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By: Notellumcreek
Posted: 4/27/2019
Species: Kokanee
Rating: 3
Fished: 4/27/2019
Hot Spots: 0
Took the new to us north river out for our maiden voyage. Tough going on the troll as the wind was blowing pretty hard and I was working out the kinks while having the wife and 7 month old on board. G...
By: Widgeonmangh
Posted: 4/30/2019
Species: Kokanee
Rating: 3
Fished: 4/29/2019
Hot Spots: 0
Got out around 9am which is pretty typical and pretty late targeting Kokanee. I am going to have to try and get out there at dark-thirty and see how that goes. Wind was a significant factor for me s...
By: HPenne66
Posted: 6/9/2019
Species: Rainbow Trout
Rating: 2
Fished: 6/8/2019
Hot Spots: 1
Being primarily a saltwater angler, I am less experienced with freshwater fishing, but the smell of a beautiful rainbow trout on the smoker always tempts me to bring out the wedding rings and night cr...
By: Oldcoastie7
Posted: 6/20/2019
Species: Rainbow Trout
Rating: 2
Fished: 6/19/2019
Hot Spots: 0
I have been fishing American lake since 2006, and have never seen a Spring like this one. Been fishing since early May. Until Yesterday nothing, nada, zilch. A few bass but that's it. I have tried...
By: Toni
Posted: 10/12/2019
Species: Rainbow Trout
Rating: 2
Fished: 10/12/2019
Hot Spots: 0
American Lake 10-12-19
My son and I went to the lake at 8am and left about 12pm. Trolled from the far east end to the veterans hospital. The downriggers were from 5 to 40 on the cable. My son caugh...
By: hlindsay
Posted: 11/3/2019
Species: Perch
Rating: 3
Fished: 11/2/2019
Hot Spots: 0
Fished the south end of the lake in around 50 FOW along with with around 10 other boats. Took out my son-in-law and we used jigs and worms until he pick up one and then we started trying a little perc...
By: Toni
Posted: 11/5/2019
Species: Perch
Rating: 3
Fished: 11/4/2019
Hot Spots: 0
My son and I were seeking perch. The water temp was 55, sunny with a breeze on the lake.
I spent 12-1pm looking in the wrong places. I headed to the south end of the lake where I saw a school on the...
By: Bilgewater
Posted: 11/5/2019
Species: Rainbow Trout
Rating: 1
Fished: 11/5/2019
Hot Spots: 0
I cast from shore for a little bit, with no bites. The water level is lower than I’ve ever seen it, so low that no water is flowing over the outlet structure at the south end of Little American. In ...
By: hlindsay
Posted: 3/20/2020
Species: Rainbow Trout
Rating: 1
Fished: 3/19/2020
Hot Spots: 0
fished from 7:15 to 11:00 trolled all over the lake with wedding rings/squid/wiggle hoochie/koke-a-nut/ w different color flashers and sling blades. top to 30 ft down. Not one bite. Great weather fla...
By: Anonymous
Posted: 5/5/2020
Species: Rainbow Trout
Rating: 5
Fished: 5/5/2020
Hot Spots: 0
Went out to American lake in search of some trout and Kokanee. I was fortunate enough to have my wife join me on the boat today. She loves to talk to the fish! The action was pretty much non-stop. How...
By: Sparky508
Posted: 5/16/2020
Species: Rainbow Trout
Rating: 1
Fished: 5/3/2020
Hot Spots: 0
1st time in 2 years skunked! Couldn't believe it. On American lake no less. Marked fish anywhere in the water from surface to 50 ft. Dragged everything we could get in the water not a single takedown....
By: No_Regerts
Posted: 6/4/2020
Species: Smallmouth Bass
Rating: 2
Fished: 5/31/2020
Hot Spots: 0
Fished from 0800 to 1045, mostly along the east bank. Caught a dozen fish, all around 12 to 14 inches. A few came on a red and chartreuse jerkbait, the rest on a drop shot (KVD dream shot). Hard to...
