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By: bill miller
Posted: 7/25/2009
Species: Perch
Rating: 4
Fished: 7/25/2009
Hot Spots: 0
The fishing is slow but what u do catch are some real nice perch im from michigan and these are some decent perch, we were using crappie rigs and doing pretty good, I' ve brought home 35 to 40 9-12 in...
By: spokey9
Posted: 7/17/2009
Species: Rainbow Trout
Rating: 2
Fished: 7/17/2009
Hot Spots: 0
Got down to the dock at the boathouse around 5 am and left around 3pm or so. Really, really tough day. A few 'bows where caught by others and i brought home 3. My portable fish finder was marking fis...
By: Anonymous
Posted: 7/14/2009
Species: Rainbow Trout
Rating: 3
Fished: 7/14/2009
Hot Spots: 0
Went back down to the boat house just to catch some fish and have some fun. We were using lil' salad shrimp and salmon eggs for bait and dropping straight down off the dock (it's 30ft deep or so) and ...
By: Fishin4abuzz
Posted: 7/12/2009
Species: Rainbow Trout
Rating: 2
Fished: 7/10/2009
Hot Spots: 0
Went first thing Saturday morning with my brother and some high hopes. Found out the hard way (with a few others) that the boatlaunch doesn't open until 7:00 at American. Don't worry, it gets worse. T...
By: Lock3056
Posted: 7/11/2009
Species: Rock Bass
Rating: 4
Fished: 7/10/2009
Hot Spots: 0
Went out with the wife and kids, had a great time catching Rock Bass, as soon as I would get my worm to the bottom I would have another. All consitant size kept about 20, heard they are a little grass...
By: robert4681
Posted: 7/9/2009
Species: Rainbow Trout
Rating: 5
Fished: 7/9/2009
Hot Spots: 0
Launched at WSFD ramp at 8:00AM. We had out limit of 5 trout each by 11:30AM. Nice Rainbows and Kokanee in the 11 to 13 inch range. Trolled with Ford Fenders with strung-on night crawlers about 18 inc...
By: spokey9
Posted: 7/6/2009
Species: Rainbow Trout
Rating: 3
Fished: 7/5/2009
Hot Spots: 0
Went down to the Boathouse around 12:30pm to fish off the dock. My girl and i got 7 trout (they averaged out about a pound or so) by 4:30 when the wind was getting too rough to have fun anymore. We w...
By: robert4681
Posted: 7/4/2009
Species: Kokanee
Rating: 4
Fished: 7/2/2009
Hot Spots: 0
Launched at the WSFD ramp at 8:30 AM. Had first trout on 5 min. later. The two of us had our 5 fish limit each by 11:00 AM. Nice 11 to 15 inch mix of Rainbows and Kokanee. We trolled mostly along the...
By: personfly18
Posted: 7/3/2009
Species: Rock Bass
Rating: 4
Fished: 7/3/2009
Hot Spots: 3
First time going to American, and let me tell you this lake is awesome. First of all, the boat ramp is really nice. It is run very efficiantly. Second of all, this lake is very clear. It would be ...
By: SPCIverson
Posted: 7/1/2009
Species: Rainbow Trout
Rating: 5
Fished: 7/1/2009
Hot Spots: 1
Well A Great Day On American Lake For Me Got Off Work About 1330 And Went Down To The NW Adventure Center Docks. It Was Slow Up Until About 1430 When I Caught My First Fish It Was A Nice 12" Rainbow A...
By: fishoplenty
Posted: 6/26/2009
Species: Rainbow Trout
Rating: 3
Fished: 6/26/2009
Hot Spots: 0
Hooked into a few 10 inchers and then BAM!! Rod bent and stayed bent. Trolling deep with red wedding ring tipped with worm.
By: SPCIverson
Posted: 6/24/2009
Species: Rainbow Trout
Rating: 2
Fished: 6/24/2009
Hot Spots: 0
Well Another after work fishin excursion got out to lake about 1730 did not catch any fish really until about 1815 it was a healthly fish. It was a 10" Rainbow. I Again was using the Chartreuse color ...
