Kokanee-Toni
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Nice batch of fish TrollNFisher! Did you ever find somewhere to do a mount of the 21 incher?
American 2013
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kokanee_slayer
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Nice work Darren - Good looking fish!!!thumbsup
TrollNFisher
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Rook, Thanks.
Toni, Thanks and no I haven't had time to research it yet.
Mark, Thanks
Toni, Thanks and no I haven't had time to research it yet.
Mark, Thanks
TrollNFisher
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Kokanee-Toni
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Nice! thumbsup
Scrminbanshee
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Well guys i finally made it back out to american last sunday evening managed a few rainbows and that was about it. Draged the wife and the dog and grill out and just had a great evening.Been awhile since i have managed to make it out what with my month long trip to alaska and then family coming to town. Glad to hear that everyone has been catching and not fishing so much! Anyways hopefully this week im can go out and try for some pinks and then hit the lake next weekend for a morning! Forgot just how relaxing a morning out there can be! Tight lines to all!!!!!
Ps looks like i might need to hit alder!!!
Ps looks like i might need to hit alder!!!
Winterun
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Found myself with a free week day of fishing so I headed out to American last Friday the 23rd. Arrived at the lake around 1030-11 to find only 4 other rigs in the parking lot. I guess the morning bite was good and the majority of the fishermen had already left?!?! Kinda nice though, didn't have to wait in line, didn't have to rush, and didn't forget anything in the rig once I got on the water!!! Got both lines in just as the sun started to break through the clouds, luckily there were willing biters before it got to bright, and these guys headed for deeper water!!! Fished in and out of 65'-75' of water, 20 pulls back, and 40' deep the whole time. Got done early, and thought about heading to the river, and maybe catch a coho or 2!!!
See you on the water,
Winterun
See you on the water,
Winterun
TrollNFisher
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kokanee_slayer
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Nice Work Darren!!!!
Winterun
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American 9/2
The long weekend found me on the river chasing coho salmon, tooling around the sound hunting for pink salmon, and on American chasing after some kokanee!!! Well, 2 out of the 3 trips produced fish......let me tell you "pink" insn't my color!!! Ha Ha!!!
Arrived at the lake around 830, I did set my alarm for 5 but woke up to see it was plenty dark outside still. You know how it is, just a few more minutes..... must have shut the alarm clock off instead of hitting the snooze button!!!
Anyhow, fish were 20 pulls back, 40' down, in basically in 80'-90' of water. I guess the pleasure boaters got 'em all scared from the edges of the lake and pushed them to the middle!!! Take a look at the koke on the lower left, starting to notice the sockeye hump on this little guy.
Anyway nice way to end the weekend!!!
Winterun
The long weekend found me on the river chasing coho salmon, tooling around the sound hunting for pink salmon, and on American chasing after some kokanee!!! Well, 2 out of the 3 trips produced fish......let me tell you "pink" insn't my color!!! Ha Ha!!!
Arrived at the lake around 830, I did set my alarm for 5 but woke up to see it was plenty dark outside still. You know how it is, just a few more minutes..... must have shut the alarm clock off instead of hitting the snooze button!!!
Anyhow, fish were 20 pulls back, 40' down, in basically in 80'-90' of water. I guess the pleasure boaters got 'em all scared from the edges of the lake and pushed them to the middle!!! Take a look at the koke on the lower left, starting to notice the sockeye hump on this little guy.
Anyway nice way to end the weekend!!!
Winterun
TrollNFisher
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Nice fish Joe, I had planned on fishing but I was to lazy.
BonkinKokes
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After 2 years of procrastinating I finially made it to American Lake Wednesday. As "The Zog" would say, a flame run. Turned onto the interstate at 0410. Tuned in the radio and AC/DC is singing Highway to Hell. hmmm. Is that an omen? Got up to about Centralia and the sky was brightened up with lightning. Then came heavy rain. Perhaps I am on the highway to hell. I take the Gravelly Lake exit and find the seaplane boat ramp. A few raindrops falling but no lightning. I had a map of the lake and decided to putt out to 80' of water and put the gear in. As I was passing 75' of water I noticed some fish on the screen. kokes or trout? Went out to 80' as planned and started fishing at 0650. I'm thinkin', what if those were kokes? So turn the boat around and sure enough get a driveby. Rebait and BANG my first ever American Lake koke. The bite was on and for the next hour I put 4 in the box and lost 2. Then things went wrong. I lost the next 4 fish in a row. I had a day like that back in July. I just kept fishing and finally the koke god's gave me #5 at 1030. Yeah Buddy,got it done! I didn't catch my 17-20" koke that I was after. I think that one got a way. The fish were all chromers 11.5-14". I will definitely be back. Hopefully it won't take 2 years.View attachment 6679View attachment 6680
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TrollNFisher
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Bonkinkokes glad you were finally able to make it up and thanks for the report.
