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American
By: Big Smooth
Posted: 4/18/2017
Species: Kokanee
Rating: 2
Fished: 4/8/2017
Hot Spots: 0
Fished all morning for Kokanee from 60' up to 15' with no luck only a bow at around 25'. We gave in after the wind picked up and headed to little America to troll the bowl for trout. Landed five more...
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American
By: Toni
Posted: 4/18/2017
Species: Kokanee
Rating: 3
Fished: 4/16/2017
Hot Spots: 1
Glen, Cami, and I went on an Easter Kokanee hunt at American Lake. Glen was sporting his new Mad Hatter look. It was cold. We met at the launch at 6:30am. Started fishing out of the WDFW launch about...
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American
By: ilikefish
Posted: 4/16/2017
Species: Kokanee
Rating: 2
Fished: 4/15/2017
Hot Spots: 0
Started at 545, trolled sling blades and hoochies until 730. Had two hook ups and lost both.. water temp was 48-49
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American
By: ilikefish
Posted: 4/12/2017
Species: Kokanee
Rating: 2
Fished: 4/11/2017
Hot Spots: 0
Had a couple hours so launched the boat around 930. It was breezy with some chop so it was almost impossible to stay on course. Kept speed between 1.1 and 1.4, water temp 46-47. Marked some nice schoo...
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American
By: hlindsay
Posted: 4/2/2017
Species: Rainbow Trout
Rating: 1
Fished: 3/31/2017
Hot Spots: 0
Fished from around 1:00 to 5:00 trolling the only thing to get hit was a pink squid. It came out of the clip a few times and for sure one fish on with a long line release.
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American
By: KevinS
Posted: 4/2/2017
Species: Smallmouth Bass
Rating: 1
Fished: 4/1/2017
Hot Spots: 0
Finally got out for the first time this year. Was rainy at time and windy. Watched a couple of bass follow my fluke and one took a bite at the tail just a few feet from the boat. At least I caught ...
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American
By: headhunter2
Posted: 3/26/2017
Species: Kokanee
Rating: 1
Fished: 3/25/2017
Hot Spots: 0
Hit the lake today, first time in a few years for me. Got on the water at 11 after meeting with members of Northwes fishing partners registery for a meet and greet. Had both down riggers down pullin...
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American
By: FishingManiac
Posted: 3/26/2017
Species: Rainbow Trout
Rating: 2
Fished: 3/26/2017
Hot Spots: 0
My dad and I have fished American 3 times in the last week. The last two times we have had to put in a lot of work trolling ( pop gear with a cowgirl spinner tipped with a nightcrawler) of the last th...
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American
By: hlindsay
Posted: 3/23/2017
Species: Rainbow Trout
Rating: 1
Fished: 3/23/2017
Hot Spots: 0
Trolled from 2 to 4:30, 4 lines top to 25 ft, with all the regular stuff and maybe one hit. The line popped out of the clip but no fish. Nice day on the water for the first trip of the year.
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American
By: Toni
Posted: 3/20/2017
Species: Rainbow Trout
Rating: 2
Fished: 3/19/2017
Hot Spots: 1
Of course, on one of the only dry sunny, albeit cold mornings, I had to work. But not until afternoon, so I met Glen and Cami at the WDFW boat launch at 8am. There were a lot of other people with the ...
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American
By: ilikefish
Posted: 3/18/2017
Species: Kokanee
Rating: 1
Fished: 3/17/2017
Hot Spots: 0
Hit the lake after dropping the boy at school. Only bites I had were on worm/ wedding ring combo trailing dodger or flash lite and flatlined way back. Tried speeds from .6 to 1.7. Various depths on do...
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American
By: cubmaster
Posted: 3/13/2017
Species: Rainbow Trout
Rating: 3
Fished: 3/12/2017
Hot Spots: 0
Went out yesterday morning to American lake for some Rainbow fishing. It is still a little early in the year but we wanted to try some trolling with our standard gear. The weather was good, about 45...