By: Toni
Posted: 10/5/2020
Species: Perch
Rating: 4
Fished: 10/4/2020
Hot Spots: 1
First trip of the year to American Lake on this cloudy afternoon. We had a sighting of fishn2gthr4ever or for short, F24. They had found the perch so we anchored a little away from them. My son got on...
By: Toni
Posted: 11/28/2020
Species: Perch
Rating: 4
Fished: 11/28/2020
Hot Spots: 1
We went to American today for a few perch. Stayed 12-2:30pm. Came home with 10 caught in 57 feet of water. The water temp was 49-50. No pictures. All the perch were female.
My son out caught me agai...
By: nerka nailer
Posted: 12/15/2020
Species: Rainbow Trout
Rating: 4
Fished: 12/1/2020
Hot Spots: 0
Woke up to a cold and foggy December morning and thought I head to American lake to check out the winter trout action and try using a side planer for the first time. I didn't realize they were doing ...
By: outdoorsrule247
Posted: 1/23/2021
Species: Perch
Rating: 4
Fished: 1/23/2021
Hot Spots: 1
Took a great friend and the kiddos out for an afternoon of perch fishing! We had a great time all around. 18 perch in the livewell in 4 hours. The kids arms were hurting they said.
By: smokey34
Posted: 3/10/2021
Species: Rainbow Trout
Rating: 5
Fished: 3/10/2021
Hot Spots: 0
Nice morning on American. only 2 trailers at the Tillicum launch at 7:30. Started trolling toward Silcox and immediately hit fish. Swing blade and hootchie with worm and corn, 20 ft down and 50 ft ba...
By: nerka nailer
Posted: 3/23/2021
Species: Perch
Rating: 4
Fished: 3/23/2021
Hot Spots: 0
I went out to American lake and decided it was finally time to try and catch a yellow perch on the lake. I went out with my good friend Warren. Took a little driving around but we located a few marks ...
By: Widgeonmangh
Posted: 3/30/2021
Species: Rainbow Trout
Rating: 4
Fished: 3/29/2021
Hot Spots: 0
First trip of 2021! Got out to the lake late because it was kind of a shakedown trip where you have to get everything out of storage and assemble it again. Water and weather were perfect and the fis...
By: nerka nailer
Posted: 4/5/2021
Species: Rainbow Trout
Rating: 5
Fished: 3/29/2021
Hot Spots: 0
Decided to head over to American lake for some trout fishing action. I purchased some new arrow flash dodgers and they did not disappoint. We found limits from the surface down to 15 feet. We trolled ...
By: Widgeonmangh
Posted: 4/8/2021
Species: Rainbow Trout
Rating: 5
Fished: 4/6/2021
Hot Spots: 0
Got to the lake at 12:30 in the afternoon and the conditions were perfect. Trout were very willing. Used the same set up as last week with a Dick Nite dodger and a kokanee sized NTO Scent Spinner 2....
By: mikerobertd
Posted: 4/9/2021
Species: Rainbow Trout
Rating: 5
Fished: 4/9/2021
Hot Spots: 0
Hit the lake at 9am and limited by 11:30am. Wedding rings, green and orange trolling at 2 knots at 10 feet deep.
By: Toni
Posted: 4/12/2021
Species: Rainbow Trout
Rating: 4
Fished: 4/11/2021
Hot Spots: 1
My son and I started fishing at 8:30 and quit at 12:30. With the breeze it was cold most of the day but the sun did help as it was sunny. Tried to keep it on us until the fish started to bite.
The ...
By: No_Regerts
Posted: 4/17/2021
Species: Rainbow Trout
Rating: 4
Fished: 4/17/2021
Hot Spots: 0
Started at 8:00 and trolled at 15-20 feet on the wire in 50-60 feet of water. We were using silver/green and silver/pink sling blades in front of wedding rings/worm of the same color scheme. Green s...
By: Toni
Posted: 4/19/2021
Species: Rainbow Trout
Rating: 3
Fished: 4/18/2021
Hot Spots: 1
My son and I started fishing at 8am. The water temperature was 54 degrees. It was going to be a hot day at close to 80. We finished around noon. It was slow for us compared to last week.
I went from ...
