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By: Ocktane
Posted: 7/9/2010
Species: Smallmouth Bass
Rating: 5
Fished: 7/9/2010
Hot Spots: 0
Hit the lake around 3pm trollin the banks. I was pitchin' t-rigged curly tailed jigs (watermelon) and Josh (my roommate) was throwing a blue and silver fat shad crankbait. Nailed about 40+ rockbass ...
By: rtk
Posted: 7/6/2010
Species: Kokanee
Rating: 4
Fished: 7/6/2010
Hot Spots: 0
We started at 10:45 this morniing andquit about 2:30. We had 10 kokes to the boat, kept 6 using dick nites and triple teasers 20-30 feet down on the downriggers. Most were caught off the VA hospital i...
By: Ocktane
Posted: 7/5/2010
Species: Smallmouth Bass
Rating: 3
Fished: 7/5/2010
Hot Spots: 0
A bit of a slow afternoon. Hit the lake around 4, pitching t-rigged craws and 3" senkos in the shallows. My roommate and I boated handfuls of rockbass as usual and i landed about a two pound smallie...
By: Lock3056
Posted: 7/5/2010
Species: Perch
Rating: 4
Fished: 7/5/2010
Hot Spots: 0
Decent day out on the lake, Had a late start... Started out at 10:00 Working the NW shoreline for Small mouth... I had my Father-in-Law with me, I dont think he has the patience for Bass fishing nor u...
By: snake7676
Posted: 7/5/2010
Species: Kokanee
Rating: 3
Fished: 7/5/2010
Hot Spots: 0
Well after a long 2 days I was on the water by 11:30am started trolling north end of lake , I was marking fish 15' to 35' down so 25' down I went caught first fish with in first 10min. Then I he...
By: Lock3056
Posted: 7/4/2010
Species: Rainbow Trout
Rating: 1
Fished: 7/3/2010
Hot Spots: 0
Invited a friend to go fishing with me, They showed up an hour late. I forgot the battery for my trolling motor so I decided not to cast like I normally do because it was kind of windy and I didnt wan...
By: Ocktane
Posted: 7/3/2010
Species: Smallmouth Bass
Rating: 4
Fished: 7/3/2010
Hot Spots: 0
Started the day fishing the shallows with t-rigged plastics. Nailed rock bass all morning long, bite seemed to be a little slower than usual though. Switched to my jointed shad rap and boated the fi...
By: nickbell
Posted: 7/3/2010
Species: Smallmouth Bass
Rating: 3
Fished: 7/3/2010
Hot Spots: 0
Caught lots of fish many different ways. We fished along the shore line with nightcrawlers, nightcrawlers/bobber, and mostley chigger craws. Caught at least 30 rockbass and a few nice sized perch on...
By: Anonymous
Posted: 7/1/2010
Species: Kokanee
Rating: 4
Fished: 6/30/2010
Hot Spots: 0
Limits everytime we go out, the seceret is to find the right depth, we use leaded line and let out 40 to 50 pulls, ford fender and 30 ": Leader with Macks wedding ring. fish are everywhere but depth i...
By: dex857
Posted: 6/30/2010
Species:
Rating: 3
Fished: 6/30/2010
Hot Spots: 0
Got on the lake about 0630. Military was using south end to play war games so I fished just off the VA. trolling a red wedding ring with a worm. Tried to stay in the 25 foot water. Ran bait (guessing)...
By: Anonymous
Posted: 6/28/2010
Species: Largemouth Bass
Rating: 3
Fished: 6/27/2010
Hot Spots: 0
I took my first trip to American Lake yesterday, even though I've been fishing for years and only live 10 miles away. The first thing I must say is that this lake is great. The terrain varies from gr...
By: arniejl
Posted: 6/27/2010
Species: Smallmouth Bass
Rating: 2
Fished: 6/27/2010
Hot Spots: 0
Well, had no plan to fish today but my other stuff fell through. Been getting some pressure from Fiancee's 15 year old daughter to take her fishing, so, I finally did.
We trolled out front of Vet...
