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By: gfakkema
Posted: 6/13/2012
Species: Rainbow Trout
Rating: 4
Fished: 6/13/2012
Hot Spots: 3
This was my first trip to American and what a day it was. I had a little trouble finding the public launch, but after driving around the sharp turn before the gravel road, I saw a very welcome sign. L...
By: Mike@Bills
Posted: 6/13/2012
Species: Rainbow Trout
Rating: 5
Fished: 6/13/2012
Hot Spots: 2
I did something today I have not done in a long time, I fished off the dock instead of taking the boat out. I have noticed that the trout have been hitting anything green so since I was actually targ...
By: skyler71222
Posted: 6/14/2012
Species: Rainbow Trout
Rating: 3
Fished: 6/13/2012
Hot Spots: 3
Yesterday about 6:30 pm i went out to american lake to do some fly fishing on my float tube. I was on the military side of the lake. When i put in there was not much activity above the water. When i g...
By: sgmdwk
Posted: 11/8/2012
Species: Rainbow Trout
Rating: 3
Fished: 11/8/2012
Hot Spots: 0
Headed to The Fort Lewis fishing dock on American Lake early this morning. Spent three hours Lake catching nothing. Then, in 45 minutes, starting at 10 a.m., had a monster trout break my line, caught ...
By: fishinjerry2000
Posted: 11/8/2012
Species: Rainbow Trout
Rating: 3
Fished: 11/8/2012
Hot Spots: 1
Another great day of fishing..Caught 2 24 inch trout around 7 am and then one smaller 17 inch about 10 am. I did notice that last thursday I caught 2 trout at 8 am which would be the same time as we j...
By: sgmdwk
Posted: 11/14/2012
Species: Rainbow Trout
Rating: 4
Fished: 11/14/2012
Hot Spots: 1
Well, there was a break in the rain forecast, so I drove up to Fort Lewis to try my luck again at the American Lake fishing dock. I had a late start and didn't get a line in the water until 9:30. I wa...
By: fishinjerry2000
Posted: 11/15/2012
Species: Rainbow Trout
Rating: 2
Fished: 11/15/2012
Hot Spots: 0
Hit the water around 6 am and did not get a bite until 745 am..only caught 1 17 incher and then went to check to see if I could find sgmdwk but did not find him found another man named Nick who I spok...
By: fishinjerry2000
Posted: 11/23/2012
Species: Rainbow Trout
Rating: 1
Fished: 11/23/2012
Hot Spots: 0
Did not get a bite after 4 hours so went to check on others fishing and they also had no luck. Bad day at catching but good day fishing.
By: fishinjerry2000
Posted: 11/29/2012
Species: Rainbow Trout
Rating: 4
Fished: 11/29/2012
Hot Spots: 1
Today was much better than last Thursday. I caught my limit by 0930 and one was a 22 incher and other was 18 inches. Still using yellow powerbait and 4 foot leader in shallow water. At times it was ha...
By: Fishsean
Posted: 11/30/2012
Species: Rainbow Trout
Rating: 4
Fished: 11/30/2012
Hot Spots: 0
Went out to American for a little fishing time with my buddie Castanova. Caught one nice 6 lbs 24" Rainbow. Caught this beast near Bills boat house at 10:35 in 30 ft of water using yellow power bai...
By: fishinjerry2000
Posted: 12/6/2012
Species: Rainbow Trout
Rating: 1
Fished: 12/5/2012
Hot Spots: 0
Tried my luck on Wed for about 4 hours and not even 1 bite. I used same setup as before. I will try again in a couple of weeks. If any body has any success please post.
By: fishinjerry2000
Posted: 12/27/2012
Species: Rainbow Trout
Rating: 2
Fished: 12/27/2012
Hot Spots: 1
Finally after 2 previous trips to this lake and was skunked, I caught 1 20 in trout. Started fishing around 0630 and got 1 bite and one fish around 0745 then no more bites for the next 4 hours. Had fu...
By: sgmdwk
Posted: 1/2/2013
Species: Rainbow Trout
Rating: 3
Fished: 1/2/2013
Hot Spots: 1
I was heading to JBLM to use the gym, but the fishing gear was in the trunk, so I decided to wet a line before working up a sweat. I walked out on the fishing dock by Northwest Adventure Center, tied ...
