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American Fishing Reports

American
By: Dodger11
Posted: 6/24/2012
Species: Rainbow Trout
Rating: 3
Fished: 6/24/2012
Hot Spots: 3
Got on the water late, but not a bad day. Fished with my kids in the boat and my son had one on before I had my line in. I snagged a couple and the daughter pulled one in. She had several strikes on t...
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American
By: gfakkema
Posted: 6/21/2012
Species: Rainbow Trout
Rating: 3
Fished: 6/21/2012
Hot Spots: 0
Today was my second ever trip to american. Not as productive as the last time I was there, but we were still able to catch a few in the short time there. We were using fire tiger needlefish in little ...
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American
By: Anonymous
Posted: 6/18/2012
Species: Kokanee
Rating: 4
Fished: 6/18/2012
Hot Spots: 0
Went out around 215 started trolling slowly for about an hour with no bites, then picked up the speed while trolling and had 5 in the live well and 3 others hooked but got off by 415. I was using a fo...
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American
By: dontknowanything
Posted: 6/17/2012
Species: Other
Rating: 1
Fished: 6/17/2012
Hot Spots: 0
me and my daughter got out didnt stay long because it started to rian the only reason i gave it a three is besuase we was getting nibbles and we got to watch a guy get trown frrom his baot he thought ...
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American
By: StonedSpinner
Posted: 6/17/2012
Species: Rainbow Trout
Rating: 3
Fished: 6/17/2012
Hot Spots: 0
Got out to the lake at 6:15am was doing some shore fishing wasn't getting much action at all. Left the WDFW fishing area around 9:15 and went down the road to fish from the docks at Harry Todd park. I...
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American
By: downtown98033
Posted: 6/15/2012
Species: Smallmouth Bass
Rating: 3
Fished: 6/9/2012
Hot Spots: 0
Boated a few nice smallies in 20' of water, learned alot from the best angler I know - JW. Thanks Jon!
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American
By: downtown98033
Posted: 6/15/2012
Species: Smallmouth Bass
Rating: 3
Fished: 6/9/2012
Hot Spots: 0
Boated several smallies in about 20' of water.
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American
By: Slammin8er
Posted: 6/14/2012
Species: Kokanee
Rating: 2
Fished: 6/14/2012
Hot Spots: 2
Fished from about 6:30 to 10:00. Lost count of the trout at 35, had about as many take down’s that didn’t stick. Took home one fat 16 inch kok. All caught on the old standard flat line 0/0 dodger w/1...
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American
By: skyler71222
Posted: 6/14/2012
Species: Rainbow Trout
Rating: 3
Fished: 6/13/2012
Hot Spots: 3
Yesterday about 6:30 pm i went out to american lake to do some fly fishing on my float tube. I was on the military side of the lake. When i put in there was not much activity above the water. When i g...
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American
By: Mike@Bills
Posted: 6/13/2012
Species: Rainbow Trout
Rating: 5
Fished: 6/13/2012
Hot Spots: 2
I did something today I have not done in a long time, I fished off the dock instead of taking the boat out. I have noticed that the trout have been hitting anything green so since I was actually targ...
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American
By: gfakkema
Posted: 6/13/2012
Species: Rainbow Trout
Rating: 4
Fished: 6/13/2012
Hot Spots: 3
This was my first trip to American and what a day it was. I had a little trouble finding the public launch, but after driving around the sharp turn before the gravel road, I saw a very welcome sign. L...
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American
By: Mike@Bills
Posted: 6/13/2012
Species: Kokanee
Rating: 2
Fished: 6/12/2012
Hot Spots: 0
What a crazy day! Left the dock at 6:30 came back by 10:00. I had 4 takedowns on the downrigger and probably about 16 on the flatline. One on the downrigger was big! I got it out of the pole holde...
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American
By: Mikeel1987
Posted: 6/9/2012
Species: Smallmouth Bass
Rating: 5
Fished: 6/9/2012
Hot Spots: 0
Hit American Lake at around 6 this morning in search of some smallies. Started with the dropshot and never put it down. Didnt catch a smallmouth but caught a whole bunch of rock bass. I caught 18 a...
