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By: Anonymous
Posted: 3/21/1998
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Rating: 4
Fished: 3/21/1998
Hot Spots: 0
My wife and I went fishing for the first time this year at American Lake. The weather was raining. We rented a pontoon from Bill's Boat House and went out for the day. They said the fishing was slow. ...
By: Anonymous
Posted: 5/6/1998
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Rating: 5
Fished: 5/6/1998
Hot Spots: 0
Have been fishing at American lake at the public boat launch since opening day, and have been doing really good. My girl friend and I have been taking our limit every time we have went fishing.. We ha...
By: Anonymous
Posted: 5/18/1998
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Rating: 5
Fished: 5/18/1998
Hot Spots: 0
We arrived at American Lake a little later than I normally like. One of my buddies was moaning at the fact that we were meeting at 8am at another friends house near the lake and how early that was. It...
By: Anonymous
Posted: 5/31/1998
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Rating: 5
Fished: 5/31/1998
Hot Spots: 0
I arrived at the lake late Sunday 05/31 around 9am and the boat launch already had several trailers in it. I trolled the first hour without a bite then came the Jet ski's and water bikes. I was about ...
By: Anonymous
Posted: 8/24/1998
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Rating: 5
Fished: 8/24/1998
Hot Spots: 0
I TOOK THE GRAND KIDS FISHING ON AMERICAN LAKE ,THE LAST WEEK OF AUGUST 3. OUT OF 4 OF THEM CAUGHT THEIR FIRST FISH EVER AND ALL OF THEM CAUGHT PLENTY OF
PERCH TO 12 INCHS. NONE WERE KEPT UNDER 10 IN...
By: Anonymous
Posted: 4/11/1999
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Rating: 3
Fished: 4/11/1999
Hot Spots: 0
Took hubby and my five and three year old daughters out for their first fishing trip on our new boat. Fished about 4 hours and caught a 15 inch and a 16 1/2 inch rainbow trout. Couldn't hardly believe...
By: Anonymous
Posted: 4/12/1999
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Rating: 3
Fished: 4/12/1999
Hot Spots: 0
Went to Shoreline Park on Ft. Lewis around 4PM. Fished from deck on the big pavillion. Used a slip sinker with fl. orange Power Nuggets. Nothing for about 45 min. Then 2 rainbows within 15 minutes of ...
By: Anonymous
Posted: 4/18/1999
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Rating: 2
Fished: 4/18/1999
Hot Spots: 0
Did some nickel and diming on the boat then grabbed my daughter and went fittin. Arrived about noon on purpose cause the water is really cold this time of year. Trolled for three hours and picked up o...
By: Anonymous
Posted: 5/7/1999
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Rating: 2
Fished: 5/7/1999
Hot Spots: 0
Fished all morning on the north side of the island on the old wedding ring and maggot. Got two kokes and lost one at the boat. They arent taking this as serious as I am yet. It was a windy morning so ...
By: Anonymous
Posted: 5/15/1999
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Rating: 5
Fished: 5/15/1999
Hot Spots: 0
We fished off the northwest corner of the island, in varying depths, and caught thirty fish in less than four hours, practicing catch and release, of course. We were trolling as slow as the kicker wou...
By: Anonymous
Posted: 5/16/1999
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Rating: 4
Fished: 5/16/1999
Hot Spots: 0
I started out at O'dark 30 (5:00am). I fished the north side of
the island at about 30 feet. I was using the standard wedding ring with maggots and worms. I hooked two Kokes by 6:15. The first abo...
By: Anonymous
Posted: 5/25/1999
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Rating: 5
Fished: 5/25/1999
Hot Spots: 0
If you like trout American lake is the place to be... If you can
find a place away from the jetskis you will find the fish. I started at
4:00 in the afternoon and by 5:30 was playing catch and rel...
