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By: kokanee_slayer
Posted: 6/16/2015
Species: Kokanee
Rating: 3
Fished: 6/13/2015
Hot Spots: 0
Most of us, who target Koks at American, know that its been awful slow this year. However, I did manage to scratch out a limit yesterday. All were "Next Years" Fish and kept a few that I would normall...
By: ilikefish
Posted: 6/18/2015
Species: Kokanee
Rating: 3
Fished: 6/17/2015
Hot Spots: 0
Had the pontoon set up by 0600, lines in by 615. It was pretty windy and almost impossible to stay in a straight line. I hid behind silcox until the wind died down. When it did i hooked 6 kokes, but t...
Posted: 6/18/2015
Species: Smallmouth Bass
Rating: 3
Fished: 6/18/2015
Hot Spots: 3
Went to American Lake this morning around 7:00am little cool and over cast with light wind started fishing the north end of the lake caught 2 little 1.5lb smallmouth and 10 rock bass on drop shot stic...
By: ilikefish
Posted: 6/19/2015
Species: Kokanee
Rating: 3
Fished: 6/19/2015
Hot Spots: 0
The fish were biting this morning even though the wind was trying to blow me off the lake. I hooked 15 fish, mostly Kokanee a few rainbows mixed in, but only landed one 12" Kokanee and a 13" rainbow....
By: Sheepdog981
Posted: 6/19/2015
Species: Kokanee
Rating: 3
Fished: 6/19/2015
Hot Spots: 3
Caught 3 Kokanee with a blue/green hoochie on a fast limit dodger with Gulp! maggots 29 feet down on the wire @ 1.4 mph (GPS). Also dragged around some perch for a while on pink hoochies with pink Ma...
By: ilikefish
Posted: 6/27/2015
Species: Kokanee
Rating: 4
Fished: 6/27/2015
Hot Spots: 0
At it again this morning early, on water 530ish. At 545 the first water skier showed up, boo! Anyway, didn't touch a fish until around 7. A decent rainbow. I did figure 8's over that area and quickly ...
By: hlindsay
Posted: 6/29/2015
Species: Other
Rating: 3
Fished: 6/28/2015
Hot Spots: 2
I put down other because we started for Kokanee got one RBT. (6 to 8 am) then changed to drop shoting for perch and most of what we got were rock bass. Still had a good time and got some fish. Rock ba...
By: ilikefish
Posted: 7/2/2015
Species: Kokanee
Rating: 1
Fished: 7/2/2015
Hot Spots: 0
It was a tough morning on American for me. Skiers were on the water at 0530, one of them came within 20 yards of me. Not very nice... Anyway I threw everything I had at them today( the fish not the sk...
By: Sheepdog981
Posted: 7/10/2015
Species: Kokanee
Rating: 3
Fished: 7/10/2015
Hot Spots: 0
Launched at 0500. 17.5" Kokanee in the boat by 0520. Caught on a pink oil slick hoochie with a 4" KoneZone moon jelly flasher. Depth was 26ft on the wire @ 1.1 mph by GPS. Another smaller Kokanee cau...
By: ilikefish
Posted: 7/10/2015
Species: Kokanee
Rating: 2
Fished: 7/9/2015
Hot Spots: 0
Typically would not come to american at 1 o'clock but trigonometry is taking up all my time. I needed a break so I headed to the lake. After I escaped from the jet ski that continually did circles aro...
By: DannyMac
Posted: 7/13/2015
Species: Kokanee
Rating: 2
Fished: 7/12/2015
Hot Spots: 0
Took my daughter and sister out to American Lake on Saturday evening just to tool around the boat there first time on this boat. So I didn't plan on fishing but I showed them how the down rigger works...
By: Sheepdog981
Posted: 7/17/2015
Species: Kokanee
Rating: 4
Fished: 7/17/2015
Hot Spots: 0
Launched at 0500. Limited out by 0900. 4 Kokanee and 1 RBT. All caught 29ft on the wire at 1.2mph. Used: KoneZone moonjelly 4" flasher with Radical Glow pink micro hoochie and a Mack's DD Dodger with ...
