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American Fishing Reports

By: resorter
Posted: 11/30/2014
Species: Rainbow Trout
Rating: 5
Fished: 11/30/2014
Hot Spots: 1
Gorgeous day on American Lake. Two of my brother and me got on the lake by 9am and fished the north end picking up three 1 1/2 lbs trout then we trolled over to the south end of the island and hit th...
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By: Dave M
Posted: 11/27/2014
Species: Rainbow Trout
Rating: 1
Fished: 11/26/2014
Hot Spots: 0
Heard they dumped a few thousand 1 to 1.5 pounders and about 700 in the 3-5 pound range near Bills Boathouse.We hit the park just north I think of the boat house. No Joy.
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By: Hunter757
Posted: 11/20/2014
Species: Kokanee
Rating: 2
Fished: 11/20/2014
Hot Spots: 0
Well went out today to try my luck, arrived at 1 pm and started trolling in the 20-35ft range using two poles. I had a few drive by's and then the pole doubles over and its fish on. Took my time as ...
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By: bassman72
Posted: 11/18/2014
Species: Perch
Rating: 4
Fished: 11/16/2014
Hot Spots: 0
Took the kids out after the Hawks game. Caught a bunch of perch. found schools in the 38-40 ft range. kept about 20 nice ones for dinner. The bight was best just before sunset. The kids had a blast ev...
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By: Fishsean
Posted: 11/17/2014
Species: Rainbow Trout
Rating: 3
Fished: 11/15/2014
Hot Spots: 0
Went American with my son for a little trout fishing. Got to lake just before noon. Over near Bills boat house hooked a nice rainbow using garlic marshmallows on a 3 ft leader on the bottom. Caught a ...
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By: billyl
Posted: 11/15/2014
Species: Rainbow Trout
Rating: 3
Fished: 11/11/2014
Hot Spots: 0
Started around 8am cold and windy. The lake was angry that day. We tried trolling for Kokes for about hour or so just too windy to keep the boat straight. Motored into little American and better cond...
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By: Toni
Posted: 11/11/2014
Species: Kokanee
Rating: 2
Fished: 11/10/2014
Hot Spots: 0
I went with Kokanee_Skayer on American where we started fishing about 6:30am. We stopped around 10:30. Any bite we had stopped about 9am. He got 4 and I got 2. One of his I brought home, it was a 9.5...
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By: bassman72
Posted: 11/11/2014
Species: Perch
Rating: 4
Fished: 11/10/2014
Hot Spots: 0
Now that elk season is over it was time to get back to fishing and to break in the new sonar units I installed on the boat. (Lowrance elite 5 HDI on on the bow and one on the console). I actually w...
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By: Toni
Posted: 11/2/2014
Species: Kokanee
Rating: 2
Fished: 11/2/2014
Hot Spots: 1
I started fishing about 7:30am. Changed gear a few times. Got hits on Dick Nite Pink Splatter dodger with a Wannafish A Lure Mini Squiddy Thank Pink and 0/0 mooching dodger with a new lure I hope to ...
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Posted: 11/2/2014
Species: Kokanee
Rating: 1
Fished: 11/1/2014
Hot Spots: 0
Got a late start. Launched the boat, got the motors running, and the fishfinder glitched. We had to fish without a fishfinder, which was hard. Saw a few jump, and thats about it. What color dodgers an...
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Posted: 11/1/2014
Species: Kokanee
Rating: 3
Fished: 11/1/2014
Hot Spots: 0
Rain finally stopped so I launched at American Lake. Hooked this nice koke on an orange Mepps spinner in 35 feet of water. Hooked and released two nice rainbows at 14 inches. After fishing Spokane ...
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By: Toni
Posted: 10/27/2014
Species: Kokanee
Rating: 2
Fished: 10/27/2014
Hot Spots: 2
My plans were to fish Lake Washington but they fell through so I went closer to home. This is good because I needed to mow the lawn! I got to the lake around 7:30am and there were only 2 other rigs....
