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Posted: 9/23/2016
Species: Perch
Rating: 3
Fished: 9/22/2016
Hot Spots: 1
had a decent day at american at bills boathouse, had one rod with powerbait for trout, no bites water still too warm
the perch and bass were hitting pretty good dropshotting a nightcrawler , that is ...
By: Coffee
Posted: 9/25/2016
Species: Kokanee
Rating: 1
Fished: 9/23/2016
Hot Spots: 1
My 1st report!
This is my 1st time on this lake. Arrived there at 6:45AM, setup my Colorado XT pontoon, and was on the water around 7:20AM fishing for Kokanee. I left the lake at around 2PM with ju...
By: Blandfisherman
Posted: 10/9/2016
Species: Perch
Rating: 4
Fished: 10/9/2016
Hot Spots: 0
Took advantage of the Seahawks bye today. Took the new kayaks out on american. We're first going for bass. But drop shot with worm worked the best. Got onto a school of perch. Swisher to an trout magn...
By: Toni
Posted: 10/23/2016
Species: Kokanee
Rating: 2
Fished: 10/22/2016
Hot Spots: 1
I was at the launch to meet Glen and Cami about 6:45am then I got a text saying that something was wrong with the truck and they were going to have to go back home. I told them I would stop by as I ha...
By: Toni
Posted: 11/9/2016
Species: Kokanee
Rating: 3
Fished: 11/8/2016
Hot Spots: 2
Armed with information gleaned from Glen and Cami who caught on their vacation Thursday and Friday, I started fishing about 8:30am. It was sunny and the high was supposed to be 68. And it got there. ...
By: hlindsay
Posted: 11/10/2016
Species: Perch
Rating: 4
Fished: 11/8/2016
Hot Spots: 1
Fished from around 9 to 1, mostly just north of Beard Island in 40 FOW. Used drop shot type rig with jig for weight and hooks above. All with perch meat (I had one from the last trip to lake WA). It w...
By: salmonkiller
Posted: 11/15/2016
Species: Kokanee
Rating: 3
Fished: 11/13/2016
Hot Spots: 0
Fished American lake 11/13/2016.
Ended up getting 4 Kokanee and 1 Rainbow.
My girlfriend created a nice video of our adventure.
By: ilikefish
Posted: 1/24/2017
Species: Rainbow Trout
Rating: 1
Fished: 1/23/2017
Hot Spots: 0
Hit the water about 1130, was calm and sunny. Water temp 39-40. Trolled dick nite dodgers and hoochie combos. Got a few hits, but nothing stuck. I was just flat lining with about 100ft or so of line ...
By: greenrowboat
Posted: 1/29/2017
Species: Rainbow Trout
Rating: 1
Fished: 1/23/2017
Hot Spots: 0
Captured some wildlife and fishermen/women. No fish. Gary
By: cubmaster
Posted: 3/13/2017
Species: Rainbow Trout
Rating: 3
Fished: 3/12/2017
Hot Spots: 0
Went out yesterday morning to American lake for some Rainbow fishing. It is still a little early in the year but we wanted to try some trolling with our standard gear. The weather was good, about 45...
By: ilikefish
Posted: 3/18/2017
Species: Kokanee
Rating: 1
Fished: 3/17/2017
Hot Spots: 0
Hit the lake after dropping the boy at school. Only bites I had were on worm/ wedding ring combo trailing dodger or flash lite and flatlined way back. Tried speeds from .6 to 1.7. Various depths on do...
By: Toni
Posted: 3/20/2017
Species: Rainbow Trout
Rating: 2
Fished: 3/19/2017
Hot Spots: 1
Of course, on one of the only dry sunny, albeit cold mornings, I had to work. But not until afternoon, so I met Glen and Cami at the WDFW boat launch at 8am. There were a lot of other people with the ...
By: hlindsay
Posted: 3/23/2017
Species: Rainbow Trout
Rating: 1
Fished: 3/23/2017
Hot Spots: 0
Trolled from 2 to 4:30, 4 lines top to 25 ft, with all the regular stuff and maybe one hit. The line popped out of the clip but no fish. Nice day on the water for the first trip of the year.