By: Sheepdog981
Posted: 8/14/2015
Species: Kokanee
Rating: 2
Fished: 8/14/2015
Hot Spots: 0
I said I would not be back at this lake until the rain kept the yahoo's away. I kept my word. We did have to wait an hour to launch due to the lightning. The perch kept me busy by constantly hitting K...
By: Mr Fitten
Posted: 8/17/2015
Species: Kokanee
Rating: 1
Fished: 8/15/2015
Hot Spots: 1
Went out to American Lake thinking the cool cloudy conditions would keep the wave makers off the water. I was right, sept one guy who thought the only place to ski was the small area i was fitten in. ...
By: Rip Lipper
Posted: 9/7/2015
Species: Perch
Rating: 5
Fished: 9/5/2015
Hot Spots: 1
The perch just love them garden worms on a red hook!
By: billyreed
Posted: 9/8/2015
Species: Kokanee
Rating: 3
Fished: 9/7/2015
Hot Spots: 0
Got 3 in the boat. 2 on downrigger and 1 long lining. On long line a Dick Nite pink Splatter and Apex. Down riggers had scent chamber, hot wings, silver Wobbler and a Mack Hoochie thingy. The other wa...
By: smokey34
Posted: 9/10/2015
Species: Kokanee
Rating: 3
Fished: 9/10/2015
Hot Spots: 1
Hit American at 7:00 AM - Only one other boat in sight. After a little consternation with the trolling motor, managed to locate a decent school at 35 ft in 80ft near the county launch. Two nice k...
By: Hunter757
Posted: 9/16/2015
Species: Kokanee
Rating: 3
Fished: 9/15/2015
Hot Spots: 3
Decided it was time to hit the water at American lake. I have not been there in a long time and well have not been on the water in over a month it was time. I arrived around 10 am launched and just ...
By: Hunter757
Posted: 9/28/2015
Species: Kokanee
Rating: 1
Fished: 9/26/2015
Hot Spots: 2
Well my oldest son wanted to go fishing so we packed up and headed out to American for a few hours. Made a few passes along west side of lake marked a bunch of fish but no takers. We headed north an...
By: Sheepdog981
Posted: 10/21/2015
Species: Kokanee
Rating: 2
Fished: 10/16/2015
Hot Spots: 2
This report is dedicated to the fisherman that get mad when people post reports online...
On the water by 0945 after dropping the kids off at school. Trolled a pink splatter Dick Nite dodger with a...
By: robert4681
Posted: 10/23/2015
Species: Rainbow Trout
Rating: 4
Fished: 10/22/2015
Hot Spots: 2
Two of us launched my Smokercraft Osprey at 9:00am. Trolling with pop gear and strung on nite crawlers we caught
6 Kokanee and 2 Rainbows by noon. We did not use downriggers just 1/2 oz. weights at...
By: Toni
Posted: 11/3/2015
Species: Kokanee
Rating: 1
Fished: 11/3/2015
Hot Spots: 0
I haven’t been to this lake since 4-21-15. I was amazed at how low the water was after our long, dry, hot, summer.
It was mostly cloudy and when I started, 8:30am, there wasn’t any wind but later i...
By: billyl
Posted: 11/21/2015
Species: Rainbow Trout
Rating: 1
Fished: 11/20/2015
Hot Spots: 1
We didn't have any luck finding the planted bows. Started at boat ramp and work
Our way out. Trolling most of the time and tried still fish.
If you go out try the center of the lake. I think they...
By: Hunter757
Posted: 1/21/2016
Species: Kokanee
Rating: 1
Fished: 1/20/2016
Hot Spots: 1
Hit American Lake today for five hours after trying a few days ago and had to cut it early due to no pee on the kicker. Got that fixed and decided to give it another go. Started out in my normal spo...
By: greenrowboat
Posted: 1/30/2016
Species: Rainbow Trout
Rating: 2
Fished: 1/25/2016
Hot Spots: 0
Been fishing American this and last month, caught mostly 14-16" RB's, a Koke now and again. Last 3 (times) weeks have been slow... no fish- any idea what these weights are worth? Thanks, Gary
