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By: ilikefish
Posted: 6/5/2015
Species: Kokanee
Rating: 2
Fished: 6/5/2015
Hot Spots: 0
Got a downrigger for my pontoon so had to try it out. Went out for three hours. Wind and jetskis make fishing a little bit bumpy, but managed to tempt three rainbows to the net. No kokes. Caught all f...
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By: rflores13
Posted: 6/2/2015
Species: Kokanee
Rating: 1
Fished: 5/31/2015
Hot Spots: 0
Hit the water about 9:00am, I don't have any electronics so I hit the common sports trolling with a wedding ring and corn. With my troller motor being worked on I used the big motor to troll, which wa...
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Posted: 5/30/2015
Species: Kokanee
Rating: 1
Fished: 5/30/2015
Hot Spots: 3
Had 4 drive by's landed one small Kokanee and one pretty good sized rbt. Didn't look like anyone was doing much. On the water by 6:00 off by 8:30. mini wedding ring, several colors of skirts, corn, ma...
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By: ilikefish
Posted: 5/29/2015
Species: Rainbow Trout
Rating: 4
Fished: 5/29/2015
Hot Spots: 0
Dropped the kids off at school and headed to the lake. Launched the pontoon around 9ish. Trolled around silcox island, marked lots of fish, but they weren't biting what I was offering. Changed it up a...
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By: r.sok
Posted: 5/28/2015
Species: Rainbow Trout
Rating: 5
Fished: 5/28/2015
Hot Spots: 0
I've been coming to this lake for the past 3 days right after work. Limiting out every time from the shore. Today was a little different though.. Managed to catch my personal best out of this lake. A ...
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Posted: 5/27/2015
Species: Rainbow Trout
Rating: 4
Fished: 5/25/2015
Hot Spots: 0
Got off work early headed out to my favorite hole. Limited with five trout on powerbait eggs. Threw out different colors. Trout didn't mind they were hungry. On the way back to Russels Landing I lef...
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Posted: 5/27/2015
Species: Rainbow Trout
Rating: 2
Fished: 5/27/2015
Hot Spots: 1
I have been fishing American since beginning of May with no luck. Until today. The drought is finally over. Caught a beautiful RBT, 18 inches, 2 1/2 lb off the dock at Camp Murray. About 2:30 in the a...
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By: mtom938
Posted: 5/26/2015
Species: Kokanee
Rating: 1
Fished: 5/26/2015
Hot Spots: 0
Total skunk-out today. Nothing worked, and I threw everything I had color wise at them. Not one single hit the entire morning. While its hard to watch other fisherman while rowing a kayak with a do...
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By: gunnybyrd
Posted: 5/26/2015
Species: Rainbow Trout
Rating: 3
Fished: 5/25/2015
Hot Spots: 0
What a great way to spend Memorial Day, chasing the hungry trout on American Lake. Morning started slow, but once they stated hitting, it was hard to keep up. Only took four home, averaged two poun...
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Posted: 5/23/2015
Species: Kokanee
Rating: 2
Fished: 5/23/2015
Hot Spots: 0
No love from the Kokanee today. One 15" rainbow kept for dinner. Lousy weather this morning. Didn't see many nets getting used either. The morning got better when the wake boarders showed up at 0713....
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By: mtom938
Posted: 5/19/2015
Species: Kokanee
Rating: 3
Fished: 5/18/2015
Hot Spots: 0
Well, after recovering from my huli two Sundays ago (aka buying new rods/reels) I decided to get back up and head out for another try at American Kokes. Hit the water at 0630 (sun was already up) and...
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Posted: 5/18/2015
Species: Kokanee
Rating: 2
Fished: 5/17/2015
Hot Spots: 3
Tough afternoon. Got in the water at 1pm and off at 5. Landed a 14" trout on a flat fish, but two others on the Kokanee gear. Nice calm day on the water though.hit the north and east sides. Good day w...
