My first trip to American Lake, so my expectations were tempered by the typical "new guy in the fishery" syndrome. I tried God's Tooth spoons in perch, 50/50 blue, and red/white, all tipped with crawler and fished behind either a flasher or pop gear. I also tried a bright green Reli spinner. No hits at all. I tried trolling anywhere from about three feet to 50', mostly in front of the VA complex.

I ended up catching/releasing one nice fish at about 3-4' depth on a green UV dodger and my favorite fly -- an Olive Willy with a glass bead head.

Given all the reports from the guys who are fishing the GT spoons or scent spinners and doing well, I have to think there's something wrong with my boat speed, choice of locations or some aspect of my gear selection. I had my kicker running at idle, and was still making about 1.25 - 1.50mph.