By: FishingManiac
Posted: 3/26/2017
Species: Rainbow Trout
Rating: 2
Fished: 3/26/2017
Hot Spots: 0
My dad and I have fished American 3 times in the last week. The last two times we have had to put in a lot of work trolling ( pop gear with a cowgirl spinner tipped with a nightcrawler) of the last th...
By: headhunter2
Posted: 3/26/2017
Species: Kokanee
Rating: 1
Fished: 3/25/2017
Hot Spots: 0
Hit the lake today, first time in a few years for me. Got on the water at 11 after meeting with members of Northwes fishing partners registery for a meet and greet. Had both down riggers down pullin...
By: KevinS
Posted: 4/2/2017
Species: Smallmouth Bass
Rating: 1
Fished: 4/1/2017
Hot Spots: 0
Finally got out for the first time this year. Was rainy at time and windy. Watched a couple of bass follow my fluke and one took a bite at the tail just a few feet from the boat. At least I caught ...
By: hlindsay
Posted: 4/2/2017
Species: Rainbow Trout
Rating: 1
Fished: 3/31/2017
Hot Spots: 0
Fished from around 1:00 to 5:00 trolling the only thing to get hit was a pink squid. It came out of the clip a few times and for sure one fish on with a long line release.
By: ilikefish
Posted: 4/12/2017
Species: Kokanee
Rating: 2
Fished: 4/11/2017
Hot Spots: 0
Had a couple hours so launched the boat around 930. It was breezy with some chop so it was almost impossible to stay on course. Kept speed between 1.1 and 1.4, water temp 46-47. Marked some nice schoo...
By: ilikefish
Posted: 4/16/2017
Species: Kokanee
Rating: 2
Fished: 4/15/2017
Hot Spots: 0
Started at 545, trolled sling blades and hoochies until 730. Had two hook ups and lost both.. water temp was 48-49
By: Toni
Posted: 4/18/2017
Species: Kokanee
Rating: 3
Fished: 4/16/2017
Hot Spots: 1
Glen, Cami, and I went on an Easter Kokanee hunt at American Lake. Glen was sporting his new Mad Hatter look. It was cold.
We met at the launch at 6:30am. Started fishing out of the WDFW launch about...
By: Big Smooth
Posted: 4/18/2017
Species: Kokanee
Rating: 2
Fished: 4/8/2017
Hot Spots: 0
Fished all morning for Kokanee from 60' up to 15' with no luck only a bow at around 25'. We gave in after the wind picked up and headed to little America to troll the bowl for trout. Landed five more...
By: ilikefish
Posted: 4/22/2017
Species: Kokanee
Rating: 4
Fished: 4/21/2017
Hot Spots: 0
Launched about 0830, everyone else had the same idea so the wdfw launch looked like a summer day. Hooked first rainbow before I could get the rod in the holder. Which was a nice start. The bites were...
By: nerka nailer
Posted: 4/26/2017
Species: Rainbow Trout
Rating: 5
Fished: 4/26/2017
Hot Spots: 0
I noticed I wash having an idle issue the other day when I was on the lake and my motor kept wanting to die. I think the carbs needed to be cleaned. I decided to put some sea foam in the tank and som...
By: ArrowNaughtic
Posted: 4/29/2017
Species: Kokanee
Rating: 3
Fished: 4/29/2017
Hot Spots: 0
Launched at 7 this morning at the WDFW launch. Ran in front of Silcox island and ended p squeezing out 3 trout. One 12 incher and the other two 10 inches. Used a homemade wedding ring with Jack Lloyd ...
By: Bay wolf
Posted: 5/4/2017
Species: Rainbow Trout
Rating: 4
Fished: 5/3/2017
Hot Spots: 0
Launched a bit early at 4:30 p.m., but it gave us enough time to get things set up and relaxing into a good evening troll for some Rainbows. First line was on the down rigger set at 30 ft using a hal...
