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American Lake Report
Pierce County, WA

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12/29/2025
36° - 40°
Anchored
Perch
Worms
Cloudy
Bait Only
Afternoon
46° - 50°
12/31/2025
3
849

We arrived at the lake at 11:30am staying until 4pm. It was a cold day with only a little bit of sun to warm us. I did use my Mr. Heater which was nice.
The water temperature was 48 degrees which was warmer than the air temp.
We looked around for some schools of perch but did not find any. We settled for little signs on the fish finder and some produced fish.
We were using worms for bait. I caught 3 perch of what we brought home. My son caught the rest.
He had the amazing catch of a catfish. Or a brown bullhead.
Trout were surfacing everywhere after Midges (Chironomidae).



Comments

TonyTrain
1/1/2026 9:06:46 AM
thanks for the report
cwbraue
1/1/2026 9:33:37 AM
Brrr
Elijah.Loves.Fishin
1/8/2026 8:29:47 AM
Today I learned that there are catfish in American lake lol. Sounds like a fun day! From past winters, I would pretty much run into the schools of perch anywhere on the lake in that 70 ft range. If you just head out from the main island towards 70 ft in any direction, you should find them.
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