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American
By: johnmp
Posted: 6/20/2009
Species: Rainbow Trout
Rating: 4
Fished: 6/20/2009
Hot Spots: 0
We had a great time on the lake today. using power bait and a long leader fishing from the north shore off fort lewis had a good day kicked back some beers and got some fish caint ask for much more, ...
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American
By: Maury
Posted: 6/20/2009
Species: Rainbow Trout
Rating: 4
Fished: 6/20/2009
Hot Spots: 0
I was already on Ft Lewis so I decided to fish a while. Was hoping for Kokanee but but hey, that's ok. rainbows will do fine. They were nice and fat, biggest just over 12" smaller was 10". I fished fr...
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American
By: Butch42
Posted: 6/18/2009
Species: Rainbow Trout
Rating: 3
Fished: 6/18/2009
Hot Spots: 0
We tried the NE side today. Wife landed first silver 11" which she later followed with a 12" rainbow. I caught a 11' silver also but in our 3 hours fishing that was the tally. All caught about 12 to 1...
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American
By: Anonymous
Posted: 6/18/2009
Species: Rainbow Trout
Rating: 4
Fished: 6/18/2009
Hot Spots: 0
Put in at 0700 out by 1130 with two limits. Nine bows and one kokanee. Acouple of the bows went over a pound apiece. Trolled in front of the VA hospital with red bolos and a red wedding band tiped wit...
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American
By: Butch42
Posted: 6/15/2009
Species: Rainbow Trout
Rating: 4
Fished: 6/12/2009
Hot Spots: 0
This was our secound trip to American Lake. The first trip we got 0. This day we started trolling from the free launch heading S to the island and around it then over to the west side and north. Using...
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American
By: terry329
Posted: 6/14/2009
Species: Rainbow Trout
Rating: 3
Fished: 6/14/2009
Hot Spots: 0
Got on the water around 1;30 or so. Water temp was about 74 degrees, not alot of traffic on the lake. We headed up to the north end where we always seem to have success. Got bite after bite but weren...
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American
By: FishingFool
Posted: 6/11/2009
Species:
Rating: 4
Fished: 6/11/2009
Hot Spots: 0
1st time at American Lake. Fished from ~5-7PM. Traffic was a headache to get there. Launched at the new boat launch. $10!!!!!! Anyways, we were targetting whatever will bite, but I had a feelin...
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American
By: mav186
Posted: 6/8/2009
Species: Kokanee
Rating: 3
Fished: 6/7/2009
Hot Spots: 0
Conditions: Overcast Wind: Calm Ambient Temp: 73 F Water Temp.: 68 F Moon Phase: Full Location Fished: North West, circled to East side, down to island, and back over to the launch. Lure Type: ...
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American
By: Toni
Posted: 6/4/2009
Species: Kokanee
Rating: 3
Fished: 6/4/2009
Hot Spots: 2
I got up early hoping to get to American lake before it got to hot. Once I found the south launch (I have never been there before) and started fishing it was 6:30am. I headed east trolling a flasher...
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American
By: Americanlakerick
Posted: 6/4/2009
Species: Rainbow Trout
Rating: 4
Fished: 6/3/2009
Hot Spots: 0
Decided to go down to my dock last night for some late evening fishing. Decided on worms and the bobbers as the fish were on the surface. Got down to the lake around 8:15pm. By 9:00pm had hooked an...
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American
By: hlindsay
Posted: 6/2/2009
Species: Rainbow Trout
Rating: 3
Fished: 6/1/2009
Hot Spots: 0
Hit the lake around 7:30 and trolled up the west side from the Tillicum launch. Couldn't find any trout but found rock bass when we got in near shore. Got maybe 10 or 15 of them and quit around 11;00....
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American
By: Keith
Posted: 6/1/2009
Species: Smallmouth Bass
Rating: 4
Fished: 6/1/2009
Hot Spots: 0
Well decided to go to American after work. Grabed the dog and actually got my wife to go for the first time. Started off in the north end of the lake and kept catching the little rock bass left and ri...
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American
By: terry329
Posted: 5/31/2009
Species: Rainbow Trout
Rating: 4
Fished: 5/31/2009
Hot Spots: 0
Well, I saw Houdini today in American lake. The first fish we pulled in was about a 12 inch rainbow, which we put on a stringer. 15 minutes later pulling another fish in, we were surprised to find ...
