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By: Sheepdog981
Posted: 7/10/2015
Species: Kokanee
Rating: 3
Fished: 7/10/2015
Hot Spots: 0
Launched at 0500. 17.5" Kokanee in the boat by 0520. Caught on a pink oil slick hoochie with a 4" KoneZone moon jelly flasher. Depth was 26ft on the wire @ 1.1 mph by GPS. Another smaller Kokanee cau...
By: ilikefish
Posted: 7/2/2015
Species: Kokanee
Rating: 1
Fished: 7/2/2015
Hot Spots: 0
It was a tough morning on American for me. Skiers were on the water at 0530, one of them came within 20 yards of me. Not very nice... Anyway I threw everything I had at them today( the fish not the sk...
By: hlindsay
Posted: 6/29/2015
Species: Other
Rating: 3
Fished: 6/28/2015
Hot Spots: 2
I put down other because we started for Kokanee got one RBT. (6 to 8 am) then changed to drop shoting for perch and most of what we got were rock bass. Still had a good time and got some fish. Rock ba...
By: ilikefish
Posted: 6/27/2015
Species: Kokanee
Rating: 4
Fished: 6/27/2015
Hot Spots: 0
At it again this morning early, on water 530ish. At 545 the first water skier showed up, boo! Anyway, didn't touch a fish until around 7. A decent rainbow. I did figure 8's over that area and quickly ...
By: Sheepdog981
Posted: 6/19/2015
Species: Kokanee
Rating: 3
Fished: 6/19/2015
Hot Spots: 3
Caught 3 Kokanee with a blue/green hoochie on a fast limit dodger with Gulp! maggots 29 feet down on the wire @ 1.4 mph (GPS). Also dragged around some perch for a while on pink hoochies with pink Ma...
By: ilikefish
Posted: 6/19/2015
Species: Kokanee
Rating: 3
Fished: 6/19/2015
Hot Spots: 0
The fish were biting this morning even though the wind was trying to blow me off the lake. I hooked 15 fish, mostly Kokanee a few rainbows mixed in, but only landed one 12" Kokanee and a 13" rainbow....
Posted: 6/18/2015
Species: Smallmouth Bass
Rating: 3
Fished: 6/18/2015
Hot Spots: 3
Went to American Lake this morning around 7:00am little cool and over cast with light wind started fishing the north end of the lake caught 2 little 1.5lb smallmouth and 10 rock bass on drop shot stic...
By: ilikefish
Posted: 6/18/2015
Species: Kokanee
Rating: 3
Fished: 6/17/2015
Hot Spots: 0
Had the pontoon set up by 0600, lines in by 615. It was pretty windy and almost impossible to stay in a straight line. I hid behind silcox until the wind died down. When it did i hooked 6 kokes, but t...
By: kokanee_slayer
Posted: 6/16/2015
Species: Kokanee
Rating: 3
Fished: 6/13/2015
Hot Spots: 0
Most of us, who target Koks at American, know that its been awful slow this year. However, I did manage to scratch out a limit yesterday. All were "Next Years" Fish and kept a few that I would normall...
By: ilikefish
Posted: 6/15/2015
Species: Kokanee
Rating: 3
Fished: 6/15/2015
Hot Spots: 0
Started at 6, headed toward silcox island had a couple drive bys. Kept cruising toward the Lakewood launch and the pole starts dancing. Into the net slides a nice 14" Koke. Re baited and sent it back ...
By: ilikefish
Posted: 6/9/2015
Species: Kokanee
Rating: 2
Fished: 6/9/2015
Hot Spots: 0
Dropped the kids off at school and back out to the lake. It got windy right as I pulled up, but died about 20 min later. Hardly any boats on the water which was unusual, but very welcome. Was marking ...
By: Johnthefisherman
Posted: 6/7/2015
Species: Other
Rating: 2
Fished: 6/7/2015
Hot Spots: 2
Got to the lake around 11, the place was a madhouse so didn't expect much. Tried to fish for 1-2 hrs and the water was just to chopped up from all the boats to really work the shoreline well. Caught...