By: SPCIverson
Posted: 6/23/2009
Species: Rainbow Trout
Rating: 3
Fished: 6/23/2009
Hot Spots: 1
Well Got Off Work About 1530 and Went Over To Lake Got Two Fish Both Rainbows Both Were About 12" Long And Meaty.I Was Using, For The First Fish Green Power Eggs and The Second Was Caught On Pink Powe...
By: johnmp
Posted: 6/20/2009
Species: Rainbow Trout
Rating: 4
Fished: 6/20/2009
Hot Spots: 0
We had a great time on the lake today. using power bait and a long leader fishing from the north shore off fort lewis had a good day kicked back some beers and got some fish caint ask for much more, ...
By: Maury
Posted: 6/20/2009
Species: Rainbow Trout
Rating: 4
Fished: 6/20/2009
Hot Spots: 0
I was already on Ft Lewis so I decided to fish a while. Was hoping for Kokanee but but hey, that's ok. rainbows will do fine. They were nice and fat, biggest just over 12" smaller was 10". I fished fr...
By: Butch42
Posted: 6/18/2009
Species: Rainbow Trout
Rating: 3
Fished: 6/18/2009
Hot Spots: 0
We tried the NE side today. Wife landed first silver 11" which she later followed with a 12" rainbow. I caught a 11' silver also but in our 3 hours fishing that was the tally. All caught about 12 to 1...
By: Anonymous
Posted: 6/18/2009
Species: Rainbow Trout
Rating: 4
Fished: 6/18/2009
Hot Spots: 0
Put in at 0700 out by 1130 with two limits. Nine bows and one kokanee. Acouple of the bows went over a pound apiece. Trolled in front of the VA hospital with red bolos and a red wedding band tiped wit...
By: Butch42
Posted: 6/15/2009
Species: Rainbow Trout
Rating: 4
Fished: 6/12/2009
Hot Spots: 0
This was our secound trip to American Lake. The first trip we got 0. This day we started trolling from the free launch heading S to the island and around it then over to the west side and north. Using...
By: terry329
Posted: 6/14/2009
Species: Rainbow Trout
Rating: 3
Fished: 6/14/2009
Hot Spots: 0
Got on the water around 1;30 or so. Water temp was about 74 degrees, not alot of traffic on the lake. We headed up to the north end where we always seem to have success. Got bite after bite but weren...
By: FishingFool
Posted: 6/11/2009
Species:
Rating: 4
Fished: 6/11/2009
Hot Spots: 0
1st time at American Lake. Fished from ~5-7PM. Traffic was a headache to get there. Launched at the new boat launch. $10!!!!!!
Anyways, we were targetting whatever will bite, but I had a feelin...
By: mav186
Posted: 6/8/2009
Species: Kokanee
Rating: 3
Fished: 6/7/2009
Hot Spots: 0
Conditions: Overcast
Wind: Calm
Ambient Temp: 73 F
Water Temp.: 68 F
Moon Phase: Full
Location Fished: North West, circled to East side, down to island, and back over to the launch.
Lure Type: ...
By: Toni
Posted: 6/4/2009
Species: Kokanee
Rating: 3
Fished: 6/4/2009
Hot Spots: 2
I got up early hoping to get to American lake before it got to hot. Once I found the south launch (I have never been there before) and started fishing it was 6:30am. I headed east trolling a flasher...
By: Americanlakerick
Posted: 6/4/2009
Species: Rainbow Trout
Rating: 4
Fished: 6/3/2009
Hot Spots: 0
Decided to go down to my dock last night for some late evening fishing. Decided on worms and the bobbers as the fish were on the surface. Got down to the lake around 8:15pm. By 9:00pm had hooked an...
By: hlindsay
Posted: 6/2/2009
Species: Rainbow Trout
Rating: 3
Fished: 6/1/2009
Hot Spots: 0
Hit the lake around 7:30 and trolled up the west side from the Tillicum launch. Couldn't find any trout but found rock bass when we got in near shore. Got maybe 10 or 15 of them and quit around 11;00....
By: Keith
Posted: 6/1/2009
Species: Smallmouth Bass
Rating: 4
Fished: 6/1/2009
Hot Spots: 0
Well decided to go to American after work. Grabed the dog and actually got my wife to go for the first time. Started off in the north end of the lake and kept catching the little rock bass left and ri...