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By: my87
Posted: 7/26/2014
Species: Perch
Rating: 3
Fished: 7/26/2014
Hot Spots: 0
not a bad day,perch were far and few,got 11.2 were 12 in,thanks for the feed back on my report on spanaway lake the other day.I think its a real live point Wilson dart...lol
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Posted: 7/24/2014
Species: Kokanee
Rating: 1
Fished: 7/24/2014
Hot Spots: 0
Arrived at the lake at 4:30 p.m., would have arrived sooner but got stuck in heavy traffic. The wind was blowing pretty good but not so bad that I couldn't manage my porta-bote with my electric motor....
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By: the doc
Posted: 7/21/2014
Species: Perch
Rating: 3
Fished: 7/20/2014
Hot Spots: 0
kokanee kid and i took my boat to american. arrived about 830 am, and began scouting for some perch. seems nearly everyplace we tried, produces a few perch. all about 8-9 inches. no larg...
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Posted: 7/19/2014
Species: Rainbow Trout
Rating: 4
Fished: 7/19/2014
Hot Spots: 3
I went out initially for Kokanee, but ended up catching some nice rainbows. I caught one 17" and a 12" on downrigger at about 35 feet. I also have noted on the finder schools of perch around 30 to 35 ...
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By: bassman72
Posted: 7/14/2014
Species: Perch
Rating: 3
Fished: 7/14/2014
Hot Spots: 0
After reading another post about perch at American I decided to give it a go. Didn't get out till noon fortunately it was overcast and not hot YET. Only caught 5 but they were all over 13 in. All cau...
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By: my87
Posted: 7/12/2014
Species: Perch
Rating: 3
Fished: 7/12/2014
Hot Spots: 0
best 4 of 11,nice to see others after the perch,better in the mornings,slow but their nice size.25 -35ft deep on jig head and 4in power worm-black.see you on the water...
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By: my87
Posted: 7/6/2014
Species: Perch
Rating: 5
Fished: 7/6/2014
Hot Spots: 1
nice day on the lake.got 16 perch.all on a jig head(1/4oz)with 4in cut tail worm.
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By: Toni
Posted: 7/4/2014
Species: Kokanee
Rating: 1
Fished: 7/4/2014
Hot Spots: 0
We were fishing at the north end of the lake by 5:30am. It was a slow day for my brother, Kim, and myself. We ended with keeping 4 rainbows releasing a couple and I lost a kokanee at the boat. They...
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By: Toni
Posted: 7/1/2014
Species: Rock Bass
Rating: 4
Fished: 6/30/2014
Hot Spots: 1
American Lake 6-30-14 Well you know the saying about best laid plans...that is what happened on June 30th when I planned on taking my grandkids and Kim (pinkpole) fishing at American Lake. When we ...
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By: hlindsay
Posted: 7/1/2014
Species: Perch
Rating: 3
Fished: 7/1/2014
Hot Spots: 0
Fished Little American from 7 to 1030 this morning. Fished from near shore to 30 ft. Got 6 perch and 2 rock bass. We were using worms and jigs and worms alone. The most hits came on a white jig, and ...
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By: Fish Dawg
Posted: 6/29/2014
Species: Kokanee
Rating: 2
Fished: 6/22/2014
Hot Spots: 1
Took my buddy Mark along for a koke trip to American. After a shore side boat inspection by Pierce County's finest we were on the water about 0630 and had lines in the water shortly thereafter. Cli...
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By: Chasingos
Posted: 6/29/2014
Species: Kokanee
Rating: 3
Fished: 6/29/2014
Hot Spots: 0
Decided to hit American Lake, was on the water by 05:45. Trying to get these Kokanee dialed in as I have not caught many. A month or so ago I attended a seminar put on by Toni at the PSA meeting. Lear...
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By: Cambo89
Posted: 6/29/2014
Species: Rainbow Trout
Rating: 3
Fished: 6/27/2014
Hot Spots: 0
Went to American Lake again to try the trout fishing. Got there around 6 pm and stayed till it was dark and had to leave. It was raining pretty nasty when we first arrived but soon cleared up for good...
