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By: The Quadfather
Posted: 5/26/2008
Species: Rainbow Trout
Rating: 2
Fished: 5/26/2008
Hot Spots: 2
Overcast day, took my wife and kids out to Lk. Goodwin for our first time fishing this lake. Luckily the overcast sky held back the jet skiers pretty well. We went in at Wenburg state park launch, ...
By: Anonymous
Posted: 5/26/2008
Species: Rainbow Trout
Rating: 4
Fished: 5/24/2008
Hot Spots: 0
went to goodwin for first time. caught 5 18 inchers , 1 about 12 & 3 plants
from this year. they seem to hit all morning long on the south end. slow trolling with bait.
already planing the next tri...
By: Anonymous
Posted: 5/9/2008
Species: Rainbow Trout
Rating: 3
Fished: 5/4/2008
Hot Spots: 0
Got to lake goodwin later than usual. we like to fish from sunrise till about 1:00 but slept late and arrived about 8. trolled all over checking the fishfinder. not much on it. we caught and released ...
By: fishtimidator
Posted: 5/3/2008
Species: Smallmouth Bass
Rating: 4
Fished: 5/3/2008
Hot Spots: 0
Managed six smallies in five hours....largest was 3lbs even, with a fat old belly!! Water temps were in the low 50's. If you choose to fish here for smallmouth, just keep switching up techniques, the ...
By: fishtimidator
Posted: 4/11/2008
Species: Smallmouth Bass
Rating: 3
Fished: 4/11/2008
Hot Spots: 0
Water temps were 49.5 to 52.5 degrees! I missed three solid fish, one on a crawdad colored crankbait, hooked him just long enough to wish I caught him.....BIG!!
Had one dart up under my jig right b...
By: fishtimidator
Posted: 4/7/2008
Species: Smallmouth Bass
Rating: 4
Fished: 4/6/2008
Hot Spots: 0
Decided to try Goodwin after being blown off Big lake this morning! Goodwin has a couple coves you can seek a little shelter in, so, after paying too much to launch ha ha, we headed Northwest into the...
By: fishtimidator
Posted: 3/9/2008
Species: Rainbow Trout
Rating: 3
Fished: 3/8/2008
Hot Spots: 0
Took the Wife, daughter and dogs down to Wenberg State Park to enjoy the evening and wet a line. Didn't hook a thing, but may return with the boat cause during the last 90 minutes of daylight the trou...
By: fishlips
Posted: 3/3/2008
Species: Rainbow Trout
Rating: 3
Fished: 3/3/2008
Hot Spots: 0
Hit one of my favorite lakes this morning. Surprized to see the fee went up again to $7.00 now. Water was at 47 with a slight breeze. Saw one fish surface and none caught. Spent 2 1/2 hours out no bit...
By: Dave
Posted: 2/24/2008
Species: Rainbow Trout
Rating: 3
Fished: 2/24/2008
Hot Spots: 0
This is my first report for 2008 and my first time out on the water this year. I gave in today (major cabin fever) and went to Lake Goodwin for an hour or so to wet a line. My expectations of catching...
Posted: 10/24/2007
Species: Rainbow Trout
Rating: 4
Fished: 10/21/2007
Hot Spots: 0
there sure are some nice trout in goodwin. wish the perch were bigger but oh well. some people don't know you can chum in goodwin. a little corn really brings the trout around. we either use worms or ...
By: wagner.it
Posted: 6/30/2007
Species: Rainbow Trout
Rating: 4
Fished: 6/30/2007
Hot Spots: 0
Arrived at the lake around 12:00pm today, moderate traffic on the lake, but very few people fishing. It was sunny and around 70. Headed north from Wenburg State Park and had the first fish on in 5 m...
By: oahe80
Posted: 6/1/2007
Species: Smallmouth Bass
Rating: 3
Fished: 5/7/2007
Hot Spots: 0
Went to Goodwin for my second time fishing. Beautiful sunny afternoon but the fishing was pretty slow. I tried grubs, senkos, and crankbaits. I only got one bite but I hooked it and landed a ver...
