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American Fishing Reports

American
By: procaster
Posted: 1/9/2011
Species: Smallmouth Bass
Rating: 1
Fished: 1/9/2011
Hot Spots: 0
I got to the lake about 10:45 and launched by base. I went north just past "Bobs Boat House" zigg zagging from about 20ft to 50ft looking for fish. I only marked a single fish, but it looked smal...
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American
By: cielowalker38
Posted: 12/2/2010
Species: Perch
Rating: 5
Fished: 12/1/2010
Hot Spots: 0
This report comes as part of my attempt to fully understand American Lake Yellow Perch. It has been great fun to follow them from 20 to 30 to 35 to 45 and now to 65 feet of water with the changing se...
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American
By: snake7676
Posted: 11/18/2010
Species: Rainbow Trout
Rating: 3
Fished: 11/18/2010
Hot Spots: 0
I am a man of my word! The last time I went to American Lake, I hooked a hawg and lost it. I said I would be back to get it. I arrived on the lake at just a little past 10 a.m. The wind was blowing h...
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American
By: bionic_one
Posted: 11/15/2010
Species: Kokanee
Rating: 3
Fished: 11/11/2010
Hot Spots: 0
Buddy and I went out there on Thursday. We were both running a wedding ring with maggots/corn (Gulp stuff) on our DRs. We found schools at 25 feet and 40-45 feet in a few places, but they wouldn't b...
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American
By: Racer
Posted: 11/7/2010
Species: Kokanee
Rating: 2
Fished: 11/7/2010
Hot Spots: 0
Got bored sitting at home so decided to try American today. I got there around 7:30am just as the rain let up. Went to the north side of Silcox Island and set out a green dodger with pink and white mi...
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American
By: procaster
Posted: 11/4/2010
Species: Smallmouth Bass
Rating: 1
Fished: 11/4/2010
Hot Spots: 0
So my plan was to hit the Skokomish, then fish for smallies on American, but the plan ended up different than I had envisioned. After taking care of some unexpected responsibilities, I made it to th...
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American
By: booboo98498
Posted: 11/3/2010
Species: Rainbow Trout
Rating: 4
Fished: 11/3/2010
Hot Spots: 0
The day started slow so I put a red dodger and orange wedding ring on one pole. Baited with corn and caught 3 little kokanee. I was crossing the lake to the east side when I caught this triploid tro...
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American
By: Racer
Posted: 10/30/2010
Species: Kokanee
Rating: 3
Fished: 10/30/2010
Hot Spots: 1
I haven't been to American lake in a while so I decided to give it a try again. I got to the lake around 8:00am and set out for the north side of the island. The first time through I was running a wed...
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American
By: booboo98498
Posted: 10/29/2010
Species: Kokanee
Rating: 4
Fished: 10/29/2010
Hot Spots: 0
The day started out really slow. Then about noon, it picked up and then about 2:30, I caught the BIG one. I was using green hoochies with white corn, trolling about 1.5 mph by GPS. Caught the big o...
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American
By: Ocktane
Posted: 10/23/2010
Species: Smallmouth Bass
Rating: 1
Fished: 10/23/2010
Hot Spots: 0
Thought I'd try fishin for some fall American bass today but came up short. Threw football head jigs and dropshotted primarily. Had a heck of a time finding fish on my Humminbird and ended up with o...
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American
By: Pammy
Posted: 10/19/2010
Species: Brown Trout
Rating: 3
Fished: 10/16/2010
Hot Spots: 0
Here is a more close-up picture from Boxermom's post on the fish we caught this weekend. We think it is a kokanee, but others say it is a triploid, if anyone can help identify, it would be much appre...
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American
By: Boxermom
Posted: 10/18/2010
Species: Rainbow Trout
Rating: 4
Fished: 10/16/2010
Hot Spots: 0
Spent the weekend at American Lake on the JBLM side of the lake. One of our fishing companions caught this big one on the first cast of the morning on Saturday, at about 7:50am. We were on the fishing...
