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By: Anonymous
Posted: 2/4/2003
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Rating: 4
Fished: 2/4/2003
Hot Spots: 0
Got on the water about 4 O clock this afternoon. A little breeze was blowing as I made my first cast with my 8 weight Lamiglass and a marabou streamer. Shook out most of the clear intermediate line be...
By: Anonymous
Posted: 2/20/2003
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Rating: 2
Fished: 2/20/2003
Hot Spots: 0
Fished 8 hrs lots of wind water temp 46 degrees light rain trolled with pop gear and a wedding ring only caught one rainbow eight inches released
back to water.
By: Anonymous
Posted: 2/27/2003
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Rating: 1
Fished: 2/27/2003
Hot Spots: 0
I think I'm being punished for getting a little too cocky. Humble pie taste pretty bad with my skunks. Trolled all my favorites plus trying a bunch of other stuff. I just couldn't buy a bite. Yes, Ame...
By: Anonymous
Posted: 3/6/2003
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Rating: 3
Fished: 3/6/2003
Hot Spots: 0
March 1, 2003 at the Camp Murray boat ramp American Lake in Pierce County, I met Michael L.
Williams. He is the Real Property Manager at Camp Murray, WA. He was at the ramp checking Access Tags on
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By: Anonymous
Posted: 3/13/2003
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Rating: 1
Fished: 3/13/2003
Hot Spots: 0
I fished American Lake from 0900 to 1600. I tried marsh mellows, worms, combinations there of. I had a few bites though it was quite windy and I had trouble knowing when I had a bite. ( I wasn't going...
By: Anonymous
Posted: 3/16/2003
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Rating: 2
Fished: 3/16/2003
Hot Spots: 0
We launched at American Lake Park at 6:30 am. We worked the West side of the lake using a Red and Silver Uncle Wes we didn't even mark a fish on the finder. We then turned our attention to the Northe...
By: Anonymous
Posted: 3/27/2003
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Rating: 2
Fished: 3/27/2003
Hot Spots: 0
This is a well-known trout lake but on this day no one would have known. A lot of small trout surfacing but only about six inchers. Spent about two hours from the boat using powerbait, spoons, and w...
By: Anonymous
Posted: 3/30/2003
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Rating: 5
Fished: 3/30/2003
Hot Spots: 0
Hit the lake at 8:30 looking for bass tried every place they should be with no luck. At about 1:30Itied on a 1/2 ounce red spinnerbait with silver colorado blades hit a dock and pulled out the foll...
By: Anonymous
Posted: 4/5/2003
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Rating: 3
Fished: 4/5/2003
Hot Spots: 0
WELL GOT TO THE DOCK AROUND 10.AM...HADE TO WAIT ON DUFFEL BAG TO OPEN TO GET LIC....WATER WAS ROUGH AS HELL.. WIND WAS UP AND LIGHT RAIN....LAKE WAS ALMOST TO A WHITE CAP STAGE...HEADED FOR A COVE OU...
By: Anonymous
Posted: 4/12/2003
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Rating: 4
Fished: 4/12/2003
Hot Spots: 0
Out on American Lake again today. The new planters are finally active again. C&R about 10. Caught a couple of bright hold-overs too. I had so many hits on jigs but kept missing them. I think it's time...
By: Anonymous
Posted: 4/22/2003
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Rating: 2
Fished: 4/22/2003
Hot Spots: 0
Well I hit American around 8 and fished little American for a good hour and a half with out a bite. (I was trolling a wedding ring). So my buddy told me about a secret spot he knew about, so we went o...
By: Anonymous
Posted: 4/27/2003
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Rating: 5
Fished: 4/27/2003
Hot Spots: 0
Hit the lake early couldn't find any bass so we started trolling crank baits caught lots of trout all 14 inches and bigger ,saw one huge trout follow but would not take it ,missed and lost a lot of f...
