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By: JoshH
Posted: 6/18/2017
Species: Rainbow Trout
Rating: 5
Fished: 6/18/2017
Hot Spots: 1
Always have to fish Father's Day, regardless of the weather. Today was much uglier weather wise than what had even been predicted yesterday. Pretty steady drizzle in the morning with a little bit of w...
By: JoshH
Posted: 7/2/2017
Species: Rainbow Trout
Rating: 5
Fished: 7/2/2017
Hot Spots: 3
I've had some great days fishing on Lake Goodwin, but this might have been my best morning there as far as action and fish quality. I was at the gate right as the ranger opened it up to the launch. By...
By: JoshH
Posted: 10/10/2017
Species: Rainbow Trout
Rating: 3
Fished: 10/10/2017
Hot Spots: 1
Report covers 2 morning of fishing on Lake Goodwin, 10/9 and 10/10. Report is both good and bad. Good is that there is a massive chironomid hatch going on right now, and the fish are completely stuffe...
By: JoshH
Posted: 10/29/2017
Species: Rainbow Trout
Rating: 4
Fished: 10/29/2017
Hot Spots: 1
I decided late notice before the Seahawks game to try and sneak a few hours in of fishing before the eternal gloom hits. Arrived at the launch late, almost 9am. By the time I had lines down it was alm...
By: JoshH
Posted: 9/25/2021
Species: Rainbow Trout
Rating: 5
Fished: 9/25/2021
Hot Spots: 0
Decided my freezer has enough coho and pinks to last all winter, and wanted to see what one of my favorite fisheries was looking like, fall trout fishing. Something about the cool mornings and the rel...
By: JoshH
Posted: 6/20/2022
Species: Rainbow Trout
Rating: 5
Fished: 6/20/2022
Hot Spots: 1
Decided I just couldn't do a 3am wake up to chase kokanee, so instead decided to meet my brother at Lake Goodwin and do a little trout fishing. The fish in Goodwin are usually fat, healthy, and fun. T...
By: Bryce
Posted: 9/10/2016
Species: Rainbow Trout
Rating: 3
Fished: 9/10/2016
Hot Spots: 0
Got the boat in the water at ol' Lake Goodwin shortly after 8am. I tried to get there earlier but the 6 am alarm is tough when you don't get home from work till almost 1am. I trolled until about 10:30...
By: nwbhoss
Posted: 4/10/2016
Species: Rainbow Trout
Rating: 4
Fished: 4/9/2016
Hot Spots: 0
We hit the water about 7:30 for a beautiful day relaxing on the lake. I was surprised at the lack of empty trailers at the launch. The weather was so nice I thought for sure we would have to fight for...
By: JoshH
Posted: 3/27/2016
Species: Rainbow Trout
Rating: 4
Fished: 3/26/2016
Hot Spots: 0
I actually started my day at Ketchum. Did a few circuits of the lake and landed a small bow, that put up almost no fight. Decided since I was close enough I would pack up and head to Goodwin. Started ...
By: JoshH
Posted: 2/27/2016
Species: Rainbow Trout
Rating: 4
Fished: 2/27/2016
Hot Spots: 2
Launched about 8am, think there were 5 other boats on the water this morning. Ran 1 rod on the downrigger, about 40 feet behind the clip and anywhere from 15 -25 feet down.. Started that rod with mack...
By: JoshH
Posted: 3/5/2016
Species: Rainbow Trout
Rating: 3
Fished: 3/5/2016
Hot Spots: 0
Fully intending on starting to fish at 7am ..... I arrived at 8. Forecast was for some winds, but I had an itch I needed to scratch. Started fishing about 8:15. Turned right out of the launch and head...
By: Salmonking
Posted: 3/6/2016
Species: Rainbow Trout
Rating: 1
Fished: 3/5/2016
Hot Spots: 0
Got out on the water with my friend, his wife and their dog. (attempted to) trolled the northern side of the lake. tried everything in the box, wedding rings tipped, HD trout, lake troll gear, kitchen...
By: JoshH
Posted: 3/20/2016
Species: Rainbow Trout
Rating: 1
Fished: 3/20/2016
Hot Spots: 0
I should have just stayed home today. Arrived at Wenberg at about 7:30am. Was about to pay my $10 when someone starts yelling something to me. They are heading out. Turned off the Jeep, to hear them t...
By: Lingking
Posted: 4/12/2015
Species: Rainbow Trout
Rating: 5
Fished: 4/12/2015
Hot Spots: 0
Launched at 07:30 from the state park. Started fishing just to the left of the launch. Having never fished Goodwin I only expected to catch small planted fish. I did! And plenty too! Getting a litt...
By: King me
Posted: 4/12/2015
Species: Rainbow Trout
Rating: 5
Fished: 4/12/2015
Hot Spots: 3
Sorry I have no pictures to post, but I was too busy baiting the kids rods to take pictures. Lk. Goodwin is on fire right now. We had the most success trolling from the surface down to 10'. Wedding r...
By: cobrar543
Posted: 4/18/2015
Species: Rainbow Trout
Rating: 2
Fished: 4/18/2015
Hot Spots: 0
Hit the lake with my new boat today but the skunk stayed on. Left the down riggers at home, and that I fell was a real mistake. But after reading the last few weeks reports of lots of fish caught on ...
By: rseas
Posted: 4/19/2015
Species: Rainbow Trout
Rating: 5
Fished: 4/18/2015
Hot Spots: 3
What a day! It started out a little questionable but in the end it was 5 year old nirvana. Saturday we had planned to fish Lake Stevens for kokanee but as luck may have it my daughter had a flat tire ...
By: dutchman2858
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 ...
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...
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...
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...
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...
By: dutchman2858
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...
By: dutchman2858
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...
By: Bryce
Posted: 11/5/2011
Species: Rainbow Trout
Rating: 4
Fished: 11/5/2011
Hot Spots: 0
Fished Goodwin from about 11:30am to 4:30pm. Caught 1 rainbow right away, about 2 minutes after wetting my line. After that it was very slow most of the day, I caught 2 fish over the next 4 hours, wit...
