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By: bandseeker
Posted: 7/22/2016
Species: Squid
Rating: 4
Fished: 7/21/2016
Hot Spots: 0
Squidding was pretty good till the seal showed up last night, got 23 in 20 minutes then 9 after the seal showed up in 3 hours. Most averaged around 6 to 8 inches. Less Davis Pier of course.
By: bandseeker
Posted: 4/29/2016
Species: Kokanee
Rating: 4
Fished: 4/29/2016
Hot Spots: 0
I finally got into a few kokanee on American. Caught 3 and long released 3. All were about 12 inches. All caught between 9 and 17 feet down the wire. Used pink wedding rings tipped with corn or be...
By: bandseeker
Posted: 3/17/2016
Species: Rainbow Trout
Rating: 3
Fished: 3/16/2016
Hot Spots: 3
Picked up three rainbows all around 9 inches on the very northern part of American Lake by the apartments. Had a few jumpers after a weak hatch going on. Picked up all fish 10 feet down the wire. S...
By: bandseeker
Posted: 3/12/2016
Species: Kokanee
Rating: 5
Fished: 3/11/2016
Hot Spots: 0
The kokanee were running about 45 ft to 60 ft deep. I got no takers there. The perch were in massive schools at the section of the lake I was fishing. I managed 2 17+ inch rainbows and 3 12 to 13 i...
By: bandseeker
Posted: 7/1/2015
Species: Cutthroat Trout
Rating: 4
Fished: 7/1/2015
Hot Spots: 2
Fly fished in the afternoon for a couple hours and caught a mess of cutthroat and rainbows. All fished came on a grasshopper pattern with most fish averaging 6 to 8 inches. Saw one big trout about 18 ...
By: bandseeker
Posted: 6/21/2015
Species: Other
Rating: 2
Fished: 6/21/2015
Hot Spots: 0
Well, after throwing in my crab pots in Oro Bay, I decided to take the boat up the Nisqually to see how far I could get up it in my outboard. I noticed on the way up lots of drift nets or bouys for dr...
By: bandseeker
Posted: 4/2/2015
Species: Rainbow Trout
Rating: 5
Fished: 3/29/2015
Hot Spots: 0
Fished in the morning at 1000. Caught a limit of trout all around 13 inches. All caught on a hoochie and down rigger set at 8 feet down and 60 pulls back. Used canned shoepeg corn dipped in sand shrim...
By: bandseeker
Posted: 3/15/2015
Species: Kokanee
Rating: 1
Fished: 3/15/2015
Hot Spots: 0
Nothing short of horrible, maybe monday. Fish were jumping, nice healthy rainbows, but the wind and rain where in full mode
. The Grey sky only tempered my expectations, but in the end all was fo...
By: bandseeker
Posted: 3/1/2015
Species: Kokanee
Rating: 1
Fished: 3/1/2015
Hot Spots: 1
Marked lots of Kokanee very deep with the fish finder around 80 feet in 90 feet of water. Also saw some in the 40 ft range. Not a nimble today. Saw one guy get one and a couple trout caught.
By: bandseeker
Posted: 2/15/2015
Species: Kokanee
Rating: 1
Fished: 2/14/2015
Hot Spots: 0
Lots on the fish finder, but not biting at all. going to switch to the afternoon instead of the morning. Lots of big rainbows chasing mosquitos jumping around the lake. Need to bring my flyrod today....
By: bandseeker
Posted: 1/31/2015
Species: Kokanee
Rating: 3
Fished: 1/31/2015
Hot Spots: 1
Looking for a few kokanee and ended up with one 12 inch rainbow trout in about 4 hours of fishing. First one of the year! Saw a bunch of perch schooled up in 70 to 90 feet of water. A few kokanee with...
By: bandseeker
Posted: 9/24/2014
Species: Chinook Salmon
Rating: 1
Fished: 9/23/2014
Hot Spots: 0
I guess DNR got the word of no salmon too. The river is closed to harvest of chinook due to low returns until further notice.
https://fortress.wa.gov/dfw/erules/efishrules/erule.jsp?id=1494
By: bandseeker
Posted: 9/11/2014
Species: Kokanee
Rating: 5
Fished: 9/7/2014
Hot Spots: 0
Kokanee is hot on American Lake right now. The rain has brought cooler water temps by a little and the fish seem to be feeding later in the morning now. The best bite is still at day break but goes un...
By: bandseeker
Posted: 8/14/2014
Species: Chinook Salmon
Rating: 1
Fished: 8/14/2014
Hot Spots: 0
Well I keep hearing rumors that a chain link fence got thrown in the water down stream of Mounts bridge last weekend to try to make fishing difficult. Not sure if the rumor is true, but a lot of peopl...
By: bandseeker
Posted: 8/11/2014
Species: Chinook Salmon
Rating: 1
Fished: 8/10/2014
Hot Spots: 0
10 Aug Went out to the mouth near the green can. Nisqually Tribe had 3/4 mouth netted up. Seen one native checking nets with a silver alumnacraft and then took off up river after checking his catch. I...
By: bandseeker
Posted: 7/29/2014
Species: Chinook Salmon
Rating: 1
Fished: 7/27/2014
Hot Spots: 0
Nothing. Lots of bait fish and a few seals, other than that not a salmon around. One other boat trolling and jigging the area and caught nothing. Started fishing at 0500 and left at 0900. Tried some c...
By: bandseeker
Posted: 7/29/2014
Species: Cutthroat Trout
Rating: 4
Fished: 7/28/2014
Hot Spots: 2
I caught and released one 6 inch rainbow trout and caught my second dolly varden trout in the river. This one was 7 inches long. The previous one I caught 7 years ago was a 12 inch fat one. Not sure w...
By: bandseeker
Posted: 7/19/2014
Species: Rainbow Trout
Rating: 4
Fished: 7/19/2014
Hot Spots: 3
I went out initially for Kokanee, but ended up catching some nice rainbows. I caught one 17" and a 12" on downrigger at about 35 feet. I also have noted on the finder schools of perch around 30 to 35 ...