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By: Mike@Bills
Posted: 1/4/2013
Species: Rainbow Trout
Rating: 3
Fished: 1/4/2013
Hot Spots: 0
Did a little fishing this morning, hard not to after reading the posts from other guys on American Lake. I fished for 2 hours and got my limit (2 over 14''). 1 was a very thick 16 incher and the oth...
By: fishinjerry2000
Posted: 1/3/2013
Species: Rainbow Trout
Rating: 2
Fished: 1/3/2013
Hot Spots: 0
Like every Thursday you can find me on American lake somewhere fishing for trout. It was 19 degrees when I hit the water around 0630. My fishing line had ice on it but I was willing to put in the time...
By: sgmdwk
Posted: 1/2/2013
Species: Rainbow Trout
Rating: 3
Fished: 1/2/2013
Hot Spots: 1
I was heading to JBLM to use the gym, but the fishing gear was in the trunk, so I decided to wet a line before working up a sweat. I walked out on the fishing dock by Northwest Adventure Center, tied ...
By: fishinjerry2000
Posted: 12/27/2012
Species: Rainbow Trout
Rating: 2
Fished: 12/27/2012
Hot Spots: 1
Finally after 2 previous trips to this lake and was skunked, I caught 1 20 in trout. Started fishing around 0630 and got 1 bite and one fish around 0745 then no more bites for the next 4 hours. Had fu...
By: fishinjerry2000
Posted: 12/6/2012
Species: Rainbow Trout
Rating: 1
Fished: 12/5/2012
Hot Spots: 0
Tried my luck on Wed for about 4 hours and not even 1 bite. I used same setup as before. I will try again in a couple of weeks. If any body has any success please post.
By: Fishsean
Posted: 11/30/2012
Species: Rainbow Trout
Rating: 4
Fished: 11/30/2012
Hot Spots: 0
Went out to American for a little fishing time with my buddie Castanova. Caught one nice 6 lbs 24" Rainbow. Caught this beast near Bills boat house at 10:35 in 30 ft of water using yellow power bai...
By: fishinjerry2000
Posted: 11/29/2012
Species: Rainbow Trout
Rating: 4
Fished: 11/29/2012
Hot Spots: 1
Today was much better than last Thursday. I caught my limit by 0930 and one was a 22 incher and other was 18 inches. Still using yellow powerbait and 4 foot leader in shallow water. At times it was ha...
By: fishinjerry2000
Posted: 11/23/2012
Species: Rainbow Trout
Rating: 1
Fished: 11/23/2012
Hot Spots: 0
Did not get a bite after 4 hours so went to check on others fishing and they also had no luck. Bad day at catching but good day fishing.
By: fishinjerry2000
Posted: 11/15/2012
Species: Rainbow Trout
Rating: 2
Fished: 11/15/2012
Hot Spots: 0
Hit the water around 6 am and did not get a bite until 745 am..only caught 1 17 incher and then went to check to see if I could find sgmdwk but did not find him found another man named Nick who I spok...
By: sgmdwk
Posted: 11/14/2012
Species: Rainbow Trout
Rating: 4
Fished: 11/14/2012
Hot Spots: 1
Well, there was a break in the rain forecast, so I drove up to Fort Lewis to try my luck again at the American Lake fishing dock. I had a late start and didn't get a line in the water until 9:30. I wa...
By: fishinjerry2000
Posted: 11/8/2012
Species: Rainbow Trout
Rating: 3
Fished: 11/8/2012
Hot Spots: 1
Another great day of fishing..Caught 2 24 inch trout around 7 am and then one smaller 17 inch about 10 am. I did notice that last thursday I caught 2 trout at 8 am which would be the same time as we j...
By: sgmdwk
Posted: 11/8/2012
Species: Rainbow Trout
Rating: 3
Fished: 11/8/2012
Hot Spots: 0
Headed to The Fort Lewis fishing dock on American Lake early this morning. Spent three hours Lake catching nothing. Then, in 45 minutes, starting at 10 a.m., had a monster trout break my line, caught ...
By: Nitrosteve
Posted: 11/6/2012
Species: Cutthroat Trout
Rating: 2
Fished: 11/4/2012
Hot Spots: 1
Finally had a day off with enough time to get the boat out.