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By: Hunter757
Posted: 10/7/2014
Species: Kokanee
Rating: 4
Fished: 10/7/2014
Hot Spots: 0
Well, Its been some time and figured I would post up a report as I have been out twice in the last two weeks but only came home with one fish each time a little rusty....lol. Anyway hit the lak...
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By: pinkpole
Posted: 10/4/2014
Species: Kokanee
Rating: 3
Fished: 10/4/2014
Hot Spots: 0
Wannafish and I were on the water by 7:30 am and off about noon. One TROUT!!!! On a bloody mary at about 20 feet down. Tried still fishing the last hour. Decided to quit when one jumped out of the...
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By: smokey34
Posted: 10/2/2014
Species: Kokanee
Rating: 4
Fished: 10/2/2014
Hot Spots: 0
Nice day on the water in my new (for me) Arima sea hunter. 3 quick Kokes about 7 AM, including a double hook-up. Quiet s soon as the sun hits the water. Favorite sep-up is swing blade in green and h...
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By: my87
Posted: 9/14/2014
Species: Perch
Rating: 5
Fished: 9/14/2014
Hot Spots: 0
gave the rivers a rest,so went perch fishing.found them in 30 ft to 34 ft deep.got 16 all nice size.pictured is the bait and location..<
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By: micahgee
Posted: 9/14/2014
Species: Kokanee
Rating: 3
Fished: 9/14/2014
Hot Spots: 0
Took my kayak out to American lake at daybreak for a couple hours of trolling for Kokanee. Fishing was slow for me, after a couple hours I missed 2 hits on wiggle hoochies ~30 feet down on the downrig...
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Posted: 9/11/2014
Species: Kokanee
Rating: 5
Fished: 9/7/2014
Hot Spots: 0
Kokanee is hot on American Lake right now. The rain has brought cooler water temps by a little and the fish seem to be feeding later in the morning now. The best bite is still at day break but goes un...
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Posted: 8/27/2014
Species: Kokanee
Rating: 4
Fished: 8/26/2014
Hot Spots: 0
Second time out for Kokanee. Caught a big kokanee, missed another, and a rainbow trout. The kokanee was 17 inches and almost two pounds.
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Posted: 8/17/2014
Species: Kokanee
Rating: 3
Fished: 8/17/2014
Hot Spots: 1
Went out to catch some kokanee. First time ever fishing for them, we got a 16" kokanee and a 13 " rainbow trout. Lost a kokanee at the boat. Trolled almost straight out from the launch. Caught a good ...
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By: hlindsay
Posted: 8/11/2014
Species: Kokanee
Rating: 3
Fished: 8/11/2014
Hot Spots: 1
Got on the water about 5:30, fished the south end of the lake with lines from 20 to 35 ft, depth varied, mostly on the west side of the lake. Got 2 koi and 1 RBT in the boat by around 7:00. Lost 1 and...
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By: DavidA
Posted: 8/11/2014
Species: Largemouth Bass
Rating: 2
Fished: 8/9/2014
Hot Spots: 0
This was only my second trip to American, it being over an hour away from where I live, but when I was there last, I was really impressed. I only got a bunch of small rock bass, and the wind was blowi...
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By: Rob55
Posted: 8/2/2014
Species: Other
Rating: 3
Fished: 8/2/2014
Hot Spots: 1
I haven't been fishing in over a year. Just moved to JBLM from Maryland. My son said daddy teach me to fish. Went to American lake, got a boaters card and fishing license. Movers creamed my micro spin...
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By: hlindsay
Posted: 7/31/2014
Species: Kokanee
Rating: 2
Fished: 7/31/2014
Hot Spots: 2
fished from 530 to 10. 2 Kok, 1 RBT, 3 missed hits. Wiggle hoochie was the only thing that got hits. I started with one behind a sling blade and ended up with 3 rods out of 4 with wiggle hoochies. Tip...
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By: Toni
Posted: 7/30/2014
Species: Perch
Rating: 3
Fished: 7/28/2014
Hot Spots: 1
I took my grandkids fishing today with Kim's (pinkpole) help. We went fast to one end of the lake then fast to the other end where we fished in Little American. I may have ruined it by going fast firs...
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