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Posted: 6/26/2014
Species: Rainbow Trout
Rating: 5
Fished: 6/26/2014
Hot Spots: 1
Got my first limit of trout. Got my game plan down. Just playing the numbers game now. One of these days I'm gonna get a multi pounder out of there.
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Posted: 6/22/2014
Species: Rainbow Trout
Rating: 4
Fished: 6/22/2014
Hot Spots: 1
Went out for a little bit because my buddy called. Out on the trail off to the left of Shoreline Park. I only caught one but my buddies caught 7 between the two of them. I was only there 20 - 30 mins....
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Posted: 6/22/2014
Species: Kokanee
Rating: 2
Fished: 6/21/2014
Hot Spots: 0
Started out about 1030 am from the WDFG ramp, and was it really busy! we started across to the VA side and set up. trolled around a little and trolled across to the North of Silcox and stopped to che...
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By: Cambo89
Posted: 6/21/2014
Species: Rainbow Trout
Rating: 3
Fished: 6/21/2014
Hot Spots: 0
Seemed like a good day to try fishing a new lake with my girlfriend, so we went to American lake. We fished from the shore area by the Camp Murray side. There was probably 10 others fishing along the...
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By: Hunter757
Posted: 6/21/2014
Species: Kokanee
Rating: 5
Fished: 6/20/2014
Hot Spots: 3
My son who just graduated high school last week wanted to get some fishing in so we hooked up the boat and headed to American for some kokanee. Got there around 11 am or so and headed straight across...
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Posted: 6/21/2014
Species: Rainbow Trout
Rating: 4
Fished: 6/20/2014
Hot Spots: 1
Went 3 for 5 on chartreuse power bait out at Russells Landing. Best day I've had so far. One day I'm gonna limit. Hitting it early tomorrow.
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By: ricker
Posted: 6/19/2014
Species: Kokanee
Rating: 5
Fished: 6/19/2014
Hot Spots: 0
My brother inlaw and I hit american lake this morning we got on the lake at 5 am we went to the north side of the island at 40 ft i put 00 dodger half & half with pink hoochie and stacked at 30ft with...
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By: hlindsay
Posted: 6/19/2014
Species: Kokanee
Rating: 3
Fished: 6/19/2014
Hot Spots: 3
Got on the water at 5:30 fished till 11:30. An orange wiggle hoochie and a sling blade with green (in there picture) was the lure that got most of the fish and hits. The other two lures in the pictur...
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By: Hunter757
Posted: 6/18/2014
Species: Kokanee
Rating: 5
Fished: 6/18/2014
Hot Spots: 1
Well hit the lake today in search of more kokanee. Started out motoring to the north side of silcox and drop the gear. Hooked into a few RB at first so change up the colors and had a nice take down ...
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By: Hunter757
Posted: 6/18/2014
Species: Kokanee
Rating: 4
Fished: 6/17/2014
Hot Spots: 3
Well now the stink is off my boat....holy crap took long enough but made it happen yesterday. I arrived at 12:45 pm and got in the water and fishing right away headed right across the launch and drop...
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By: kokapaw
Posted: 6/15/2014
Species: Kokanee
Rating: 2
Fished: 6/15/2014
Hot Spots: 3
Launched about 5:30 am, loaded about 10:45 am. Lost about 10 bows at the boat 3 very nice ones, lost two kokes at the boat,1 dink and one 15" plus, netted one 16 incher for the barby.Fished the Va , ...
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By: Mr Fitten
Posted: 6/14/2014
Species: Kokanee
Rating: 2
Fished: 6/14/2014
Hot Spots: 3
Mr. Fitten went fitten. On the lake about 0530. Had a nice football in the boat on the first troll. I used a 00 dodger in pink and chartreuse, bout 16 inches of leader, and a chartreuse koke a nut plu...
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