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American
By: Anonymous
Posted: 4/2/2000
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Rating: 3
Fished: 4/2/2000
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Was there for about 2 hours and only got few bites then came a 2 pounder and what a fight it was, only 2 fish and we left about 1:00pm,lots of fish on the finder.
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American
By: Anonymous
Posted: 3/28/2000
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Rating: 3
Fished: 3/28/2000
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On the Fort Lewis side of the lake, at the park. Nothing in the early hours, but around 4:20pm they start biting. landed a nice 14 incher, was 3 3/4 in. wide. Too bad I had to pick up husband from wor...
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American
By: Anonymous
Posted: 3/27/2000
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Rating: 5
Fished: 3/27/2000
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We went out around 12:00pm and fished the south end of the lake just before the inlet. We were about 200m away from shore, and we were using green BWO (Callibatis) flies in the emerger form, and just...
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American
By: Anonymous
Posted: 3/21/2000
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Rating: 5
Fished: 3/21/2000
Hot Spots: 0
Just thought I'd drop you a note on American Lake. Besides largemouth, American also had, up to last year, a few smallmouth. But now there are a lot more. Last year, under the game departments recom...
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American
By: Anonymous
Posted: 3/11/2000
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Rating: 3
Fished: 3/11/2000
Hot Spots: 0
Well, at the dock by the camp ground I had been throwing a spinner for about an hour. So I thought to put on some power bait and cast about 50 yards away. Within 2 or 3 minutes I had a nice 2 pound t...
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American
By: Anonymous
Posted: 1/23/2000
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Rating: 1
Fished: 1/23/2000
Hot Spots: 0
Fished off the Dock from "Bill's Boat House"for about two hours in the AM. Never got a bite. Fished various depths using worm, tipped with shrimp. Also used power bait. A couple other people I talked...
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American
By: Anonymous
Posted: 1/1/2000
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Rating: 5
Fished: 1/1/2000
Hot Spots: 0
Y2K New Year's Day, I went fishing off the dock on the west side of American Lake. It was mostly cloudy with sun breaks, 10mph wind roughing up the surface. Water was green with 10' visibility. Air t...
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American
By: Anonymous
Posted: 10/6/1999
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Rating: 4
Fished: 10/6/1999
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Great pearch S. End 40' Used carolina rig. Black Char. Jig on #2 "RED" worm hook. Tip w/worm.Tryed on the other ways "FEW" hooked fish.
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American
By: Anonymous
Posted: 7/21/1999
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Rating: 4
Fished: 7/21/1999
Hot Spots: 0
Well we launched at 0530 and there was only one boat out before us and two behind us. The weather was overcast with a slight breeze from the South, but it was really pleasant. There were two of us i...
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American
By: Anonymous
Posted: 5/25/1999
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Rating: 5
Fished: 5/25/1999
Hot Spots: 0
If you like trout American lake is the place to be... If you can find a place away from the jetskis you will find the fish. I started at 4:00 in the afternoon and by 5:30 was playing catch and rel...
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American
By: Anonymous
Posted: 5/16/1999
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Rating: 4
Fished: 5/16/1999
Hot Spots: 0
I started out at O'dark 30 (5:00am). I fished the north side of the island at about 30 feet. I was using the standard wedding ring with maggots and worms. I hooked two Kokes by 6:15. The first abo...
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American
By: Anonymous
Posted: 5/15/1999
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Rating: 5
Fished: 5/15/1999
Hot Spots: 0
We fished off the northwest corner of the island, in varying depths, and caught thirty fish in less than four hours, practicing catch and release, of course. We were trolling as slow as the kicker wou...
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American
By: Anonymous
Posted: 5/7/1999
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Rating: 2
Fished: 5/7/1999
Hot Spots: 0
Fished all morning on the north side of the island on the old wedding ring and maggot. Got two kokes and lost one at the boat. They arent taking this as serious as I am yet. It was a windy morning so ...
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American
By: Anonymous
Posted: 4/18/1999
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Rating: 2
Fished: 4/18/1999
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Did some nickel and diming on the boat then grabbed my daughter and went fittin. Arrived about noon on purpose cause the water is really cold this time of year. Trolled for three hours and picked up o...
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American
By: Anonymous
Posted: 4/12/1999
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Rating: 3
Fished: 4/12/1999
Hot Spots: 0
Went to Shoreline Park on Ft. Lewis around 4PM. Fished from deck on the big pavillion. Used a slip sinker with fl. orange Power Nuggets. Nothing for about 45 min. Then 2 rainbows within 15 minutes of ...
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American
By: Anonymous
Posted: 4/11/1999
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Rating: 3
Fished: 4/11/1999
Hot Spots: 0
Took hubby and my five and three year old daughters out for their first fishing trip on our new boat. Fished about 4 hours and caught a 15 inch and a 16 1/2 inch rainbow trout. Couldn't hardly believe...
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American
By: Anonymous
Posted: 8/24/1998
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Rating: 5
Fished: 8/24/1998
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I TOOK THE GRAND KIDS FISHING ON AMERICAN LAKE ,THE LAST WEEK OF AUGUST 3. OUT OF 4 OF THEM CAUGHT THEIR FIRST FISH EVER AND ALL OF THEM CAUGHT PLENTY OF PERCH TO 12 INCHS. NONE WERE KEPT UNDER 10 IN...
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American
By: Anonymous
Posted: 5/31/1998
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Rating: 5
Fished: 5/31/1998
Hot Spots: 0
I arrived at the lake late Sunday 05/31 around 9am and the boat launch already had several trailers in it. I trolled the first hour without a bite then came the Jet ski's and water bikes. I was about ...
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American
By: Anonymous
Posted: 5/18/1998
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Rating: 5
Fished: 5/18/1998
Hot Spots: 0
We arrived at American Lake a little later than I normally like. One of my buddies was moaning at the fact that we were meeting at 8am at another friends house near the lake and how early that was. It...
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American
By: Anonymous
Posted: 5/6/1998
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Rating: 5
Fished: 5/6/1998
Hot Spots: 0
Have been fishing at American lake at the public boat launch since opening day, and have been doing really good. My girl friend and I have been taking our limit every time we have went fishing.. We ha...
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American
By: Anonymous
Posted: 3/21/1998
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Rating: 4
Fished: 3/21/1998
Hot Spots: 0
My wife and I went fishing for the first time this year at American Lake. The weather was raining. We rented a pontoon from Bill's Boat House and went out for the day. They said the fishing was slow. ...
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