American Lake fishing: Largemouth Bass, Smallmouth Bass, Rainbow Trout
Target species: Largemouth Bass, Smallmouth Bass, Rainbow Trout, Rock Bass, Bluegill, Pumpkinseed
Boat: 1 ramp or launch on file for this water.
Start here: Launch at American Lake, 1 lane.
The lake
American Lake covers 1,092 acres in Washington, across Pierce County. It is a lake: the deepest point measured is at least 90 feet (27.4 m). Our records hold 8 species for this water.
Depth and bottom
Deepest measured point: at least 90 ft (27.4 m). That is the deepest contour line: the bottom goes deeper. We hold 105 depth contour lines for this water.
- 0–5 ft: 3.4% of the water
- 5–10 ft: 5% of the water
- 10–15 ft: 5.5% of the water
- 15–20 ft: 5.4% of the water
- 20–25 ft: 5% of the water
- 25–30 ft: 4.6% of the water
- 30–35 ft: 4.6% of the water
- 35–40 ft: 4.6% of the water
- 40–45 ft: 4.9% of the water
- 45–50 ft: 5.1% of the water
- 50–55 ft: 4.9% of the water
- 55–60 ft: 5.4% of the water
- 60–65 ft: 5.3% of the water
- 65–70 ft: 4.4% of the water
- 70–75 ft: 4% of the water
- 75–80 ft: 5.3% of the water
- 80–85 ft: 8.5% of the water
- 85–90 ft: 14% of the water
6 target fish, led by Largemouth Bass
- Largemouth Bass — Feeding water: 65–85°F.
- Smallmouth Bass — Feeding water: 60–75°F.
- Rainbow Trout — Feeding water: 50–65°F.
- Rock Bass — Feeding water: 65–75°F.
- Bluegill — Feeding water: 70–85°F.
- Pumpkinseed — Feeding water: 65–80°F.
Also recorded here: Yellow Perch, Brown Bullhead.
Stocking: 14,068,910 fish, 1997–2026
Washington Department of Fish and Wildlife records list 14,068,910 fish released into this water from 1997 to 2026.
- Smallmouth Bass: 8,390 in 1998
4 more species on the stocking list.
1 ramp or launch on this water
On this water we hold 1 trailer ramp.
- American Lake — 1 lane, restrooms. WDFW.
The place listed has no fee or opening hours on file: a blank means we hold no such field, not that it is free or always open, and this list may not be complete.
Water and conditions
Our water temperature readings average 73°F; they do not cover the whole year, so this is not a yearly average. pH averages 8. These readings span 2017–2018. The latest reading is from 2018, more than three years ago: read these numbers as history, not as the water today.
What is hard here
Only 1 public ramp is on file, so the launch decides where you fish.
Where this data comes from
- Washington State Department of Ecology — Washington State Department of Ecology: depth contours: class A, a survey of the bottom.
- EPA NLA — EPA National Lakes Assessment: class B, a depth figure measured and published by an agency, without a bottom map.
