Dave will tell you that they are catching trout and koke's off the island or over by the vet hospital. these are the normal places to fish at american. i spent many a weekend ther since i was an early teen, and that's been a long time ago. i fished there when Mary owned the boat house, and it was a boat house, not just a float dock.
weather makes a big difference at American, now with low pressure coming in the fish will be lower in the water column. i would recommend to go west towards F/L officiers club and try the cove, still fishing or trolling, both work.
can be tough to get baCK TO THE BOAT HOUSE with the wind blowing out of the south, i use to row in the rental boat's, i was strong back then, now i could not row across the launch area to open water.