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Posted: 3/26/2012
Species: Rainbow Trout
Rating: 3
Fished: 3/25/2012
Hot Spots: 0
Fished on the south end of the lake anchored in about 30ft of water and caught 2 nice trout I would say between 16 and 20 inches. The first one came in about 5 min and the second about 20 min after I ...
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By: 8theB8
Posted: 4/8/2012
Species: Largemouth Bass
Rating: 2
Fished: 4/8/2012
Hot Spots: 0
Finally got the skunk out of the boat for 2012!! She went 5.5lbs on a t-rigged worm. Water temps climbed from 47-50.5* with the sunshine today, this bass was with 2 others, one about 3#'s and another ...
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By: Anonymous
Posted: 4/16/2012
Species: Rainbow Trout
Rating: 4
Fished: 4/15/2012
Hot Spots: 0
After getting skunked at Blackmans for the las 3 weeks.. and that morning too....Tanner and I decided it was time to give Goodwin a shot. 10 minutes out of the launch going left I hooked into a pretty...
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By: Bryce
Posted: 4/22/2012
Species: Rainbow Trout
Rating: 1
Fished: 4/22/2012
Hot Spots: 0
Headed out to lake Goodwin this beautiful spring morning. I broke a sweat, but not from the fishing, just from the sun. Used cowbells and wedding rings, which usually knocks 'em dead at Goodwin. Tied ...
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By: 8theB8
Posted: 4/23/2012
Species: Smallmouth Bass
Rating: 3
Fished: 4/23/2012
Hot Spots: 0
Fished from about 9am to 3pm, saw many cruising smallies but they were very spooky and the glass smooth water made them even more so. It wasn't until about 1:30 after the wind had picked up that I got...
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Posted: 4/26/2012
Species: Smallmouth Bass
Rating: 4
Fished: 4/26/2012
Hot Spots: 0
Fished about 11a.m. till 5p.m. Tough start, went 2 plus hours with no bites, but picked up cosiderably after that. Caught 9 total, biggest 4.1, several 3 to 3.5, smallest went 2.2. Offshore shallow fl...
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Posted: 4/29/2012
Species: Smallmouth Bass
Rating: 4
Fished: 4/28/2012
Hot Spots: 3
Caught several smallmouth today, biggest went 4.5, lots of 3-4 lbs, all fish under 10 feet of water. draggin football head grub. end of the day tried to skip docks for a largie and pulled a 4 plus pou...
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By: watfordr
Posted: 5/9/2012
Species: Smallmouth Bass
Rating: 2
Fished: 5/8/2012
Hot Spots: 0
Got to the lake arouond 10 and caught my first and last at 1030 off a football head jig. Caught a smallmouth under a dock. Not good with weight but maybe you guys can guess from the picture. I fished ...
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By: OldVet
Posted: 5/20/2012
Species: Rainbow Trout
Rating: 3
Fished: 5/19/2012
Hot Spots: 1
We decided to try Goodwin after we found Lake Stevens full of boats at 5:30AM. We got in at Goodwin about 6:30AM with not much going on. About 10:00 we started getting a few hits and landed these tw...
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By: LastCast
Posted: 5/25/2012
Species: Rainbow Trout
Rating: 4
Fished: 5/24/2012
Hot Spots: 3
Other than the Bow's were a bit on the small side for Goodwin it was good times on tight lines. Hooked into a half dozen in a couple hours. Started by anchoring up on the South end for a bit with som...
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By: Bryce
Posted: 5/26/2012
Species: Rainbow Trout
Rating: 5
Fished: 5/26/2012
Hot Spots: 0
Fished Dick Nite dodgers and spoons. Caught 15 fish from 7am-10am. Kept 5, released the rest. After cleaning them I am quite dissapointed and wish I would have left them in the lake. All 5 of them had...
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Posted: 6/3/2012
Species: Smallmouth Bass
Rating: 1
Fished: 6/2/2012
Hot Spots: 0
fished the evening bite that did'nt happen managed to get 2 dinks very windy with showers threw everything at em
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By: dave g
Posted: 6/15/2012
Species: Rainbow Trout
Rating: 3
Fished: 6/15/2012
Hot Spots: 0
my buddy got his bass boat in the water for the first time this year and we went to lake goodwin mostly to blow out the dust and check for bugs after some winter maintenance. of course i had to take s...
