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By: Mong_fisherman
Posted: 3/2/2013
Species: Rainbow Trout
Rating: 3
Fished: 2/27/2013
Hot Spots: 0
Setup.
6-8 ft leader
1/2 oz to 1/4 oz weight
Mike's Herring scent
Fluorescent yellow or Lime Green eggs
Caught several 5-7 inch rainbow fries. Released all of them. Caught 1-12 inch (released...
By: SoDakboy
Posted: 3/2/2013
Species: Rainbow Trout
Rating: 3
Fished: 3/2/2013
Hot Spots: 1
Never fished American Lake before, my buddy and I live in Bremerton, after reading an article on kokanee we decided to try it. Left the WDFW boat launch and trolled out to the south west corner of th...
By: Slacktime
Posted: 3/1/2013
Species: Rainbow Trout
Rating: 1
Fished: 3/1/2013
Hot Spots: 0
Fished American Lake with my daughter, 3 hrs total and NOTHING for me today!! Warm and very windy out there. Tight linz to all.
By: Mike@Bills
Posted: 2/26/2013
Species: Rainbow Trout
Rating: 3
Fished: 2/26/2013
Hot Spots: 0
It was not raining so I decided to head to the dock and fish for just a little bit. I decided to experiment today. I have been catching a lot of little fish lately so instead of using 2 power eggs I...
By: fishinjerry2000
Posted: 2/22/2013
Species: Rainbow Trout
Rating: 3
Fished: 2/21/2013
Hot Spots: 1
Well I have not done much reporting lately as not much of anything was caught. I went this morning and ended up fishing from 0630-1130 caught my limit of 5 ..1 15inch 1 14inch and 3 other about 12 in....
By: Slacktime
Posted: 2/18/2013
Species: Rainbow Trout
Rating: 3
Fished: 2/18/2013
Hot Spots: 0
Went to American lake with my fishing buddy Capt got there about 10:30am and fished till 2pm. Caught a total of 4 fish today none smaller than 14" One was about a 18 - 20" pictured by my shoe which is...
By: Mike@Bills
Posted: 2/14/2013
Species: Rainbow Trout
Rating: 2
Fished: 2/14/2013
Hot Spots: 0
I did not think it is fair if I only report the good days (which have been quit a few lately) So here is a so so report. I was not going to fish today but then a friend came down and wanted to fish ...
By: Mike@Bills
Posted: 2/11/2013
Species: Rainbow Trout
Rating: 4
Fished: 2/11/2013
Hot Spots: 0
What a great day to be back fishing! Some of you probably thought I died or something, I was doing 2 reports a weeks to nothing last week. Well I tore my MCL and chipped a piece of my femur or some ...
By: Toni
Posted: 2/11/2013
Species: Rainbow Trout
Rating: 1
Fished: 2/10/2013
Hot Spots: 0
William and I got to the boathouse about noon. I have not been here in about 35 years so I didn’t know that you don’t drive down the hill because the driveway dead ends on top of the boathouse. I smo...
By: snake7676
Posted: 2/2/2013
Species: Rainbow Trout
Rating: 3
Fished: 2/2/2013
Hot Spots: 0
Well I was on the water by 1:00pm started over by mikes boat house and the north tip of the island for 2hrs in 60ft of water and not even a bump ! Seen fish eating off the top of the water could'nt ...
By: Mike@Bills
Posted: 1/31/2013
Species: Rainbow Trout
Rating: 4
Fished: 1/31/2013
Hot Spots: 1
Did a little fishin this morning. I am sure most of you have read my reports which is why I am just going to say I used the same setup I have the whole month of January. Sorry there wont be a pictur...
By: Mike@Bills
Posted: 1/28/2013
Species: Rainbow Trout
Rating: 3
Fished: 1/28/2013
Hot Spots: 0
Today was pretty much like every other Monday or Friday (the days I normally fish for trout) I was using the normal setup and caught two Rainbows (one while talking to Toni on the phone) And I guess...
By: snake7676
Posted: 1/27/2013
Species: Rainbow Trout
Rating: 4
Fished: 1/27/2013
Hot Spots: 0
Early evening, today... my buddy and I, started off trolling the so. end, by the big bouyee. Trolling northbound, twds Mikes Boathouse, 35' down and 50' of water. We used 1 rod with ylw/red flatfish....
