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By: Anonymous
Posted: 5/15/2005
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Rating: 5
Fished: 5/13/2005
Hot Spots: 0
On my kayak, I have hooked a lot of 4 to 6 inch Bass (a lot of fun if you just want quantity and not quality), but on Friday the 13th I was able to catch and release a couple of two pounders (good qua...
By: Anonymous
Posted: 5/15/2005
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Rating: 4
Fished: 5/14/2005
Hot Spots: 0
Rented a boat from Bill's boat house for a couple hours of fishing on American Lake. As we were loading up the dock was of people fishing in between the boat slips and off the dock. Once out on the l...
By: Anonymous
Posted: 5/16/2005
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Rating: 4
Fished: 5/15/2005
Hot Spots: 0
Correction: the small bass that I caught were rock bass and the two pounders were largemouths.
By: Anonymous
Posted: 5/23/2005
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Rating: 3
Fished: 5/22/2005
Hot Spots: 0
i was fishing with my dad on are favorite spot and it was are second time out, we used a a slider weight with a swievel and a 4-6 foot lead with power bait perferably rainbow my dad caught a 11 inch ...
By: Anonymous
Posted: 5/24/2005
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Rating: 4
Fished: 5/23/2005
Hot Spots: 0
Got out tonight for a couple hours of fishing after work. Lake only 20 minutes from home. Found the little fish willing to take my bait a small black streamer with a bead head that a friend who could...
By: Anonymous
Posted: 5/26/2005
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Rating: 5
Fished: 5/25/2005
Hot Spots: 0
Hit the lake at about six oclock...everyone seems to have gone tonight!! caught trout and rock bass right off the bat...with 3 guys in the boat, we all caught trout and rock bass and a couple perch.....
By: Anonymous
Posted: 5/28/2005
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Rating: 4
Fished: 5/27/2005
Hot Spots: 0
Got on lake around 7:30 with friend. Trolled from Ft. Lewis dock to bills boat house marked a few fish on finder early then they all disappeared caught two one each back up north and a bunch of small...
By: Anonymous
Posted: 5/29/2005
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Rating: 5
Fished: 5/28/2005
Hot Spots: 0
Showed up in the middle of the day when the fishing is usually the worst used a worm and a putzkeys on a bobber and knocked them dead.problem is they were all to small to keep. But the constant action...
By: Anonymous
Posted: 6/5/2005
Species: Rainbow Trout
Rating: 3
Fished: 6/4/2005
Hot Spots: 0
I live on American and have spent a little time just about everyday from May 29th through June 4th. I hit my usual guaranteed spots for rainbows. Not even a nibble. I went through my tackle box u...
By: Anonymous
Posted: 6/20/2005
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Rating: 5
Fished: 6/29/2005
Hot Spots: 0
Went out on the lake at about 6:00 am with a friend. He had talked several times about this lake and what great action there was. We fished for about an hour with no luck. Then a little after 7:00 am ...
By: Anonymous
Posted: 6/27/2005
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Rating: 3
Fished: 6/19/2005
Hot Spots: 0
I got out on the lake around 6 AM and started trolling using a wedding ring and half a worm. After catching a couple of small trout I decided to try somewhere I hadn't tried before. It was about 20 ...
By: Anonymous
Posted: 7/3/2005
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Rating: 2
Fished: 7/3/2005
Hot Spots: 0
I went fishing yesterday and today and I didn't have much luck. I think I need to change my tactics or fish in a different spot because over the last two days all I have caught is one trout and a cou...
By: Anonymous
Posted: 7/8/2005
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Rating: 1
Fished: 7/8/2005
Hot Spots: 0
Recently I also have been trolling at American Lake. I also did not have too much luck. I think the water temperature is too high and the fish are really deep this time of the year. I am going to w...
By: Anonymous
Posted: 7/20/2005
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Rating: 2
Fished: 7/18/2005
Hot Spots: 0
I went fishing on American lake for a short time on Monday. Fishing was tuff because the Skiers were out in abundance were making some pretty huge waves. I tried trolling with a wedding ring for a l...
By: Anonymous
Posted: 7/26/2005
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Rating: 3
Fished: 7/24/2005
Hot Spots: 0
Went out early in the morning, had a great time. Used power bait both green and orange, and worms with marshmellows, caught our limit pretty quick. Thanks to the Soldier that helped us out when our mo...
By: Anonymous
Posted: 7/27/2005
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Rating: 4
Fished: 6/28/2005
Hot Spots: 0
Arrived at the lake at 5am on the 28th. Great weather, very calm surface, a joy to go out there and enjoy the water and the great view of Mount Rainier at sunrise.
A few fisherpersons are saying y...
By: Anonymous
Posted: 7/29/2005
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Rating: 4
Fished: 7/28/2005
Hot Spots: 0
Wonderful lake! Water is clear and mostly quite clean. Large power boats towing water toys and PWC make fishing tough except very early or very late. Lake has areas for them, but largely go ignored...
By: Anonymous
Posted: 8/29/2005
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Rating: 1
Fished: 8/29/2005
Hot Spots: 0
Got to the public boat launch while it was still dark. Trolled up and down in front of the V.A fishing pier . All conditions were optimum. ZIP....ZERO.......ZILCH ...........? Gang troll ,wedding ri...
By: Anonymous
Posted: 9/7/2005
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Rating: 4
Fished: 9/6/2005
Hot Spots: 0
Fished in a boat for about 4 1/2 hours and was able to limit on rainbows with the largest being 16 inches. Also caught about 15 perch. Caught the RB's on salmon eggs, powerbait, and worms.
By: Anonymous
Posted: 9/13/2005
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Rating: 5
Fished: 9/9/2005
Hot Spots: 0
Another good day at American Lake, trout fishing seems to be picking up. Got out to lake around 9:00 A.M. and caught 3 rainbows right off the bat with orange power bait about 3 feet off the bottom. ...
By: Anonymous
Posted: 9/16/2005
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Rating: 5
Fished: 9/15/2005
Hot Spots: 0
Trout fishing is really starting to pick up at American Lake. I went out to Bill's Boathouse on the night of the 14th around 5 pm and the morning of the 15th at 7 am and was able to limit on rainbows...
By: Anonymous
Posted: 9/16/2005
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Rating: 5
Fished: 9/6/2005
Hot Spots: 0
fishing is great, caught limits of 15-20 inchers. all you need to use is powerbait worms. Most people think they suck, but they work great about 5 feet down (off a bobber)Early in the morning.
By: Anonymous
Posted: 9/19/2005
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Rating: 5
Fished: 9/18/2005
Hot Spots: 0
Went out to the lake at 2:00 pm and was able to limit in 3 hours on rainbow trout with the 2 largest being 1 lb. 7 oz. and 1 lb. 4 oz. Another great day at the lake!
By: Anonymous
Posted: 9/25/2005
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Rating: 2
Fished: 9/24/2005
Hot Spots: 0
Had lots of fun on the lake today with the family. Started of fishing at Harry Todd Park, with no luck. We then moved on to Eagle Point, it was about 1430 no luck. We came back later on in the evening...
By: Anonymous
Posted: 9/25/2005
Species: Rainbow Trout
Rating: 1
Fished: 9/25/2005
Hot Spots: 0
Went to Russel Landing marine area, no luck. Too many watercraft out there making to many waves. We didnt get any bites, lake was crowded with people. We tried worms, trout mallows, trout eggs, artifi...