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American
By: Boxermom
Posted: 10/18/2010
Species: Rainbow Trout
Rating: 4
Fished: 10/16/2010
Hot Spots: 0
So, evidently I'm not as educated as much as others in identifying types of fish. This is what we caught this weekend off the dock on the JBLM side of American Lake. Someone on the dock with us told u...
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American
By: Boxermom
Posted: 10/17/2010
Species: Rainbow Trout
Rating: 5
Fished: 10/16/2010
Hot Spots: 0
Spent the weekend in a cabin on the JBLM end of American Lake. Got up early Saturday morning and went down to the fishing dock near the MWR Adventure Center on base. One of my weekend fishing companio...
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American
By: Chasingos
Posted: 10/16/2010
Species: Perch
Rating: 3
Fished: 10/16/2010
Hot Spots: 0
Hit American today at noon hoping to repeat what I did lastweek catching a bucket full. Was not to be but caught about 15 or so. The water had a bit of a chop and it was hard to stay on them due to wi...
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American
By: nickbell
Posted: 10/16/2010
Species: Perch
Rating: 3
Fished: 10/16/2010
Hot Spots: 0
Better day today. Fished at the boathouse and caught 20+ decent perch on, believe it or not, trout powerbait. Stayed for about 6 hours. The bite stoped around 4:30.
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American
By: snake7676
Posted: 10/10/2010
Species: Kokanee
Rating: 4
Fished: 10/10/2010
Hot Spots: 0
I slept in Saturday and ran errands (Costco free samples = Dukes chowder had a buffet!) with the family, so no fishing. Slept in again this morning, woke up, made breakfast for the kids and wife, then...
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American
By: nickbell
Posted: 10/9/2010
Species: Rainbow Trout
Rating: 2
Fished: 10/9/2010
Hot Spots: 0
Went to american lake in hopes of catching something decent. I fished with a small gold kastmaster. Got many hookups, though I only landed one which was, as always, a dink. I don't know what it is ...
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American
By: snake7676
Posted: 9/27/2010
Species: Kokanee
Rating: 4
Fished: 9/27/2010
Hot Spots: 0
Same gear north end of island 35' down 1.0 - 1.5 mph koks are still chrome and vary active!
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American
By: kokanee_slayer
Posted: 9/26/2010
Species: Kokanee
Rating: 5
Fished: 9/25/2010
Hot Spots: 0
Launched at Daybreak and caught my limit by 8:00. Hooked a lot of smaller fish and released four. Kept two smaller bleeders which were next years fish, The three larger ones were in the 12 to 13 inch ...
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American
By: fin chaser
Posted: 9/23/2010
Species: Kokanee
Rating: 3
Fished: 9/22/2010
Hot Spots: 0
Headed to American about 7 am. Trolled 30'-40'ft down on the South side of the island. Trolled pink wedding rings and pink hootchies behind sling blades. Three of us caught our limit of kokes by 9:...
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American
By: JM73
Posted: 9/20/2010
Species: Kokanee
Rating: 2
Fished: 9/20/2010
Hot Spots: 0
Tried to fish American Monday AM but it was pretty tough with the weather as bad as it was. We managed to get five fish to the boat. Four Kokanee and one nice rainbow. Marked a lot of fish around t...
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American
By: snake7676
Posted: 9/19/2010
Species: Kokanee
Rating: 3
Fished: 9/19/2010
Hot Spots: 0
To make a long story short, my 2 boys and I went out to American Lake this morning. I was wondering what was in store for us, due to the fact that my kicker motor was down! Therefore, I brought 2 empt...
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American
By: Lock3056
Posted: 9/17/2010
Species: Perch
Rating: 2
Fished: 9/16/2010
Hot Spots: 0
Spent the whole week at the lake for my vacation. I hadn't been out in about a month, the lake changed quite a bit in a few weeks, the weeds are down and the water got cold. I was hoping to nail the p...
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American
By: booboo98498
Posted: 9/14/2010
Species: Kokanee
Rating: 5
Fished: 9/14/2010
Hot Spots: 0
Wow, first time ever got my limit! My net was at home staying dry so all fish had to be lifted into the boat. First time ever using corn and found that it works great. I had nightcrawlers on one ho...
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