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American Fishing Reports

American
By: 502300
Posted: 9/8/2017
Species: Smallmouth Bass
Rating: 3
Fished: 9/2/2017
Hot Spots: 0
Sorry for the late report I was really busy. Went to American in search for some SMB. Started with a wacky rig tried a crank bait. Lots of weeds. Fished deeper docks. Caught about 3 SMB and about 4 ro...
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American
By: ArrowNaughtic
Posted: 8/22/2017
Species: Kokanee
Rating: 4
Fished: 8/20/2017
Hot Spots: 1
Launched at 8 a.m and went straight over in front of VA Hospital. Put the downrigger down at 40 ft and trolled at one mile per hour. Did not hook a Kokanee that I am aware of but limited out on trout ...
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American
By: Toni
Posted: 8/6/2017
Species: Kokanee
Rating: 1
Fished: 8/6/2017
Hot Spots: 0
I went to the lake to learn my new electric motor. Got there about 7:30am. It was hazy overcast from the fires in Canada and it was going to be in the mid 80’s today. The water temperature was 75.7 de...
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American
By: Toni
Posted: 7/29/2017
Species: Rainbow Trout
Rating: 1
Fished: 7/29/2017
Hot Spots: 0
This was really a tryout of the new motors and maybe catch something. I had my grandson with me. Big motor started. Great. Turned the fish finder on. Nothing. Tried the downriggers. Nothing. Bilge pum...
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American
By: 502300
Posted: 7/5/2017
Species: Other
Rating: 4
Fished: 7/5/2017
Hot Spots: 0
Went to American on a short notice. and started with a wacky rig looking for bass. But just rock bass would grab the tail, so I switched to a white trout maggnet and caught about 10 rock bass then I c...
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American
By: joeortega
Posted: 7/2/2017
Species: Kokanee
Rating: 4
Fished: 7/2/2017
Hot Spots: 0
Had a mixture of fish today
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American
By: nerka nailer
Posted: 6/6/2017
Species: Kokanee
Rating: 2
Fished: 6/6/2017
Hot Spots: 0
I slept in today and then decided to go fishing. I arrived at American at 10:30. I hit the water and marked a lot of fish. However the bite seemed to be over. I trolled several different lures, nerka...
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American
By: PouserKeith
Posted: 6/5/2017
Species: Kokanee
Rating: 2
Fished: 6/4/2017
Hot Spots: 1
Short version:. Caught only one 17" unclipped Kokanee at 1:30'ish on Sunday afternoon. Arrived in the early afternoon (Sunday) to try to target Kokanee, having only fished here once before on Frid...
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American
By: Toni
Posted: 6/4/2017
Species: Kokanee
Rating: 2
Fished: 6/3/2017
Hot Spots: 0
I went with Glen and Cami that morning. Fishing started about 6am. The water temperature was 65 almost 66 degrees. There was a steady breeze which the weather report said was 5mph. This made the cloud...
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American
By: crawfishman
Posted: 5/31/2017
Species: Rainbow Trout
Rating: 4
Fished: 5/27/2017
Hot Spots: 0
Took my girlfriend out for her first early morning fishing trip, and brought along a couple other fishing buddies that I haven't seen in ages. Got to Bill's Boathouse around 6:15, started fishing arou...
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American
By: Big Smooth
Posted: 5/30/2017
Species: Smallmouth Bass
Rating: 3
Fished: 5/28/2017
Hot Spots: 0
I hit the water late hoping to test out the new kicker on some jokes. What a ZOO! Launched and started to head out and quickly figured it was not the day to test the waters, so I headed to the south e...
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American
By: Claybuster
Posted: 5/29/2017
Species: Kokanee
Rating: 4
Fished: 5/29/2017
Hot Spots: 0
First time on American this year. Got 3 in the boat, released one of them. 18 feet on the downrigger seemed to be the spot over by the VA hospital. Used the 50/50 gold tooth with corn mixed with tu...
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American
By: Mr Fitten
Posted: 5/25/2017
Species: Smallmouth Bass
Rating: 4
Fished: 5/20/2017
Hot Spots: 0
Headed out at the crack of dawn to do some fitten fir smallies. Did well around docks and beds. Throwin slow sinking bates. Nice warm day.
