail with whi...
By: cwbraue
Posted: 4/30/2023
Species: Rainbow Trout
Rating: 2
Fished: 4/30/2023
Hot Spots: 0
I think this lake is seriously overrated. I got on the water by 7:15 and the water feels warm, fish should have been active. I saw a few trout jump and that was it. I only caught one small fish, a roc...
By: Diehardfishing
Posted: 5/29/2023
Species: Rainbow Trout
Rating: 5
Fished: 5/28/2023
Hot Spots: 0
We got on the water at 0845 and was off the water at 1245. It was a hot day of fishing and we could not keep them off. Unfortunately, all the fish we caught were plants, and we did not catch anythi...
By: nerka nailer
Posted: 12/15/2020
Species: Rainbow Trout
Rating: 4
Fished: 12/1/2020
Hot Spots: 0
Woke up to a cold and foggy December morning and thought I head to American lake to check out the winter trout action and try using a side planer for the first time. I didn't realize they were doing ...
By: Bilgewater
Posted: 11/5/2019
Species: Rainbow Trout
Rating: 1
Fished: 11/5/2019
Hot Spots: 0
I cast from shore for a little bit, with no bites. The water level is lower than I’ve ever seen it, so low that no water is flowing over the outlet structure at the south end of Little American. In ...
By: hlindsay
Posted: 3/20/2020
Species: Rainbow Trout
Rating: 1
Fished: 3/19/2020
Hot Spots: 0
fished from 7:15 to 11:00 trolled all over the lake with wedding rings/squid/wiggle hoochie/koke-a-nut/ w different color flashers and sling blades. top to 30 ft down. Not one bite. Great weather fla...
By: Anonymous
Posted: 5/5/2020
Species: Rainbow Trout
Rating: 5
Fished: 5/5/2020
Hot Spots: 0
Went out to American lake in search of some trout and Kokanee. I was fortunate enough to have my wife join me on the boat today. She loves to talk to the fish! The action was pretty much non-stop. How...
By: Sparky508
Posted: 5/16/2020
Species: Rainbow Trout
Rating: 1
Fished: 5/3/2020
Hot Spots: 0
1st time in 2 years skunked! Couldn't believe it. On American lake no less. Marked fish anywhere in the water from surface to 50 ft. Dragged everything we could get in the water not a single takedown....
