Another good day at American Lake, trout fishing seems to be picking up. Got out to lake around 9:00 A.M. and caught 3 rainbows right off the bat with orange power bait about 3 feet off the bottom. Also caught about 30 or 40 perch, must be spawing time because they were hitting nightcrawlers and shrimp as soon as the line reached the bottom. Rock bass and sunfish were hitting in abundance also but released them all. On a more dissapointing note I saw fishermen pulling up some trout with what appeared the equivalent of "sea lice" on a good number of trout. Not sure what is causing it but it was all over the trout's bodies and gills.

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