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By: hlindsay
Posted: 5/6/2013
Species: Rainbow Trout
Rating: 3
Fished: 5/5/2013
Hot Spots: 0
Fished from 615 to 1030. Went from the WDFW ramp to the VA hops. up the W side over to the E side down to Little American. Got 5 lost 1 for two of us no real hot spots it was a long time between stri...
By: NITRO 175
Posted: 5/5/2013
Species: Smallmouth Bass
Rating: 4
Fished: 5/4/2013
Hot Spots: 0
My daughter and I went to American Lake we started fishing for trout because she likes to do that first. Then, she got bored, and we started bass fishing for a few hours. I caught three smallies. She ...
By: Toni
Posted: 5/1/2013
Species: Kokanee
Rating: 4
Fished: 5/1/2013
Hot Spots: 1
Well, I just couldn’t resist the temptation to join Jerry for an excursion on American Lake. I donated a paddle for the next time his batteries die. The batteries died just after an hour of using the...
By: Nitrosteve
Posted: 4/28/2013
Species: Rainbow Trout
Rating: 3
Fished: 4/28/2013
Hot Spots: 2
Happy Sunday to all!
After having a good run with the Kokes last year, I wanted to see if the bite has turned on yet at American.
I checked the weather reports and anticipated another windy day...
By: SoDakboy
Posted: 4/27/2013
Species: Rainbow Trout
Rating: 2
Fished: 4/27/2013
Hot Spots: 0
Had a late start because I had to dink around with my trailer lights. Got on the water around 1130. Anchored out north of Picnic Point, no luck. Headed to east of the seaplane launch before the shore ...
By: MotoBoat
Posted: 4/25/2013
Species: Rainbow Trout
Rating: 5
Fished: 4/21/2013
Hot Spots: 3
Fishing? Word is I took a vet fishing on American Lake. Never fished there before. Word from down there. Was the boat house was cutting loose some pen raised trout. 13" or so in size, and fat!
W...
By: salmonbarry
Posted: 4/25/2013
Species: Kokanee
Rating: 5
Fished: 4/25/2013
Hot Spots: 0
What a beautiful day! Couldn't help myself so had to get home and get the boat and head to American again as we don't get too many days like this~ Launched about 1pm and headed across towards the VA...
By: ricker
Posted: 4/25/2013
Species: Kokanee
Rating: 5
Fished: 4/25/2013
Hot Spots: 0
Brother in law and I hooked up the pontoon boat and headed to American today got on the lake at 12:30 started right of the boat launch fish had the first one in the boat by 1:00 headed down the north ...
By: salmonbarry
Posted: 4/24/2013
Species: Kokanee
Rating: 5
Fished: 4/23/2013
Hot Spots: 0
Worked hard today to get done and grab the Tin Cup in hopes of getting to American lake to take a shot at the 6500 1lb bows released and hopefully a kokanee or 2! I decided to try the float plane boa...
By: Nangusdog
Posted: 4/23/2013
Species: Rainbow Trout
Rating: 5
Fished: 4/21/2013
Hot Spots: 2
Hit American Lake in my Kayak after work last night trolling pink pattern wedding rings tipped with "anise flavored" corn along the Eastern shore from Mike's up to the Country Club. Had one rod on a d...
By: jd39
Posted: 4/22/2013
Species: Rainbow Trout
Rating: 4
Fished: 4/21/2013
Hot Spots: 0
So after fishing for lings at Neah Bay on Saturday I dragged myself out of bed at 5:30am on Sunday to go chase rainbows around American with another buddy using my boat. Was really hoping for kokanee...
By: scarlin
Posted: 4/21/2013
Species: Rainbow Trout
Rating: 4
Fished: 4/21/2013
Hot Spots: 0
A little windy with a few drops of rain falling but not a bad time. I went south on the lake and trolled with spinning bait. i was out there for over 2 hours before i got this big one on the line. I d...
By: fishtremble
Posted: 4/21/2013
Species: Rainbow Trout
Rating: 1
Fished: 4/20/2013
Hot Spots: 0
I tried some fishing at American Lake, on base, at the Russell Landing. Shoreline Park was closed. It was overcast, with a little wind. The fishing calendar rated it a poor day. I got there at 11:...
