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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
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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
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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. ...
By: Anonymous
Posted: 4/1/2007
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Rating: 4
Fished: 4/1/2007
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Finally...fish. We fished from 8-7 and caught two nice bows. 13 and 15 inch. You must use power bait on bottom (mornings) and you must troll pop gear with weddingrings w/ power bait (the rest of the d...
By: Anonymous
Posted: 4/2/2007
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Rating: 3
Fished: 3/31/2007
Hot Spots: 0
Three of us on lake from 7-3. I had a bite on a purple/blue jig w/ plastic craw claws after about 6 or 7 hours. Smallie followed it all the way to the surface. Poop Log, owner of the "Big Le-BOW-ski",...
By: Anonymous
Posted: 4/13/2007
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Rating: 3
Fished: 4/11/2007
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Fished Goodwin for close to 3 hours on what was a nice day while I was thinking of going and driving to the Lake. Got windy but still not a bad day. Tried for some Crappies with a couple different jig...
By: Anonymous
Posted: 4/17/2007
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Rating: 4
Fished: 4/15/2007
Hot Spots: 0
Today was our first attempt for bass of the year, so we decided to head out to Lake Goodwin for some smallie action. Arrived at the lake around 10:30am, surface temp was at 52.5 degrees. Fished along...
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
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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...
By: Anonymous
Posted: 7/10/2001
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Rating: 4
Fished: 7/10/2001
Hot Spots: 0
Got to the lake at 5:30 fished on the west side. Under the docks
10-5FT got a nibble and then set the hook it was a 5LBS.
By: Anonymous
Posted: 6/21/2001
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Rating: 4
Fished: 6/21/2001
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Water in the 68-70 degree range. 4#6oz largemouth, one nice smallmouth that got off. Only one other boat fishing, but 50 jet ski's!!
By: Anonymous
Posted: 6/9/2001
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Rating: 5
Fished: 6/9/2001
Hot Spots: 0
Lake Goodwin is one of my favorite lakes since it comes on after most lakes have been fished on pretty heavily and lasts into the summer. Due to our mixed weather, most of the fish are still suspende...
By: Anonymous
Posted: 6/8/2001
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Rating: 5
Fished: 6/8/2001
Hot Spots: 0
I arrived at the lake 5:00 A. M.
I trolled a Mepps ,
0 size, with a night crawler straight on 18
inch leader
west across the lake . I caught 4 trout
in 45 minutes. I caught the 5th trout at
...
By: Anonymous
Posted: 9/4/2004
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Rating: 3
Fished: 9/4/2004
Hot Spots: 0
I went to Lake Goodwin for the first time July 29th 2004.On the water about
9:30am Water skiers there must all have fast watches or 10:00am start to
them is 9:30. About my 3rd cast I got a 3.5 small...
By: Anonymous
Posted: 8/3/2004
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Rating: 3
Fished: 8/3/2004
Hot Spots: 0
Granddaughter and I at Lake Goodwin again with great luck fishing bait on the bottom over at the hedges. Not a lot of competition but lots of fish. Talked to two guys trolling flies and they claimed...
By: Anonymous
Posted: 7/13/2004
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Rating: 5
Fished: 7/13/2004
Hot Spots: 0
Took my granddaughter(7yoa) my daughter's fiancé and his daughter (8yoa) today to Lake Goodwin. I've talked about this lake many times and it is still one of the best-and most under fished-in the cou...
By: Anonymous
Posted: 6/25/2004
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Rating: 4
Fished: 6/25/2004
Hot Spots: 0
Got to the lake around noon. Pretty windy, but sunny.
Fished four hours, landed five fish. One was 16',
another around 14'. Lots of strikes on Wedding rings
and worms. Jet skiers make trolling a ch...
By: Anonymous
Posted: 6/9/2004
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Rating: 5
Fished: 6/9/2004
Hot Spots: 0
Neighbor and I fished Lake Goodwin on June 9. Had three hits and one fish to the boat in the first five minutes. Slowed down a little with some wind but for the day we landed between 30 and 40 trout...
