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By: KevinS
Posted: 4/2/2017
Species: Smallmouth Bass
Rating: 1
Fished: 4/1/2017
Hot Spots: 0
Finally got out for the first time this year. Was rainy at time and windy. Watched a couple of bass follow my fluke and one took a bite at the tail just a few feet from the boat. At least I caught ...
By: headhunter2
Posted: 3/26/2017
Species: Kokanee
Rating: 1
Fished: 3/25/2017
Hot Spots: 0
Hit the lake today, first time in a few years for me. Got on the water at 11 after meeting with members of Northwes fishing partners registery for a meet and greet. Had both down riggers down pullin...
By: FishingManiac
Posted: 3/26/2017
Species: Rainbow Trout
Rating: 2
Fished: 3/26/2017
Hot Spots: 0
My dad and I have fished American 3 times in the last week. The last two times we have had to put in a lot of work trolling ( pop gear with a cowgirl spinner tipped with a nightcrawler) of the last th...
By: hlindsay
Posted: 3/23/2017
Species: Rainbow Trout
Rating: 1
Fished: 3/23/2017
Hot Spots: 0
Trolled from 2 to 4:30, 4 lines top to 25 ft, with all the regular stuff and maybe one hit. The line popped out of the clip but no fish. Nice day on the water for the first trip of the year.
By: Toni
Posted: 3/20/2017
Species: Rainbow Trout
Rating: 2
Fished: 3/19/2017
Hot Spots: 1
Of course, on one of the only dry sunny, albeit cold mornings, I had to work. But not until afternoon, so I met Glen and Cami at the WDFW boat launch at 8am. There were a lot of other people with the ...
By: ilikefish
Posted: 3/18/2017
Species: Kokanee
Rating: 1
Fished: 3/17/2017
Hot Spots: 0
Hit the lake after dropping the boy at school. Only bites I had were on worm/ wedding ring combo trailing dodger or flash lite and flatlined way back. Tried speeds from .6 to 1.7. Various depths on do...
By: cubmaster
Posted: 3/13/2017
Species: Rainbow Trout
Rating: 3
Fished: 3/12/2017
Hot Spots: 0
Went out yesterday morning to American lake for some Rainbow fishing. It is still a little early in the year but we wanted to try some trolling with our standard gear. The weather was good, about 45...
By: greenrowboat
Posted: 1/29/2017
Species: Rainbow Trout
Rating: 1
Fished: 1/23/2017
Hot Spots: 0
Captured some wildlife and fishermen/women. No fish. Gary
By: ilikefish
Posted: 1/24/2017
Species: Rainbow Trout
Rating: 1
Fished: 1/23/2017
Hot Spots: 0
Hit the water about 1130, was calm and sunny. Water temp 39-40. Trolled dick nite dodgers and hoochie combos. Got a few hits, but nothing stuck. I was just flat lining with about 100ft or so of line ...
By: salmonkiller
Posted: 11/15/2016
Species: Kokanee
Rating: 3
Fished: 11/13/2016
Hot Spots: 0
Fished American lake 11/13/2016.
Ended up getting 4 Kokanee and 1 Rainbow.
My girlfriend created a nice video of our adventure.
By: hlindsay
Posted: 11/10/2016
Species: Perch
Rating: 4
Fished: 11/8/2016
Hot Spots: 1
Fished from around 9 to 1, mostly just north of Beard Island in 40 FOW. Used drop shot type rig with jig for weight and hooks above. All with perch meat (I had one from the last trip to lake WA). It w...
By: Toni
Posted: 11/9/2016
Species: Kokanee
Rating: 3
Fished: 11/8/2016
Hot Spots: 2
Armed with information gleaned from Glen and Cami who caught on their vacation Thursday and Friday, I started fishing about 8:30am. It was sunny and the high was supposed to be 68. And it got there. ...
By: Toni
Posted: 10/23/2016
Species: Kokanee
Rating: 2
Fished: 10/22/2016
Hot Spots: 1
I was at the launch to meet Glen and Cami about 6:45am then I got a text saying that something was wrong with the truck and they were going to have to go back home. I told them I would stop by as I ha...
