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American Fishing Reports

American
By: Bo
Posted: 4/1/2012
Species: Kokanee
Rating: 1
Fished: 3/30/2012
Hot Spots: 0
Tried out my rebuilt 25hp today, runs awesome. Dropped the downrigger and trolled a bit. Fish were showing, just couldn't get the bite. Heard it has been slow lately. Thinking May it should pick up.
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American
By: Toni
Posted: 3/25/2012
Species: Kokanee
Rating: 1
Fished: 3/25/2012
Hot Spots: 0
Today I was fishing by 10:50 am. I headed toward the Vet Hospital with intention of trolling back and forth in front of the North Launch. I was about 400 yards from the shore by a wing of the hospita...
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American
By: Toni
Posted: 3/23/2012
Species: Kokanee
Rating: 1
Fished: 3/23/2012
Hot Spots: 0
The forecast was to be in the 50’s and mostly sunny. It was sunny but it was a frozen morning to start. I didn’t start fishing until 12:20pm and finished around 4:00pm. There were not many boats out...
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American
By: rickydbasser
Posted: 3/9/2012
Species: Smallmouth Bass
Rating: 3
Fished: 3/8/2012
Hot Spots: 0
Went to American yesterday. Sunny with no wind. Water temp was 44 degrees. Fished every deep water smallmouth trick I know without a bite. Found small scattered schools of fish in 18 to 30 feet. Fishe...
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American
By: SportRadical
Posted: 3/8/2012
Species: Rainbow Trout
Rating: 3
Fished: 3/7/2012
Hot Spots: 0
Had the day off and hadn't planned anything. Went to my buddy johnny's to check out his new deck. Next thing you know we have the boat hooked up and we are headed for American lake. Got on the water a...
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American
By: rickydbasser
Posted: 2/28/2012
Species: Smallmouth Bass
Rating: 3
Fished: 2/27/2012
Hot Spots: 0
Went to American Lake. Fished from 11:00 till 3:00. The sun was warm, and the lake flat. Started out fishing a Carolina rig in 25 to 30 ft of water with a floating tube bait. As usual, got lots of per...
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American
By: SportRadical
Posted: 2/6/2012
Species: Perch
Rating: 4
Fished: 2/6/2012
Hot Spots: 0
While waiting for B run, I have been itching to fish. So Superbowl sunday my buddy Johnny and I hit American lake in his boat. The morning was cold about 29 until the sun had been up for 30 min or so....
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American
By: Anonymous
Posted: 1/8/2012
Species: Rainbow Trout
Rating: 1
Fished: 1/8/2012
Hot Spots: 0
Threw the kitchen sink at the fish today. Only 1 small trout that had net marks on it's side. Hit copper and red head needle fish. weather was outstanding but chill in the shade. Fished the noth end. ...
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American
By: Toni
Posted: 1/8/2012
Species: Kokanee
Rating: 1
Fished: 1/8/2012
Hot Spots: 0
I spent 3 hours (10-1pm) on American today with out a bite. I tried several new lures and I went over to Little American for the first time. There was a hatch and I saw some fish dimpling the surface ...
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American
By: Ocktane
Posted: 12/31/2011
Species: Smallmouth Bass
Rating: 5
Fished: 12/31/2011
Hot Spots: 0
Decided to take the boat out one last time for 2011. I know I should be steelheadin since I'm probably leaving WA in a few months but I had the itch to go bassin' again! Spent most of the day findin...
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American
By: Ocktane
Posted: 12/18/2011
Species: Smallmouth Bass
Rating: 3
Fished: 12/18/2011
Hot Spots: 0
Figured I'd been striking out on the rivers so much in the last two months, might as well pull the boat out. Hit the lake about 8am, surface temp 45F and very little wind. Had a fairly steady perch ...
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American
By: Bob R
Posted: 12/6/2011
Species: Kokanee
Rating: 1
Fished: 12/5/2011
Hot Spots: 0
Spent a COLD morning trolling aroung Silcox Island with my wife and my friend John but no hits, 4 rods, dodgers, squids, spoons, nothing!Only marked occassional fish but no bites. Oh, well. Back to my...
