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By: Widgeonmangh
Posted: 4/21/2021
Species: Rainbow Trout
Rating: 4
Fished: 4/19/2021
Hot Spots: 0
The sun was shinning and it was a perfect day to head out to American Lake again. I am trying to find the elusive Kokanee but have yet to encounter any, but definitely not disappointed in the trout! ...
By: Widgeonmangh
Posted: 4/29/2021
Species: Rainbow Trout
Rating: 4
Fished: 4/28/2021
Hot Spots: 0
Took my good friend Steve out for a great day of trout fishing! He used the surface rod and I used the downrigger trying to find the kokanee. Since the trout were on top he had most of the action. I n...
By: Widgeonmangh
Posted: 5/10/2021
Species: Rainbow Trout
Rating: 4
Fished: 5/10/2021
Hot Spots: 3
Went out for some more trout action at American. I spent the first half of the trip looking for Kokanee and chasing arches on the fish finder. Started going a bit deeper using the downrigger and se...
By: Oldcoastie7
Posted: 5/11/2021
Species: Rainbow Trout
Rating: 3
Fished: 5/11/2021
Hot Spots: 0
First day out on American Lake this year. Beautiful sunny day. Breezy north wind. out for about 1 1/2 hrs 10:30 to 12. Fished just south of Russell Landing off of my boat. anchored. Tightline fis...
By: James s Harris
Posted: 5/20/2021
Species: Rainbow Trout
Rating: 3
Fished: 5/20/2021
Hot Spots: 0
Kind of behind the ball for posting report but that's part of growing up they say. First trout of the season and wonderful day out on the water. I caught it on my grandfather's handed down Shakespeare...
By: James s Harris
Posted: 6/16/2021
Species: Rainbow Trout
Rating: 4
Fished: 6/16/2021
Hot Spots: 0
Here are some nice ?? ones for the smoker. I used my high school rod I made back in 1982 and performed better than my 200.oo rod.
By: Bay wolf
Posted: 7/1/2021
Species: Cutthroat Trout
Rating: 3
Fished: 7/1/2021
Hot Spots: 0
Been awhile since I have been able to fish, and even longer since I've been on the board. It feels good to be back to both. I wanted to give American lake a go, Pierce county. Got on the lake a lit...
By: Toni
Posted: 11/13/2021
Species: Perch
Rating: 5
Fished: 11/13/2021
Hot Spots: 1
My son and I started fishing about 9:30am. Straight north from the WDFW boat launch in 59 feet of water. We just used the fish finder and when it looked like fish we stopped. My son got his line in ...
By: Sharkbait123
Posted: 12/19/2021
Species: Rainbow Trout
Rating: 4
Fished: 12/19/2021
Hot Spots: 0
Had a good morning with Sharkbait on American that I forgot to put in a few weeks back. I started at first light and fished around the VA area and around the island trying everything i had in my box w...
By: Toni
Posted: 1/17/2022
Species: Perch
Rating: 3
Fished: 1/17/2022
Hot Spots: 1
This was the first time out fishing for me this year. We arrived and were trolling by 9am. It was very overcast and cold. But about noon it cleared to partly cloudy with bits of sun.
We were suppose...
By: Toni
Posted: 1/22/2022
Species: Perch
Rating: 3
Fished: 1/22/2022
Hot Spots: 3
My son and I started at 9:30am when we found a school of perch in the northeast end of the lake.
But by the time we got set up the school had moved. Therefore, we moved. Found them again. My son pull...
By: Bay wolf
Posted: 2/6/2022
Species: Perch
Rating: 4
Fished: 2/6/2022
Hot Spots: 1
Decided to give American Lake a try, since we were craving some fresh perch for a fish fry. We got to the lake about 1:30, just as the sun burned off the fog and started to warm things up. As we mot...
By: Toni
Posted: 2/12/2022
Species: Perch
Rating: 4
Fished: 2/12/2022
Hot Spots: 1
It was sunny with a cold breeze. Water temp was 43 degrees. The sun brought out wake boarders and jet skiers.