By: Anonymous
Posted: 7/21/1999
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Rating: 4
Fished: 7/21/1999
Hot Spots: 0
Well we launched at 0530 and there was only one boat out before us and two behind us.
The weather was overcast with a slight breeze from the South, but it was really pleasant.
There were two of us i...
By: Anonymous
Posted: 10/6/1999
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Rating: 4
Fished: 10/6/1999
Hot Spots: 0
Great pearch S. End 40' Used carolina rig.
Black Char. Jig on #2 "RED" worm hook. Tip w/worm.Tryed on the other ways "FEW" hooked fish.
By: Anonymous
Posted: 1/1/2000
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Rating: 5
Fished: 1/1/2000
Hot Spots: 0
Y2K New Year's Day, I went fishing off the dock on the west side of
American Lake. It was mostly cloudy with sun breaks, 10mph wind roughing up the surface. Water was green with 10' visibility. Air t...
By: Anonymous
Posted: 1/23/2000
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Rating: 1
Fished: 1/23/2000
Hot Spots: 0
Fished off the Dock from "Bill's Boat House"for about two hours in the AM. Never got a bite. Fished various depths using worm, tipped with shrimp. Also used power bait.
A couple other people I talked...
By: Anonymous
Posted: 3/11/2000
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Rating: 3
Fished: 3/11/2000
Hot Spots: 0
Well, at the dock by the camp ground I had been throwing a spinner for about an hour. So I thought to put on some power bait and cast about 50 yards away. Within 2 or 3 minutes I had a nice 2 pound t...
By: Anonymous
Posted: 3/21/2000
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Rating: 5
Fished: 3/21/2000
Hot Spots: 0
Just thought I'd drop you a note on American Lake. Besides
largemouth, American also had, up to last year, a few smallmouth. But now there are a lot more. Last year, under the game departments recom...
By: Anonymous
Posted: 3/27/2000
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Rating: 5
Fished: 3/27/2000
Hot Spots: 0
We went out around 12:00pm and fished the south end of the lake just before the inlet. We were about 200m away from shore, and we were using green BWO (Callibatis) flies in the emerger form, and just...
By: Anonymous
Posted: 3/28/2000
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Rating: 3
Fished: 3/28/2000
Hot Spots: 0
On the Fort Lewis side of the lake, at the park. Nothing in the early hours, but around 4:20pm they start biting. landed a nice 14 incher, was 3 3/4 in. wide. Too bad I had to pick up husband from wor...
By: Anonymous
Posted: 4/2/2000
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Rating: 3
Fished: 4/2/2000
Hot Spots: 0
Was there for about 2 hours and only got few bites then came a 2 pounder and what a fight it was, only 2 fish and we left about 1:00pm,lots of fish on the finder.
By: Anonymous
Posted: 4/3/2000
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Rating: 3
Fished: 4/3/2000
Hot Spots: 0
Trolling lil american ford fender , wedding band spinner bright red power bait several good hits and misses, then solid hookup 14 in kokanee ....water temperature 53deg.
By: Anonymous
Posted: 4/6/2000
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Rating: 2
Fished: 4/6/2000
Hot Spots: 0
Well the water temp was 49 and it was windy. I slow trolled into the wind, yielded one nice 14 in kokanee.This was with ford fender/ wedding ring spinner and power bait /worm. Saw several fish caught ...
By: Anonymous
Posted: 4/10/2000
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Rating: 4
Fished: 4/10/2000
Hot Spots: 0
Well, last weeks oil cap debacle turned into this weeks pretty decent fittin trip. Talked to some dudes at the ramp who had engine trouble. Been there done that. Trolled on top at first, with a weddi...
By: Anonymous
Posted: 4/19/2000
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Rating: 5
Fished: 4/19/2000
Hot Spots: 0
Hi the fishing is good at little American from shore, I fish it
tues, wed, thurs. in the morning. most of the fish are 12 to 15 in or
bigger, the bigger ones go rite thru the 4 lb leader we use out...