By: Johnthefisherman
Posted: 6/27/2010
Species: Other
Rating: 4
Fished: 6/27/2010
Hot Spots: 0
Got to the lake around 0700, with the wife and kid. We targeted smallmouth early getting a few 1-2 lb'ers on dropshot and grubs, missed a big one on a tube, got excited when i saw it hit and jerked th...
By: nickbell
Posted: 6/26/2010
Species: Other
Rating: 3
Fished: 6/26/2010
Hot Spots: 0
Caught a few fish, had some fun. Very nice weather. I started on the shallow end of the boathouse dock, caught mabey 20+ bullheads. I also had one small perch and a few decent sized rock bass. Wha...
By: snake7676
Posted: 6/26/2010
Species: Kokanee
Rating: 5
Fished: 6/26/2010
Hot Spots: 0
Well Today was a awsome day on the water ! My son and I was on the lake by 6:35am with in 20min I landed a fat bow 10min after that landed a smaller 17" bow . We all so boated a few smaller koks ...
By: Ocktane
Posted: 6/26/2010
Species: Smallmouth Bass
Rating: 5
Fished: 6/26/2010
Hot Spots: 0
Hit the lake about 5am with my roommate. Trolled the shallow flats pitchin' 3" green lizards and watermelon/blue flake and black/red flake crazy leg chigger craws. Slammed rock bass all day long, ca...
By: Lock3056
Posted: 6/26/2010
Species: Smallmouth Bass
Rating: 3
Fished: 6/26/2010
Hot Spots: 2
Got on the lake around 8:00 this moring, headed to Little American, didn't have any luck. I cant for the life of me figure out why, the Shoreline looks so inviting. Headed to the Sunken island near th...
By: f1sh1nf00l
Posted: 6/22/2010
Species: Smallmouth Bass
Rating: 4
Fished: 6/22/2010
Hot Spots: 0
I feel I'm being redundant, so this will be my last American Lake post for a while. It's hard to pass up heading out to the lake on a nice evening like this one, they've been few and far between latel...
By: stevoblue
Posted: 6/22/2010
Species: Kokanee
Rating: 1
Fished: 6/22/2010
Hot Spots: 0
Trolled for a few hours in front of the VA hospital. No luck today.
By: f1sh1nf00l
Posted: 6/21/2010
Species: Smallmouth Bass
Rating: 4
Fished: 6/21/2010
Hot Spots: 0
Got home from work early enough to hit the lake for a couple of hours. American is still putting out quality fish. My son got the biggest fish tonight (again...), guess I taught him too well. Drop sho...
By: Fatbasstard
Posted: 6/21/2010
Species: Smallmouth Bass
Rating: 3
Fished: 6/21/2010
Hot Spots: 0
Thought I would try something different. With a total of 3 smallmouth bass caught in my life, it was time to expand. 6:15am I am in the water (surface temp 60.2) 20 minutes later, I hook into one, 3+ ...
By: Lock3056
Posted: 6/21/2010
Species: Smallmouth Bass
Rating: 3
Fished: 6/21/2010
Hot Spots: 1
Got a late Start Saturday Morning, Left the dock around 8am. I was reading about Dropshoting and decided to give it a try. I rigged up a dropshot rig with a Gary Yamamoto Watermellon colored Crayfish ...
By: FishingFool
Posted: 6/18/2010
Species: Smallmouth Bass
Rating: 3
Fished: 6/18/2010
Hot Spots: 0
I got tired of getting skunked at Sawyer, so I decided to hit up American instead. At least I know I'll be able to land something, even though if it's only RockBass.
And boy did I get those RockBa...
By: f1sh1nf00l
Posted: 6/15/2010
Species: Smallmouth Bass
Rating: 4
Fished: 6/15/2010
Hot Spots: 0
Hit the water at about 4:30 pm. Variable wind, from breezy to windy. Cool with scattered showers and a few sun breaks. Fished northeast first, but wind picked up and made it difficult, so we headed to...
By: Ocktane
Posted: 6/15/2010
Species: Smallmouth Bass
Rating: 3
Fished: 6/15/2010
Hot Spots: 0
Hit the lake at 5 am, beautiful morning! Started getting bites from the get go. Started the day pitching senkos, lizards, and turtleback worms in green, watermelon, and black, with red specks. The ...