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By: Mike@Bills
Posted: 5/7/2013
Species: Kokanee
Rating: 3
Fished: 5/6/2013
Hot Spots: 0
Got my second chance to fish Chelan! I was there 2 weeks ago and caught 9 with the biggest being 18 inches. My goal this time was a 20 incher and a limit........ Lets just say things have slowed a lit...
By: Mike@Bills
Posted: 4/18/2013
Species: Kokanee
Rating: 4
Fished: 4/16/2013
Hot Spots: 0
WOW! Thats the word that pretty much summed up my first trip to Chelan! I had such an awesome time. I want thank Russ Carver for offering to take me over with him. He is such a nice guy with a grea...
By: Mike@Bills
Posted: 3/26/2013
Species: Salmon
Rating: 3
Fished: 3/25/2013
Hot Spots: 0
This was my first time fishing Riffe from a boat. I fished with Washington Lakes member eenakok and his dad. We had an awesome time but the weather and the conditions were not the greatest.
First o...
By: Mike@Bills
Posted: 3/19/2013
Species: Rainbow Trout
Rating: 3
Fished: 3/19/2013
Hot Spots: 0
Another beautiful day on American Lake! The sun came out for a while and the wind was almost not there most the day.
Sometimes I don't feel like posting but don't think its fair to only post the "...
By: Mike@Bills
Posted: 3/18/2013
Species: Rainbow Trout
Rating: 3
Fished: 3/18/2013
Hot Spots: 0
The wind was blowing like crazy but After having knee surgery on Tuesday of last week I was dying to get out and do some fishing!
I caught 1 that was right around 15 inches and 2 that were in the 8...
By: Mike@Bills
Posted: 3/5/2013
Species: Cutthroat Trout
Rating: 3
Fished: 3/4/2013
Hot Spots: 0
First off this day was very hard to rate, I probably could have gone higher for the reasons that the weather was beautiful, I caught my first Lake Washington Cutt, even though catching was a little s...
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: 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: 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: 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: 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: Mike@Bills
Posted: 6/13/2012
Species: Rainbow Trout
Rating: 5
Fished: 6/13/2012
Hot Spots: 2
I did something today I have not done in a long time, I fished off the dock instead of taking the boat out. I have noticed that the trout have been hitting anything green so since I was actually targ...
By: Mike@Bills
Posted: 6/13/2012
Species: Kokanee
Rating: 2
Fished: 6/12/2012
Hot Spots: 0
What a crazy day! Left the dock at 6:30 came back by 10:00. I had 4 takedowns on the downrigger and probably about 16 on the flatline. One on the downrigger was big! I got it out of the pole holde...
By: Mike@Bills
Posted: 5/17/2012
Species: Kokanee
Rating: 5
Fished: 5/17/2012
Hot Spots: 0
Started out from the boathouse at 5:30 this morning with nothing biting until 6:30 and then it was hot. From 6:30 to 7:30 I had 7 nice Kokes on and 5 in the boat. The smallest one weighed 1.25lbs an...
By: Mike@Bills
Posted: 4/23/2012
Species: Kokanee
Rating: 4
Fished: 4/22/2012
Hot Spots: 2
Ok so I did a report last night but my computer craped out so I am doing it again now. I went out on the lake to enjoy the sun with the wife and kids and figured I should take a couple poles. fished...
By: Mike@Bills
Posted: 4/21/2012
Species: Rainbow Trout
Rating: 5
Fished: 4/21/2012
Hot Spots: 1
I didnt do much fishing because I was working but I saw well over 300 Rainbow trout caught today that were well over 14" some much bigger. American Lake was crazy today! At one point I counted over 3...
By: Mike@Bills
Posted: 4/19/2012
Species: Kokanee
Rating: 2
Fished: 4/19/2012
Hot Spots: 0
Kokanee fishing is so slow this year, decided to give it a shot this morning because it wasnt going to rain. Trolled with the normal "uncle bill" for a while with no luck. Bought a brand new Apex the...
By: Mike@Bills
Posted: 4/9/2012
Species: Kokanee
Rating: 3
Fished: 4/9/2012
Hot Spots: 0
Well it was not as good as last evening, I did get 1 koke on and up to about 5ft from the boat and screamingeagle had the net ready but it got off. Our best guess was that it was between 12 and 13 in...
By: Mike@Bills
Posted: 4/9/2012
Species: Kokanee
Rating: 3
Fished: 4/8/2012
Hot Spots: 0
The Kokes are not really biting right now but I had to try. All I fish for is Kokanee. I was using my home made mini shrimp set up and caught a beautiful 15" that weighed 1lb 5oz, not bad for first ...
By: Mike@Bills
Posted: 7/8/2011
Species: Kokanee
Rating: 5
Fished: 7/8/2011
Hot Spots: 0
Left the Boathouse at about 4:30 and trolled to our fishing spot and got there around 5:00AM. The fish were going crazy as soon as we got to the right spot. My friend (screamingeagle) got his limit ...