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American
By: cinatikid
Posted: 5/30/2009
Species: Rock Bass
Rating: 4
Fished: 5/30/2009
Hot Spots: 0
We started out at Tanawax on Friday night. We did good. We caught some Perch and bullhead Catfish (about 15 fish). Saturday we headed back to American Lake. We boated Rockbass, Perch, and about tw...
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American
By: kuyamonster
Posted: 5/30/2009
Species: Rainbow Trout
Rating: 5
Fished: 5/28/2009
Hot Spots: 0
Went to Harry Todd park with my 2 nieces to break in their new rods that they got at Lakewood Trout derby a few weeks ago. Set them up with quarter ounce egg/slider with light 3 foot leader. (2 lb. t...
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American
By: SPARKY101
Posted: 5/29/2009
Species: Smallmouth Bass
Rating: 3
Fished: 5/29/2009
Hot Spots: 0
Finally got some much needed time on the water for myself....Hit the lake from 5am-1pm..went on a bed search"thanx WileyX"seek and destroy.Found beds all over some with fish some without"rockbass usin...
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American
By: terry329
Posted: 5/25/2009
Species: Rainbow Trout
Rating: 4
Fished: 5/24/2009
Hot Spots: 0
Our day started later than expected because of vehicle problems. But, after launching from the old DNR launch we headed along the east shoreline going north. went all the way to the end without a bi...
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American
By: johnson2k6
Posted: 5/24/2009
Species: Rainbow Trout
Rating: 5
Fished: 5/24/2009
Hot Spots: 0
wow... never thought this lake had it in it... i've never caught so many fish outta here. nothing to brag about except 1, about 12 in long, hit the lake at 6 and left around 430, used a red wedding ri...
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American
By: cinatikid
Posted: 5/24/2009
Species: Rock Bass
Rating: 4
Fished: 5/22/2009
Hot Spots: 0
This was our first time fishing at American Lake. We are big time Pan fishermen. American Lake is a really nice lake. We were looking for Perch, Rock Bass, and Blue Gill. We were not lucky with th...
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American
By: Andrew8235
Posted: 5/23/2009
Species: Rainbow Trout
Rating: 3
Fished: 5/23/2009
Hot Spots: 0
Had a great time at american lake today. took my girlfriend and her kid brother and sister with. we got there before opening (when the rowing team was warming up) and got on the dock as soon as the ga...
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American
By: Anonymous
Posted: 5/23/2009
Species: Rainbow Trout
Rating: 4
Fished: 5/23/2009
Hot Spots: 0
Started out slow in the morning but by 1145 the bite was on. Caught at least 20 rainbows 10 to 14 inches in about 2 hours. Seen one man bring in a 10 lb large mouth on little american said he caught i...
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American
By: arniejl
Posted: 5/23/2009
Species: Largemouth Bass
Rating: 2
Fished: 5/22/2009
Hot Spots: 0
Fished solely for spiney rays. Fished the docks and along the shoreline. Caught roughly 30 rockbass and one accidental rainbow. Understand that I am not really a bass fisherman, and that I am trying t...
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American
By: kuyamonster
Posted: 5/23/2009
Species: Rainbow Trout
Rating: 4
Fished: 5/21/2009
Hot Spots: 0
Went to Harry Todd park because I've never been there and my 7 year old niece has never caught a trout. Dock pretty packed but no fish on when we were walking down the hill. Found a small spot on righ...
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American
By: Anonymous
Posted: 5/21/2009
Species: Rainbow Trout
Rating: 4
Fished: 5/18/2009
Hot Spots: 0
Hit american for the first time today. Great new boat launch with docks and all...sweeeet....the pay meters aren't up and running yet so its freeee, even sweeeeter! trolled out of the launch and go...
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American
By: Arimaguy
Posted: 5/20/2009
Species: Rainbow Trout
Rating: 5
Fished: 5/20/2009
Hot Spots: 0
Best fishing in years today. We got on the water just after sunrise around 5:45 and headed for the north end of the lake. As soon as the our lines hit 80 pulls out we were catching fish! We were using...
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