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By: rockjiggr
Posted: 4/9/2011
Species: Smallmouth Bass
Rating: 2
Fished: 4/9/2011
Hot Spots: 0
Did a daybreak, early morning trip to American. Water temp is still COLD- 48 degrees. Just a slight breeze from the SW this morning which made it much more tolerable than previous weekend. Did not fin...
By: JM73
Posted: 4/5/2011
Species: Kokanee
Rating: 3
Fished: 4/3/2011
Hot Spots: 0
Hit American on Sunday, due to a fairly optimistic weather report, for a morning of fishing for Kokanee. Started on the south end of the island but didn't get our first take until the north end. Fis...
By: rockjiggr
Posted: 4/2/2011
Species: Perch
Rating: 3
Fished: 4/2/2011
Hot Spots: 0
Did the drop shot thing at American today in the wind. Tough to keep the boat in position but did find many schools of perch in 50 to 75 feet. Caught a full dozen in the 10 inch range. A couple were a...
By: Racer
Posted: 3/28/2011
Species: Kokanee
Rating: 3
Fished: 3/28/2011
Hot Spots: 0
I had the day off so I took two of my nephews out to American lake today. The weather wasn't to bad, just alittle windy later in the morning.
We fished on the north side of Silcox mostly in about 70...
By: JM73
Posted: 3/26/2011
Species: Kokanee
Rating: 3
Fished: 3/25/2011
Hot Spots: 0
The weather was too nice to stay home on Friday so I launched the boat on American for Koke's. Started at noon, ended at 4. Landed 4 and missed a few others. Spent a lot of time using the electron...
By: Toni
Posted: 3/23/2011
Species: Kokanee
Rating: 4
Fished: 3/23/2011
Hot Spots: 2
First time out in the boat this year and I forgot the life jacket. Drat. But that was it, or maybe pliers. Motor had issues idling. It took me about an hour of running to get it to where it would ...
By: Johnthefisherman
Posted: 3/21/2011
Species: Other
Rating: 3
Fished: 3/20/2011
Hot Spots: 0
Hit American Sunday. Launched around 1100. Windy and cold, water Temp 44-46. Didn't think we would catch anything, I was throwing a white curly tail with white jig head, and the wife puts on a hot pin...
By: fishermick
Posted: 3/17/2011
Species: Rainbow Trout
Rating: 2
Fished: 3/16/2011
Hot Spots: 0
Decided to hit American for the first time in years. Really it was the itch to try an unfamilliar lake w/ the new fishfinder. Finder did great, but we did not fair so well. Trolled toward the lg islan...
By: f1sh1nf00l
Posted: 3/13/2011
Species: Smallmouth Bass
Rating: 3
Fished: 3/13/2011
Hot Spots: 0
Woke up to steady rain....my son wouldn't get up to go fishin' with me....my fishin' buddy wouldn't answer his phone....but I had to get out on the water! So I headed out by myself, launched from the...
By: JM73
Posted: 3/13/2011
Species: Kokanee
Rating: 2
Fished: 3/12/2011
Hot Spots: 0
Made it out to American yesterday due mostly to cabin fever. The weather was not good, windy and rainy with 42 degree water temps. Trolled all the usuall haunts with no success. Didn't mark many fi...
By: davidsongh
Posted: 2/24/2011
Species: Rainbow Trout
Rating: 4
Fished: 2/13/2011
Hot Spots: 0
Spent a couple hours on American Lake with my daughter in tow. The weather was nice: sunny, mid-40's, slight breeze. We tried a new spot, mainly because it offered some play area for my daughter. I...
By: Mainelygone
Posted: 2/7/2011
Species: Rainbow Trout
Rating: 3
Fished: 2/6/2011
Hot Spots: 0
Decided to try American a little early due to terminal cabin fever. WINDY but found a slot where the Bows were hiding and caught my limit in about three hours.
By: bellboysekiu
Posted: 1/30/2011
Species: Rainbow Trout
Rating: 4
Fished: 1/30/2011
Hot Spots: 0
didnt do any fishing. just wanted to see how other anglers were fairing today. went over to the north boat ramp and talked with some guys. they said down by little american using flys they caught and ...
