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American Lake Report
Pierce County, WA

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11/08/2012
36° - 40°
Bottom Fishing From Shore
Rainbow Trout
Power Bait
Yellow
Mostly Sunny
Morning
11/08/2012
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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 a nice 12-incher, caught an even niver 14-incher, then had a five-minute fight to net a 20-inch beauty. All on a Thursday morning - Man I love being retired. I fished yellow Power Bait 3 to 4 feet off the bottom. I headed out early because solinar (sp?) tables indicated exceptional potential between 7 and 8 a.m. The fish started biting at 10, when the sun burned through the fog and clouds and the day started looking nice. Guess I should look out the window, rather than trying to be scientific.


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Bob R
11/9/2012 6:42:00 AM
soluner tables are usually a couple of hours on either side of the given time, what is called a "major" feed lasts longer then what is called the "minor" feed. One has to do with the sun, the other the moon.Things like increases of light, water conditions and tidal changes sometimes are more productive for setting off bites then times.But sometimes it's just a crap shoot.That's why it's called fishing rather then catching! Nice report, thanks. bob r
fishinjerry2000
11/10/2012 7:15:00 AM
What a great day to and I both had..You are fishing the same color and length of leader I have been..I caught both of my 2 24 inchers at around 7am on thurs ..then caught and released my 17 incher at 10am the same time you caught your fish..I started at 6am and fished until about 11am then I went to look for you..At least now I have a photo of you so should not be hard to find on thurs...Jerry
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