By: fishinjerry2000
Posted: 1/3/2013
Species: Rainbow Trout
Rating: 2
Fished: 1/3/2013
Hot Spots: 0
Like every Thursday you can find me on American lake somewhere fishing for trout. It was 19 degrees when I hit the water around 0630. My fishing line had ice on it but I was willing to put in the time...
By: Mike@Bills
Posted: 1/4/2013
Species: Rainbow Trout
Rating: 3
Fished: 1/4/2013
Hot Spots: 0
Did a little fishing this morning, hard not to after reading the posts from other guys on American Lake. I fished for 2 hours and got my limit (2 over 14''). 1 was a very thick 16 incher and the oth...
By: Mike@Bills
Posted: 1/15/2013
Species: Rainbow Trout
Rating: 4
Fished: 1/14/2013
Hot Spots: 0
I have been doing fairly well in the months of December and January, but I have noticed a pattern fishing in the morning is real slow and the afternoon seems to be better. So yesterday I decided I wo...
By: Mike@Bills
Posted: 1/18/2013
Species: Rainbow Trout
Rating: 3
Fished: 1/18/2013
Hot Spots: 0
Well today I fished for 3 hours and caught 2 Rainbows, one 13 inch and one 15 inch. This was not one of my best days but 2 fish were caught so thats why I gave it a 3. This was the first time in Dec...
By: roaks
Posted: 1/21/2013
Species: Rainbow Trout
Rating: 1
Fished: 1/21/2013
Hot Spots: 0
Started fishing around 2 pm and stayed till to dark to fish. Didn't get a single bite, but the trout were hitting bugs all around me. If i only had my fly rod, hind sight being 20 20.
By: Mike@Bills
Posted: 1/22/2013
Species: Rainbow Trout
Rating: 4
Fished: 1/22/2013
Hot Spots: 0
Hopefully no one is getting tired of my American Lake reports. I fished the same way I have been fishing the whole month of January and was successful again today. I gave it a 4 because it is Januar...
By: Mike@Bills
Posted: 1/25/2013
Species: Rainbow Trout
Rating: 3
Fished: 1/25/2013
Hot Spots: 0
So today was not my average day like I have been reporting. It was pretty slow for me (we all have a bad day every once in a while, right?) I only got 1 Rainbow that was about 13.5 inches. The reas...
By: roaks
Posted: 1/26/2013
Species: Rainbow Trout
Rating: 1
Fished: 1/26/2013
Hot Spots: 0
Only fished for about an hour till the waters got to rough for my little boat. Tried trolling and fly's no luck with either, I tried around the VA area where i seen them hitting bugs last monday. Ther...
By: Mong_fisherman
Posted: 1/26/2013
Species: Rainbow Trout
Rating: 3
Fished: 1/26/2013
Hot Spots: 0
Got to the lake around 3:00 pm and fished for 2.5 hours. Didn't get anything until the last 30 minutes before packing up. Caught 3 trouts (1-16" & 2-12" or smaller). Only kept the 16" and released b...
By: snake7676
Posted: 1/27/2013
Species: Rainbow Trout
Rating: 4
Fished: 1/27/2013
Hot Spots: 0
Early evening, today... my buddy and I, started off trolling the so. end, by the big bouyee. Trolling northbound, twds Mikes Boathouse, 35' down and 50' of water. We used 1 rod with ylw/red flatfish....
By: Mike@Bills
Posted: 1/28/2013
Species: Rainbow Trout
Rating: 3
Fished: 1/28/2013
Hot Spots: 0
Today was pretty much like every other Monday or Friday (the days I normally fish for trout) I was using the normal setup and caught two Rainbows (one while talking to Toni on the phone) And I guess...
By: Mike@Bills
Posted: 1/31/2013
Species: Rainbow Trout
Rating: 4
Fished: 1/31/2013
Hot Spots: 1
Did a little fishin this morning. I am sure most of you have read my reports which is why I am just going to say I used the same setup I have the whole month of January. Sorry there wont be a pictur...
