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American Fishing Reports

By: Toni
Posted: 10/6/2011
Species: Kokanee
Rating: 4
Fished: 10/6/2011
Hot Spots: 3
Well, I was only about 1 ½ hours late from my plans to American Lake this morning. It wasn’t my partner, grandson William’s, fault. He was up at 5:30am. I was just too tired. So we got on the lake be...
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By: Anonymous
Posted: 10/6/2011
Species: Kokanee
Rating: 4
Fished: 10/6/2011
Hot Spots: 0
The weather report looked favorable this morning so I headed to American Lake to try for some Kokanee. I arrived at about 10:00 with an overcast sky, little or no wind, and the lake was dead calm. I...
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Posted: 10/5/2011
Species: Smallmouth Bass
Rating: 2
Fished: 10/4/2011
Hot Spots: 0
Went to American Lake. Fished from 7:30 till 2:00. Only caught two smallmouth. A 1 lber and a nice 3-2. Both caught in deep water, the first at 23 ft and the big one at 28 ft., both dragging a footbal...
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By: Dodger11
Posted: 10/3/2011
Species: Kokanee
Rating: 3
Fished: 10/2/2011
Hot Spots: 0
Took until about 9 but got my first one in on a Pink and Blue Double Whammy with a matching color Dodger. We were in the NW corner of the lake. Using shoepeg corn only as bait. Had myself and 3 kids i...
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By: Toni
Posted: 10/3/2011
Species: Kokanee
Rating: 4
Fished: 10/2/2011
Hot Spots: 2
I got the pleasure of fishing with Mark Kokanee_Slayer in his new 16 foot Hewscraft Sunday morning. We started fishing about 7am. I got my first one shortly after that. The first hour we had several ...
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By: mtom938
Posted: 10/3/2011
Species: Kokanee
Rating: 1
Fished: 10/2/2011
Hot Spots: 0
Took another skunkin' today, which was just as I basically had my head up my okole this trip, having left both net and bottle of scented shoepeg corn at the house. Got on the water right at sunrise an...
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By: nickbell
Posted: 10/2/2011
Species: Kokanee
Rating: 3
Fished: 10/2/2011
Hot Spots: 0
Fished at the boathouse again today. Caught a few nice perch, all released this time. I didn't intend on keeping anything today, but then a caught this beautiful Koke on a gold kastmaster that I jus...
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By: mtom938
Posted: 9/25/2011
Species: Kokanee
Rating: 1
Fished: 9/24/2011
Hot Spots: 0
Got a late start, didn't get on the water until 9:00am. Boats were already coming back in and reporting what bite there was had just upped and died. No limits for any of those I chatted with, but so...
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By: nickbell
Posted: 9/10/2011
Species: Perch
Rating: 5
Fished: 9/10/2011
Hot Spots: 0
Did the same as last week, fishing between the slips at the boathouse with worms, but there was a lot more action today. I ended up keeping five perch and one rainbow. One of the perch was a little ...
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By: nickbell
Posted: 9/4/2011
Species: Perch
Rating: 4
Fished: 9/4/2011
Hot Spots: 0
Got to the boathouse at 9am. I fished in between the slips with nightcrawlers. Caught rock bass in the beginning, the perch began to show up around 10:15. They would come in waves in pretty good nu...
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Posted: 8/29/2011
Species: Kokanee
Rating: 4
Fished: 8/27/2011
Hot Spots: 0
On the water at 0600 trolling at 0.5 to 1.3 in 80' water with down rigger at 30' finishing out with four in the boat. Left by 0930 to beat all the incoming boats for a great hot clear and sunny day. ...
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By: Toni
Posted: 8/24/2011
Species: Kokanee
Rating: 4
Fished: 8/24/2011
Hot Spots: 1
I got to American Lake at a little after 5am and realized I can’t go fishing until it gets light. So just before 6am I launched. My brother and Pink Pole were in another boat. They got one fish. Abo...
