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Goodwin Fishing Reports

By: vardy
Posted: 4/29/2007
Species: Smallmouth Bass
Rating: 5
Fished: 4/29/2007
Hot Spots: 0
We began trolling at the far northern part of the lake which is where I reside at 5:45pm. There are very few fish populating the north western section of this lake besides the occasional largemouth h...
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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...
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By: Anonymous
Posted: 4/13/2007
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Rating: 3
Fished: 4/11/2007
Hot Spots: 0
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...
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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",...
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By: Anonymous
Posted: 4/1/2007
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Rating: 4
Fished: 4/1/2007
Hot Spots: 0
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...
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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. ...
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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...
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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...
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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....
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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...
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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...
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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...
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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 ...
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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!
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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...
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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 ...
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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 ...
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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...
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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...
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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...
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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 ...
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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,...
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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...
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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...
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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...
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