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By: Anonymous
Posted: 3/27/2003
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Rating: 2
Fished: 3/27/2003
Hot Spots: 0
This is a well-known trout lake but on this day no one would have known. A lot of small trout surfacing but only about six inchers. Spent about two hours from the boat using powerbait, spoons, and w...
By: Anonymous
Posted: 3/16/2003
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Rating: 2
Fished: 3/16/2003
Hot Spots: 0
We launched at American Lake Park at 6:30 am. We worked the West side of the lake using a Red and Silver Uncle Wes we didn't even mark a fish on the finder. We then turned our attention to the Northe...
By: Anonymous
Posted: 3/13/2003
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Rating: 1
Fished: 3/13/2003
Hot Spots: 0
I fished American Lake from 0900 to 1600. I tried marsh mellows, worms, combinations there of. I had a few bites though it was quite windy and I had trouble knowing when I had a bite. ( I wasn't going...
By: Anonymous
Posted: 3/6/2003
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Rating: 3
Fished: 3/6/2003
Hot Spots: 0
March 1, 2003 at the Camp Murray boat ramp American Lake in Pierce County, I met Michael L.
Williams. He is the Real Property Manager at Camp Murray, WA. He was at the ramp checking Access Tags on
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By: Anonymous
Posted: 2/27/2003
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Rating: 1
Fished: 2/27/2003
Hot Spots: 0
I think I'm being punished for getting a little too cocky. Humble pie taste pretty bad with my skunks. Trolled all my favorites plus trying a bunch of other stuff. I just couldn't buy a bite. Yes, Ame...
By: Anonymous
Posted: 2/20/2003
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Rating: 2
Fished: 2/20/2003
Hot Spots: 0
Fished 8 hrs lots of wind water temp 46 degrees light rain trolled with pop gear and a wedding ring only caught one rainbow eight inches released
back to water.
By: Anonymous
Posted: 2/4/2003
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Rating: 4
Fished: 2/4/2003
Hot Spots: 0
Got on the water about 4 O clock this afternoon. A little breeze was blowing as I made my first cast with my 8 weight Lamiglass and a marabou streamer. Shook out most of the clear intermediate line be...
By: Anonymous
Posted: 1/19/2003
Species: Rainbow Trout
Rating: 3
Fished: 1/19/2003
Hot Spots: 0
I caught one 14 inch rainbow. Floating a worm with corky 3 feet off the bottom. The fish jumped next to the boat and smacked his face. A good time and a great fighter. I really appreciate American Lak...
By: Anonymous
Posted: 1/19/2003
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Rating: 5
Fished: 1/19/2003
Hot Spots: 0
Arrived at WDFW boat launch around 10:00 a.m. First thing, my partner rigged up an egg siker set up(18" leader) with orange, chartruese, and white power eggs and hooked into a fat 14" rainbow about 30...
By: Anonymous
Posted: 1/19/2003
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Rating: 1
Fished: 1/19/2003
Hot Spots: 0
Did I fish the same American Lake that Wayne reported on about a week ago??? I took my son there yesterday and we trolled for about 3 hours. We never touched a fish, or even SAW one on our sonar! T...
By: Anonymous
Posted: 1/15/2003
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Rating: 4
Fished: 1/15/2003
Hot Spots: 0
Flyfisherguy must have gone to a different lake. I got in 1.5 hours on Wednesday afternoon resulting in 3 fish, largest 18 inches. Today was a bit slower, took 5 hours to catch 5 fish. I don't use a s...
By: Anonymous
Posted: 1/13/2003
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Rating: 2
Fished: 1/13/2003
Hot Spots: 0
Got on the lake at about 11am, very foggy couldn't see but five feet, went over to the marina and still-fished about 50 yards out. Used a bobber with rainbow powerbait about 8 feet down. One nibble al...
By: Anonymous
Posted: 1/9/2003
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Rating: 5
Fished: 1/9/2003
Hot Spots: 0
American Lake is off to another great year. I spent about 2 hours on the lake today trolling a plug, and the rainbows just won't stay off! I'd get at least one strike each pass I make. Must be a littl...
