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By: rob30
Posted: 3/14/2010
Species: Rainbow Trout
Rating: 2
Fished: 3/14/2010
Hot Spots: 0
me and my dad fish over by the va trolling just a straight worm had two hits we landed the bigest one was about 14 inchs nice fat bow that was my first time on that lake just bought a 14 foot boat and...
By: snake7676
Posted: 3/7/2010
Species: Rainbow Trout
Rating: 3
Fished: 3/6/2010
Hot Spots: 0
I would like to start out by saying it was an awsome day on the water. My soon-to-be-6yrs-old son and I launched the boat at the American Lake North Park boat launch at 9am. We headed out to this lake...
By: james griffin
Posted: 3/6/2010
Species: Rainbow Trout
Rating: 2
Fished: 3/6/2010
Hot Spots: 0
Fished half the day for smallmouth and only had a couple bites. Fished for trout the rest of the day and got one 20 inch bow, almost 3lbs. Very slow out there today but the weather made it a good day ...
By: james griffin
Posted: 3/5/2010
Species: Smallmouth Bass
Rating: 3
Fished: 3/5/2010
Hot Spots: 0
A buddy and i got on the lake about 730am and fished the two islands for about a hour. Nothing happening so we hit little american. Within the first 45 minutes i got my first smallie ever, 2lbs 12ozs....
By: james griffin
Posted: 3/4/2010
Species: Rainbow Trout
Rating: 2
Fished: 3/4/2010
Hot Spots: 0
I got on the lake about 730am and started out cruising the points trying to locate the smallies. Fished for smallies for 3 to 4 hours without a bite. This is my first year ever fishing for smallies an...
By: basschic
Posted: 3/2/2010
Species: Smallmouth Bass
Rating: 3
Fished: 2/28/2010
Hot Spots: 0
This was the first time we went to this lake. We were going for smallies, saw a couple decent ones but they were not interested in what we were offering. We did catch a nice rainbow trout (24 1/4", ...
By: procaster
Posted: 2/21/2010
Species: Smallmouth Bass
Rating: 1
Fished: 2/21/2010
Hot Spots: 0
Went to American lake for 1st time. Launched at public boat launch. I forgot the topo map I printed out so I mostly drove around checking out lake/bottom. I found two good humps once the water wa...
By: nickbell
Posted: 2/20/2010
Species: Rainbow Trout
Rating: 1
Fished: 2/20/2010
Hot Spots: 0
Nice and sunny but no luck. I fished at bills boathouse. I tried fishing straight down with a worm, powerbait, power egg, or some combination of the three, and i tried doing the same thing with a bo...
By: Alrwilliams
Posted: 2/16/2010
Species: Rainbow Trout
Rating: 1
Fished: 2/16/2010
Hot Spots: 0
Got to the lake about 9:30 and fished my usual spot off the boathouse dock. I used artifical and live baits, bobbers and even fished off the bottom with no luck. Typically, I would catch 2-3 rainbow...
By: CCAdventurer
Posted: 2/12/2010
Species: Kokanee
Rating: 2
Fished: 2/11/2010
Hot Spots: 0
We arrived at American Lake at 10:00 AM. Started electric trolling from the boat launch heading towards the other side where the VA dock was and instantly had one fish on! The fish hit the lure so har...
By: bionic_one
Posted: 2/10/2010
Species: Rainbow Trout
Rating: 3
Fished: 2/9/2010
Hot Spots: 0
Let me start this report by getting some facts out, so people don't just flock to American Lake thinking it's easy pickings. I've fished this lake many times and gone home skunked. Usually this occu...
By: salmonslayer117
Posted: 2/7/2010
Species: Rainbow Trout
Rating: 1
Fished: 2/6/2010
Hot Spots: 0
Well, no fish, but me my buddy and the kids had some fun on the lake. Hit Bill's Boathouse at about noon. Started out running a worm off the bottom. Had one decent hit but missed it (I was helping my ...
By: vympel
Posted: 2/4/2010
Species: Rainbow Trout
Rating: 3
Fished: 2/4/2010
Hot Spots: 0
Third time out at this lake fishing and it's the first time I've caught a trout here. Had some setups that failed and finally got one on a green wedding ring with a nightcrawler using two split shots....
