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American Fishing Reports

Posted: 10/23/2015
Species: Rainbow Trout
Rating: 4
Fished: 10/22/2015
Hot Spots: 2
Two of us launched my Smokercraft Osprey at 9:00am. Trolling with pop gear and strung on nite crawlers we caught 6 Kokanee and 2 Rainbows by noon. We did not use downriggers just 1/2 oz. weights at...
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Posted: 10/21/2015
Species: Kokanee
Rating: 2
Fished: 10/16/2015
Hot Spots: 2
This report is dedicated to the fisherman that get mad when people post reports online... On the water by 0945 after dropping the kids off at school. Trolled a pink splatter Dick Nite dodger with a...
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By: Hunter757
Posted: 9/28/2015
Species: Kokanee
Rating: 1
Fished: 9/26/2015
Hot Spots: 2
Well my oldest son wanted to go fishing so we packed up and headed out to American for a few hours. Made a few passes along west side of lake marked a bunch of fish but no takers. We headed north an...
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By: Hunter757
Posted: 9/16/2015
Species: Kokanee
Rating: 3
Fished: 9/15/2015
Hot Spots: 3
Decided it was time to hit the water at American lake. I have not been there in a long time and well have not been on the water in over a month it was time. I arrived around 10 am launched and just ...
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By: smokey34
Posted: 9/10/2015
Species: Kokanee
Rating: 3
Fished: 9/10/2015
Hot Spots: 1
Hit American at 7:00 AM - Only one other boat in sight. After a little consternation with the trolling motor, managed to locate a decent school at 35 ft in 80ft near the county launch. Two nice k...
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By: billyreed
Posted: 9/8/2015
Species: Kokanee
Rating: 3
Fished: 9/7/2015
Hot Spots: 0
Got 3 in the boat. 2 on downrigger and 1 long lining. On long line a Dick Nite pink Splatter and Apex. Down riggers had scent chamber, hot wings, silver Wobbler and a Mack Hoochie thingy. The other wa...
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Posted: 9/7/2015
Species: Perch
Rating: 5
Fished: 9/5/2015
Hot Spots: 1
The perch just love them garden worms on a red hook!
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By: Mr Fitten
Posted: 8/17/2015
Species: Kokanee
Rating: 1
Fished: 8/15/2015
Hot Spots: 1
Went out to American Lake thinking the cool cloudy conditions would keep the wave makers off the water. I was right, sept one guy who thought the only place to ski was the small area i was fitten in. ...
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Posted: 8/14/2015
Species: Kokanee
Rating: 2
Fished: 8/14/2015
Hot Spots: 0
I said I would not be back at this lake until the rain kept the yahoo's away. I kept my word. We did have to wait an hour to launch due to the lightning. The perch kept me busy by constantly hitting K...
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Posted: 7/17/2015
Species: Kokanee
Rating: 4
Fished: 7/17/2015
Hot Spots: 0
Launched at 0500. Limited out by 0900. 4 Kokanee and 1 RBT. All caught 29ft on the wire at 1.2mph. Used: KoneZone moonjelly 4" flasher with Radical Glow pink micro hoochie and a Mack's DD Dodger with ...
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By: DannyMac
Posted: 7/13/2015
Species: Kokanee
Rating: 2
Fished: 7/12/2015
Hot Spots: 0
Took my daughter and sister out to American Lake on Saturday evening just to tool around the boat there first time on this boat. So I didn't plan on fishing but I showed them how the down rigger works...
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By: ilikefish
Posted: 7/10/2015
Species: Kokanee
Rating: 2
Fished: 7/9/2015
Hot Spots: 0
Typically would not come to american at 1 o'clock but trigonometry is taking up all my time. I needed a break so I headed to the lake. After I escaped from the jet ski that continually did circles aro...
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Posted: 7/10/2015
Species: Kokanee
Rating: 3
Fished: 7/10/2015
Hot Spots: 0
Launched at 0500. 17.5" Kokanee in the boat by 0520. Caught on a pink oil slick hoochie with a 4" KoneZone moon jelly flasher. Depth was 26ft on the wire @ 1.1 mph by GPS. Another smaller Kokanee cau...