We fished 9:30am-1:30pm. We did not find any big schools. Just little wisps on the botto...
By: Toni
Posted: 3/5/2022
Species: Perch
Rating: 2
Fished: 3/5/2022
Hot Spots: 0
My son and I started a little before 10am and with mutual consent stopped at noon.
We had a few bites with each of us getting a perch. My son’s first catch was a mass of fishing line. What in the w...
By: Toni
Posted: 3/25/2022
Species: Rainbow Trout
Rating: 2
Fished: 3/25/2022
Hot Spots: 0
My hip had been hurting all week and with this being one of the best days to go fishing I told my son he should go. He sent me a text saying he was trolling 1mph with downriggers at 10 and 20 feet dow...
By: Toni
Posted: 4/15/2022
Species: Cutthroat Trout
Rating: 2
Fished: 4/15/2022
Hot Spots: 1
We started fishing at 9:30am and quit at 1:30pm. The water was 48 degrees almost 49. It was pleasant when the sun was out but it was cold when the wind blew. We managed not to get anything but a few ...
By: Sharkbait123
Posted: 4/20/2022
Species: Rainbow Trout
Rating: 5
Fished: 4/20/2022
Hot Spots: 0
This weekend describes fishing in a nutshell, I drove 900 miles this weekend (back and forth plus running around) to hunt and fish around Lake Roosevelt. I shot 2 turkeys with one shell (my first turk...
By: Guammaine
Posted: 5/1/2022
Species: Rainbow Trout
Rating: 4
Fished: 5/1/2022
Hot Spots: 0
Started out with loosing a whooper had him a foot from the net and hook came out of his lip. He floated for a few seconds and blinked at me and went on with his day. Then 20 min later both rods were ...
By: tombee77
Posted: 5/20/2022
Species: Rainbow Trout
Rating: 5
Fished: 5/20/2022
Hot Spots: 0
Caught 5 of the biggest trout I've ever caught in American Lake the other day exclusively using Mag Lip lures. This is one of the best lures for catching BIG trout.
By: fishermenkenny
Posted: 5/25/2022
Species: Kokanee
Rating: 5
Fished: 5/25/2022
Hot Spots: 0
A worthy 5 star day on American Lake this past Wednesday. No, I don’t think it was anything I was doing special, the bite was on!
Fished around the perimeter of Silcox island in about 50-60ft of wa...
By: tombee77
Posted: 6/23/2022
Species: Kokanee
Rating: 4
Fished: 6/23/2022
Hot Spots: 1
After catching a couple of small trout I ended up catching two really nice kokanee one 16+ and the other 15+ inches. Green wedding ring paid off with a 1oz slider weight hitting the right depth.
h...
By: Toni
Posted: 10/15/2022
Species: Perch
Rating: 4
Fished: 10/14/2022
Hot Spots: 3
I got my son Bo to take me fishing for perch on Friday the 14th. We got to the lake around 9am and left sometime between 12 and 1. Water temperature was 65 degrees. Air temp was 50 and rising with a b...
By: Diehardfishing
Posted: 2/13/2023
Species: Rainbow Trout
Rating: 3
Fished: 2/11/2023
Hot Spots: 0
Started trolling at 0820 and closed the day out at about 1430 hrs. We caught two limits and had another 17 take-downs. Fishing leadcore set up on one side of the boat. I was out 4 colors and 25-30...
By: Tiny Tyee
Posted: 3/23/2023
Species: Rainbow Trout
Rating: 2
Fished: 3/22/2023
Hot Spots: 0
Headed out to American Lake to troll for some trout. Thought I'd be able to catch one or two decent fish before the barometer dropped. Got to the launch at 2:30pm and started to troll around 3:00. Had...
By: Tiny Tyee
Posted: 3/31/2023
Species: Rainbow Trout
Rating: 2
Fished: 3/29/2023
Hot Spots: 0
Went to American Lake again on Wednesday. Launched and started trolling around 3:00pm. Was using pop-gear(Rooster Trolls) and a floating hard plastic minnow. 80-100ft of line out.Had two rods, both wi...