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American
By: Racer
Posted: 11/1/2011
Species: Kokanee
Rating: 4
Fished: 11/1/2011
Hot Spots: 0
I went to American today to see how the kokanee were doing. I haven't been there in awhile. I got on the water around 8:00 and started trolling on the south side of silcox. Nothing happened until I wa...
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American
By: Lou Smith
Posted: 10/25/2011
Species: Kokanee
Rating: 3
Fished: 10/25/2011
Hot Spots: 0
Had to fish American Lake after reading all of Toni's reports. Left early to find the WDFW launch and got to the gate at 0638 - it was open! The forcast was sunny and no chance of rain. They didn't sa...
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American
By: Toni
Posted: 10/24/2011
Species: Kokanee
Rating: 3
Fished: 10/24/2011
Hot Spots: 0
I started fishing close to 8am and finished after 9:30am. I didn’t get them fast and easy. I had a hard time finding them and used 4 different color lure and dodger schemes. I got 2 where we fished ...
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American
By: robert4681
Posted: 10/19/2011
Species: Kokanee
Rating: 4
Fished: 10/19/2011
Hot Spots: 0
Launched at 7:30AM. Tried using down riggers with small dodger and wedding ring with corn or maggots. No luck. Trolled a ford fender and a strung on night crawler with 1 ounce of weight off the rear o...
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American
By: Toni
Posted: 10/16/2011
Species: Kokanee
Rating: 4
Fished: 10/16/2011
Hot Spots: 1
I think we started fishing between 7:30 and 8am and had our limits by 9am. Kokanee_Slayer got the first fish again. I got the last. It was pretty fast until a little past 8 then it slowed down with ju...
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American
By: Anonymous
Posted: 10/16/2011
Species: Kokanee
Rating: 5
Fished: 10/16/2011
Hot Spots: 0
I want to thank Toni for her pass information about American lake kokanee. Took a buddy from work today for kokanee. Tried what was suggested by various people but in this site but Toni knew her stuff...
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American
By: rickydbasser
Posted: 10/14/2011
Species: Smallmouth Bass
Rating: 3
Fished: 10/13/2011
Hot Spots: 0
Went to American. Cold day on the water with a brisk wind. Water temp at 58. No smallies, but still catching big perch. I found big schools in 30 to 40 feet of water. Get on a school and you can catch...
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American
By: Toni
Posted: 10/13/2011
Species: Kokanee
Rating: 3
Fished: 10/13/2011
Hot Spots: 1
I started fishing about 8:50 and by 9:26 I had caught 4 fish, 4 fish in 20 minutes. 2 were spawners so I let them go. I thought it was going to be great but that did not pan out. I went straight out ...
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American
By: mtom938
Posted: 10/10/2011
Species: Kokanee
Rating: 5
Fished: 10/10/2011
Hot Spots: 3
Went back out to American this morning for my final outing before work commitments take over once again. This time JBLM opened the gate on time, allowing me to get on the water by 7:30. I was paddli...
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American
By: motoxcross
Posted: 10/9/2011
Species: Kokanee
Rating: 3
Fished: 10/9/2011
Hot Spots: 0
So first I must say what a Great lake. Today was the first day I have ever fished American Lake. So we set out the usual Kokanee gear that we use at Lake Stevens up north. Wedding Ring Green and Oran...
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American
By: mtom938
Posted: 10/9/2011
Species: Kokanee
Rating: 4
Fished: 10/9/2011
Hot Spots: 0
Got up before the crack of dawn to get on the lake at first light. Unfortunately JBLM Security had other plans....they didn't open the gates until damn near 8:30! Got out as quick as I could, tried ...
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American
By: Toni
Posted: 10/8/2011
Species: Kokanee
Rating: 4
Fished: 10/8/2011
Hot Spots: 1
Kokanee_Slayer and I started fishing American Lake approximately 7am and we finished about 9am with our limits. From 7 to 8 it was a awesome catching on combo’s of yellow and orange with corn and gree...
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American
By: rickydbasser
Posted: 10/8/2011
Species: Smallmouth Bass
Rating: 3
Fished: 10/8/2011
Hot Spots: 0
Back to American. Caught 3 smallmouth. 2 in the pound range, and one chunky 2-11. All caught on a nosed hooked grub dragged in 23 to 30 feet of water. There was a guy fishing off his dock who watched ...
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