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By: dutchman2858
Posted: 12/3/2017
Species: Smallmouth Bass
Rating: 1
Fished: 11/29/2017
Hot Spots: 0
Decent weather though the wind picked up and it got pretty chilly. We spent some time looking for any sign of bait but nothing to be found. We worked points, deep water, flats, etc. with jigs, tubes, ...
By: dutchman2858
Posted: 5/19/2017
Species: Smallmouth Bass
Rating: 3
Fished: 5/19/2017
Hot Spots: 0
Beautiful day on the lake! Sunny and basically calm for several hours, then just a slight breeze that rotated 360 degrees around the compass until we left. Didn't catch many fish, but managed a couple...
By: JoshH
Posted: 5/28/2017
Species: Rainbow Trout
Rating: 4
Fished: 5/28/2017
Hot Spots: 1
Really a maybe 3 star day, but I will get to that in a moment. I got on the water just after 7am and began my troll. I wanted to get an early start to beat the Memorial Day Weekend crowd, and more par...
By: dutchman2858
Posted: 5/31/2017
Species: Smallmouth Bass
Rating: 4
Fished: 5/31/2017
Hot Spots: 0
After a couple pretty poor trips for LMB at local lakes, I decided to head back to Goodwin to see what was up with the Smallies. My son and I hit the water at about 8 AM and went to the usual spots. I...
By: cobrar543
Posted: 1/11/2016
Species: Rainbow Trout
Rating: 1
Fished: 1/9/2016
Hot Spots: 0
Tried everything that normally works. Read that they restocked the lake last month but seen very few fish on the charts. Did catch a very nice mid 3# small mouth on a turn when my gear must have gott...
By: brojay
Posted: 6/8/2014
Species: Smallmouth Bass
Rating: 4
Fished: 6/7/2014
Hot Spots: 0
First time to Goodwin and it was a beautiful day.Launched from Wenberg State Park $7.00 park fee to get in.Started fishing at 7:00 a.m. and quit at 3:00 p.m.Fished the north end of the lake until noon...
By: Falconeitti
Posted: 4/15/2015
Species: Smallmouth Bass
Rating: 1
Fished: 4/10/2015
Hot Spots: 0
Great day on the lake. Tried everything in the boat with no luck. They should have been there.
Will get them next time. First report, hope the next one is a little more exciting.
By: trimcat
Posted: 5/18/2009
Species: Smallmouth Bass
Rating: 3
Fished: 5/17/2009
Hot Spots: 1
Went to Goodwin Sunday afternoon to try for some smallies. Started out fishing the shoreline on the Northeast side was thowing jerk and crankbaits. No luck with those so I thought I would try for trou...
By: Anonymous
Posted: 5/13/2007
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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: buzzbait
Posted: 3/15/2010
Species: Smallmouth Bass
Rating: 3
Fished: 3/15/2010
Hot Spots: 0
Well I went here planning on bass fishing but when I launched I noticed there were bugs everywhere.Looked like a new hatch so I decided to try for some trout first since they were feeding heavily on t...
By: buzzbait
Posted: 6/17/2009
Species: Smallmouth Bass
Rating: 4
Fished: 6/17/2009
Hot Spots: 0
Back to Goodwin. No reason to fish anywhere else.Caught 2 big ones today.Both came on a spinnerbait.Ended up with 7 fish for the day.The others were 1-3lbs.Big ones went 4.2 and 3.7lbs.Caught the othe...
By: buzzbait
Posted: 8/2/2009
Species: Smallmouth Bass
Rating: 4
Fished: 8/1/2009
Hot Spots: 0
Went out for a couple hours and caught 2 lmb's and 6 smb's.The largie came on a spinnerbait along side of a dock.I watched her swim out from the dock and just eat it.Very calm until i set the hook.tTh...
By: bassinbass
Posted: 5/26/2009
Species: Smallmouth Bass
Rating: 5
Fished: 5/23/2009
Hot Spots: 0
Took my niece Mariah out for her first smallmouth fishing trip. Not only did I have a fantastic time just visiting with her but was able to help her catch her FIRST smallmouth...it was a nice one at t...
By: bassinbass
Posted: 5/26/2009
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Rating: 3
Fished: 5/23/2009
Hot Spots: 0
Forgot to attach photo's to my Lake Goodwin report. Doesn't she look proud of that fish!!!!
By: buzzbait
Posted: 5/20/2009
Species: Smallmouth Bass
Rating: 4
Fished: 5/20/2009
Hot Spots: 0
Hit Goodwin for 3 hours today 11:30-2:30. Got on a good blade bite fishing the flats. Also got a nice one on a shakeyhead and roboworm. I got a fat female 3.9lbs. on a spinnerbait (white/chartruese). ...
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: Anonymous
Posted: 6/9/2005
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Rating: 3
Fished: 6/7/2005
Hot Spots: 0
Have just really started fishing this lake because I just repowered a boat and wanted to put it onto a lake and check it out. Well of course I took my rod along and put five trout,(two nice ones 14-16...
By: Anonymous
Posted: 6/13/2005
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Rating: 4
Fished: 6/11/2005
Hot Spots: 0
Got to the lake at about 6:45am. Had a fish hooked within a minute of putting our lines in.
Weather was poor, but it didn't stop the fish biting.
We fished wedding rings behind pop gear for most of ...
By: Mike Carey
Posted: 6/13/2005
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Rating: 2
Fished: 6/13/2005
Hot Spots: 0
Hit the lake today to test out my new trolling motor and bow mount conversion. The motor worked great but the fish and weather were tough. A strong breeze and cloudy skies to start the day gradually c...
By: Anonymous
Posted: 6/15/2005
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Rating: 4
Fished: 6/14/2005
Hot Spots: 0
I got to the lake at about 3pm and trolled for about an hour caught 10 rainbows in the 9-13 inch range. One of my buddies caught 3 smallmouth from the bank near the boat launch, the biggest about 2 lb...
By: Anonymous
Posted: 10/15/2005
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Rating: 4
Fished: 10/14/2005
Hot Spots: 0
Started fishing at 2:30. We trolled north from the boat ramp for several minutes and hooked into a nice 13" Cutt. The trolling motor battery ran dead a few minutes later. When we were netting the firs...
By: Anonymous
Posted: 10/26/2005
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Rating: 4
Fished: 10/25/2005
Hot Spots: 0
With water-skiing season over, my husband and I went back to Lake Goodwin to do a little fishing. The weather was cool and a bit breezy. We limited on Rainbow trout in about 2 hours by trolling wedd...
By: Anonymous
Posted: 10/31/2005
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Rating: 1
Fished: 10/30/2005
Hot Spots: 0
Fished 3:00 - 4:30 pm in the pouring rain. Fished south end with dodger and wedding ring trailing a worm off a downrigger at 20'. 6 strikes. The wedding ring I was using didn't have the trailing hook,...
By: Anonymous
Posted: 8/26/2001
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Rating: 3
Fished: 8/26/2001
Hot Spots: 0
Got out on the lake about 7:30 and headed out to the "hedges" in about 30 ft. of water. Fished there for over an hour and caught 1 13 inch rainbow and a few perch. Lost one that seemed kind of big but...
By: Anonymous
Posted: 7/24/2001
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Rating: 5
Fished: 7/24/2001
Hot Spots: 0
Took my soon to be four year old granddaughter to the lake today for her very first fishing trip. At her age we were lucky to get to the lake and start fishing by 11 a.m. but this trip was for her, n...