By: Lunkerbassman
Posted: 1/31/2010
Species: Smallmouth Bass
Rating: 3
Fished: 1/29/2010
Hot Spots: 0
On the lake around noon. Hit my usuall spots for this time of the year using hand poured plastic baits on a drop shot. Caught this one in about 40ft of water. Nice end of january fish.
By: kokanee_slayer
Posted: 1/12/2010
Species: Kokanee
Rating: 1
Fished: 1/10/2010
Hot Spots: 0
Launched at dawn and fished until noon. I got a few bumps but no takers. Nonetheless; it was still a nice day to be out on the water. It’s a little early for this lake as the activity doesn’t normal...
By: Fishsean
Posted: 11/27/2009
Species: Rainbow Trout
Rating: 3
Fished: 11/27/2009
Hot Spots: 0
Took my buddie out for a relaxing day on the lake. Got out about 10:00am and fished till 2:00. Caught one nice 6.5 pound Rainbow and had several other "bumps" but no takes. Always a good time on the l...
By: Fishsean
Posted: 11/20/2009
Species: Rainbow Trout
Rating: 3
Fished: 11/20/2009
Hot Spots: 0
Took my buddy Charlie out for a day of fishing. We got out on the lake about 10am and fished till 2:30. I hooked up a 12-13 inch cutthroat about 5 minutes into the trip and that was it till Charlie ho...
By: bionic_one
Posted: 11/2/2009
Species: Rainbow Trout
Rating: 1
Fished: 11/1/2009
Hot Spots: 0
Took my kayak out to American Lake again and hit the water around noon. Fished several hours with no luck. Tried in close to the shore and saw several large fish on my FF. They wouldn't bite my rap...
By: bionic_one
Posted: 10/28/2009
Species: Rainbow Trout
Rating: 1
Fished: 10/27/2009
Hot Spots: 0
Trolled for about an hour yesterday evening in my kayak. Used flashers and a 50/50 dick nite. I only saw two fish on my depthfinder the whole time, and neither of them bit.
The new boat launch at ...
By: dwjones
Posted: 10/12/2009
Species: Perch
Rating: 4
Fished: 10/12/2009
Hot Spots: 0
went out with a friend of mine. we were there almost 5 hours. caught around 15 perch. it was windy and cool but enjoyed it very much. fished on the floating dock over by the northwest adventure ce...
By: nickbell
Posted: 10/11/2009
Species: Rainbow Trout
Rating: 5
Fished: 10/11/2009
Hot Spots: 0
WOW! Great day! I went to the Boathouse around 8 and stayed untill 1:00. Best day of fishing in my life. So many trout. I casting a spinner, dropping it a little bit and reeling. I got a HUGE tr...
By: nickbell
Posted: 9/27/2009
Species: Perch
Rating: 4
Fished: 9/27/2009
Hot Spots: 0
Hit Bills Boathouse aroud 9 am. There are to docks there, one for fishing, and another one that is carpited and it is where he keeps the big pontoons and sail boats. Fish off of this dock if you are ...
By: JustFishing
Posted: 9/22/2009
Species: Rainbow Trout
Rating: 2
Fished: 9/21/2009
Hot Spots: 0
Went canoeing on the lake with my wife. Started late afternoon and went until dark. Tried various spots in the lake, bottom and some trolling. Had a few nibbles and wife caught 2 perch, but they wer...
By: nickbell
Posted: 9/11/2009
Species: Rainbow Trout
Rating: 1
Fished: 8/15/2009
Hot Spots: 0
The fishing was terrible. I have been fishing all around american lake every saturday since june 2009, but i have only caught one rainbow trout. I suggest that you avoid bottom fishing (unless it is...
By: Johnthefisherman
Posted: 8/23/2009
Species: Other
Rating: 4
Fished: 8/22/2009
Hot Spots: 0
Mom came up from Oregon for her birthday and wanted to go fishing, so I chose to load up the Wife, daughter and Mom and go to american. Got to American about 5 PM. Went up to the condos end of the lak...