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Pierce County, WA

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12/21/2013
46° - 50°
Bottom Fishing From Boat
Smallmouth Bass
White
Cloudy
Plastics
Morning
41° - 45°
12/23/2013
3
1489

Went to American Lake to try and catch some SMB but all we caught was Trout and 1 Kokkanee. Caught on all on a Drop shot with Berkley Minnow in various colors. Even caught 1 Cutthroat about 17 inches. Smallest fish was around 13 inches and we caught around 15 or so. Would of been nice to catch SMB though. oh well maybe next time still had lots of fun. Will try to post pics of Cutthroat later. Fished in about 35-80 feet.


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Amx
12/23/2013 10:54:00 AM
WAY too deep for me lol

Some day I'll catch another one of those things called a Bass. Might go fishing soon. If it warms up.
Mikeel1987
12/23/2013 1:03:00 PM
What depth do you suggest?
Amx
12/23/2013 1:05:00 PM
I like 30 to 40, maybe 60 during the winter, depending on the lake.
fishinChristian
12/23/2013 5:18:00 PM
Like AMX says, depends on the lake. In Roosevelt I've caught 'em in close to 100' but Long never below 40 for smallmouth.
Mikeel1987
12/23/2013 5:35:00 PM
Hmm anybody have any experience with american for depths? Or washington?
Amx
12/23/2013 5:47:00 PM
Nope, I've never fished deeper than 55. I learned in shallow lakes so don't really like anything deeper than 20 feet, which is a stretch anyway. :-)
Diamonddave
12/24/2013 8:48:00 AM
On this site you can look up the lakes and get the reports for them read them for tips in the reports. I dont have a boat but if you do use depth finder,
Mikeel1987
12/24/2013 11:34:00 AM
Problem is depthfinder doesnt tell you what kind of fish it is lol.
rickydbasser
12/26/2013 1:02:00 PM
I caught two smallmouth 4-5 and 3-1 the last week of October. The surface temp was around 52. And I caught both fish at around 37 ft off the side of a point in front of the home with all the bronze statues close to the Thornwood Mansion.
Mikeel1987
12/26/2013 2:17:00 PM
Thanks for the info what part of the lake is that one
rickydbasser
12/29/2013 10:46:00 AM
Mid lake on the same side of the lake as the public boat launch. You can't miss Thornwood Mansion. But smallies will gravitate to the sides and ends of any point, and American has several. There's a great topo map of American on this site that show some.
Mikeel1987
1/6/2014 9:26:00 PM
Do you mean the Deer or Elk bronze statues?
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