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By: Anonymous
Posted: 1/1/2006
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Rating: 1
Fished: 12/29/2005
Hot Spots: 0
Went to the lake as other post have said and sat next to the logs. Still fished and trolled in my little pontoon boat for a few hours. Caught nothing. Did mark some fish in the 30 to 35 foot depth ran...
By: Anonymous
Posted: 12/31/2005
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Rating: 4
Fished: 12/31/2005
Hot Spots: 0
Caught a couple of 10" RB on a rooster tail.Nice day to get of the house in between the rain showers.Happy New Year!
By: Anonymous
Posted: 12/26/2005
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Rating: 4
Fished: 12/26/2005
Hot Spots: 0
WoW What a day~ 3 very nice keeper trout today and one seriously big one broke off.
It rained hard until late afternoon. Did'nt seem to change the bite one way or another, it was SLOW~~ I used worms,...
By: Anonymous
Posted: 12/23/2005
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Rating: 4
Fished: 12/23/2005
Hot Spots: 0
Whew, What a day~ Fished the end of the lake near the log boom and picked up a couple of NICE trout 14" and 16". Wish I had connected with that spot earlier. Used mini-crawlers and a slip sinker, RIGH...
By: Anonymous
Posted: 12/19/2005
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Rating: 3
Fished: 12/18/2005
Hot Spots: 0
Beautiful day, Fished late morning for trout through 4PM.. Caught 1~ YES!!! You know what? It's not always about the catch!!
My electronics showed a ton of fish, I just couldn't bring them to eat. S...
By: Anonymous
Posted: 12/7/2005
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Rating: 3
Fished: 12/2/2005
Hot Spots: 0
A little late on this report, but here it is.Started fishing this lake at 9:30 am. Lots of fish rising in the middle of lake, so we just cut the motor and drifted. Right off the bat, my buddy gets two...
By: Anonymous
Posted: 10/9/2005
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Rating: 5
Fished: 10/9/2005
Hot Spots: 0
A friend and I rented a pontoon boat from Bill's to check out spots on the lake I have yet to fish and we were able to limit in an hour and a half. First we shot over to the V.A. hospital at about 9 ...
By: Anonymous
Posted: 10/6/2005
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Rating: 5
Fished: 10/6/2005
Hot Spots: 0
Decided to run out to the lake despite forecast of showers. Spent the first hour with only a few bites and three trout brought in between me and a friend. Then came the rain and fish along with it, ...
By: Anonymous
Posted: 10/3/2005
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Rating: 4
Fished: 10/2/2005
Hot Spots: 0
After a couple of days still fishing with powerbait with little to no results, I decided to throw a nightcrawler on with a bobber and have limited my last two times out to the lake with trout ranging...
By: Anonymous
Posted: 9/25/2005
Species: Rainbow Trout
Rating: 1
Fished: 9/25/2005
Hot Spots: 0
Went to Russel Landing marine area, no luck. Too many watercraft out there making to many waves. We didnt get any bites, lake was crowded with people. We tried worms, trout mallows, trout eggs, artifi...
By: Anonymous
Posted: 9/25/2005
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Rating: 2
Fished: 9/24/2005
Hot Spots: 0
Had lots of fun on the lake today with the family. Started of fishing at Harry Todd Park, with no luck. We then moved on to Eagle Point, it was about 1430 no luck. We came back later on in the evening...
By: Anonymous
Posted: 9/19/2005
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Rating: 5
Fished: 9/18/2005
Hot Spots: 0
Went out to the lake at 2:00 pm and was able to limit in 3 hours on rainbow trout with the 2 largest being 1 lb. 7 oz. and 1 lb. 4 oz. Another great day at the lake!
By: Anonymous
Posted: 9/16/2005
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Rating: 5
Fished: 9/6/2005
Hot Spots: 0
fishing is great, caught limits of 15-20 inchers. all you need to use is powerbait worms. Most people think they suck, but they work great about 5 feet down (off a bobber)Early in the morning.
By: Anonymous
Posted: 9/16/2005
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Rating: 5
Fished: 9/15/2005
Hot Spots: 0
Trout fishing is really starting to pick up at American Lake. I went out to Bill's Boathouse on the night of the 14th around 5 pm and the morning of the 15th at 7 am and was able to limit on rainbows...
By: Anonymous
Posted: 9/13/2005
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Rating: 5
Fished: 9/9/2005
Hot Spots: 0
Another good day at American Lake, trout fishing seems to be picking up. Got out to lake around 9:00 A.M. and caught 3 rainbows right off the bat with orange power bait about 3 feet off the bottom. ...
By: Anonymous
Posted: 9/7/2005
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Rating: 4
Fished: 9/6/2005
Hot Spots: 0
Fished in a boat for about 4 1/2 hours and was able to limit on rainbows with the largest being 16 inches. Also caught about 15 perch. Caught the RB's on salmon eggs, powerbait, and worms.
By: Anonymous
Posted: 8/29/2005
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Rating: 1
Fished: 8/29/2005
Hot Spots: 0
Got to the public boat launch while it was still dark. Trolled up and down in front of the V.A fishing pier . All conditions were optimum. ZIP....ZERO.......ZILCH ...........? Gang troll ,wedding ri...
By: Anonymous
Posted: 7/29/2005
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Rating: 4
Fished: 7/28/2005
Hot Spots: 0
Wonderful lake! Water is clear and mostly quite clean. Large power boats towing water toys and PWC make fishing tough except very early or very late. Lake has areas for them, but largely go ignored...
By: Anonymous
Posted: 7/27/2005
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Rating: 4
Fished: 6/28/2005
Hot Spots: 0
Arrived at the lake at 5am on the 28th. Great weather, very calm surface, a joy to go out there and enjoy the water and the great view of Mount Rainier at sunrise.
A few fisherpersons are saying y...
By: Anonymous
Posted: 7/26/2005
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Rating: 3
Fished: 7/24/2005
Hot Spots: 0
Went out early in the morning, had a great time. Used power bait both green and orange, and worms with marshmellows, caught our limit pretty quick. Thanks to the Soldier that helped us out when our mo...
By: Anonymous
Posted: 7/20/2005
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Rating: 2
Fished: 7/18/2005
Hot Spots: 0
I went fishing on American lake for a short time on Monday. Fishing was tuff because the Skiers were out in abundance were making some pretty huge waves. I tried trolling with a wedding ring for a l...
By: Anonymous
Posted: 7/8/2005
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Rating: 1
Fished: 7/8/2005
Hot Spots: 0
Recently I also have been trolling at American Lake. I also did not have too much luck. I think the water temperature is too high and the fish are really deep this time of the year. I am going to w...
By: Anonymous
Posted: 7/3/2005
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Rating: 2
Fished: 7/3/2005
Hot Spots: 0
I went fishing yesterday and today and I didn't have much luck. I think I need to change my tactics or fish in a different spot because over the last two days all I have caught is one trout and a cou...
By: Anonymous
Posted: 6/27/2005
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Rating: 3
Fished: 6/19/2005
Hot Spots: 0
I got out on the lake around 6 AM and started trolling using a wedding ring and half a worm. After catching a couple of small trout I decided to try somewhere I hadn't tried before. It was about 20 ...
By: Anonymous
Posted: 6/20/2005
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Rating: 5
Fished: 6/29/2005
Hot Spots: 0
Went out on the lake at about 6:00 am with a friend. He had talked several times about this lake and what great action there was. We fished for about an hour with no luck. Then a little after 7:00 am ...