By: Anonymous
Posted: 4/27/2003
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Rating: 3
Fished: 4/27/2003
Hot Spots: 0
Took my wife and son out fishing today, very nice but kinda crowded for my taste anyway my wife ended up catching her only two bites including a 31/2 pounder. Guess I found my new good luck charm!
By: Anonymous
Posted: 5/4/2003
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Rating: 4
Fished: 5/4/2003
Hot Spots: 0
I had been hearing rumors that big Rainbow and Kokanee were being pulled out of American Lake. I checked it out, nothing was to size, but i found that a chartreuse wedding band with a worm worked best...
By: Anonymous
Posted: 5/10/2003
Species: Rainbow Trout
Rating: 5
Fished: 5/10/2003
Hot Spots: 0
Guess my good luck charm is still working caught our limit both days to include a 51/2# rainbow my lucky charm reeled in on the 10th,great early moms day gift for her.
By: Anonymous
Posted: 5/25/2003
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Rating: 5
Fished: 5/25/2003
Hot Spots: 0
Hit the lake at about 0900, Sunny skies, cold brisk North wind. Trolled wedding ring, had 3 hits in 20 minutes. All small 6 inchers.
Tried by Ft Lewis Marina, no luck. Tried by log booms, two hit...
By: Anonymous
Posted: 6/20/2003
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Rating: 3
Fished: 6/20/2003
Hot Spots: 0
We arrived at the lake late in the afternoon .There were trout jumping everywhere but there to small for me .So I decided to go for the bass with a 6 inch green plastic????? got some good hits I set m...
By: Anonymous
Posted: 6/22/2003
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Rating: 3
Fished: 6/22/2003
Hot Spots: 0
We went fishing and caught 4 small perch and several really small rock bass on worms off the bottom. Did see a few people catch a couple 12 inch trout off the bottom on worms and power bait. Did all...
By: Anonymous
Posted: 10/12/2003
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Rating: 2
Fished: 10/12/2003
Hot Spots: 0
Windy, wet, choppy out on the big lake. Putted over to Little American. Found a protected little cove and started marking fish all over. Flat lined a Rapala for about 20 minutes and caught a 3 1/2lb. ...
By: Anonymous
Posted: 11/2/2003
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Rating: 3
Fished: 11/2/2003
Hot Spots: 0
Fished from shore with Power Eggs in the corn scent. I caught one big 13 inch Rainbow and a smaller one at 12 inches. Not bad for shore fishing in the morning for only 3 hours. Talked to a guy who cau...
By: Anonymous
Posted: 11/8/2003
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Rating: 5
Fished: 11/8/2003
Hot Spots: 0
Wow. What a great day of fishing. I thought Silver Lake was the best lake in the area but now I am not sure. Trolled in the island area for about 2 hours with no luck. Headed towards the little lak...
By: Anonymous
Posted: 11/20/2003
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Rating: 4
Fished: 11/20/2003
Hot Spots: 0
Me and my two buddies paddled our float tubes and pontoons boats out about 300 meters from Bill's boat dock. We started fishing about 4:00 pm and we had 15 large 1.5 - 2 lb yellow perch by 5:30. The...
By: Anonymous
Posted: 11/30/2003
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Rating: 1
Fished: 11/30/2003
Hot Spots: 0
Fished American Lake for a couple hours this AM. Trolling the South end. NOTHING, not a bite. Only thing I came home with was COLD hands. HA.
By: Anonymous
Posted: 12/3/2003
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Rating: 2
Fished: 12/3/2003
Hot Spots: 0
Took the boat this time and fished for most of the day! I worked the majority of the lake with the Vibrax Spinners and Dick Nite spoons John Stokes told us about. I caught one small 12 incher and had ...
By: Anonymous
Posted: 12/3/2003
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Rating: 3
Fished: 12/3/2003
Hot Spots: 0
They're still biting. Fished for about 1 hour before dark. Trolled a perch Rapala. Caught a smallish Ctt and a fat 15" Rainbow. Not bad for a quick fishing break.