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By: hlindsay
Posted: 8/23/2011
Species: Perch
Rating: 2
Fished: 8/23/2011
Hot Spots: 0
Fished little american from 8 to 1030 in 12 to 28 ft of water only got two rock bass and a small bullhead. Moved around just couldn't find them today.
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Posted: 8/18/2011
Species: Perch
Rating: 4
Fished: 8/18/2011
Hot Spots: 0
Well for the last few days my friend and I have been taking care of some "work" down at American Lake. We have been fishing from the concrete floating dock on the JBLM side next to the northwest adven...
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Posted: 8/10/2011
Species: Kokanee
Rating: 3
Fished: 8/8/2011
Hot Spots: 0
On the water at 0600 and trolled between VA Hosp and silcox Island in 80' water, 35 pulls out and 30' down with a speed of 0.8 to 1.0 mph. Using a new pink kok-a-nut that seems to do good but everyth...
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Posted: 8/5/2011
Species: Kokanee
Rating: 3
Fished: 8/3/2011
Hot Spots: 0
Decided to try an evening trip after work. Water was choppy and difficult to manuver in. Ended up limiting by sunset. Used Pink UV SlingBlade Dodger, Uncle Bill's UV Pink Mini Shrimp with White Cor...
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By: arniejl
Posted: 7/24/2011
Species: Smallmouth Bass
Rating: 3
Fished: 7/24/2011
Hot Spots: 0
Launched at 5:10 a.m. this morning. It is my 1 year anniversary so needed to be back early:) Fished until 8:15 or 8:30. Caught 3 Smallies all around the deeper docks, say like 16 to 20 feet. Used a d...
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By: Toni
Posted: 7/19/2011
Species: Kokanee
Rating: 2
Fished: 7/18/2011
Hot Spots: 0
I got everything ready last night to go to American. And I got up to go and went. But I didn’t want to. I didn’t feel good again. I have a puncture wound in my finger that got infected and the antibio...
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By: Jared B.
Posted: 7/17/2011
Species: Kokanee
Rating: 4
Fished: 7/16/2011
Hot Spots: 0
Time fished: 8:00am to 11:00am Weather Conditions: light rain at times Water Temp. 67 degrees Water depth fished: 38ft to 55ft Downrigger depth: 20ft Lures used: Sep’s chrome dodger with home mad...
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By: Anonymous
Posted: 7/17/2011
Species: Kokanee
Rating: 4
Fished: 7/17/2011
Hot Spots: 0
Fished American this morning. Koke's were hitting but not that often. Limited out after four hours Average size appox. 13"
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Posted: 7/15/2011
Species: Kokanee
Rating: 4
Fished: 7/11/2011
Hot Spots: 0
I havent cought a kokonee in years. I have have been reading posts with real info-{mike@bills screaming eagle toni} Thanks to all of you, 5 bites, 5 landed on the 11th. all nice size. 14th, 5 bites 4 ...
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Posted: 7/15/2011
Species: Kokanee
Rating: 1
Fished: 7/11/2011
Hot Spots: 0
I went to American Lake Monday by myself to see what was happening. I overslept and did not get on the water until 8:00 AM. The serious Kokanee fisherman were just starting to quit for the day. I talk...
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Posted: 7/11/2011
Species: Smallmouth Bass
Rating: 3
Fished: 7/11/2011
Hot Spots: 1
Got to fish with bassin' buddy Bob Johansen today on American lake. We hit the lake at 0600 and ran to the north end near the boat launch up there and started fishing. Conditions were initally a bit b...
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By: Toni
Posted: 7/11/2011
Species: Kokanee
Rating: 4
Fished: 7/10/2011
Hot Spots: 1
A beautiful American Lake morning. I hitched a ride on Kokanee_Slayers boat and we were fishing by 6am and I think we had a double by 6:15. The Slayer was down to 45 feet and I was about 32 (I think)....
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By: Anonymous
Posted: 7/10/2011
Species: Rainbow Trout
Rating: 1
Fished: 7/10/2011
Hot Spots: 0
me and my dad launched the boat around 6 am trolled for two hrs using green red and rainbow power bait then still fished in numerous spots throught the lake not on bite all day not sure what was wrong...
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