By: robrose77
Posted: 4/20/2013
Species: Kokanee
Rating: 2
Fished: 4/20/2013
Hot Spots: 0
Super windy out...got on the water about 2pm. Hard to troll a strait line with the wind. finally hooked up on a large kokanee about 45 minutes into my ordeal on the southside of the island and out o...
By: Toni
Posted: 4/15/2013
Species: Kokanee
Rating: 3
Fished: 4/15/2013
Hot Spots: 3
I arrived at the lake close to 11am and first trout was in the boat about 11:30 on the south side of the island just about Bill’s Boathouse area. Around 13 foot down. It was on the Dick Nite Chrome Cl...
By: Nangusdog
Posted: 4/14/2013
Species: Rainbow Trout
Rating: 3
Fished: 4/14/2013
Hot Spots: 3
Got a late start this AM but was on American lake around 10:00. Flatline trolled along the west shoreline from Russel's Landing all the way to up to the Tacoma Country Club. Had several fish on but on...
By: salmonbarry
Posted: 4/11/2013
Species: Kokanee
Rating: 2
Fished: 4/11/2013
Hot Spots: 0
The only reason I rated this a 2 is because we live is such a wonderful state where you can work all day then be able to go out and spend a beautiful evening on a lake and maybe catch a fish or two! ...
By: Mong_fisherman
Posted: 4/11/2013
Species: Rainbow Trout
Rating: 2
Fished: 4/10/2013
Hot Spots: 0
Decided to hit American Lake after getting off work at 3:30 pm. Windy as heck which made fishing difficult. Caught an 11-12" 'bow that put up a good fight and nearly took my rod off the dock. Compl...
By: blurock
Posted: 4/10/2013
Species: Rainbow Trout
Rating: 3
Fished: 4/8/2013
Hot Spots: 1
Well after a dismal start to the year, with a wrecked truck, and my boat torn apart for a month longer than I expected while switching from center console to a tiller, I've finally gotten back in the ...
By: salmonbarry
Posted: 4/9/2013
Species: Kokanee
Rating: 5
Fished: 4/9/2013
Hot Spots: 0
So today being the calm before the storm, I really wanted to get out today to American lake for a shot at my first Kokanee there in 2 years. Got to the launch at around 4:30 and started my troll acr...
By: larryw
Posted: 4/8/2013
Species: Rainbow Trout
Rating: 5
Fished: 4/8/2013
Hot Spots: 0
Tom and I hit the lake about 2:30 with not much going on. Trolled over by the Lakewood boat dock
and started picking up a few trout.We used pop gear with a red wedding ring and night crawler. Trolled...
By: Toni
Posted: 4/8/2013
Species: Kokanee
Rating: 1
Fished: 4/8/2013
Hot Spots: 0
This was my first venture out by myself this year. In old Ol’ Girl.
It was overcast and breezy which made it feel cold. Only a few short sprinkles the whole time I was out there from 12-3pm.
I had ...
By: remy13
Posted: 4/7/2013
Species: Rainbow Trout
Rating: 4
Fished: 4/7/2013
Hot Spots: 0
Fished american from 10:00 am to 1:00 pm. Water was pretty rough, but I stayed pretty dry. Trolled the north end. Used pink hootchie with corn and gold flatfish. They were hitting both. I used 3/4 oun...
By: Nangusdog
Posted: 4/7/2013
Species: Rainbow Trout
Rating: 3
Fished: 4/7/2013
Hot Spots: 0
Weather was rainy and windy but I just couldn't stay home so I threw the kayak on the Jeep and hit American lake. Got on the water around 8:00 and fished in the cold rain for about three hours flatlin...
By: salmonbarry
Posted: 4/2/2013
Species: Rainbow Trout
Rating: 5
Fished: 4/2/2013
Hot Spots: 0
So since this was the 1 year anniversary of my 5lb 25" trout from American lake ( you can see last years post!) I really wanted to get out and try it again after 2 dismal days on Lake Wa.
I had ...