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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: 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: 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: 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: 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: 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...
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: Odin210
Posted: 9/20/2016
Species: Perch
Rating: 4
Fished: 9/16/2016
Hot Spots: 3
Bank fished the WDFW Boat Launch from 0830 to 0930 for perch and panfish (wouldn't have minded getting some trout/kokanee but water is still too warm for that). Did some fly and bubble around underwat...
By: billyl
Posted: 9/6/2016
Species: Kokanee
Rating: 3
Fished: 9/5/2016
Hot Spots: 1
Got the boat trailer fixed so it was off to the lake. It was cloudy, cool and windy for most of the day
with some sun breaks. Lost some at the boat but managed to net four. Slow bite.
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By: Toni
Posted: 9/4/2016
Species: Perch
Rating: 2
Fished: 9/4/2016
Hot Spots: 1
We got to the lake about 8:30. I saw that Glenn and Cami were fishing so I had to go find them to say hi. Motor was doing well. But while I was stopped it died. I couldn’t get it started again…for a ...
By: smokey34
Posted: 9/1/2016
Species: Kokanee
Rating: 3
Fished: 9/1/2016
Hot Spots: 2
Hit American by myself at 6:30 AM. Good action, but the lake seems devoid of 3 yr olds and this point. Lots of 2 yr fish, so it bodes well for next year, but a real puzzle. Has anyone seen any mature ...
By: Toni
Posted: 8/29/2016
Species: Kokanee
Rating: 3
Fished: 8/28/2016
Hot Spots: 1
I met with Glenn and Cami at 5:45am who brought their neighbor Leo along.
It was barely light with a gentle wind blowing. It was cloudy with the prediction of partly cloudy and low 70’s. Water tempe...
By: rflores13
Posted: 8/21/2016
Species: Smallmouth Bass
Rating: 5
Fished: 8/21/2016
Hot Spots: 0
My son and I hit the water about 7:15 this morning. He started with a rooster tail spinner and I used a 4" black and white shad colored grub, on a yellow and red eyed jig hook. We started around the i...
By: Dan360
Posted: 8/16/2016
Species: Smallmouth Bass
Rating: 4
Fished: 8/16/2016
Hot Spots: 0
Had a decent day on American Lake. Didn't give it 5 stars because we had to really work for our fish today, but the work was worth it as we ended up getting some really nice fish. Started the day ea...
By: eddiebishop
Posted: 8/9/2016
Species: Kokanee
Rating: 4
Fished: 8/7/2016
Hot Spots: 3
Fishing with my neighbor, Mike, we hit the WDFW launch at 6am in my classic 15' Glasspar sporting dual Evinrudes, 85 and 9.9, with Bimini top, which comes in handy on days like this when the rains com...
By: Dan360
Posted: 8/7/2016
Species: Smallmouth Bass
Rating: 5
Fished: 8/6/2016
Hot Spots: 0
Got a chance to fish American Lake for smallmouth and it was a blast. I haven't really fished for bass on this lake but figured they would be following summer patterns that I see on other lakes. Fou...
By: Bilgewater
Posted: 7/31/2016
Species: Rainbow Trout
Rating: 1
Fished: 7/19/1992
Hot Spots: 0
To what extent do you suppose water temperature influences fish to bite or not? The fish weren’t biting on anything I tried, so I checked the temperature of water layers.
American Lake is a fairl...
By: mikerobertd
Posted: 7/26/2016
Species: Rainbow Trout
Rating: 2
Fished: 7/26/2016
Hot Spots: 0
Hit the water at 7:30am tough fishing trolled for a few hours fishing 8-15 feet deep then the depth finder found a lot of fish at 20-30 feet so i switched to the down rigger and being new to this type...
By: walakesguy
Posted: 7/25/2016
Species: Rainbow Trout
Rating: 1
Fished: 7/23/2016
Hot Spots: 0
On the water at 6:00 AM
Bill's BH was closed so we couldn't get any fresh worms. Ended up trolling using Gulp worms and maggots behind wedding rings, trout killer spoons, and other custom rigs with...
By: majorgbailey
Posted: 7/22/2016
Species: Kokanee
Rating: 3
Fished: 7/22/2016
Hot Spots: 1
On the water at 7:30am. Overcast skies and some wind. Downriggers set a 30ft and 40ft in 70ft water up by the parked water air taxi. Usual kokanee setup with corn soaked in anise on one pole and co...
By: Moldy Chum
Posted: 7/18/2016
Species: Kokanee
Rating: 3
Fished: 7/16/2016
Hot Spots: 2
Picked American Lake because I wanted to test the big motor on the boat while still targeting Kokanee prior to heading to the Columbia on Sunday. Got off to a late start and hit the lake at 1130 in t...
By: joeortega
Posted: 7/10/2016
Species: Kokanee
Rating: 4
Fished: 7/10/2016
Hot Spots: 0
Was able to fix the car and a vary good friend offered to pay for the gas,"thanks Terry" headed to American Lake started around 530 fishing was somewhat slow but we managed to scrape up 9 kokes 1 trou...
By: Bay wolf
Posted: 7/6/2016
Species: Rock Bass
Rating: 5
Fished: 7/6/2016
Hot Spots: 0
All I can say is WOW! What a fun day. I spent the whole time un-hooking fish and smiling. What good memories.
By: joeortega
Posted: 7/4/2016
Species: Kokanee
Rating: 5
Fished: 7/3/2016
Hot Spots: 0
Fished American Lake with a friend Sunday fishing was good I ended up with a limit of kokes all nice size 15in and fat did get a 8 in, in the mix unfortunately the hook ended up in the gills so it wen...
By: Oldcoastie7
Posted: 7/4/2016
Species: Rainbow Trout
Rating: 3
Fished: 7/1/2016
Hot Spots: 3
Haven't been able to get out on the lake much, boat needed work, and just been busy. Between that and the Army rebuilding the dock just haven't had the boat out. It really sucks when you are retired b...
