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By: Anonymous
Posted: 4/22/2000
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Rating: 5
Fished: 4/22/2000
Hot Spots: 0
Rough water, cold day, and hot fishing. Went to the lake after breakfast and launched the boat about 9 AM. Water temp was 57 deg F. We trolled Super Dupers [2 inch size] silver & red and solid red bot...
By: Anonymous
Posted: 4/22/2000
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Rating: 3
Fished: 4/22/2000
Hot Spots: 0
I set out about 0700 wanting to try out my new rod and reel I just bought the other day. Skies were partly cloudy to mostly sunny with a stiff wind blowing from the South. I trolled the NW corner of t...
By: Anonymous
Posted: 4/28/2000
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Rating: 4
Fished: 4/28/2000
Hot Spots: 0
I fished American a couple of weedends ago and used a frog Flatfish of the surface and caught two chunky 12" bows in a couple of hours. This lake has good surface action, no reason to go deep.
By: Anonymous
Posted: 4/30/2000
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Rating: 5
Fished: 4/30/2000
Hot Spots: 0
I GOT OUT TO THE LAKE AT ABOUT 9:30AM. I STARTED OFF FISHING THE DOCK
AT SHORELINE PARK. I CAUGHT THREE NICE 11 INCHERS ON A BLACK ROOSTER TAIL. I DECIDED TO TRY MY LUCK OUT AT THE OLD BOAT LAUNCH.I ...
By: Anonymous
Posted: 5/2/2000
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Rating: 4
Fished: 5/2/2000
Hot Spots: 0
I went to American Lake about 8 am and put my boat in at the launch. I went straight out and started trolling a green F4 flatfish, then switched to a rooster-tail. Trolled for about an hour with no lu...
By: Anonymous
Posted: 5/7/2000
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Rating: 4
Fished: 5/7/2000
Hot Spots: 0
Went to the shore by the boat launch at Fort Lewis at about 9:30.
Used green power eggs gooey with Berkeley trout attractant on size 10 hooks attached to 3 foot 4lb leader (my dad used 6lb)of the bo...
By: Anonymous
Posted: 5/10/2000
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Rating: 5
Fished: 5/10/2000
Hot Spots: 0
Hi all. I went out this morning about 8 am, a couple of the guys on
the bank said nothing was biting, so I put some chum out where I fish most of the time, put on some Zekes Sierra Gold, with a whit...
By: Anonymous
Posted: 5/12/2000
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Rating: 2
Fished: 5/12/2000
Hot Spots: 0
Read the fishing report written on May 11, 2000 and figured this might be a good lake to try. Got up at dark o'clock Friday morning and took off for American Lake. Arrived at the public fishing bea...
By: Anonymous
Posted: 5/12/2000
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Rating: 2
Fished: 5/12/2000
Hot Spots: 0
After reading the latest reports on American Lake, my son and I got up at dark o'clock and left for the lake. We got there and all setup by first light expecting to catch our limits and be home by 0...
By: Anonymous
Posted: 5/14/2000
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Rating: 5
Fished: 5/14/2000
Hot Spots: 0
As often as I have fished this lake I always look forward to getting out and trying my luck. I've been fishing this lake for the last 6 or 7 years and I am never disappointed and this day was no excep...
By: Anonymous
Posted: 6/1/2000
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Rating: 5
Fished: 6/1/2000
Hot Spots: 0
The key to bank fishing at American Lake is
use a 1/8 oz egg weight. With about a
6 foot leader on a swivel.
Make sure your hook is not
too large so that two power
eggs will float. Make sure you...
By: Anonymous
Posted: 6/17/2000
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Rating: 5
Fished: 6/17/2000
Hot Spots: 0
We hit the lake late morning, looking for pan fish. I read the night before in Washington Hunting and Fishing News
that there was a weed bar running from the mainland to the Island just south of Bil...
