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By: Anonymous
Posted: 5/26/2005
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Rating: 5
Fished: 5/26/2005
Hot Spots: 0
Arrived at the lake 5:30 A M.
I trolled a mapes size 0 with a night crawler.
I had my limit of 5 trout by 6:45.
I fished to the left of the boat launch. I trolled arround the
speed limit...
By: Anonymous
Posted: 5/30/2005
Species: Rainbow Trout
Rating: 5
Fished: 5/29/2005
Hot Spots: 0
What a great day of fishing!!!!!!!!!!! We were fishing for trout all day and taking turns catching nice size trout (14"-17 1/2") when all of a sudden my boyfriend, Roger, was reeling in a trout and st...
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: 12/12/2005
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Rating: 5
Fished: 12/10/2005
Hot Spots: 0
My friend Jason & I, went looking for winter smallies. Spent all morning,could'nt find them. Found a school of fish on fishfinder. Dropped a worm 20 pulls. Aproxamately 20ft. We caught our limits ...
By: Anonymous
Posted: 1/10/2006
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Rating: 5
Fished: 1/7/2006
Hot Spots: 0
Jason & I went back to goodwin to see if the trout were still hitting. Sure enough, they were. We got on the water before sun up & had our limits by 10:45A.M. Drifting a worm about 25' down. Al...
By: Anonymous
Posted: 3/18/2006
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Rating: 3
Fished: 3/12/2006
Hot Spots: 0
Went and hit lake goodwin up in the afternoon for some late winter Bass Fishing. Surprisingly I had two really nice bites but I failed to hook the fish. We were fishing in about the 10 to 15 foot rang...
By: Anonymous
Posted: 4/5/2006
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Rating: 2
Fished: 4/5/2006
Hot Spots: 0
My wive and I went today at 11:00 AM and for the first hour used PowerBait, one on a sinker and one under a bobber-no bites. Then trolled with Dick Night and a Flatfish for one hour-no bites. Talked...
By: Anonymous
Posted: 4/17/2006
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Rating: 3
Fished: 4/16/2006
Hot Spots: 0
Got out to Lake Goodwin from about noon till 7pm and was lucky enough to miss out on all the rain. Was raining everywhere around except on the lake, very nice. Fishing was slow until about 5pm when ...
By: Anonymous
Posted: 5/6/2006
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Rating: 3
Fished: 5/5/2006
Hot Spots: 0
got there at the crack of 9:30 AM with Chuck and fishslayer Mack (pooch) started trolling right out of the launch,fish on for Chuck. Some sort of flasher and a spinner. I tried to troll a fly with NO ...
By: Mike Carey
Posted: 6/12/2006
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Rating: 3
Fished: 6/12/2006
Hot Spots: 0
Fished from 8am to 11am. Started out cloudy, calm, by end of the mornign got a few springles but I didn't melt. Water temp 64, species targeted - bass. I started on the far north shore, casting a floa...
By: Anonymous
Posted: 8/24/2006
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Rating: 4
Fished: 8/22/2006
Hot Spots: 0
arrived about 8 a.m., nothing except little perch until about 1130 when i landed a 16" rainbow; used a pink vibrax. that little hummer made up for the wind and cold!
By: Anonymous
Posted: 10/29/2006
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Rating: 4
Fished: 10/27/2006
Hot Spots: 0
Took the kids out in the afternoon for trout. Fishing was quite good for the time we put in. Fished from 2:00 until 4:45. Started out well while the clouds were out and there was a little chop on the ...
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...
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: 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: 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: 3/26/2007
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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: 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: 3/27/2007
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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. ...
