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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.
By: KevinS
Posted: 4/2/2017
Species: Smallmouth Bass
Rating: 1
Fished: 4/1/2017
Hot Spots: 0
Finally got out for the first time this year. Was rainy at time and windy. Watched a couple of bass follow my fluke and one took a bite at the tail just a few feet from the boat. At least I caught ...
By: headhunter2
Posted: 3/26/2017
Species: Kokanee
Rating: 1
Fished: 3/25/2017
Hot Spots: 0
Hit the lake today, first time in a few years for me. Got on the water at 11 after meeting with members of Northwes fishing partners registery for a meet and greet. Had both down riggers down pullin...
By: FishingManiac
Posted: 3/26/2017
Species: Rainbow Trout
Rating: 2
Fished: 3/26/2017
Hot Spots: 0
My dad and I have fished American 3 times in the last week. The last two times we have had to put in a lot of work trolling ( pop gear with a cowgirl spinner tipped with a nightcrawler) of the last th...
By: hlindsay
Posted: 3/23/2017
Species: Rainbow Trout
Rating: 1
Fished: 3/23/2017
Hot Spots: 0
Trolled from 2 to 4:30, 4 lines top to 25 ft, with all the regular stuff and maybe one hit. The line popped out of the clip but no fish. Nice day on the water for the first trip of the year.
By: Toni
Posted: 3/20/2017
Species: Rainbow Trout
Rating: 2
Fished: 3/19/2017
Hot Spots: 1
Of course, on one of the only dry sunny, albeit cold mornings, I had to work. But not until afternoon, so I met Glen and Cami at the WDFW boat launch at 8am. There were a lot of other people with the ...
By: ilikefish
Posted: 3/18/2017
Species: Kokanee
Rating: 1
Fished: 3/17/2017
Hot Spots: 0
Hit the lake after dropping the boy at school. Only bites I had were on worm/ wedding ring combo trailing dodger or flash lite and flatlined way back. Tried speeds from .6 to 1.7. Various depths on do...
By: cubmaster
Posted: 3/13/2017
Species: Rainbow Trout
Rating: 3
Fished: 3/12/2017
Hot Spots: 0
Went out yesterday morning to American lake for some Rainbow fishing. It is still a little early in the year but we wanted to try some trolling with our standard gear. The weather was good, about 45...