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Me and my son fished American from noon till about 2pm and landed 5 kokes before we realized it was my wife's/mom's birthday tomorrow 101duh101 we land #5 and said we better go find her something or well be in the dog house. Fishing was nice with only 3 other boats, man I wonder where everyone is? Fish were between 38-40 on the riggers. We stopped and completed the gift on the way home. Two fish were over just over 15 and one at 16.
Me and my son fished American from noon till about 2pm and landed 5 kokes before we realized it was my wife's/mom's birthday tomorrow 101duh101 we land #5 and said we better go find her something or well be in the dog house. Fishing was nice with only 3 other boats, man I wonder where everyone is? Fish were between 38-40 on the riggers. We stopped and completed the gift on the way home. Two fish were over just over 15 and one at 16.
BonkinKokes
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How does the saying go? Happy wife, happy life. Glad you guys remembered. Nice fish. Merwin produced exceptionally well this season. Lots of 15-16" fish. I saw a picture of one Merwin fish that went 16.8" on a local forum. It was caught in May I believe.
I would like to fish American again in the next month. However this time of year I want to hunt and fish. All this good stuff at once. Awesome!
I would like to fish American again in the next month. However this time of year I want to hunt and fish. All this good stuff at once. Awesome!
Winterun
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American 9/8
Found myself with the afternoon free, and what better way to spend it than on American!!! My wife and 2 daughters wanted to go do "The Puyallup" fair, and had asked if I wanted to go........I thought nawwwww to hot to walk around on blacktop in the middle of the day right!?!? My wife Kim smiled at me and said ok, but we'll have to go during the week after work, when it's cooler. I replied perfect!!! She quips back and says make sure you put on some sunscreen while your out on the water!!! Of course my reply was "Yes Dear"!!!
Only fished from about 12ish to around 3ish when the pleasure boaters decided it was hot enough to come out to the lake. Not before I got my limit though. Talked with a nice fellow that was taking out that owned a white open Alumaweld when I was putting in. I asked how fishing was in the morning, he replied it was a tough go. He wished me luck as he noticed the sun was peeking through the clouds, I looked up and said thanks, yeah I'm going to need it, the bright sun might push them down. deep.
Didn't do anything different from the last trip, except maybe started my troll at the VA and worked my way to the north end of the lake. Other than that, the usual 20 pulls back, 40' deep, and covered water from 50'-92' deep. Same 2 spinner rigs I tied up and have been using since July 19th I think, maybe I ought to retie those as the leaders were showing a bit of wear.
Time to get the boat ready for Grays Harbor to tangle with some Chinook and Coho in the next week or so......well maybe another sortee into the lake (during the week after work when it's cooler) before then!!thumbsup
See you on the water.
Winterun
Found myself with the afternoon free, and what better way to spend it than on American!!! My wife and 2 daughters wanted to go do "The Puyallup" fair, and had asked if I wanted to go........I thought nawwwww to hot to walk around on blacktop in the middle of the day right!?!? My wife Kim smiled at me and said ok, but we'll have to go during the week after work, when it's cooler. I replied perfect!!! She quips back and says make sure you put on some sunscreen while your out on the water!!! Of course my reply was "Yes Dear"!!!
Only fished from about 12ish to around 3ish when the pleasure boaters decided it was hot enough to come out to the lake. Not before I got my limit though. Talked with a nice fellow that was taking out that owned a white open Alumaweld when I was putting in. I asked how fishing was in the morning, he replied it was a tough go. He wished me luck as he noticed the sun was peeking through the clouds, I looked up and said thanks, yeah I'm going to need it, the bright sun might push them down. deep.
Didn't do anything different from the last trip, except maybe started my troll at the VA and worked my way to the north end of the lake. Other than that, the usual 20 pulls back, 40' deep, and covered water from 50'-92' deep. Same 2 spinner rigs I tied up and have been using since July 19th I think, maybe I ought to retie those as the leaders were showing a bit of wear.
Time to get the boat ready for Grays Harbor to tangle with some Chinook and Coho in the next week or so......well maybe another sortee into the lake (during the week after work when it's cooler) before then!!thumbsup
See you on the water.
Winterun
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Kokanee-Toni
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Pretty bright fish.