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American
By: Racer
Posted: 6/6/2012
Species: Kokanee
Rating: 3
Fished: 6/6/2012
Hot Spots: 0
I went to the lake today hoping to have alittle better luck with the koks. I got there about 6:30am, alittle later that normal. The bed just felt pretty good today. I started out with a chartruese...
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American
By: Lou Smith
Posted: 6/2/2012
Species: Kokanee
Rating: 2
Fished: 6/2/2012
Hot Spots: 1
On the water at 0515 and caught this 16", 1lb 6oz beauty at 9' between the VA and the north end of Silcox Island at 0600. Lots of marks on the FF, but no more takers. Don't look for the wedding ring i...
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American
By: Slammin8er
Posted: 6/2/2012
Species: Kokanee
Rating: 1
Fished: 6/2/2012
Hot Spots: 1
Fished American with my 8yr old grand son this morning for a couple of hours. Tried everything in the boat short of sittin on the spark plug. Had several drive buy’s but only one rainbow stuck. Marked...
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American
By: rickydbasser
Posted: 6/1/2012
Species: Smallmouth Bass
Rating: 4
Fished: 6/1/2012
Hot Spots: 0
Went to American Lake. Caught 8 smallies. All in 4 to 8 ft of water. Got a couple 2's, a 3-2, and a nice 4-6, which is pictured. And needless to say, we caught countless rock bass. Sorry for the poor ...
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American
By: Toni
Posted: 5/29/2012
Species: Kokanee
Rating: 2
Fished: 5/28/2012
Hot Spots: 1
I went aboard Mike Carey’s from Washingtonlakes.com boat with Nate Treat to catch the famous elusive American Lake kokanee. Rseas and his wife came with their boat, too. He caught the biggest fish.....
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American
By: Mike Carey
Posted: 5/28/2012
Species: Kokanee
Rating: 2
Fished: 5/28/2012
Hot Spots: 1
OK, I am tired from a day of hardcore trolling, but it’s a good tired. Met Toni and Nate at 5am to troll for kokanee. Rseas and his wife Karen were there as well in the Lund to help us with filming an...
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American
By: arniejl
Posted: 5/28/2012
Species: Smallmouth Bass
Rating: 3
Fished: 5/25/2012
Hot Spots: 0
MY wife's first cast in 60' of water as I pulled up to get stuff out and ready was a three pound or so Rainbow. She caught it with a craw colored crankbait. She did not want to keep the fish so the ...
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American
By: ravdakot
Posted: 5/28/2012
Species: Smallmouth Bass
Rating: 3
Fished: 5/28/2012
Hot Spots: 0
Was another tough day due to the wind!! Put a couple smallies in the kayak, but nothing impressive. Had my boy in front slaying the rockbass on a little beatle spin. He must have caught 50+. All fish ...
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American
By: hlindsay
Posted: 5/25/2012
Species: Kokanee
Rating: 2
Fished: 5/25/2012
Hot Spots: 0
Started at 0500, fished from the VA hospital northeast and back. I tried to stay in 70' to 80' running lines at 60', 40' and 15', and just under the surface. Deep were sling blades and kok-a-nuts, gr...
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American
By: ravdakot
Posted: 5/24/2012
Species: Smallmouth Bass
Rating: 3
Fished: 5/24/2012
Hot Spots: 0
Was an ok day on the water. I wasn't able to fish the spots I had planned due to the wind. It's no fun fighting with it when bass fishing from a kayak. Hit a few sheltered shorelines without much luck...
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American
By: Trouttrakr
Posted: 5/21/2012
Species: Kokanee
Rating: 3
Fished: 5/20/2012
Hot Spots: 0
Went out with my girlfriend and daughter on Sunday. Nasty day, but we were up for it. I wanted to make sure everything on my boat was working right 'cause we are heading up to Fish Lake in Chelan Co...
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American
By: Chumknuckle
Posted: 5/21/2012
Species: Kokanee
Rating: 1
Fished: 5/19/2012
Hot Spots: 0
Got out later than I was hoping, hit the water at 10am. Trolled for 3 hours for Kokanee while dodging jerk skiers and then anchored up by the VA for bottom fishing. Caught nothing but a sun burn.
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