By: Anonymous
Posted: 5/13/2007
Species:
Rating: 5
Fished: 5/13/2007
Hot Spots: 0
Fished from 12 to 8. Nailed 8 trout...lost 2. Pop gear, wedding rings, and trout bait (orange). Had over 30 bites. Tight, Tight, Lines...
By: vardy
Posted: 4/29/2007
Species: Smallmouth Bass
Rating: 5
Fished: 4/29/2007
Hot Spots: 0
We began trolling at the far northern part of the lake which is where I reside at 5:45pm. There are very few fish populating the north western section of this lake besides the occasional largemouth h...
By: Anonymous
Posted: 4/17/2007
Species:
Rating: 4
Fished: 4/15/2007
Hot Spots: 0
Today was our first attempt for bass of the year, so we decided to head out to Lake Goodwin for some smallie action. Arrived at the lake around 10:30am, surface temp was at 52.5 degrees. Fished along...
By: Anonymous
Posted: 4/13/2007
Species:
Rating: 3
Fished: 4/11/2007
Hot Spots: 0
Fished Goodwin for close to 3 hours on what was a nice day while I was thinking of going and driving to the Lake. Got windy but still not a bad day. Tried for some Crappies with a couple different jig...
By: Anonymous
Posted: 4/2/2007
Species:
Rating: 3
Fished: 3/31/2007
Hot Spots: 0
Three of us on lake from 7-3. I had a bite on a purple/blue jig w/ plastic craw claws after about 6 or 7 hours. Smallie followed it all the way to the surface. Poop Log, owner of the "Big Le-BOW-ski",...
By: Anonymous
Posted: 4/1/2007
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Rating: 4
Fished: 4/1/2007
Hot Spots: 0
Finally...fish. We fished from 8-7 and caught two nice bows. 13 and 15 inch. You must use power bait on bottom (mornings) and you must troll pop gear with weddingrings w/ power bait (the rest of the d...
By: Anonymous
Posted: 3/27/2007
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Rating: 3
Fished: 3/26/2007
Hot Spots: 0
I have fished Goodwin for trout with fair success. I too am working on learning early spring bass techniques so I thought I would give Goodwin a try. I fished drop-shooting, jig/pig from 2 pm – 5 pm. ...
By: Mike Carey
Posted: 3/27/2007
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Rating: 2
Fished: 3/27/2007
Hot Spots: 0
OK, I got lured in to trying this lake after the last post. I fully admit it. Regardless, I am working on learning early spring bass techniques so Goodwin was as good a lake to try on as any. Got to t...
By: Anonymous
Posted: 3/26/2007
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Rating: 5
Fished: 3/25/2007
Hot Spots: 0
OH MY GOODNESS!!! I expected to catch a bass or two today, because Lake Goodwin has both Largemouth and Smallmouth, and I figured even if the water was a little cold for the largemouth I would be able...
By: Anonymous
Posted: 3/6/2007
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Rating: 4
Fished: 3/4/2007
Hot Spots: 0
Enjoyed a nice day at Goodwin with my son and daughter. Good thing I took my daughter. She caught the fish and the boys didn't. We were using down riggers(30 feet) and brought 3 nice fish to the boat....
By: Anonymous
Posted: 3/4/2007
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Rating: 3
Fished: 3/4/2007
Hot Spots: 0
Went back to Goodwin and tried some different things for the smallies. Caught 3 bronzebacks, 1 could have been 3 lbs. The fish were suspending off the point at the state park. Water depth was about 20...
By: Anonymous
Posted: 2/18/2007
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Rating: 2
Fished: 2/18/2007
Hot Spots: 0
Had Lake Goodwin all to myself from 10am to 2pm. Rainy and a little chilly out. Water temp was 43 degrees. The electronics found the fish, I failed to catch them. Marked perch schools in 10 feet of wa...
By: Anonymous
Posted: 2/5/2007
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Rating: 3
Fished: 2/5/2007
Hot Spots: 0
Took the day off to try Goodwin on Friday 2/2/07. I've never fished Goodwin this early in the season so I didn't expect much. Arrived about 11 AM and left at 2:30. Partly cloudy and cool. Water tem...