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By: outdoorsrule247
Posted: 1/23/2021
Species: Perch
Rating: 4
Fished: 1/23/2021
Hot Spots: 1
Took a great friend and the kiddos out for an afternoon of perch fishing! We had a great time all around. 18 perch in the livewell in 4 hours. The kids arms were hurting they said.
By: nerka nailer
Posted: 12/15/2020
Species: Rainbow Trout
Rating: 4
Fished: 12/1/2020
Hot Spots: 0
Woke up to a cold and foggy December morning and thought I head to American lake to check out the winter trout action and try using a side planer for the first time. I didn't realize they were doing ...
By: Toni
Posted: 11/28/2020
Species: Perch
Rating: 4
Fished: 11/28/2020
Hot Spots: 1
We went to American today for a few perch. Stayed 12-2:30pm. Came home with 10 caught in 57 feet of water. The water temp was 49-50. No pictures. All the perch were female.
My son out caught me agai...
By: Toni
Posted: 10/5/2020
Species: Perch
Rating: 4
Fished: 10/4/2020
Hot Spots: 1
First trip of the year to American Lake on this cloudy afternoon. We had a sighting of fishn2gthr4ever or for short, F24. They had found the perch so we anchored a little away from them. My son got on...
By: No_Regerts
Posted: 6/4/2020
Species: Smallmouth Bass
Rating: 2
Fished: 5/31/2020
Hot Spots: 0
Fished from 0800 to 1045, mostly along the east bank. Caught a dozen fish, all around 12 to 14 inches. A few came on a red and chartreuse jerkbait, the rest on a drop shot (KVD dream shot). Hard to...
By: Sparky508
Posted: 5/16/2020
Species: Rainbow Trout
Rating: 1
Fished: 5/3/2020
Hot Spots: 0
1st time in 2 years skunked! Couldn't believe it. On American lake no less. Marked fish anywhere in the water from surface to 50 ft. Dragged everything we could get in the water not a single takedown....
By: Anonymous
Posted: 5/5/2020
Species: Rainbow Trout
Rating: 5
Fished: 5/5/2020
Hot Spots: 0
Went out to American lake in search of some trout and Kokanee. I was fortunate enough to have my wife join me on the boat today. She loves to talk to the fish! The action was pretty much non-stop. How...
By: hlindsay
Posted: 3/20/2020
Species: Rainbow Trout
Rating: 1
Fished: 3/19/2020
Hot Spots: 0
fished from 7:15 to 11:00 trolled all over the lake with wedding rings/squid/wiggle hoochie/koke-a-nut/ w different color flashers and sling blades. top to 30 ft down. Not one bite. Great weather fla...
By: Toni
Posted: 11/5/2019
Species: Perch
Rating: 3
Fished: 11/4/2019
Hot Spots: 0
My son and I were seeking perch. The water temp was 55, sunny with a breeze on the lake.
I spent 12-1pm looking in the wrong places. I headed to the south end of the lake where I saw a school on the...
By: Bilgewater
Posted: 11/5/2019
Species: Rainbow Trout
Rating: 1
Fished: 11/5/2019
Hot Spots: 0
I cast from shore for a little bit, with no bites. The water level is lower than I’ve ever seen it, so low that no water is flowing over the outlet structure at the south end of Little American. In ...
By: hlindsay
Posted: 11/3/2019
Species: Perch
Rating: 3
Fished: 11/2/2019
Hot Spots: 0
Fished the south end of the lake in around 50 FOW along with with around 10 other boats. Took out my son-in-law and we used jigs and worms until he pick up one and then we started trying a little perc...
By: Toni
Posted: 10/12/2019
Species: Rainbow Trout
Rating: 2
Fished: 10/12/2019
Hot Spots: 0
American Lake 10-12-19
My son and I went to the lake at 8am and left about 12pm. Trolled from the far east end to the veterans hospital. The downriggers were from 5 to 40 on the cable. My son caugh...
By: Oldcoastie7
Posted: 6/20/2019
Species: Rainbow Trout
Rating: 2
Fished: 6/19/2019
Hot Spots: 0
I have been fishing American lake since 2006, and have never seen a Spring like this one. Been fishing since early May. Until Yesterday nothing, nada, zilch. A few bass but that's it. I have tried...