I wanted to try American Lake again to experiment with a few new lures, techniques and enjoy the lack of fishing pressure/ boat traffic....
By: sgmdwk
Posted: 11/5/2012
Species: Rainbow Trout
Rating: 3
Fished: 11/5/2012
Hot Spots: 1
Fished the fishing dock at Fort Lewis' Northwest Adventure Center again, from 9 until 11:30. Caught three nice rainbows - 12, 13 13 and 14 inches, and very fat - on yellow Power Bait, fished 4 feet of...
By: sgmdwk
Posted: 11/1/2012
Species: Rainbow Trout
Rating: 4
Fished: 11/1/2012
Hot Spots: 1
Stopped at the fishing dock on Fort Lewis for an hour and a half. I was fishing with yellow Power Bait off the bottom. Caught a nice 12 inch rainbow, then nothing for an hour. Finally started to get s...
By: fishinjerry2000
Posted: 11/1/2012
Species: Rainbow Trout
Rating: 2
Fished: 11/1/2012
Hot Spots: 1
Went to Fort Lewis Beachwood housing area and started fishing at 6:00am to 12:00am and only caught 2 Trout.One trout measured 21 inches and other one was 12 inch..Caught both around 8:00am and didn't ...
By: fishinjerry2000
Posted: 10/26/2012
Species: Rainbow Trout
Rating: 4
Fished: 10/25/2012
Hot Spots: 1
Went fishing again at American Lake Ft Lewis side and caught 1 large Rainbow that measured 23 inches and 1 small that was about 11 inches..A young soldier was fishing along side of me and caught nothi...
By: fishinjerry2000
Posted: 10/15/2012
Species: Rainbow Trout
Rating: 5
Fished: 10/13/2012
Hot Spots: 1
Went fishing for rainbows and was my best day ever...I used yellow power bait and 4 ft leader from Ft Lewis shore..caught and released 5 in all. 1 25in, 2 22in, 1 18in , 1 14in and smallest was about...
By: Lou Smith
Posted: 10/7/2012
Species: Kokanee
Rating: 3
Fished: 10/7/2012
Hot Spots: 1
Had a good feeling about today. High pressure front over us and the Weather Channel fishing forecast was in the “excellent” range. So, off to American Lake. Gate opened at 0645, on the water at 0710 a...
By: Lou Smith
Posted: 10/1/2012
Species: Kokanee
Rating: 3
Fished: 10/1/2012
Hot Spots: 1
Forgot about the time change for the gate! Guard showed up at 0630, so I only had to wait one hour. Started trolling at 0700 and didn't even get a bite until this 15", 1lb 4oz koke took the pink hooch...
By: Nitrosteve
Posted: 9/28/2012
Species: Kokanee
Rating: 4
Fished: 9/28/2012
Hot Spots: 0
I wanted to make a brief write up on my experience today on American. Additionally, wanted to thank those who share their success on here!
Launched at 0645 from Russell Landing, still dark, mist, ...
By: Lou Smith
Posted: 9/24/2012
Species: Kokanee
Rating: 5
Fished: 9/24/2012
Hot Spots: 2
On the water at 0600 and baited by flashlight. Just as it got light enough to see, the DR went to 39' in 60+ water. Half way between the launch and Silcox, bam - a 15" koke! Re-set and doubled back an...
By: Lou Smith
Posted: 9/18/2012
Species: Kokanee
Rating: 3
Fished: 9/18/2012
Hot Spots: 1
On the water at 0600 and almost got broadsided by a boat with an apparent sleeping driver! There were only two boats on the whole lake, him and me. Proceeded to loose the first koke that jumped about ...
By: Anonymous
Posted: 9/18/2012
Species: Smallmouth Bass
Rating: 2
Fished: 9/18/2012
Hot Spots: 0
Fished with my brother today, we didn't start fishin until about 10. I figured with it being dead calm and sunny, the bite would be tough, and it was. We fished docks out to the 5 mile hr bouys an...
By: jeretired
Posted: 9/17/2012
Species: Perch
Rating: 1
Fished: 9/17/2012
Hot Spots: 0
Unbelievable! Skirted the VA hospital for three hours with my neighbor in my Port-a-bote using night crawlers, perch-eyes, artificial baits, even the kitchen sink! We never even had a nibble all aft...