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American
By: greenrowboat
Posted: 1/29/2017
Species: Rainbow Trout
Rating: 1
Fished: 1/23/2017
Hot Spots: 0
Captured some wildlife and fishermen/women. No fish. Gary
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American
By: ilikefish
Posted: 1/24/2017
Species: Rainbow Trout
Rating: 1
Fished: 1/23/2017
Hot Spots: 0
Hit the water about 1130, was calm and sunny. Water temp 39-40. Trolled dick nite dodgers and hoochie combos. Got a few hits, but nothing stuck. I was just flat lining with about 100ft or so of line ...
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American
By: salmonkiller
Posted: 11/15/2016
Species: Kokanee
Rating: 3
Fished: 11/13/2016
Hot Spots: 0
Fished American lake 11/13/2016. Ended up getting 4 Kokanee and 1 Rainbow. My girlfriend created a nice video of our adventure.
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American
By: hlindsay
Posted: 11/10/2016
Species: Perch
Rating: 4
Fished: 11/8/2016
Hot Spots: 1
Fished from around 9 to 1, mostly just north of Beard Island in 40 FOW. Used drop shot type rig with jig for weight and hooks above. All with perch meat (I had one from the last trip to lake WA). It w...
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American
By: Toni
Posted: 11/9/2016
Species: Kokanee
Rating: 3
Fished: 11/8/2016
Hot Spots: 2
Armed with information gleaned from Glen and Cami who caught on their vacation Thursday and Friday, I started fishing about 8:30am. It was sunny and the high was supposed to be 68. And it got there. ...
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American
By: Toni
Posted: 10/23/2016
Species: Kokanee
Rating: 2
Fished: 10/22/2016
Hot Spots: 1
I was at the launch to meet Glen and Cami about 6:45am then I got a text saying that something was wrong with the truck and they were going to have to go back home. I told them I would stop by as I ha...
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American
By: Blandfisherman
Posted: 10/9/2016
Species: Perch
Rating: 4
Fished: 10/9/2016
Hot Spots: 0
Took advantage of the Seahawks bye today. Took the new kayaks out on american. We're first going for bass. But drop shot with worm worked the best. Got onto a school of perch. Swisher to an trout magn...
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American
By: Coffee
Posted: 9/25/2016
Species: Kokanee
Rating: 1
Fished: 9/23/2016
Hot Spots: 1
My 1st report! This is my 1st time on this lake. Arrived there at 6:45AM, setup my Colorado XT pontoon, and was on the water around 7:20AM fishing for Kokanee. I left the lake at around 2PM with ju...
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American
By: fishtolivelivetofish
Posted: 9/23/2016
Species: Perch
Rating: 3
Fished: 9/22/2016
Hot Spots: 1
had a decent day at american at bills boathouse, had one rod with powerbait for trout, no bites water still too warm the perch and bass were hitting pretty good dropshotting a nightcrawler , that is ...
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American
By: Odin210
Posted: 9/20/2016
Species: Perch
Rating: 4
Fished: 9/16/2016
Hot Spots: 3
Bank fished the WDFW Boat Launch from 0830 to 0930 for perch and panfish (wouldn't have minded getting some trout/kokanee but water is still too warm for that). Did some fly and bubble around underwat...
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American
By: billyl
Posted: 9/6/2016
Species: Kokanee
Rating: 3
Fished: 9/5/2016
Hot Spots: 1
Got the boat trailer fixed so it was off to the lake. It was cloudy, cool and windy for most of the day with some sun breaks. Lost some at the boat but managed to net four. Slow bite. ...
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American
By: Toni
Posted: 9/4/2016
Species: Perch
Rating: 2
Fished: 9/4/2016
Hot Spots: 1
We got to the lake about 8:30. I saw that Glenn and Cami were fishing so I had to go find them to say hi. Motor was doing well. But while I was stopped it died. I couldn’t get it started again…for a ...
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American
By: smokey34
Posted: 9/1/2016
Species: Kokanee
Rating: 3
Fished: 9/1/2016
Hot Spots: 2
Hit American by myself at 6:30 AM. Good action, but the lake seems devoid of 3 yr olds and this point. Lots of 2 yr fish, so it bodes well for next year, but a real puzzle. Has anyone seen any mature ...
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