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By: majorgbailey
Posted: 11/1/2014
Species: Kokanee
Rating: 3
Fished: 11/1/2014
Hot Spots: 0
Rain finally stopped so I launched at American Lake. Hooked this nice koke on an orange Mepps spinner in 35 feet of water. Hooked and released two nice rainbows at 14 inches. After fishing Spokane ...
By: Toni
Posted: 10/27/2014
Species: Kokanee
Rating: 2
Fished: 10/27/2014
Hot Spots: 2
My plans were to fish Lake Washington but they fell through so I went closer to home. This is good because I needed to mow the lawn!
I got to the lake around 7:30am and there were only 2 other rigs....
By: Hunter757
Posted: 10/7/2014
Species: Kokanee
Rating: 4
Fished: 10/7/2014
Hot Spots: 0
Well, Its been some time and figured I would post up a report as I have been out twice in the last two weeks but only came home with one fish each time a little rusty....lol.
Anyway hit the lak...
By: pinkpole
Posted: 10/4/2014
Species: Kokanee
Rating: 3
Fished: 10/4/2014
Hot Spots: 0
Wannafish and I were on the water by 7:30 am and off about noon. One TROUT!!!! On a bloody mary at about 20 feet down. Tried still fishing the last hour. Decided to quit when one jumped out of the...
By: smokey34
Posted: 10/2/2014
Species: Kokanee
Rating: 4
Fished: 10/2/2014
Hot Spots: 0
Nice day on the water in my new (for me) Arima sea hunter. 3 quick Kokes about 7 AM, including a double hook-up. Quiet s soon as the sun hits the water. Favorite sep-up is swing blade in green and h...
By: my87
Posted: 9/14/2014
Species: Perch
Rating: 5
Fished: 9/14/2014
Hot Spots: 0
gave the rivers a rest,so went perch fishing.found them in 30 ft to 34 ft deep.got 16 all nice size.pictured is the bait and location..<
By: micahgee
Posted: 9/14/2014
Species: Kokanee
Rating: 3
Fished: 9/14/2014
Hot Spots: 0
Took my kayak out to American lake at daybreak for a couple hours of trolling for Kokanee. Fishing was slow for me, after a couple hours I missed 2 hits on wiggle hoochies ~30 feet down on the downrig...
By: bandseeker
Posted: 9/11/2014
Species: Kokanee
Rating: 5
Fished: 9/7/2014
Hot Spots: 0
Kokanee is hot on American Lake right now. The rain has brought cooler water temps by a little and the fish seem to be feeding later in the morning now. The best bite is still at day break but goes un...
By: rythefisherman
Posted: 8/27/2014
Species: Kokanee
Rating: 4
Fished: 8/26/2014
Hot Spots: 0
Second time out for Kokanee. Caught a big kokanee, missed another, and a rainbow trout. The kokanee was 17 inches and almost two pounds.
By: rythefisherman
Posted: 8/17/2014
Species: Kokanee
Rating: 3
Fished: 8/17/2014
Hot Spots: 1
Went out to catch some kokanee. First time ever fishing for them, we got a 16" kokanee and a 13 " rainbow trout. Lost a kokanee at the boat. Trolled almost straight out from the launch. Caught a good ...
By: hlindsay
Posted: 8/11/2014
Species: Kokanee
Rating: 3
Fished: 8/11/2014
Hot Spots: 1
Got on the water about 5:30, fished the south end of the lake with lines from 20 to 35 ft, depth varied, mostly on the west side of the lake. Got 2 koi and 1 RBT in the boat by around 7:00. Lost 1 and...
By: DavidA
Posted: 8/11/2014
Species: Largemouth Bass
Rating: 2
Fished: 8/9/2014
Hot Spots: 0
This was only my second trip to American, it being over an hour away from where I live, but when I was there last, I was really impressed. I only got a bunch of small rock bass, and the wind was blowi...
