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Fished American Lake today from about noon to 3pm, no luck. Biggest goal was to try out our new fish finder. Works fine but didn't catch us any fish. We trolled 0.5-1.5mph on the north side of the island with several flasher/hoochie/Gulp maggot combinations let out about 40' behind the boat...

Hello again. I am planning to try American Lake this Saturday 2/22/2014. Name: Roger Renne (RogerDodger) Hometown: Sumner, WA Occupation: retired veterinary pathologist) Lakes of most experience: American Total years fishing: 60 Years fishing for Kokanee :3 Methods: Trolling

Name: Roger Occupation:Retired veterinarian Hometown: Sumner, WA (Grew up in Newberg, OR; 30 years in Richland, WA) Lakes of most experience: American Total years fishing: 58 Years fishing for Kokanee :8 Methods: Trolling

I fished American Lake today (6/24/12) from 6AM to 11AM, caught no fish but did not get rained on and water was pretty flat. There were about a dozen other boats trolling slow, presumably koke fishers although they could have been after trout. I even tried the double Dick Nite spoon setup, but...

thanks for a very detailed, excellent report. 101goodpost101

My son (Audball0770 on Gamefishin.com) got Bill's phone number off Northwest Wild Country program on TV, called him, made arrangements for the two of us to fish with him, which we did, and enjoyed it thoroughly as mentioned above. You will need to contact Bill Herzog for further details.

It was indeed a guided trip, and i recommend it highly. If you have watched Bill Herzog on NW Wild Country or read his books/magazine articles, you appreciate the depth of his knowledge of fishing as well as his goofiness. tooexcited

I fished American Lake on wednesday 5/23 with Bill Herzog and my son David. We started at about 515AM and fished until about noon with a break for a Herzog special breakfast at about 930am. We caught 4 kokes at 10-55 ft of depth using the tackle and techniques that Bill has demonstrated in...

I trolled on American Lake from 8AM to 1PM today, caught one nice kokanee about 15", lost another that i never saw. I was using a pink wedding ring, pink hoochie, corn and maggots, a small dodger. Caught the koke trolling at about 0.5 MPH fishing a downrigger about 22' down, about 80' of line...

I tried American Lake today (4/8/2012) from about 1030AM to 130PM ,north of the Island to near the north launch, pink hoochie, slingblade, corn and maggot, 12 to 40 feet depth on downrigger, 0.9 to 1.2 MPH, in 45-85 ft of water, water temp 46 degrees; no bites, couldnt see any fish on the...

Thanks for the post. Were there very many boats up there today? Any snow on the road? Obviously, Ive never been to Merwin, dont have any idea how far up in the mts it is. I saw a Joy of Fishing show recently where the they were catching kokes like crazy. It may have been a last years show...

Thanks for the report. Weatherman predicted rain but today is nice and sunny here in Sumner, would have been a good day to try American Lake. Your success is encouraging me to try it again; got skunked a couple of weekends ago. 101goodpost101

Finally couldnt resist, went to American Lake this morning with my son, fished north of the Island for about 4 hours, starting about 830AM, no luck. We saw about a half dozen other boats, talked to 2 of them, no luck there either. Guesss water is too cold (41 degrees). Maybe we started too...

Gonecatchin: great video!! Was that this year? If so, what was the water temp in Merwin when you caught all those kokanee? You guys are all bundled up so the outside temp must have been pretty low. Great post.

101goodpost101awesomereportKokanee Slayer, thanks for the report. I have been kicking myself for the last couple of days looking out and seeing some sun, thinking i should try it at American Lake. Your report soothed my guilt feelings. Showing my ignorance of that lake, I wonder if the water...

Launching in the snow....you guys are tougher than me. My rule is when ice forms on the guides its time to go home. Excellent pictures. Pray for spring.

Yesterday was sunny and warm, considered trying it at American Lake but couldnt get going fast enough. I am hearing of success on Merwin Lake but not much about American Lake. Anybody out there trying American Lake?

Good reports vey encouraging.

I hear ya. Meanwhile i will keep trying to catch a wily steelhead, if the weather ever shapes up. My only kokanee101chromefish101 experiences have been at American Lake, due mostly to price of gas. When spring gets here i will go to some of the lakes described in this forum. Sounds like...

I hear ya. Meanwhile i will keep trying to catch a wily steelhead, if the weather ever shapes up. My only kokanee101chromefish101 experiences have been at American Lake, due mostly to price of gas. When spring gets here i will go to some of the lakes described in this forum. Sounds like...