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By: Iamfishing
Posted: 7/12/2010
Species: Smallmouth Bass
Rating: 2
Fished: 7/11/2010
Hot Spots: 0
hit up american lake early,waded out into about 4ft of water,started casting out.got one really big bite,but lost it,then it hit it again.set the hook and fish was on,this fish put up a huge fight, as...
By: snake7676
Posted: 7/10/2010
Species: Kokanee
Rating: 5
Fished: 7/10/2010
Hot Spots: 0
My 2 boys and I woke up bright and early to get out on the water before all the water toys do! I usually launch my boat at the American Lake North Park boat launch, which the gate keeper opens at 6:30...
By: Ocktane
Posted: 7/9/2010
Species: Smallmouth Bass
Rating: 5
Fished: 7/9/2010
Hot Spots: 0
Hit the lake around 3pm trollin the banks. I was pitchin' t-rigged curly tailed jigs (watermelon) and Josh (my roommate) was throwing a blue and silver fat shad crankbait. Nailed about 40+ rockbass ...
By: rtk
Posted: 7/6/2010
Species: Kokanee
Rating: 4
Fished: 7/6/2010
Hot Spots: 0
We started at 10:45 this morniing andquit about 2:30. We had 10 kokes to the boat, kept 6 using dick nites and triple teasers 20-30 feet down on the downriggers. Most were caught off the VA hospital i...
By: Ocktane
Posted: 7/5/2010
Species: Smallmouth Bass
Rating: 3
Fished: 7/5/2010
Hot Spots: 0
A bit of a slow afternoon. Hit the lake around 4, pitching t-rigged craws and 3" senkos in the shallows. My roommate and I boated handfuls of rockbass as usual and i landed about a two pound smallie...
By: Lock3056
Posted: 7/5/2010
Species: Perch
Rating: 4
Fished: 7/5/2010
Hot Spots: 0
Decent day out on the lake, Had a late start... Started out at 10:00 Working the NW shoreline for Small mouth... I had my Father-in-Law with me, I dont think he has the patience for Bass fishing nor u...
By: snake7676
Posted: 7/5/2010
Species: Kokanee
Rating: 3
Fished: 7/5/2010
Hot Spots: 0
Well after a long 2 days I was on the water by 11:30am started trolling north end of lake , I was marking fish 15' to 35' down so 25' down I went caught first fish with in first 10min. Then I he...
By: Lock3056
Posted: 7/4/2010
Species: Rainbow Trout
Rating: 1
Fished: 7/3/2010
Hot Spots: 0
Invited a friend to go fishing with me, They showed up an hour late. I forgot the battery for my trolling motor so I decided not to cast like I normally do because it was kind of windy and I didnt wan...
By: Ocktane
Posted: 7/3/2010
Species: Smallmouth Bass
Rating: 4
Fished: 7/3/2010
Hot Spots: 0
Started the day fishing the shallows with t-rigged plastics. Nailed rock bass all morning long, bite seemed to be a little slower than usual though. Switched to my jointed shad rap and boated the fi...
By: nickbell
Posted: 7/3/2010
Species: Smallmouth Bass
Rating: 3
Fished: 7/3/2010
Hot Spots: 0
Caught lots of fish many different ways. We fished along the shore line with nightcrawlers, nightcrawlers/bobber, and mostley chigger craws. Caught at least 30 rockbass and a few nice sized perch on...
By: Anonymous
Posted: 7/1/2010
Species: Kokanee
Rating: 4
Fished: 6/30/2010
Hot Spots: 0
Limits everytime we go out, the seceret is to find the right depth, we use leaded line and let out 40 to 50 pulls, ford fender and 30 ": Leader with Macks wedding ring. fish are everywhere but depth i...
By: dex857
Posted: 6/30/2010
Species:
Rating: 3
Fished: 6/30/2010
Hot Spots: 0
Got on the lake about 0630. Military was using south end to play war games so I fished just off the VA. trolling a red wedding ring with a worm. Tried to stay in the 25 foot water. Ran bait (guessing)...