By: Mong_fisherman
Posted: 1/26/2013
Species: Rainbow Trout
Rating: 3
Fished: 1/26/2013
Hot Spots: 0
Got to the lake around 3:00 pm and fished for 2.5 hours. Didn't get anything until the last 30 minutes before packing up. Caught 3 trouts (1-16" & 2-12" or smaller). Only kept the 16" and released b...
By: roaks
Posted: 1/26/2013
Species: Rainbow Trout
Rating: 1
Fished: 1/26/2013
Hot Spots: 0
Only fished for about an hour till the waters got to rough for my little boat. Tried trolling and fly's no luck with either, I tried around the VA area where i seen them hitting bugs last monday. Ther...
By: Mike@Bills
Posted: 1/25/2013
Species: Rainbow Trout
Rating: 3
Fished: 1/25/2013
Hot Spots: 0
So today was not my average day like I have been reporting. It was pretty slow for me (we all have a bad day every once in a while, right?) I only got 1 Rainbow that was about 13.5 inches. The reas...
By: Mike@Bills
Posted: 1/22/2013
Species: Rainbow Trout
Rating: 4
Fished: 1/22/2013
Hot Spots: 0
Hopefully no one is getting tired of my American Lake reports. I fished the same way I have been fishing the whole month of January and was successful again today. I gave it a 4 because it is Januar...
By: roaks
Posted: 1/21/2013
Species: Rainbow Trout
Rating: 1
Fished: 1/21/2013
Hot Spots: 0
Started fishing around 2 pm and stayed till to dark to fish. Didn't get a single bite, but the trout were hitting bugs all around me. If i only had my fly rod, hind sight being 20 20.
By: Mike@Bills
Posted: 1/18/2013
Species: Rainbow Trout
Rating: 3
Fished: 1/18/2013
Hot Spots: 0
Well today I fished for 3 hours and caught 2 Rainbows, one 13 inch and one 15 inch. This was not one of my best days but 2 fish were caught so thats why I gave it a 3. This was the first time in Dec...
By: Mike@Bills
Posted: 1/15/2013
Species: Rainbow Trout
Rating: 4
Fished: 1/14/2013
Hot Spots: 0
I have been doing fairly well in the months of December and January, but I have noticed a pattern fishing in the morning is real slow and the afternoon seems to be better. So yesterday I decided I wo...
By: Mike@Bills
Posted: 1/4/2013
Species: Rainbow Trout
Rating: 3
Fished: 1/4/2013
Hot Spots: 0
Did a little fishing this morning, hard not to after reading the posts from other guys on American Lake. I fished for 2 hours and got my limit (2 over 14''). 1 was a very thick 16 incher and the oth...
By: fishinjerry2000
Posted: 1/3/2013
Species: Rainbow Trout
Rating: 2
Fished: 1/3/2013
Hot Spots: 0
Like every Thursday you can find me on American lake somewhere fishing for trout. It was 19 degrees when I hit the water around 0630. My fishing line had ice on it but I was willing to put in the time...
By: sgmdwk
Posted: 1/2/2013
Species: Rainbow Trout
Rating: 3
Fished: 1/2/2013
Hot Spots: 1
I was heading to JBLM to use the gym, but the fishing gear was in the trunk, so I decided to wet a line before working up a sweat. I walked out on the fishing dock by Northwest Adventure Center, tied ...
By: fishinjerry2000
Posted: 12/27/2012
Species: Rainbow Trout
Rating: 2
Fished: 12/27/2012
Hot Spots: 1
Finally after 2 previous trips to this lake and was skunked, I caught 1 20 in trout. Started fishing around 0630 and got 1 bite and one fish around 0745 then no more bites for the next 4 hours. Had fu...
By: fishinjerry2000
Posted: 12/6/2012
Species: Rainbow Trout
Rating: 1
Fished: 12/5/2012
Hot Spots: 0
Tried my luck on Wed for about 4 hours and not even 1 bite. I used same setup as before. I will try again in a couple of weeks. If any body has any success please post.