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American Fishing Reports

American
By: ilikefish
Posted: 4/4/2016
Species: Rainbow Trout
Rating: 4
Fished: 4/2/2016
Hot Spots: 0
Got there zero dark thirty, hopped a ride in a buddies boat. We trolled various flashers, dodgers, pop gear, hoochies, flies, spinners. One drive bye in 2 1/2 hours. Ended up catching our our limits d...
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American
By: Bilgewater
Posted: 4/2/2016
Species: Rainbow Trout
Rating: 1
Fished: 4/1/2016
Hot Spots: 0
Trolled April 1 with no bites. Shallow and deep. Trolled March 31 also, had one fish to the boat before it shook loose. No other bites. Why is it that reports about American Lake, between Janua...
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American
By: nickbell
Posted: 4/2/2016
Species: Rainbow Trout
Rating: 2
Fished: 4/2/2016
Hot Spots: 1
Little action today. Showed up to the boathouse early, but the dock quickly got packed, so we decided to rent a boat. Fished mostly worms with a bit of powerbait, either dropping straight down or wi...
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American
By: nerka nailer
Posted: 3/29/2016
Species: Rainbow Trout
Rating: 5
Fished: 3/29/2016
Hot Spots: 0
Went to American lake with a couple co-workers. Two of us were fishing and we each caught a limit of fish. Trolled the main body of the lake at 15 feet deep, with a rocky mountain dodger and pink hooc...
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American
By: hlindsay
Posted: 3/29/2016
Species: Rainbow Trout
Rating: 3
Fished: 3/29/2016
Hot Spots: 1
Got started fishing at around 12:00 and fished till 3:00. Went to the north end and trolled with the wind to the south. I marked a few fish around 30 to 40 FOW so I ran our 4 lines from 25 to 40 ft do...
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American
By: fishtolivelivetofish
Posted: 3/27/2016
Species: Rainbow Trout
Rating: 2
Fished: 3/25/2016
Hot Spots: 0
tried off the bottom ,white and pink power eggs brought the only fish 11 in, tryed kastmaster,s spinners ,powerbait nothing,but great day on the water.
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American
By: Mr Fitten
Posted: 3/21/2016
Species: Smallmouth Bass
Rating: 1
Fished: 3/19/2016
Hot Spots: 0
Went out for the first time this year lookin fir smallies. No luck there fishing all the spots I know. So there is a guy on the bank who reels in a nice big trout. He throws it back in while we are ta...
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American
By: Big Smooth
Posted: 3/20/2016
Species: Kokanee
Rating: 1
Fished: 3/19/2016
Hot Spots: 0
A long morning of trolling the west and north side of the island. Fish were deep and had lockjaw. Had four rods out with pink cha cha rigs, guilded lilly, orange cha cha, and finally a cop car spoon. ...
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American
By: bandseeker
Posted: 3/17/2016
Species: Rainbow Trout
Rating: 3
Fished: 3/16/2016
Hot Spots: 3
Picked up three rainbows all around 9 inches on the very northern part of American Lake by the apartments. Had a few jumpers after a weak hatch going on. Picked up all fish 10 feet down the wire. S...
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American
By: Bilgewater
Posted: 3/16/2016
Species: Rainbow Trout
Rating: 1
Fished: 3/16/2016
Hot Spots: 0
No rain today. Overcast and a light northerly breeze in the morning. I flat-lined shallow, but got no bites in 3 1/2 hours. Noted 2 or 3 other trollers, including one fisherman who fishes American ...
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American
By: bandseeker
Posted: 3/12/2016
Species: Kokanee
Rating: 5
Fished: 3/11/2016
Hot Spots: 0
The kokanee were running about 45 ft to 60 ft deep. I got no takers there. The perch were in massive schools at the section of the lake I was fishing. I managed 2 17+ inch rainbows and 3 12 to 13 i...
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American
By: marthalb
Posted: 3/9/2016
Species: Rainbow Trout
Rating: 2
Fished: 3/8/2016
Hot Spots: 1
Went out for a nice day of shore fishing. Had to cast a bit further out than last time, and the fish were less active, but took home a nice 12" rainbow. I was floating Orange garlic eggs with a few ...