By: Blandfisherman
Posted: 10/9/2016
Species: Perch
Rating: 4
Fished: 10/9/2016
Hot Spots: 0
Took advantage of the Seahawks bye today. Took the new kayaks out on american. We're first going for bass. But drop shot with worm worked the best. Got onto a school of perch. Swisher to an trout magn...
By: Coffee
Posted: 9/25/2016
Species: Kokanee
Rating: 1
Fished: 9/23/2016
Hot Spots: 1
My 1st report!
This is my 1st time on this lake. Arrived there at 6:45AM, setup my Colorado XT pontoon, and was on the water around 7:20AM fishing for Kokanee. I left the lake at around 2PM with ju...
Posted: 9/23/2016
Species: Perch
Rating: 3
Fished: 9/22/2016
Hot Spots: 1
had a decent day at american at bills boathouse, had one rod with powerbait for trout, no bites water still too warm
the perch and bass were hitting pretty good dropshotting a nightcrawler , that is ...
By: Odin210
Posted: 9/20/2016
Species: Perch
Rating: 4
Fished: 9/16/2016
Hot Spots: 3
Bank fished the WDFW Boat Launch from 0830 to 0930 for perch and panfish (wouldn't have minded getting some trout/kokanee but water is still too warm for that). Did some fly and bubble around underwat...
By: billyl
Posted: 9/6/2016
Species: Kokanee
Rating: 3
Fished: 9/5/2016
Hot Spots: 1
Got the boat trailer fixed so it was off to the lake. It was cloudy, cool and windy for most of the day
with some sun breaks. Lost some at the boat but managed to net four. Slow bite.
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By: Toni
Posted: 9/4/2016
Species: Perch
Rating: 2
Fished: 9/4/2016
Hot Spots: 1
We got to the lake about 8:30. I saw that Glenn and Cami were fishing so I had to go find them to say hi. Motor was doing well. But while I was stopped it died. I couldn’t get it started again…for a ...
By: smokey34
Posted: 9/1/2016
Species: Kokanee
Rating: 3
Fished: 9/1/2016
Hot Spots: 2
Hit American by myself at 6:30 AM. Good action, but the lake seems devoid of 3 yr olds and this point. Lots of 2 yr fish, so it bodes well for next year, but a real puzzle. Has anyone seen any mature ...
By: Toni
Posted: 8/29/2016
Species: Kokanee
Rating: 3
Fished: 8/28/2016
Hot Spots: 1
I met with Glenn and Cami at 5:45am who brought their neighbor Leo along.
It was barely light with a gentle wind blowing. It was cloudy with the prediction of partly cloudy and low 70’s. Water tempe...
By: rflores13
Posted: 8/21/2016
Species: Smallmouth Bass
Rating: 5
Fished: 8/21/2016
Hot Spots: 0
My son and I hit the water about 7:15 this morning. He started with a rooster tail spinner and I used a 4" black and white shad colored grub, on a yellow and red eyed jig hook. We started around the i...
By: Dan360
Posted: 8/16/2016
Species: Smallmouth Bass
Rating: 4
Fished: 8/16/2016
Hot Spots: 0
Had a decent day on American Lake. Didn't give it 5 stars because we had to really work for our fish today, but the work was worth it as we ended up getting some really nice fish. Started the day ea...
By: eddiebishop
Posted: 8/9/2016
Species: Kokanee
Rating: 4
Fished: 8/7/2016
Hot Spots: 3
Fishing with my neighbor, Mike, we hit the WDFW launch at 6am in my classic 15' Glasspar sporting dual Evinrudes, 85 and 9.9, with Bimini top, which comes in handy on days like this when the rains com...
By: Dan360
Posted: 8/7/2016
Species: Smallmouth Bass
Rating: 5
Fished: 8/6/2016
Hot Spots: 0
Got a chance to fish American Lake for smallmouth and it was a blast. I haven't really fished for bass on this lake but figured they would be following summer patterns that I see on other lakes. Fou...