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American
By: majorgbailey
Posted: 5/24/2017
Species: Kokanee
Rating: 4
Fished: 5/22/2017
Hot Spots: 0
On the water at 5:15 to test theory that kokanee only bite early morning hours. Downriggers set at 25 feet, set-back 25 feet using trolling motor for 1.2mph. Lures were pink wedding rings with pink ...
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American
By: Toni
Posted: 5/23/2017
Species: Rainbow Trout
Rating: 2
Fished: 5/22/2017
Hot Spots: 1
I got to the lake about 5:30am to fish and test my motor out. After launching the big motor started very quick. Let it idle a little then went out to see if it would go fast again. It did! I starte...
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American
By: hlindsay
Posted: 5/22/2017
Species: Rainbow Trout
Rating: 2
Fished: 5/22/2017
Hot Spots: 0
fished from 6:30 to 10:00 with only one small RBT on pink wedding ring and pink splatter dodger at around 20'. Tried lots of the usual stuff one other hit on a triple teaser tipped with a worm, Nice d...
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American
By: Dillarb
Posted: 5/14/2017
Species: Rainbow Trout
Rating: 5
Fished: 5/12/2017
Hot Spots: 0
Launched at the park and was fishing at 7:30am. Trolled around the island and got my first fish in front of the boathouse at 8:30, circled around and got a second. Had four fish in the boat by 9:30, c...
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American
By: ilikefish
Posted: 5/11/2017
Species: Kokanee
Rating: 4
Fished: 5/10/2017
Hot Spots: 0
Started at 0900 off the water at 1300. Used various sling blade hoochie combos, but krill sent was #1. The magic depth was around 18 ft. Ended with 3 kokes and a double eye hooked rainbow. Lost so man...
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American
By: Toni
Posted: 5/9/2017
Species: Kokanee
Rating: 2
Fished: 5/9/2017
Hot Spots: 0
I got to the lake bout 7am but didn’t start fishing until just before 8. I tried to get my big motor to start but it refused. The kicker did its job and I trolled for around 3 hours stopping at 11am....
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American
By: ArrowNaughtic
Posted: 5/7/2017
Species: Kokanee
Rating: 4
Fished: 5/7/2017
Hot Spots: 1
Launched at 7 30 this morning at the WDFW launch. Took my cousins son (16 yr old) with and went directly out in front of the island and started trolling wedding rings with pop gear. Went out 26 ft on...
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American
By: ilikefish
Posted: 5/6/2017
Species: Kokanee
Rating: 4
Fished: 5/6/2017
Hot Spots: 0
Launched at 0630, 3 Kokanee in the boat by 0800. Then had to grind out the last two fish, one a rainbow and the other a cutthroat. Trolling with the usual sling blades and hoochies tipped with corn. S...
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American
By: Bay wolf
Posted: 5/4/2017
Species: Rainbow Trout
Rating: 4
Fished: 5/3/2017
Hot Spots: 0
Launched a bit early at 4:30 p.m., but it gave us enough time to get things set up and relaxing into a good evening troll for some Rainbows. First line was on the down rigger set at 30 ft using a hal...
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American
By: ArrowNaughtic
Posted: 4/29/2017
Species: Kokanee
Rating: 3
Fished: 4/29/2017
Hot Spots: 0
Launched at 7 this morning at the WDFW launch. Ran in front of Silcox island and ended p squeezing out 3 trout. One 12 incher and the other two 10 inches. Used a homemade wedding ring with Jack Lloyd ...
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American
By: nerka nailer
Posted: 4/26/2017
Species: Rainbow Trout
Rating: 5
Fished: 4/26/2017
Hot Spots: 0
I noticed I wash having an idle issue the other day when I was on the lake and my motor kept wanting to die. I think the carbs needed to be cleaned. I decided to put some sea foam in the tank and som...
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American
By: ilikefish
Posted: 4/22/2017
Species: Kokanee
Rating: 4
Fished: 4/21/2017
Hot Spots: 0
Launched about 0830, everyone else had the same idea so the wdfw launch looked like a summer day. Hooked first rainbow before I could get the rod in the holder. Which was a nice start. The bites were...
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