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Posted: 6/29/2012
Species: Rainbow Trout
Rating: 4
Fished: 6/28/2012
Hot Spots: 1
Took the wife and 6 yr old grandson to Goodwin for his first trolling trip. Wasn't able to get to the lake until 11AM (like trying to herd cats), and ran into some guys at the dock who did well with w...
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Posted: 8/6/2012
Species: Rainbow Trout
Rating: 3
Fished: 8/6/2012
Hot Spots: 0
Launched at 7AM and trolled from the Wenberg Launch with a wedding ring and anise/corn and a 1 oz banana sinker. Spent 3 hours on trout and managed to hook up with 4 which we released--(OK, released o...
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By: tHrilleR
Posted: 8/15/2012
Species: Smallmouth Bass
Rating: 5
Fished: 8/13/2012
Hot Spots: 0
Hit the lake about 8, meant to be there earlier but slept in a bit... Whoops. Started lookin' for ditch pickles with a deep crank, bull doggin' it through the shallow rocks. 'Bout the third cast a mon...
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By: tHrilleR
Posted: 9/3/2012
Species: Smallmouth Bass
Rating: 3
Fished: 9/3/2012
Hot Spots: 0
Hitched up the boat after work to meet up with a buddy already on the lake. Decided to make a couple casts before I found him on the lake. Turns out that's all I needed. Second cast with a deep crank,...
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By: ELKINK
Posted: 2/6/2013
Species: Rainbow Trout
Rating: 1
Fished: 2/4/2013
Hot Spots: 0
So it was the first time I have ever fished the west side of the state and I gotta say it sucked ..lol The inlaws are camped at a rv park on lake goodwin so I thought I would drop a line the water ...
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By: 8theB8
Posted: 4/10/2013
Species: Largemouth Bass
Rating: 2
Fished: 4/10/2013
Hot Spots: 0
First off, per site rules this day was rated a 2, I was very happy with the outing! Well, if you're only going to catch 1 bass in 5 hours it helps when it's an 8lber!! Fished lipless cranks, DT6's,...
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By: 8theB8
Posted: 4/17/2013
Species: Smallmouth Bass
Rating: 2
Fished: 4/17/2013
Hot Spots: 0
Nothing like some smallies to get the skunk out of the boat! Too bad I could only find 2. The pic fish went 2.2lbs and was the biggest unfortunately. Got that one skipping shallow docks with a Yamamot...
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By: 8theB8
Posted: 4/23/2013
Species: Smallmouth Bass
Rating: 2
Fished: 4/23/2013
Hot Spots: 0
Pretty slow and no pics cause I lost one at the boat and the other nicer one made one last run and my line broke, I hate it when that happens! Must have had a nick from the rocks?. The only two sma...
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Posted: 5/11/2013
Species: Rainbow Trout
Rating: 1
Fished: 5/10/2013
Hot Spots: 0
First time making an entry here and I hope to get better over time :) Fished from my pontoon using sinking line. Tied on a variety of flies (Olive, black Woolly, Woolly worm, the usual suspects...
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Posted: 5/21/2013
Species: Rainbow Trout
Rating: 1
Fished: 5/20/2013
Hot Spots: 0
Launched at Goodwin at about 9 AM and dropped the trolling gear. 4 rods from surface to 30' with a selection of dodgers, spinners, wedding rings and spoons. 3 hrs trolling with no hits. Even anchored ...
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By: oneshot
Posted: 6/24/2013
Species: Smallmouth Bass
Rating: 3
Fished: 6/23/2013
Hot Spots: 0
Finally put some plans in to action and headed out to fish with Quadfather yesterday.. we have been chatting for a couple years but never connected until now. another wa.lakes.com hookup success.. :)...
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Posted: 9/15/2013
Species: Smallmouth Bass
Rating: 5
Fished: 9/15/2013
Hot Spots: 3
Started out before sunup this morning...lucky enough to live on the lake so I don't have to wait for the launch to open. Foggy and cool with the surface temp at about 70. Went to my secret rock pile...
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