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By: andTHEREiWAS
Posted: 4/5/2009
Species: Rainbow Trout
Rating: 4
Fished: 4/4/2009
Hot Spots: 0
Rated the day a four, cause it was just so nice to have some decent weather. The weather on this side of the mountains SUUUUUCCCKS!!! Decided to go to Goodwin for some shore fishing before I go hit it...
By: byrdsfishing
Posted: 4/6/2009
Species: Rainbow Trout
Rating: 3
Fished: 4/5/2009
Hot Spots: 0
Took the boat out couldnt help it as it was an absolutly beautiful day, mostly to get the kinks out from the winter. Any how had a blast threw the lines in to get them wet and boy howdy hard strike an...
By: Anonymous
Posted: 10/9/2008
Species: Rainbow Trout
Rating: 1
Fished: 10/5/2008
Hot Spots: 0
Nice day on the lake, but poor fishing for us. This was the first time I had ever been skunked at Goodwin. We fished from 8-3. We used pop gear/cow bells and a red/orange wedding rigging with a trebl...
By: fishingboy
Posted: 11/30/2008
Species: Rainbow Trout
Rating: 1
Fished: 11/30/2008
Hot Spots: 0
went out to lake goodwin with the group! my neighbor at wenburg in the campsites was wondering if i wanted to go fishing! so i did went out for the morning caught nothing! tried trooling caught nothin...
By: Dave
Posted: 2/8/2009
Species: Rainbow Trout
Rating: 2
Fished: 2/2/2009
Hot Spots: 0
This is a re-post for Lake Goodwin. My original report didn’t make it through last week. Anyway, I fished Lake Goodwin on Monday 02-02-09 from about noon until 2pm. I fished directly out from the laun...
By: ospry16
Posted: 7/13/2008
Species: Rainbow Trout
Rating: 5
Fished: 7/13/2008
Hot Spots: 0
Good day on the lake. We got on the lake about 6:30. Trolled north from State Park with 2 different color wedding rings with no luck. Decided to bottom fish. I went south till fish finder told me fish...
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...
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: 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...
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: 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: 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: 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: 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: justinc210
Posted: 5/29/2008
Species: Rainbow Trout
Rating: 3
Fished: 5/29/2008
Hot Spots: 1
Hit the lake at 9:30AM for some trout fishing. Ran into fish near the state park and had success trolling back and forth across the mouth of the bay just north of the state park. Fish were good sized ...
By: noskills
Posted: 6/1/2008
Species: Rainbow Trout
Rating: 3
Fished: 5/31/2008
Hot Spots: 0
on the lake @ 4pm mostly a check out trip for the boat. marked a huge school of fish right off the bat south of the boat launch but no takers trolled till 7pm windy with some sprinkles.
i gave it a t...
By: Anonymous
Posted: 6/1/2008
Species: Rainbow Trout
Rating: 4
Fished: 5/30/2008
Hot Spots: 0
Fished worms and a bobber from a friend's private dock on the west side of the lake Friday evening and Saturday morning. Caught two Friday evening between 8:00 - 8:30PM. The next morning began at 7A...
By: noskills
Posted: 6/10/2008
Species: Rainbow Trout
Rating: 4
Fished: 6/8/2008
Hot Spots: 0
fished from 8am till noon. caught 20+ fish released all but 4 (snack). fish fought hard for average stockers, lots of jumping and splashing. very entertaining.
red wedding ring tipped with worm + ...
By: urbanangler
Posted: 6/16/2008
Species: Rainbow Trout
Rating: 5
Fished: 6/14/2008
Hot Spots: 1
Finally getting around to reporting on fishing last Saturday at Goodwin. Took a friend and his son in the boat from 8:30am to noon. We were getting consistent action from 9-12 inch hard-fighting, big ...
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: 5/6/2001
Species: Rainbow Trout
Rating: 2
Fished: 5/6/2001
Hot Spots: 0
Got to the lake at about 8am trolled around wedding ring tipped with worm, and got one hit that popped the release on the downrigger, also tried a needlefish with no results, rooster tail, and rapala ...
By: JoshH
Posted: 6/20/2021
Species: Rainbow Trout
Rating: 5
Fished: 6/20/2021
Hot Spots: 1
Met my brother at the launch at 7am and set out for a Father's Day outing. Goodwin can be fickle, but was hoping to get off the water before the fleet of water hooligans arrived and turned the lake in...
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: 8theB8
Posted: 3/3/2009
Species: Largemouth Bass
Rating: 1
Fished: 3/3/2009
Hot Spots: 0
Well, got three hits and couldn't stick one of them! Very soft bites, except for one which I think was a perch judging by the "wiggle" factor of the bite.... Oh well, at least I was on the water. Temp...
