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By: cwbraue
Posted: 5/13/2025
Species: Rainbow Trout
Rating: 3
Fished: 5/12/2025
Hot Spots: 0
I decided to go fishing after work since I only fished one place this weekend and got skunked. I got to the lake about 530 and started trolling. Someone told me there were smallmouth in this lake so I...
By: scottro
Posted: 5/11/2025
Species: Kokanee
Rating: 4
Fished: 5/9/2025
Hot Spots: 0
Nice morning almost no wind, bite came in about 8. I nabbed 5 kokes & a trout
Good day with the sis
By: scottro
Posted: 5/11/2025
Species: Kokanee
Rating: 5
Fished: 5/6/2025
Hot Spots: 0
Got wild hair and battled thru traffic launched @ 8.. done @ 1130 with my 5.
3 were smaller I gave to the neighbor and I baked the rest.
By: scottro
Posted: 5/11/2025
Species: Kokanee
Rating: 5
Fished: 5/3/2025
Hot Spots: 0
A bit breezy lost 4 but got my limit, there are some fattys in there
By: scottro
Posted: 5/11/2025
Species: Kokanee
Rating: 4
Fished: 4/19/2025
Hot Spots: 0
Took sis out and got kokes for Easter grill off
By: Toni
Posted: 4/7/2025
Species: Rainbow Trout
Rating: 3
Fished: 4/5/2025
Hot Spots: 1
We fished 9:30 to just after noon. The weather was beautiful. The water temp was 50-51 degrees.
I had zero bites and my son had 2 with a trout in the boat. From watching the videos, I can see that t...
By: cwbraue
Posted: 4/6/2025
Species: Rainbow Trout
Rating: 1
Fished: 4/5/2025
Hot Spots: 0
I hate this lake. I've only ever caught one or two fish in American and yesterday was no different. The water was around 50 degrees that should be enough for the trout to start feeding but all morning...
By: Toni
Posted: 11/9/2024
Species: Perch
Rating: 5
Fished: 11/8/2024
Hot Spots: 1
We were at the lake from 11:00am to 3:00pm. The weather was cloudy with periods of sun. It was a very nice day of catching. The water temp was 56.
Nightcrawler pieces on a drop shot type setup with 2...
By: Toni
Posted: 7/26/2024
Species: Rainbow Trout
Rating: 3
Fished: 7/21/2024
Hot Spots: 0
My son and I started fishing around 8:30 and we stopped at 11am. It was a bit breezy from time to time which got the speed up to 1.7 or down to .9 mpg. We even had a sprinkle or two. I did apply sunsc...
By: No_Regerts
Posted: 10/18/2023
Species: Smallmouth Bass
Rating: 3
Fished: 10/15/2023
Hot Spots: 0
Saw a favorable weather report, so I got out on American Lake to fish for smallmouth. Got out at 7:30 and I saw some healthy vegetation, so I started out trying to cover water with crankbaits, jerkba...
By: scottro
Posted: 9/11/2023
Species: Kokanee
Rating: 3
Fished: 9/9/2023
Hot Spots: 0
Well a tougher day but managed 3 per person.
Some hogs out there
45ft on the wire 1.4mph
By: scottro
Posted: 9/5/2023
Species: Kokanee
Rating: 5
Fished: 9/4/2023
Hot Spots: 0
Lost a limit and caught a limit . Done by 9 just a smash fest in the drizzle
Tight lines!
By: Diehardfishing
Posted: 5/29/2023
Species: Rainbow Trout
Rating: 5
Fished: 5/28/2023
Hot Spots: 0
We got on the water at 0845 and was off the water at 1245. It was a hot day of fishing and we could not keep them off. Unfortunately, all the fish we caught were plants, and we did not catch anythi...
By: cwbraue
Posted: 4/30/2023
Species: Rainbow Trout
Rating: 2
Fished: 4/30/2023
Hot Spots: 0
I think this lake is seriously overrated. I got on the water by 7:15 and the water feels warm, fish should have been active. I saw a few trout jump and that was it. I only caught one small fish, a roc...
By: yakawop1
Posted: 4/29/2023
Species: Rainbow Trout
Rating: 3
Fished: 4/28/2023
Hot Spots: 0
Got a late start,, on the water with my kayak at 10am. Pulling a wet fly around with sinking line going down fairly deep.. I had tied up a red woolybugger with crystal flash ribs and tail with whi...
By: Bay wolf
Posted: 4/14/2023
Species: Rainbow Trout
Rating: 5
Fished: 4/12/2023
Hot Spots: 0
Met up with my good friend Salmon Chaser for some non-stop trout action on American lake. The wind was troublesome at first, but he suggested we go into a small cove and the bite was on! Check out t...
By: Tiny Tyee
Posted: 3/31/2023
Species: Rainbow Trout
Rating: 2
Fished: 3/29/2023
Hot Spots: 0
Went to American Lake again on Wednesday. Launched and started trolling around 3:00pm. Was using pop-gear(Rooster Trolls) and a floating hard plastic minnow. 80-100ft of line out.Had two rods, both wi...
By: Tiny Tyee
Posted: 3/23/2023
Species: Rainbow Trout
Rating: 2
Fished: 3/22/2023
Hot Spots: 0
Headed out to American Lake to troll for some trout. Thought I'd be able to catch one or two decent fish before the barometer dropped. Got to the launch at 2:30pm and started to troll around 3:00. Had...
By: Diehardfishing
Posted: 2/13/2023
Species: Rainbow Trout
Rating: 3
Fished: 2/11/2023
Hot Spots: 0
Started trolling at 0820 and closed the day out at about 1430 hrs. We caught two limits and had another 17 take-downs. Fishing leadcore set up on one side of the boat. I was out 4 colors and 25-30...
By: Toni
Posted: 10/15/2022
Species: Perch
Rating: 4
Fished: 10/14/2022
Hot Spots: 3
I got my son Bo to take me fishing for perch on Friday the 14th. We got to the lake around 9am and left sometime between 12 and 1. Water temperature was 65 degrees. Air temp was 50 and rising with a b...
By: tombee77
Posted: 6/23/2022
Species: Kokanee
Rating: 4
Fished: 6/23/2022
Hot Spots: 1
After catching a couple of small trout I ended up catching two really nice kokanee one 16+ and the other 15+ inches. Green wedding ring paid off with a 1oz slider weight hitting the right depth.
h...
By: fishermenkenny
Posted: 5/25/2022
Species: Kokanee
Rating: 5
Fished: 5/25/2022
Hot Spots: 0
A worthy 5 star day on American Lake this past Wednesday. No, I don’t think it was anything I was doing special, the bite was on!
Fished around the perimeter of Silcox island in about 50-60ft of wa...
By: tombee77
Posted: 5/20/2022
Species: Rainbow Trout
Rating: 5
Fished: 5/20/2022
Hot Spots: 0
Caught 5 of the biggest trout I've ever caught in American Lake the other day exclusively using Mag Lip lures. This is one of the best lures for catching BIG trout.
By: Guammaine
Posted: 5/1/2022
Species: Rainbow Trout
Rating: 4
Fished: 5/1/2022
Hot Spots: 0
Started out with loosing a whooper had him a foot from the net and hook came out of his lip. He floated for a few seconds and blinked at me and went on with his day. Then 20 min later both rods were ...
By: Sharkbait123
Posted: 4/20/2022
Species: Rainbow Trout
Rating: 5
Fished: 4/20/2022
Hot Spots: 0
This weekend describes fishing in a nutshell, I drove 900 miles this weekend (back and forth plus running around) to hunt and fish around Lake Roosevelt. I shot 2 turkeys with one shell (my first turk...