By: Anonymous
Posted: 10/4/2002
Species: Rainbow Trout
Rating: 2
Fished: 10/4/2002
Hot Spots: 0
Me and a buddy of mine got to the lake around 3 and launched the boat off the public launch. Got over to the log jamb around 3:30. Tried using everything from worms, to maggots to the arsenal of powe...
By: Anonymous
Posted: 9/18/2002
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Rating: 3
Fished: 9/18/2002
Hot Spots: 0
Put in at the state launch by the National Guard base, at approx 0630. Picked up two Rainbows (10" and 11") and lost a third, flatlining a silver Dick Nite. All three were hit on the other side of the...
By: Anonymous
Posted: 8/24/2002
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Rating: 4
Fished: 8/24/2002
Hot Spots: 0
Me and my friend took our sons(10 year olds) out to Bill's. We rented the big pontoon boat and was told to head over to Johnsons Landing.
We got there and there were only two other boats around. We d...
By: Anonymous
Posted: 8/23/2002
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Rating: 1
Fished: 8/23/2002
Hot Spots: 0
Took the kids out to Bill's for the first time, they loved the vintage boats and the lunker pool, but no fish today. Only a few were caught off the dock and they were small. Most of the fish caught we...
By: Anonymous
Posted: 8/20/2002
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Rating: 4
Fished: 8/20/2002
Hot Spots: 0
Started at 6:30 a.m. at the public launch. Trolled over to the airplane hanger and had 4 kokes by 8:30. Nice, thick fish. Biggest went 18". I was trolling with lead core line, down 2 colors. I was us...
By: Anonymous
Posted: 8/14/2002
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Rating: 5
Fished: 8/14/2002
Hot Spots: 0
Well MR. Sanchez and TODD, If you didn't just slaughter the trout in the colvert or of the log boom ,you would have to be a very sorry fisherman. MY buddy and I caught well over 100 trout and released...
By: Anonymous
Posted: 8/12/2002
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Rating: 5
Fished: 8/12/2002
Hot Spots: 0
Started out at 5:30 a.m. Started with a gang troll and an apex kokanee killer. Went down 3 colors out from the boat launch in 60 feet of water. Tipped my rig with white shoepeg corn. Trolled out past ...
By: Anonymous
Posted: 8/8/2002
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Rating: 5
Fished: 8/8/2002
Hot Spots: 0
Hello my fellow fisherman!
Its your local on American:)
I arrived at BILLS BOAT HOUSE at 10:30 a.m.
My friend Chia and I rented a Row boat cuz no boat and motor
available.It sux! anyways We went o...
By: Anonymous
Posted: 7/30/2002
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Rating: 5
Fished: 7/30/2002
Hot Spots: 0
Hurry while it is hot my fellow fisherman,
This lake is wonderful, The Rainbows are so abundant.
Well it was an EASY day of fishing.
My friend Todd and myself went out to the culvert about 6:00p.m....
By: Anonymous
Posted: 7/27/2002
Species: Rainbow Trout
Rating: 5
Fished: 7/27/2002
Hot Spots: 0
Hello Again!:)
Well I started the day at Bill's Boat House At Approximately 7:00 A.M.
There was quite an overcast, but the weather man said it would burn up by the afternoon and get to be about 75 d...
By: Anonymous
Posted: 7/27/2002
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Rating: 5
Fished: 7/27/2002
Hot Spots: 0
Showed up on the south side boat launch about 9:00 am. Rowed out to the drop off between the two small islands and limited out on rainbows in an hour and a half. Crawler with no weight seemed to...
By: Anonymous
Posted: 7/27/2002
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Rating: 5
Fished: 7/27/2002
Hot Spots: 0
Launched from the DFW ramp about 8:30, rowed out (no motor) about 250 feet to ~40' of water, and dropped anchor. We tossed a 1/2 worm with no weight (besides the swivel), and around 18" of leader. Had...