By: Anonymous
Posted: 7/26/2000
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Rating: 3
Fished: 7/26/2000
Hot Spots: 0
Started out trolling on downriggers at 60,45, 35, and 50 feet, small
hand tied spinners. We ended up catching fish at all depths mentioned, but it wasn't red hot. So, after a couple hours we motored ...
By: Anonymous
Posted: 7/26/2000
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Rating: 1
Fished: 7/26/2000
Hot Spots: 0
Fished LiL' American this afternoon and not much on the trolling side so we tried a tad bit of still and we only had a few bites. It was in the afternoon 'round 2pm-5pm of course this was a new spot f...
By: Anonymous
Posted: 10/6/2000
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Rating: 5
Fished: 10/6/2000
Hot Spots: 0
I got to the lake at my usual time 2:30 p.m. I notice that there was a lot of algae on the water. I figured the fishing was going to be tough ,but thought I would give it a try. I got out my 7ft. Lurh...
By: Anonymous
Posted: 3/27/2001
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Rating: 1
Fished: 3/27/2001
Hot Spots: 0
Fished the lake for about 5 hours. No good, lots of fish on the finder but no takers---the lake is about 5'lower than this time last year--watch out--trolled wedding rings and worms
By: Anonymous
Posted: 3/29/2001
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Rating: 1
Fished: 3/29/2001
Hot Spots: 0
Lots of rain -- no fish--if any body can tell me where to try and find perch on this lake --PLEASE-- e-mail me at [email protected] I have heard that the lake has perch in it but I can't find th...
By: Anonymous
Posted: 4/10/2001
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Rating: 2
Fished: 4/10/2001
Hot Spots: 0
Pouring down rain four O'clock in the afternoon. I was having a bad case of withdrawal, so out I go, ultra light spinning rod in hand, rainbow colored Super Duper tied on the line. First cast, 12" rai...
By: Anonymous
Posted: 4/14/2001
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Rating: 1
Fished: 4/14/2001
Hot Spots: 0
My partner and I started fishing at 9:30 am and fished until 1:00. While I didn't actually check the water temperature, it was cold. Fishing for my boat, we trolled flies, rooster tails, and small s...
By: Anonymous
Posted: 4/19/2001
Species: Rainbow Trout
Rating: 4
Fished: 4/19/2001
Hot Spots: 0
Beautiful afternoon. Thermometer in my pocket read almost 70 degrees. The surface temp was 52. My friend Damon picked me up at the dock, and off we went. I was trolling my favorite Super Duper, and fi...
By: Anonymous
Posted: 5/5/2001
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Rating: 4
Fished: 5/5/2001
Hot Spots: 0
Took jr. and myself out to Little American around 5:00 pm. Both of us limited in about 1 hour. Fishing from the shore, using Orange Power Egg and 18-24 in. leader. All were in the 10 in. range with...
By: Anonymous
Posted: 5/9/2001
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Rating: 3
Fished: 5/9/2001
Hot Spots: 0
Got on the water around 6am and trolled with wedding rings and kastmaster spoons. I was looking for the kokanee, but no luck. Caught a lot of 8-10 inch rainbows, mostly along the shorelines. In the...
By: Anonymous
Posted: 6/4/2001
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Rating: 5
Fished: 6/4/2001
Hot Spots: 0
We got out on the water at about 9:30am it was a gloomy day with a couple of sun breaks. We rented a boat from Bill's and headed strait across the lake toward the V.A. hospital trolling with our t...
By: Anonymous
Posted: 6/10/2001
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Rating: 3
Fished: 6/10/2001
Hot Spots: 0
Arrived at 5 am. the water was flat. no wind or rain. I was trolling for
kokanee between the islands when a series of waves came from nowhere. A max.
of ten waves that looked and felt like a large b...
By: Anonymous
Posted: 6/23/2001
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Rating: 1
Fished: 6/23/2001
Hot Spots: 0
Well, don't know what has happened, but ever since Father's Day, this side
of the lake ~ from shore~ has died out. before that I was limiting almost
every day, now went back out to my usual spot by ...
