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By: joeortega
Posted: 7/2/2017
Species: Kokanee
Rating: 4
Fished: 7/2/2017
Hot Spots: 0
Had a mixture of fish today
By: nerka nailer
Posted: 6/6/2017
Species: Kokanee
Rating: 2
Fished: 6/6/2017
Hot Spots: 0
I slept in today and then decided to go fishing. I arrived at American at 10:30. I hit the water and marked a lot of fish. However the bite seemed to be over. I trolled several different lures, nerka...
By: PouserKeith
Posted: 6/5/2017
Species: Kokanee
Rating: 2
Fished: 6/4/2017
Hot Spots: 1
Short version:. Caught only one 17" unclipped Kokanee at 1:30'ish on Sunday afternoon.
Arrived in the early afternoon (Sunday) to try to target Kokanee, having only fished here once before on Frid...
By: Toni
Posted: 6/4/2017
Species: Kokanee
Rating: 2
Fished: 6/3/2017
Hot Spots: 0
I went with Glen and Cami that morning. Fishing started about 6am. The water temperature was 65 almost 66 degrees. There was a steady breeze which the weather report said was 5mph. This made the cloud...
By: crawfishman
Posted: 5/31/2017
Species: Rainbow Trout
Rating: 4
Fished: 5/27/2017
Hot Spots: 0
Took my girlfriend out for her first early morning fishing trip, and brought along a couple other fishing buddies that I haven't seen in ages. Got to Bill's Boathouse around 6:15, started fishing arou...
By: Big Smooth
Posted: 5/30/2017
Species: Smallmouth Bass
Rating: 3
Fished: 5/28/2017
Hot Spots: 0
I hit the water late hoping to test out the new kicker on some jokes. What a ZOO! Launched and started to head out and quickly figured it was not the day to test the waters, so I headed to the south e...
By: Claybuster
Posted: 5/29/2017
Species: Kokanee
Rating: 4
Fished: 5/29/2017
Hot Spots: 0
First time on American this year. Got 3 in the boat, released one of them. 18 feet on the downrigger seemed to be the spot over by the VA hospital. Used the 50/50 gold tooth with corn mixed with tu...
By: Mr Fitten
Posted: 5/25/2017
Species: Smallmouth Bass
Rating: 4
Fished: 5/20/2017
Hot Spots: 0
Headed out at the crack of dawn to do some fitten fir smallies. Did well around docks and beds. Throwin slow sinking bates. Nice warm day.
By: majorgbailey
Posted: 5/24/2017
Species: Kokanee
Rating: 4
Fished: 5/22/2017
Hot Spots: 0
On the water at 5:15 to test theory that kokanee only bite early morning hours. Downriggers set at 25 feet, set-back 25 feet using trolling motor for 1.2mph. Lures were pink wedding rings with pink ...
By: Toni
Posted: 5/23/2017
Species: Rainbow Trout
Rating: 2
Fished: 5/22/2017
Hot Spots: 1
I got to the lake about 5:30am to fish and test my motor out. After launching the big motor started very quick. Let it idle a little then went out to see if it would go fast again. It did!
I starte...
By: hlindsay
Posted: 5/22/2017
Species: Rainbow Trout
Rating: 2
Fished: 5/22/2017
Hot Spots: 0
fished from 6:30 to 10:00 with only one small RBT on pink wedding ring and pink splatter dodger at around 20'. Tried lots of the usual stuff one other hit on a triple teaser tipped with a worm, Nice d...
By: Dillarb
Posted: 5/14/2017
Species: Rainbow Trout
Rating: 5
Fished: 5/12/2017
Hot Spots: 0
Launched at the park and was fishing at 7:30am. Trolled around the island and got my first fish in front of the boathouse at 8:30, circled around and got a second. Had four fish in the boat by 9:30, c...
By: ilikefish
Posted: 5/11/2017
Species: Kokanee
Rating: 4
Fished: 5/10/2017
Hot Spots: 0
Started at 0900 off the water at 1300. Used various sling blade hoochie combos, but krill sent was #1. The magic depth was around 18 ft. Ended with 3 kokes and a double eye hooked rainbow. Lost so man...