By: JM73
Posted: 6/7/2015
Species: Kokanee
Rating: 1
Fished: 6/6/2015
Hot Spots: 0
On the water around 6am with two rods in the water. 2hrs of fishing with 2 drive by's and one hook up. Lost about a 16" Kokanee at the boat, messing around with the gear. Hooked at 33' with a dodge...
By: ilikefish
Posted: 6/5/2015
Species: Kokanee
Rating: 2
Fished: 6/5/2015
Hot Spots: 0
Got a downrigger for my pontoon so had to try it out. Went out for three hours. Wind and jetskis make fishing a little bit bumpy, but managed to tempt three rainbows to the net. No kokes. Caught all f...
By: rflores13
Posted: 6/2/2015
Species: Kokanee
Rating: 1
Fished: 5/31/2015
Hot Spots: 0
Hit the water about 9:00am, I don't have any electronics so I hit the common sports trolling with a wedding ring and corn. With my troller motor being worked on I used the big motor to troll, which wa...
By: Slammin8er
Posted: 5/30/2015
Species: Kokanee
Rating: 1
Fished: 5/30/2015
Hot Spots: 3
Had 4 drive by's landed one small Kokanee and one pretty good sized rbt. Didn't look like anyone was doing much. On the water by 6:00 off by 8:30. mini wedding ring, several colors of skirts, corn, ma...
By: ilikefish
Posted: 5/29/2015
Species: Rainbow Trout
Rating: 4
Fished: 5/29/2015
Hot Spots: 0
Dropped the kids off at school and headed to the lake. Launched the pontoon around 9ish. Trolled around silcox island, marked lots of fish, but they weren't biting what I was offering. Changed it up a...
By: r.sok
Posted: 5/28/2015
Species: Rainbow Trout
Rating: 5
Fished: 5/28/2015
Hot Spots: 0
I've been coming to this lake for the past 3 days right after work. Limiting out every time from the shore. Today was a little different though.. Managed to catch my personal best out of this lake. A ...
By: LucidSavage
Posted: 5/27/2015
Species: Rainbow Trout
Rating: 4
Fished: 5/25/2015
Hot Spots: 0
Got off work early headed out to my favorite hole. Limited with five trout on powerbait eggs. Threw out different colors. Trout didn't mind they were hungry.
On the way back to Russels Landing I lef...
By: Oldcoastie7
Posted: 5/27/2015
Species: Rainbow Trout
Rating: 2
Fished: 5/27/2015
Hot Spots: 1
I have been fishing American since beginning of May with no luck. Until today. The drought is finally over. Caught a beautiful RBT, 18 inches, 2 1/2 lb off the dock at Camp Murray. About 2:30 in the a...
By: mtom938
Posted: 5/26/2015
Species: Kokanee
Rating: 1
Fished: 5/26/2015
Hot Spots: 0
Total skunk-out today. Nothing worked, and I threw everything I had color wise at them. Not one single hit the entire morning. While its hard to watch other fisherman while rowing a kayak with a do...
By: gunnybyrd
Posted: 5/26/2015
Species: Rainbow Trout
Rating: 3
Fished: 5/25/2015
Hot Spots: 0
What a great way to spend Memorial Day, chasing the hungry trout on American Lake. Morning started slow, but once they stated hitting, it was hard to keep up. Only took four home, averaged two poun...
By: Sheepdog981
Posted: 5/23/2015
Species: Kokanee
Rating: 2
Fished: 5/23/2015
Hot Spots: 0
No love from the Kokanee today. One 15" rainbow kept for dinner. Lousy weather this morning. Didn't see many nets getting used either. The morning got better when the wake boarders showed up at 0713....
By: mtom938
Posted: 5/19/2015
Species: Kokanee
Rating: 3
Fished: 5/18/2015
Hot Spots: 0
Well, after recovering from my huli two Sundays ago (aka buying new rods/reels) I decided to get back up and head out for another try at American Kokes. Hit the water at 0630 (sun was already up) and...
By: Big Smooth
Posted: 5/18/2015
Species: Kokanee
Rating: 2
Fished: 5/17/2015
Hot Spots: 3
Tough afternoon. Got in the water at 1pm and off at 5. Landed a 14" trout on a flat fish, but two others on the Kokanee gear. Nice calm day on the water though.hit the north and east sides. Good day w...