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By: ilikefish
Posted: 7/2/2015
Species: Kokanee
Rating: 1
Fished: 7/2/2015
Hot Spots: 0
It was a tough morning on American for me. Skiers were on the water at 0530, one of them came within 20 yards of me. Not very nice... Anyway I threw everything I had at them today( the fish not the sk...
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By: hlindsay
Posted: 6/29/2015
Species: Other
Rating: 3
Fished: 6/28/2015
Hot Spots: 2
I put down other because we started for Kokanee got one RBT. (6 to 8 am) then changed to drop shoting for perch and most of what we got were rock bass. Still had a good time and got some fish. Rock ba...
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By: ilikefish
Posted: 6/27/2015
Species: Kokanee
Rating: 4
Fished: 6/27/2015
Hot Spots: 0
At it again this morning early, on water 530ish. At 545 the first water skier showed up, boo! Anyway, didn't touch a fish until around 7. A decent rainbow. I did figure 8's over that area and quickly ...
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Posted: 6/19/2015
Species: Kokanee
Rating: 3
Fished: 6/19/2015
Hot Spots: 3
Caught 3 Kokanee with a blue/green hoochie on a fast limit dodger with Gulp! maggots 29 feet down on the wire @ 1.4 mph (GPS). Also dragged around some perch for a while on pink hoochies with pink Ma...
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By: ilikefish
Posted: 6/19/2015
Species: Kokanee
Rating: 3
Fished: 6/19/2015
Hot Spots: 0
The fish were biting this morning even though the wind was trying to blow me off the lake. I hooked 15 fish, mostly Kokanee a few rainbows mixed in, but only landed one 12" Kokanee and a 13" rainbow....
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Posted: 6/18/2015
Species: Smallmouth Bass
Rating: 3
Fished: 6/18/2015
Hot Spots: 3
Went to American Lake this morning around 7:00am little cool and over cast with light wind started fishing the north end of the lake caught 2 little 1.5lb smallmouth and 10 rock bass on drop shot stic...
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By: ilikefish
Posted: 6/18/2015
Species: Kokanee
Rating: 3
Fished: 6/17/2015
Hot Spots: 0
Had the pontoon set up by 0600, lines in by 615. It was pretty windy and almost impossible to stay in a straight line. I hid behind silcox until the wind died down. When it did i hooked 6 kokes, but t...
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Posted: 6/16/2015
Species: Kokanee
Rating: 3
Fished: 6/13/2015
Hot Spots: 0
Most of us, who target Koks at American, know that its been awful slow this year. However, I did manage to scratch out a limit yesterday. All were "Next Years" Fish and kept a few that I would normall...
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By: ilikefish
Posted: 6/15/2015
Species: Kokanee
Rating: 3
Fished: 6/15/2015
Hot Spots: 0
Started at 6, headed toward silcox island had a couple drive bys. Kept cruising toward the Lakewood launch and the pole starts dancing. Into the net slides a nice 14" Koke. Re baited and sent it back ...
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By: ilikefish
Posted: 6/9/2015
Species: Kokanee
Rating: 2
Fished: 6/9/2015
Hot Spots: 0
Dropped the kids off at school and back out to the lake. It got windy right as I pulled up, but died about 20 min later. Hardly any boats on the water which was unusual, but very welcome. Was marking ...
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Posted: 6/7/2015
Species: Other
Rating: 2
Fished: 6/7/2015
Hot Spots: 2
Got to the lake around 11, the place was a madhouse so didn't expect much. Tried to fish for 1-2 hrs and the water was just to chopped up from all the boats to really work the shoreline well. Caught...
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By: JM73
Posted: 6/7/2015
Species: Kokanee
Rating: 1
Fished: 6/6/2015
Hot Spots: 0
On the water around 6am with two rods in the water. 2hrs of fishing with 2 drive by's and one hook up. Lost about a 16" Kokanee at the boat, messing around with the gear. Hooked at 33' with a dodge...
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