By: Rob55
Posted: 8/2/2014
Species: Other
Rating: 3
Fished: 8/2/2014
Hot Spots: 1
I haven't been fishing in over a year. Just moved to JBLM from Maryland. My son said daddy teach me to fish. Went to American lake, got a boaters card and fishing license. Movers creamed my micro spin...
By: hlindsay
Posted: 7/31/2014
Species: Kokanee
Rating: 2
Fished: 7/31/2014
Hot Spots: 2
fished from 530 to 10. 2 Kok, 1 RBT, 3 missed hits. Wiggle hoochie was the only thing that got hits. I started with one behind a sling blade and ended up with 3 rods out of 4 with wiggle hoochies. Tip...
By: Toni
Posted: 7/30/2014
Species: Perch
Rating: 3
Fished: 7/28/2014
Hot Spots: 1
I took my grandkids fishing today with Kim's (pinkpole) help. We went fast to one end of the lake then fast to the other end where we fished in Little American. I may have ruined it by going fast firs...
By: my87
Posted: 7/26/2014
Species: Perch
Rating: 3
Fished: 7/26/2014
Hot Spots: 0
not a bad day,perch were far and few,got 11.2 were 12 in,thanks for the feed back on my report on spanaway lake the other day.I think its a real live point Wilson dart...lol
By: flyfisherguy
Posted: 7/24/2014
Species: Kokanee
Rating: 1
Fished: 7/24/2014
Hot Spots: 0
Arrived at the lake at 4:30 p.m., would have arrived sooner but got stuck in heavy traffic. The wind was blowing pretty good but not so bad that I couldn't manage my porta-bote with my electric motor....
By: the doc
Posted: 7/21/2014
Species: Perch
Rating: 3
Fished: 7/20/2014
Hot Spots: 0
kokanee kid and i took my boat to american. arrived about 830 am, and began scouting for some perch. seems nearly everyplace we tried, produces a few perch. all about 8-9 inches. no larg...
By: bandseeker
Posted: 7/19/2014
Species: Rainbow Trout
Rating: 4
Fished: 7/19/2014
Hot Spots: 3
I went out initially for Kokanee, but ended up catching some nice rainbows. I caught one 17" and a 12" on downrigger at about 35 feet. I also have noted on the finder schools of perch around 30 to 35 ...
By: bassman72
Posted: 7/14/2014
Species: Perch
Rating: 3
Fished: 7/14/2014
Hot Spots: 0
After reading another post about perch at American I decided to give it a go. Didn't get out till noon fortunately it was overcast and not hot YET. Only caught 5 but they were all over 13 in. All cau...
By: my87
Posted: 7/12/2014
Species: Perch
Rating: 3
Fished: 7/12/2014
Hot Spots: 0
best 4 of 11,nice to see others after the perch,better in the mornings,slow but their nice size.25 -35ft deep on jig head and 4in power worm-black.see you on the water...
By: my87
Posted: 7/6/2014
Species: Perch
Rating: 5
Fished: 7/6/2014
Hot Spots: 1
nice day on the lake.got 16 perch.all on a jig head(1/4oz)with 4in cut tail worm.
By: Toni
Posted: 7/4/2014
Species: Kokanee
Rating: 1
Fished: 7/4/2014
Hot Spots: 0
We were fishing at the north end of the lake by 5:30am. It was a slow day for my brother, Kim, and myself. We ended with keeping 4 rainbows releasing a couple and I lost a kokanee at the boat.
They...
By: Toni
Posted: 7/1/2014
Species: Rock Bass
Rating: 4
Fished: 6/30/2014
Hot Spots: 1
American Lake 6-30-14
Well you know the saying about best laid plans...that is what happened on June 30th when I planned on taking my grandkids and Kim (pinkpole) fishing at American Lake. When we ...
By: hlindsay
Posted: 7/1/2014
Species: Perch
Rating: 3
Fished: 7/1/2014
Hot Spots: 0
Fished Little American from 7 to 1030 this morning. Fished from near shore to 30 ft. Got 6 perch and 2 rock bass. We were using worms and jigs and worms alone. The most hits came on a white jig, and ...