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Posted: 5/18/2015
Species: Kokanee
Rating: 3
Fished: 5/17/2015
Hot Spots: 3
Hit american lake up solo .I fished before light till 11 and it was slow going .hooked no kokanee before 8 so I went down to the east end and fished for rbt with rapalas and c&r 8 or 9 rbt to 16 or so...
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Posted: 5/17/2015
Species: Kokanee
Rating: 4
Fished: 5/17/2015
Hot Spots: 0
Fished American lake with my brother and 3 yr old for 3 hours today. We trolled around the Camp Murray end of the lake with hot wings fish flash and shasta tackle sling blades, both finished with wedd...
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By: jford0731
Posted: 5/17/2015
Species: Kokanee
Rating: 1
Fished: 5/17/2015
Hot Spots: 0
Trolled for five hours this morning not even a takedown or a drive-by. Plenty of fish to be marked on the sonar but nothing would bite. Talked to several others who said the same about their lack of l...
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By: Hunter757
Posted: 5/15/2015
Species: Kokanee
Rating: 1
Fished: 5/14/2015
Hot Spots: 0
So headed out yesterday and on the water by 1 pm. Started fishing on the DR at 15 and 30 ft using dodger and wedding rings tipped with corn. No luck marked a ton of fish but no takers. I got one RB...
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Posted: 5/14/2015
Species: Rainbow Trout
Rating: 1
Fished: 5/14/2015
Hot Spots: 0
Today I trolled past 40-50 dead perch, all around 6 inches long, floating belly-up in American Lake between the WDFW launch and Little American. Two employees at the Camp Murray campground told me th...
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By: stittsy
Posted: 5/12/2015
Species: Rainbow Trout
Rating: 1
Fished: 5/12/2015
Hot Spots: 0
I spent a couple of hours after work trying to catch something. I changed my bait a few time, but no hits at all. Even the eagles stayed off the water most of the time I was there. Tried fishing of...
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By: stittsy
Posted: 5/12/2015
Species: Rainbow Trout
Rating: 1
Fished: 5/9/2015
Hot Spots: 0
I tried American Lake for the first time. No boat, so I fished off the boat dock near the campsite at Camp Murray. Spent six hour there and only had a few nibbles when using a red worm. I tried Cha...
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By: Hunter757
Posted: 5/8/2015
Species: Kokanee
Rating: 2
Fished: 5/8/2015
Hot Spots: 0
Well hit the lake for to try my luck at American. Got there about 1 pm and found a couple paddling or trying to get back to shore they got stuck on the little Island across from the launch. I gave t...
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By: Draco
Posted: 5/8/2015
Species: Rainbow Trout
Rating: 1
Fished: 5/8/2015
Hot Spots: 0
Went out to American Lake to Harry Todd Park this morning and found most of the 'L' shaped docks have been removed. They have only the two sections that are attached to the shore. Does anyone know...
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By: jford0731
Posted: 5/4/2015
Species: Kokanee
Rating: 2
Fished: 5/3/2015
Hot Spots: 0
Went out this evening for a few hours. I wish I had not gone. I seem to have forgotten what a bunch of jerks there are on jet skis and other inconsiderate boaters flying around this lake. I did manage...
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Posted: 5/3/2015
Species: Rainbow Trout
Rating: 4
Fished: 5/2/2015
Hot Spots: 1
Had a great time in my kayak catching a lot of trout. I limit out every day I go out there just using pink and orange powerbait about 5ft off the bottom. The trout are usually within the 13"-16" range...
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Posted: 5/3/2015
Species: Smallmouth Bass
Rating: 4
Fished: 5/2/2015
Hot Spots: 0
Great day on the water, chasing smallmouth. While I didn't catch huge numbers of fish, I did catch some really good quality fish. Fished all over the lake, and caught fish in a few different are...
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Posted: 5/2/2015
Species: Kokanee
Rating: 2
Fished: 5/2/2015
Hot Spots: 0
Tough morning, but weather was great. Landed one 16 1/2" kok and a 12" BOW. OFF THE Water by 10am. Got Brett his first American lk Kokanee though so this should be a little higher rating. Water temp w...
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