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By: Anonymous
Posted: 7/11/2004
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Rating: 5
Fished: 7/11/2004
Hot Spots: 0
Came out finishing at about 5pm it was going slow for a while me my and my 3 friends were bottom fishing with worms and so at the end of the day we had caught 25 fish. 21 perch, 3 rockbass a really bi...
By: Anonymous
Posted: 7/18/2004
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Rating: 4
Fished: 7/18/2004
Hot Spots: 0
Fished in the bay by the Seaplane launch. Caught a lot of perch on worms off the bottom. The Fish and Wildlife guy said they planted 400,000 kokanee 3 years ago but very few are coming in and they don...
By: Anonymous
Posted: 11/13/2004
Species: Rainbow Trout
Rating: 3
Fished: 11/13/2004
Hot Spots: 0
Fished American early. Thick fog all day. Dragging a night crawler with a small split shot and a salmon egg was deadly. Also trolled a wedding ring with worm and a little shrimp oil. Caught my lim...
By: Anonymous
Posted: 2/3/2005
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Rating: 2
Fished: 2/3/2005
Hot Spots: 0
Tried American fo first time this year,three other boats out I don't know how they did . Tried bass zeroed but they are there saw several all laying right on top of wood. caught one 4 lb. rainbow rele...
By: Anonymous
Posted: 2/11/2005
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Rating: 1
Fished: 2/11/2005
Hot Spots: 0
Went fishing for the first time with my three year old. Caught nothing, and saw no signs of fish which is a first for me here. Could be because my son thought he would try to hit the fish we didn't se...
By: Anonymous
Posted: 2/21/2005
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Rating: 1
Fished: 2/21/2005
Hot Spots: 0
Well tried American again. Again no dice on this trip. Didn't see anyone catch anything but a lot of guys in boats fishing the lake about 50m off shore. The water was very clear which is nice. Will tr...
By: Anonymous
Posted: 2/25/2005
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Rating: 4
Fished: 2/25/2005
Hot Spots: 0
Fished American, and had a blast. I took my co-worker out with me who hadn't been fishing in this state and lived here for 6 years. That was interesting to say the least. However it may be, I ended...
By: Anonymous
Posted: 2/26/2005
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Rating: 3
Fished: 2/26/2005
Hot Spots: 0
well fished american for the first time and didnt have any luck what so ever, not even a bite tried trollin worms , wedding rings with worms ,bobber and worms/salm eggs ,roaster tails anyways nice loo...
By: Anonymous
Posted: 3/5/2005
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Rating: 1
Fished: 3/5/2005
Hot Spots: 0
Rented a boat at Russell's landing and went trolling for about 4 hours. Caught absolutely nothing except some grass. Seems the fish are hanging at about 30 to 40 ft depth range on the fish finder. S...
By: Anonymous
Posted: 3/12/2005
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Rating: 1
Fished: 3/12/2005
Hot Spots: 0
Went to American lake to do some Sunday morning fishing there was a line up at the boat launch in the morning apparently the key keeper to the gate was late on opening it . finally got on the lake ab...
By: Anonymous
Posted: 3/13/2005
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Rating: 1
Fished: 3/13/2005
Hot Spots: 0
went to American lake at 5 30 am found out they don't open the gate to the boat launch till 7 . finally got in the water there were 10 boats behind us nobody caught anything nothing jumping I think th...
By: Anonymous
Posted: 3/19/2005
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Rating: 2
Fished: 3/19/2005
Hot Spots: 0
Got on the lake about 9am went straight to the cove at the VA hospital , fish finder showed a few fish around the 7 to 15 foot range so I through a night crawler out under a bobber and drifted while ...
By: Anonymous
Posted: 4/3/2005
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Rating: 1
Fished: 4/3/2005
Hot Spots: 0
Did some running around the lake and found most of the fish congregating in deeper holes. Nothing biting though. This was our third trip to American Lake where we have caught a few smaller fish in the...
By: Anonymous
Posted: 4/9/2005
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Rating: 1
Fished: 4/9/2005
Hot Spots: 0
Well, I didn't catch a thing again here. I will attest now that the fish are beginning to bite ever so slightly. I saw a guy pull in a 15 lb. rainbow trout and then his daughter caught a 12 in kokane...
By: Anonymous
Posted: 4/10/2005
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Rating: 1
Fished: 4/10/2005
Hot Spots: 0
Fly Fished the North Ft Lewis side of American Lake from a float tube, started at 0800 near the camp grounds and worked my way around to Ft Lewis Recreation dock with a Prince Nymph on slow sink line ...
By: Anonymous
Posted: 4/19/2005
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Rating: 3
Fished: 4/19/2005
Hot Spots: 0
Talked to the boat house manager and he said that the lake will be stocked with 25000 trout on 23 Apr 05. Spoke with two gentlemen coming off the lake that had 4 nice keaper size rainbows. I asked t...
By: Anonymous
Posted: 4/20/2005
Species: Rainbow Trout
Rating: 2
Fished: 4/20/2005
Hot Spots: 0
4-20 Trolled outside the cove where the old marina was and picked up two fat 15 and 16 inch rainbows. The Army will soon be stocking from their pens at the newer marina, but GI fishermen said those f...
By: Anonymous
Posted: 4/24/2005
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Rating: 4
Fished: 4/24/2005
Hot Spots: 0
Pretty nice day at American lake. Trolling a flasher rig with wedding band and worm, I landed 2 small trout (returned), a 12" Rainbow, and best of all-- a 17" Rainbow! I wish I could give you the weig...
By: Anonymous
Posted: 4/29/2005
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Rating: 5
Fished: 4/29/2005
Hot Spots: 0
Was on the lake to demo a kicker for sale, decided to troll around for a little while. Hooked 7 fish in one hour. 4 of them were the fat, fin clipped rainbows with pink meat. And yes, he bought the mo...
By: Anonymous
Posted: 5/1/2005
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Rating: 4
Fished: 5/1/2005
Hot Spots: 0
Went out with a friend at 7:00 AM, trolled for about 2.5 hours with triple teasers, caught 5 rainbow between us, 8-11 inches. Lost several others near the boat, and had lots of hits.
By: Anonymous
Posted: 5/6/2005
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Rating: 5
Fished: 5/3/2005
Hot Spots: 0
Took the time to do some evening fishing here. The lake has been planted from net pens provided and raised by Fort Lewis. Half or more of this lakeshore is military. We should thank those who serve ou...
By: Anonymous
Posted: 5/8/2005
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Rating: 4
Fished: 5/5/2005
Hot Spots: 0
Went out to Harry Todd park to fish the pier approx. 6 pm. met up with an old man who gave us the scoop on fish depth, about 4-5 feet, put our bobbers on and went at it. First warning most of the fish...
By: Anonymous
Posted: 5/10/2005
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Rating: 4
Fished: 5/7/2005
Hot Spots: 0
This sounds like a commercial but thought I'd better start indicating how fishing is in-and-around Bill's Boathouse where my wife and I have taken over for my father who passed away last November. We...
By: Anonymous
Posted: 5/12/2005
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Rating: 5
Fished: 5/11/2005
Hot Spots: 0
we caught and released 27 fish all rainbow 4 were over 14 in. we fished the north end of the lake. it was a great day - pull out 40 pulls and be ready for the strike they hit it hard we lost two over...
By: Anonymous
Posted: 5/12/2005
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Rating: 3
Fished: 5/11/2005
Hot Spots: 0
Fishing at Bill's boat house dock was a bit slow from noon to 3.
Worm /bobber near top seemed best. Saw couple small ones caught. Few really decent and one fellow lost a monsterous one because his ne...