By: HPenne66
Posted: 6/9/2019
Species: Rainbow Trout
Rating: 2
Fished: 6/8/2019
Hot Spots: 1
Being primarily a saltwater angler, I am less experienced with freshwater fishing, but the smell of a beautiful rainbow trout on the smoker always tempts me to bring out the wedding rings and night cr...
By: Widgeonmangh
Posted: 4/30/2019
Species: Kokanee
Rating: 3
Fished: 4/29/2019
Hot Spots: 0
Got out around 9am which is pretty typical and pretty late targeting Kokanee. I am going to have to try and get out there at dark-thirty and see how that goes. Wind was a significant factor for me s...
By: Notellumcreek
Posted: 4/27/2019
Species: Kokanee
Rating: 3
Fished: 4/27/2019
Hot Spots: 0
Took the new to us north river out for our maiden voyage. Tough going on the troll as the wind was blowing pretty hard and I was working out the kinks while having the wife and 7 month old on board. G...
By: Mr. Golfball
Posted: 4/26/2019
Species: Kokanee
Rating: 4
Fished: 4/24/2019
Hot Spots: 1
After fighting wind and crowds(40 boats) and not fighting any fish at Lake Stevens earlier in the week, I decided to take the boat down to American Lake. I used to fish American a lot in the 1980's...
By: MoonValley
Posted: 4/18/2019
Species: Rainbow Trout
Rating: 2
Fished: 4/18/2019
Hot Spots: 0
My first trip to American Lake, so my expectations were tempered by the typical "new guy in the fishery" syndrome. I tried God's Tooth spoons in perch, 50/50 blue, and red/white, all tipped with craw...
By: Widgeonmangh
Posted: 4/16/2019
Species: Rainbow Trout
Rating: 5
Fished: 4/15/2019
Hot Spots: 0
I had some errands to run so I knew I would get to the lake late. . Didn't get on the water until about 2:30. Wind was up for a little while but it eventually slowed. This was the first time fishing...
By: Widgeonmangh
Posted: 4/9/2019
Species: Rainbow Trout
Rating: 4
Fished: 4/8/2019
Hot Spots: 0
A friend from New Hampshire was flying in for work and wanted to go fishing for the afternoon. So when his wheels hit the ground he grabbed a rental and a one day license and met me at American Lake....
By: Widgeonmangh
Posted: 4/2/2019
Species: Rainbow Trout
Rating: 4
Fished: 4/1/2019
Hot Spots: 0
Got on the lake at around 10:30am and started trolling. Tolled the West side of Silcox, and a couple of passes by the VA. Not having any luck I headed to the North part of the lake and finally found...
By: Bilgewater
Posted: 3/27/2019
Species: Rainbow Trout
Rating: 1
Fished: 3/26/2019
Hot Spots: 0
Trolled for 3 hours with no bites. Surface temp was 48. In two-plus hours of underwater video only one fish examined the nightcrawler, but didn’t want it. Six or eight others swam into the view of ...
By: nerka nailer
Posted: 3/27/2019
Species: Rainbow Trout
Rating: 3
Fished: 3/27/2019
Hot Spots: 0
Decided to head out to American since the weather looked a little windy to fish the sound. I went solo today and hoped I might find some kokanee. Unfortunately I only found some small planters and two...
By: Widgeonmangh
Posted: 3/20/2019
Species: Rainbow Trout
Rating: 3
Fished: 3/18/2019
Hot Spots: 0
Shakedown cruise of a day. First fishing trip of 2019 and the first time getting to try out some new colors on the NTO Scent Spinner. Got on the water by about 10:30 and trolled all over the lake lo...
By: que
Posted: 3/11/2019
Species: Rainbow Trout
Rating: 5
Fished: 3/9/2019
Hot Spots: 0
Went out to American Saturday to check out some smallmouth action and changed the plan after figuring out that all the fish on the graph were Rainbow trout. I had the pleasure of hooking up with Tim a...