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By: Anonymous
Posted: 12/12/2003
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Rating: 3
Fished: 12/12/2003
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Started fishing American around 8:00am. Headed straight for the V.A. Hosp. I threw out the old nightcrawler and bobber. Right off the bat I hooked and lost a nice Bow. Got one good look at the side of...
By: Anonymous
Posted: 1/10/2004
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Rating: 3
Fished: 1/10/2004
Hot Spots: 0
Tried American from shore by boat launch, slow got one Rainbow about two pounds. Several boats out on the lake but don't know how they did.
By: Anonymous
Posted: 1/11/2004
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Rating: 3
Fished: 1/11/2004
Hot Spots: 0
Got out on American about 9:00am and tried trolling the V.A shore with no luck. Went over and tried trolling other places coves with nothing not even a fish jumping. Went back over to the V.A. side an...
By: Anonymous
Posted: 2/6/2004
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Rating: 3
Fished: 2/6/2004
Hot Spots: 0
I tried trolling wedding bands at various depths, no luck. After about 3 hours, I went into one of the small bays to get a break from the breeze. I dropped anchor in a 13 foot spot near the shore, and...
By: Anonymous
Posted: 2/8/2004
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Rating: 1
Fished: 2/8/2004
Hot Spots: 0
Well I fished from about 0730 to about 1100. I threw just about everything I had in my box out there at them and at the end of the day I had two bites to show for it. the only other fish I heard caugh...
By: Anonymous
Posted: 2/14/2004
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Rating: 1
Fished: 2/14/2004
Hot Spots: 0
Well I fished American lake from around 0730 till 1130. I fished everywhere from the VA hospital to little American lake to by bills boat house. I fished with rapalas, flat fish, wedding rings, rooste...
By: Anonymous
Posted: 3/22/2004
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Rating: 5
Fished: 3/22/2004
Hot Spots: 0
March 22nd me and my buddy Flatfish went out to American Lake, from the launch we shot out to the northwest side of the lake in my new Bass Boat, started at the point leading into the cove where the w...
By: Anonymous
Posted: 4/10/2004
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Rating: 1
Fished: 4/10/2004
Hot Spots: 0
I got to the lake at around 0800. My friend Cory had been fishing there for about a hour and a half. I cast in a half a worm with a chartreuse mallow. Ten minutes later I had this 6 lb 3 oz...
By: Anonymous
Posted: 4/24/2004
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Rating: 5
Fished: 4/24/2004
Hot Spots: 0
Fished from 0630-1030. Never went more than five minutes w/o a bite trolling pop gear w/ nightcrawlers. Best fishing for trout I've done in years. Best seemed to be in front of VA Hospital about 100 y...
By: Anonymous
Posted: 4/24/2004
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Rating: 5
Fished: 4/24/2004
Hot Spots: 0
Fished opening day ay american though it is year round. Lots of little trout jumping and just as many biting, caught my limit in hardly any time at all.
By: Anonymous
Posted: 4/25/2004
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Rating: 5
Fished: 4/25/2004
Hot Spots: 0
Fished around 1230pm until 700pm and caught a bunch of stocked trout. Heard of a few big ones caught. We fished at the logs by little American and caught 25 total and probably lost 20 more. They were ...
By: Anonymous
Posted: 5/7/2004
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Rating: 5
Fished: 5/7/2004
Hot Spots: 0
Fished American the second time with just about the same result. Every boat was catching limits of fish, mostly plant fish but a few older much bigger rainbows. just a bobber with a worm about three f...
By: Anonymous
Posted: 5/10/2004
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Rating: 5
Fished: 5/10/2004
Hot Spots: 0
Fished American again with results better than before only took hour and a half to catch limit. worms under a bobber did the trick once again.
By: Anonymous
Posted: 5/12/2004
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Rating: 5
Fished: 5/12/2004
Hot Spots: 0
American lake didn't fail me for about the fifth time, caught my limit in an hour again.
By: Anonymous
Posted: 5/16/2004
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Rating: 5
Fished: 5/16/2004
Hot Spots: 0
Caught our limit of rainbows in about an hour using bobbers and worms. Sat in about 50 feet of water just off of Bill's Boathouse.
By: Anonymous
Posted: 5/16/2004
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Rating: 5
Fished: 5/16/2004
Hot Spots: 0
I fished American Lake with my daughter & niece today. Got our limits of nice trout in less then 3 hours.
Talked to a guy who said he caught a 8 lber last week.
By: Anonymous
Posted: 5/19/2004
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Rating: 3
Fished: 5/19/2004
Hot Spots: 0
Fished off the swimming dock at Harry Todd Park for a couple of hours this afternoon. A couple of kids were just dropping worms off the side about 6 feet down and nailing 'em! After half an hour I t...
By: Anonymous
Posted: 5/22/2004
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Rating: 3
Fished: 5/22/2004
Hot Spots: 0
Fished off the docks at Bill's Boathouse today. Not only did we get wet from all the rain but we did get our limit of trout. We were using worm and bobber and also shrimp and bobber. And when it...
By: Anonymous
Posted: 5/23/2004
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Rating: 3
Fished: 5/23/2004
Hot Spots: 0
My buddy and I got to the lake around 7:30 and started catching fish right away. We started with worms and a egg about 6 feet under a bobber. In an hour we had 8 between us (all catch and release) the...
By: Anonymous
Posted: 5/29/2004
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Rating: 3
Fished: 5/29/2004
Hot Spots: 0
Found a gap in the weather and caught 3 rainbows with bobber and worm 3 feet down in about an hour. All were around a pound each. Decided I wanted to "go for the big ones" so I used my 'bobber with a ...
By: Anonymous
Posted: 6/4/2004
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Rating: 5
Fished: 6/4/2004
Hot Spots: 0
I enjoyed fishing at this lake and I had been lucky to catch my limit almost every time I go there. Seems like shrimps and worms are the best bait for for Rainbow Trout in this lake. Ask me for my s...
By: Anonymous
Posted: 6/12/2004
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Rating: 3
Fished: 6/12/2004
Hot Spots: 0
Tough day for trout. We didn't get any, and I only heard of one other boat that had one. Perch were plentiful, though, and we landed about 7 of those. One was really good size, came in at a pound.
By: Anonymous
Posted: 6/12/2004
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Rating: 4
Fished: 6/12/2004
Hot Spots: 0
Fish are still plentiful at Harry Todd Park and I seems to be getting my limit occasionally. But beware! There had been several cars break-in lately. Call the Police but they never showed up. This...
By: Anonymous
Posted: 7/5/2004
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Rating: 2
Fished: 7/5/2004
Hot Spots: 0
Couple of trout taken at Bill's Boathouse with red eggs and maggots. As for me, I didn't get any trout. Caught numerous perch by little American Lake using worms off the bottom. Perch still hitting ve...
By: Anonymous
Posted: 7/7/2004
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Rating: 4
Fished: 7/7/2004
Hot Spots: 0
Dead all morning then in the afternoon it really picked up. Worms, Worms, Worms! Tried everything in the tackle box and didn't get a bite. Used plain old worms and brought back either a bluegill or...
