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American Lake Report
Pierce County, WA

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07/11/2011
Top Fishing From Boat
Smallmouth Bass
Crankbait
All Day
07/11/2011
3
1200

Got to fish with bassin' buddy Bob Johansen today on American lake. We hit the lake at 0600 and ran to the north end near the boat launch up there and started fishing. Conditions were initally a bit breezy making boat control not as good as I would have liked. The structure and variety of methods available on this end of the lake made me feel like a kid in a candy store. I was tossing jigs, crankbaits, spinnerbaits, dropshots, and rapalas. What fun. The fishing was only so-so. Lot's of little rock bass. I bet if a guy went out with his 10 year old and a small micro jig/plastic tail under a bobber they could catch a hundred of these fish easily. No great size to them but man are they aggresive.

The smallmouth were all in the dink category except for one I caught which may have pushed two pounds if I was generous. Anyway, for us all SMB were caught on either crankbaits or rapalas. I know a previous report mentioned dropshots but for whatever reason I had no success. I targeted ends of docks, 15-25 ft deep. The cranked fish were generally coming up from weedbeds in 12-16 ft of water. Water temp 69, partly sunny, breezy to start, calmed down mid-morning, came back afternoon.

Oh, Little American we fished in the afternoon, no luck. Well, a couple rock bass but that was it.


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'OL GREY DOG
7/12/2011 6:47:00 AM
wtg
rickydbasser
7/12/2011 9:39:00 AM
I recognize the area you're fishing in the picture to the left. Directly behind you I caught a 4-3 on a floating Rapala last year during spawn. She was on the shallow rocks close to the little point. To your left there is a 5 to 8 ft shallow flat. We've caught many bass on the flat, and on the break where it drops off into deeper water on the main lake side. Drop shots, weightless Sencos and crankbaits were normally used. Although a fishing buddy and his son had a memorable day on that flat with topwater. The rockbass can be a pain, but all you can do is wade through them. One time I caught 4 rockbass on 4 casts to the same spot. On the 5th cast I caught a 3-12 smallie. And the reason is just what you said. The rockbass are so aggressive many times they get to the bait before smallmouth can.
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