By: Anonymous
Posted: 6/28/2010
Species: Largemouth Bass
Rating: 3
Fished: 6/27/2010
Hot Spots: 0
I took my first trip to American Lake yesterday, even though I've been fishing for years and only live 10 miles away. The first thing I must say is that this lake is great. The terrain varies from gr...
By: arniejl
Posted: 6/27/2010
Species: Smallmouth Bass
Rating: 2
Fished: 6/27/2010
Hot Spots: 0
Well, had no plan to fish today but my other stuff fell through. Been getting some pressure from Fiancee's 15 year old daughter to take her fishing, so, I finally did.
We trolled out front of Vet...
By: Johnthefisherman
Posted: 6/27/2010
Species: Other
Rating: 4
Fished: 6/27/2010
Hot Spots: 0
Got to the lake around 0700, with the wife and kid. We targeted smallmouth early getting a few 1-2 lb'ers on dropshot and grubs, missed a big one on a tube, got excited when i saw it hit and jerked th...
By: nickbell
Posted: 6/26/2010
Species: Other
Rating: 3
Fished: 6/26/2010
Hot Spots: 0
Caught a few fish, had some fun. Very nice weather. I started on the shallow end of the boathouse dock, caught mabey 20+ bullheads. I also had one small perch and a few decent sized rock bass. Wha...
By: snake7676
Posted: 6/26/2010
Species: Kokanee
Rating: 5
Fished: 6/26/2010
Hot Spots: 0
Well Today was a awsome day on the water ! My son and I was on the lake by 6:35am with in 20min I landed a fat bow 10min after that landed a smaller 17" bow . We all so boated a few smaller koks ...
By: Ocktane
Posted: 6/26/2010
Species: Smallmouth Bass
Rating: 5
Fished: 6/26/2010
Hot Spots: 0
Hit the lake about 5am with my roommate. Trolled the shallow flats pitchin' 3" green lizards and watermelon/blue flake and black/red flake crazy leg chigger craws. Slammed rock bass all day long, ca...
By: Lock3056
Posted: 6/26/2010
Species: Smallmouth Bass
Rating: 3
Fished: 6/26/2010
Hot Spots: 2
Got on the lake around 8:00 this moring, headed to Little American, didn't have any luck. I cant for the life of me figure out why, the Shoreline looks so inviting. Headed to the Sunken island near th...
By: f1sh1nf00l
Posted: 6/22/2010
Species: Smallmouth Bass
Rating: 4
Fished: 6/22/2010
Hot Spots: 0
I feel I'm being redundant, so this will be my last American Lake post for a while. It's hard to pass up heading out to the lake on a nice evening like this one, they've been few and far between latel...
By: stevoblue
Posted: 6/22/2010
Species: Kokanee
Rating: 1
Fished: 6/22/2010
Hot Spots: 0
Trolled for a few hours in front of the VA hospital. No luck today.
By: f1sh1nf00l
Posted: 6/21/2010
Species: Smallmouth Bass
Rating: 4
Fished: 6/21/2010
Hot Spots: 0
Got home from work early enough to hit the lake for a couple of hours. American is still putting out quality fish. My son got the biggest fish tonight (again...), guess I taught him too well. Drop sho...
By: Fatbasstard
Posted: 6/21/2010
Species: Smallmouth Bass
Rating: 3
Fished: 6/21/2010
Hot Spots: 0
Thought I would try something different. With a total of 3 smallmouth bass caught in my life, it was time to expand. 6:15am I am in the water (surface temp 60.2) 20 minutes later, I hook into one, 3+ ...
By: Lock3056
Posted: 6/21/2010
Species: Smallmouth Bass
Rating: 3
Fished: 6/21/2010
Hot Spots: 1
Got a late Start Saturday Morning, Left the dock around 8am. I was reading about Dropshoting and decided to give it a try. I rigged up a dropshot rig with a Gary Yamamoto Watermellon colored Crayfish ...
By: FishingFool
Posted: 6/18/2010
Species: Smallmouth Bass
Rating: 3
Fished: 6/18/2010
Hot Spots: 0
I got tired of getting skunked at Sawyer, so I decided to hit up American instead. At least I know I'll be able to land something, even though if it's only RockBass.
And boy did I get those RockBa...