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American
By: jimbolya
Posted: 3/7/2016
Species: Kokanee
Rating: 1
Fished: 3/6/2016
Hot Spots: 0
Dodged a series of rainstorms, putting in right when one was finishing about 2:15. Started at the launch in the SW corner, trolled all the way up around the island to the north end, looped and came ha...
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American
By: marthalb
Posted: 2/27/2016
Species: Rainbow Trout
Rating: 3
Fished: 2/27/2016
Hot Spots: 1
Put in a good day's work on the lake shore today. Used Berkley's Gulp Garlic scented orange salmon eggs sandwiched between two green salmon eggs on a 1 1/2 to 2" leader with 2 or 3 split shots. Got ...
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American
By: Hunter757
Posted: 2/23/2016
Species: Kokanee
Rating: 1
Fished: 2/23/2016
Hot Spots: 2
Hit American today hoping to find some fish...arrived around 10 am and left around 2 pm. Not one single bite, had plenty of fish come up from the depths at my lines or dr ball showed up on the FF. M...
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American
By: Bilgewater
Posted: 2/23/2016
Species: Rainbow Trout
Rating: 1
Fished: 2/23/2016
Hot Spots: 0
No bites during 3 hours of trolling. Saw very, very few fish on sonar. It feels like there are not many fish in the lake right now. I don’t know if the other troller I saw had any action. Likewis...
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American
By: Toni
Posted: 2/21/2016
Species: Kokanee
Rating: 1
Fished: 2/20/2016
Hot Spots: 0
I met Glenn and Cami at the launch at 10am. This was the first time getting in a boat and out fishing for 2016. It was a first for testing my knee after total knee replacement. I was able to get in an...
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American
By: Big Smooth
Posted: 2/14/2016
Species: Kokanee
Rating: 1
Fished: 2/13/2016
Hot Spots: 0
Tough day of fishing today we trolled the Northwest Bank about 3 to 4 hours with no luck marked a few fish on the north side. Weather was nice and calm for the morning. I did get the boat out though...
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American
By: marthalb
Posted: 2/8/2016
Species: Rainbow Trout
Rating: 1
Fished: 2/8/2016
Hot Spots: 2
Started out at around 3:45 pm on the most southern part of the lake, the dock behind the housing area. Thought I'd get lucky with the sun out and the warm up we've been having. I used dough off the ...
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American
By: hlindsay
Posted: 2/8/2016
Species: Kokanee
Rating: 1
Fished: 2/8/2016
Hot Spots: 0
Sunny and warm, so I went out to see how well the down-riggers worked on the new boat. This is the fourth time out first two were breaking on the motors and third time seeing if the bow mount would pu...
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American
By: Bilgewater
Posted: 2/7/2016
Species: Kokanee
Rating: 1
Fished: 2/7/2016
Hot Spots: 0
The sunny, calm Super Bowl Sunday brought out a number of boats. The one troller I talked with had the same result as me: Nothing. Did anyone catch anything in American today?
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American
By: greenrowboat
Posted: 1/30/2016
Species: Rainbow Trout
Rating: 2
Fished: 1/25/2016
Hot Spots: 0
Been fishing American this and last month, caught mostly 14-16" RB's, a Koke now and again. Last 3 (times) weeks have been slow... no fish- any idea what these weights are worth? Thanks, Gary
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American
By: Hunter757
Posted: 1/21/2016
Species: Kokanee
Rating: 1
Fished: 1/20/2016
Hot Spots: 1
Hit American Lake today for five hours after trying a few days ago and had to cut it early due to no pee on the kicker. Got that fixed and decided to give it another go. Started out in my normal spo...
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American
By: billyl
Posted: 11/21/2015
Species: Rainbow Trout
Rating: 1
Fished: 11/20/2015
Hot Spots: 1
We didn't have any luck finding the planted bows. Started at boat ramp and work Our way out. Trolling most of the time and tried still fish. If you go out try the center of the lake. I think they...
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American
By: Toni
Posted: 11/3/2015
Species: Kokanee
Rating: 1
Fished: 11/3/2015
Hot Spots: 0
I haven’t been to this lake since 4-21-15. I was amazed at how low the water was after our long, dry, hot, summer. It was mostly cloudy and when I started, 8:30am, there wasn’t any wind but later i...
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