By: procaster
Posted: 1/9/2011
Species: Smallmouth Bass
Rating: 1
Fished: 1/9/2011
Hot Spots: 0
I got to the lake about 10:45 and launched by base. I went north just past "Bobs Boat House" zigg zagging from about 20ft to 50ft looking for fish. I only marked a single fish, but it looked smal...
By: cielowalker38
Posted: 12/2/2010
Species: Perch
Rating: 5
Fished: 12/1/2010
Hot Spots: 0
This report comes as part of my attempt to fully understand American Lake Yellow Perch. It has been great fun to follow them from 20 to 30 to 35 to 45 and now to 65 feet of water with the changing se...
By: snake7676
Posted: 11/18/2010
Species: Rainbow Trout
Rating: 3
Fished: 11/18/2010
Hot Spots: 0
I am a man of my word! The last time I went to American Lake, I hooked a hawg and lost it. I said I would be back to get it. I arrived on the lake at just a little past 10 a.m. The wind was blowing h...
By: bionic_one
Posted: 11/15/2010
Species: Kokanee
Rating: 3
Fished: 11/11/2010
Hot Spots: 0
Buddy and I went out there on Thursday. We were both running a wedding ring with maggots/corn (Gulp stuff) on our DRs. We found schools at 25 feet and 40-45 feet in a few places, but they wouldn't b...
By: Racer
Posted: 11/7/2010
Species: Kokanee
Rating: 2
Fished: 11/7/2010
Hot Spots: 0
Got bored sitting at home so decided to try American today. I got there around 7:30am just as the rain let up. Went to the north side of Silcox Island and set out a green dodger with pink and white mi...
By: procaster
Posted: 11/4/2010
Species: Smallmouth Bass
Rating: 1
Fished: 11/4/2010
Hot Spots: 0
So my plan was to hit the Skokomish, then fish for smallies on American, but the plan ended up different than I had envisioned. After taking care of some unexpected responsibilities, I made it to th...
By: booboo98498
Posted: 11/3/2010
Species: Rainbow Trout
Rating: 4
Fished: 11/3/2010
Hot Spots: 0
The day started slow so I put a red dodger and orange wedding ring on one pole. Baited with corn and caught 3 little kokanee. I was crossing the lake to the east side when I caught this triploid tro...
By: Racer
Posted: 10/30/2010
Species: Kokanee
Rating: 3
Fished: 10/30/2010
Hot Spots: 1
I haven't been to American lake in a while so I decided to give it a try again. I got to the lake around 8:00am and set out for the north side of the island. The first time through I was running a wed...
By: booboo98498
Posted: 10/29/2010
Species: Kokanee
Rating: 4
Fished: 10/29/2010
Hot Spots: 0
The day started out really slow. Then about noon, it picked up and then about 2:30, I caught the BIG one. I was using green hoochies with white corn, trolling about 1.5 mph by GPS. Caught the big o...
By: Ocktane
Posted: 10/23/2010
Species: Smallmouth Bass
Rating: 1
Fished: 10/23/2010
Hot Spots: 0
Thought I'd try fishin for some fall American bass today but came up short. Threw football head jigs and dropshotted primarily. Had a heck of a time finding fish on my Humminbird and ended up with o...
By: Pammy
Posted: 10/19/2010
Species: Brown Trout
Rating: 3
Fished: 10/16/2010
Hot Spots: 0
Here is a more close-up picture from Boxermom's post on the fish we caught this weekend. We think it is a kokanee, but others say it is a triploid, if anyone can help identify, it would be much appre...
By: Boxermom
Posted: 10/18/2010
Species: Rainbow Trout
Rating: 4
Fished: 10/16/2010
Hot Spots: 0
Spent the weekend at American Lake on the JBLM side of the lake. One of our fishing companions caught this big one on the first cast of the morning on Saturday, at about 7:50am. We were on the fishing...