By: Toni
Posted: 5/9/2017
Species: Kokanee
Rating: 2
Fished: 5/9/2017
Hot Spots: 0
I got to the lake bout 7am but didn’t start fishing until just before 8. I tried to get my big motor to start but it refused.
The kicker did its job and I trolled for around 3 hours stopping at 11am....
By: ArrowNaughtic
Posted: 5/7/2017
Species: Kokanee
Rating: 4
Fished: 5/7/2017
Hot Spots: 1
Launched at 7 30 this morning at the WDFW launch. Took my cousins son (16 yr old) with and went directly out in front of the island and started trolling wedding rings with pop gear. Went out 26 ft on...
By: ilikefish
Posted: 5/6/2017
Species: Kokanee
Rating: 4
Fished: 5/6/2017
Hot Spots: 0
Launched at 0630, 3 Kokanee in the boat by 0800. Then had to grind out the last two fish, one a rainbow and the other a cutthroat. Trolling with the usual sling blades and hoochies tipped with corn. S...
By: Bay wolf
Posted: 5/4/2017
Species: Rainbow Trout
Rating: 4
Fished: 5/3/2017
Hot Spots: 0
Launched a bit early at 4:30 p.m., but it gave us enough time to get things set up and relaxing into a good evening troll for some Rainbows. First line was on the down rigger set at 30 ft using a hal...
By: ArrowNaughtic
Posted: 4/29/2017
Species: Kokanee
Rating: 3
Fished: 4/29/2017
Hot Spots: 0
Launched at 7 this morning at the WDFW launch. Ran in front of Silcox island and ended p squeezing out 3 trout. One 12 incher and the other two 10 inches. Used a homemade wedding ring with Jack Lloyd ...
By: nerka nailer
Posted: 4/26/2017
Species: Rainbow Trout
Rating: 5
Fished: 4/26/2017
Hot Spots: 0
I noticed I wash having an idle issue the other day when I was on the lake and my motor kept wanting to die. I think the carbs needed to be cleaned. I decided to put some sea foam in the tank and som...
By: ilikefish
Posted: 4/22/2017
Species: Kokanee
Rating: 4
Fished: 4/21/2017
Hot Spots: 0
Launched about 0830, everyone else had the same idea so the wdfw launch looked like a summer day. Hooked first rainbow before I could get the rod in the holder. Which was a nice start. The bites were...
By: Big Smooth
Posted: 4/18/2017
Species: Kokanee
Rating: 2
Fished: 4/8/2017
Hot Spots: 0
Fished all morning for Kokanee from 60' up to 15' with no luck only a bow at around 25'. We gave in after the wind picked up and headed to little America to troll the bowl for trout. Landed five more...
By: Toni
Posted: 4/18/2017
Species: Kokanee
Rating: 3
Fished: 4/16/2017
Hot Spots: 1
Glen, Cami, and I went on an Easter Kokanee hunt at American Lake. Glen was sporting his new Mad Hatter look. It was cold.
We met at the launch at 6:30am. Started fishing out of the WDFW launch about...
By: ilikefish
Posted: 4/16/2017
Species: Kokanee
Rating: 2
Fished: 4/15/2017
Hot Spots: 0
Started at 545, trolled sling blades and hoochies until 730. Had two hook ups and lost both.. water temp was 48-49
By: ilikefish
Posted: 4/12/2017
Species: Kokanee
Rating: 2
Fished: 4/11/2017
Hot Spots: 0
Had a couple hours so launched the boat around 930. It was breezy with some chop so it was almost impossible to stay on course. Kept speed between 1.1 and 1.4, water temp 46-47. Marked some nice schoo...
By: hlindsay
Posted: 4/2/2017
Species: Rainbow Trout
Rating: 1
Fished: 3/31/2017
Hot Spots: 0
Fished from around 1:00 to 5:00 trolling the only thing to get hit was a pink squid. It came out of the clip a few times and for sure one fish on with a long line release.