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Welcome to Goodwin Lake!"Experience Cold Water Fishing Year-Round"
"Goodwin Lake is Full of Water"
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Owner Roy Gunter is hosting 2 more weekend open fishouts this summer. Come and learn the techniques Roy uses to fish the lake. Each fisherman will receive ahead of time our handout "How to Fish Goodwin Lake" which details the equipment recommended and the methods utilized at Goodwin Lake whether you use streamers or indicators. Beginners, intermediate, experienced and lure fishermen are all welcome!
From 8:00 a.m. on Friday until 2:00 p.m. on Sunday, you will have access to the property and lake to fish for the wild rainbow trout! Just bring your fishing equipment and food/drink for each meal (sleeping bag optional). Saturday night dinner will be provided by Roy.
Sleeping arrangements are first come, first serve with a limit of 7 fishermen (i.e. whoever books first gets to pick first and so on):
Master Bdrm - queen bed
Second Bdrm - 2 single beds
Living Rm - 3 IKEA single chair beds
Living Rm - 1 full size futon
The cost is ONLY $200 PER PERSON to book a weekend with payment in advance with a credit card by contacting Daneen at 831-648-8822 (8:30 - 3:30 p.m.) or 831-484-2509 (evenings).
The Open Fishouts are as follows:
07/24 - 07/26/15 Fri. 8:00 am - Sun. 2:00 pm
08/21 - 08/23/15 Fri. 8:00 am - Sun. 2:00 pm
We need a minimum of 5 fishermen for each Fishout!
See you there!
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The home was beautiful. The lake was heavenly. Birds, otters, eagles and lizards shared the serenity. I loved the kayaks and electric boat. No fish for me, but had a great time. KATHY
I loved kayaking and fishing even though we didn't catch any fish. It's so pretty here otherwise. I saw a deer eating grass and a waterfall. I'd come back soon. ISABEL
We enjoyed the beautiful surroundings, birds, deer, otters, etc. Nice, quiet. We had everything we needed. I had two big hookups, but did not land them. Maybe next time. Thanks. BONNIE
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We had a great time over the weekend. The house was the perfect setting for our group. The fishing was a different style than we have experienced in the past, but we managed to catch a dozen or so good size fish. The largest was 22" plus. Roy's attendance really helped us understand the lake and how to fish it. Please let him know we appreciate his passing on the local knowledge.
We happened to rent it the weekend of the Oakdale Rodeo so we spent an afternoon watching the event and we had a blast doing so. Others went to Yosemite mid-day on Saturday as the location of the home makes for short drive times. Looking at going again in the fall. Thanks.
Curt, Brentwood
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One fisherman in the group caught a fish over 30", but lost it before landing!!!
Friday, early afternoon, J.P. fished for 2 hrs. and caught 3. Can't wait until tomorrow.
9 fish caught on Saturday, 4/18, including a 22" rainbow.
The group caught over 20 fish and had a great time.
Jamie, Riverbank
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MONDAY: Fairly warm day, 87 degrees to 89. Went up to lake inlet and caught a beautiful 21" male on a Muddler minnow with gold bead head, black body, with red and sparkle under belly.
Evening fishing: Went down to the inlet flat (above first island) and caught 2 more fish working the flat shallow water on a March brown #12. Mark - 0; Kyle -3 fish.
TUESDAY: Upper dam area slow....went down to north side, fishing 100 yards east of first pontoon boat. Mark hooked 2 - 16" and 18" fish on #14 Copper Johns.
Evening fishing: Went down to island and caught a nice fat, red 20". Went back up to original spot and Mark caught 1 more 17". Mark - 3; Kyle - 1 fish.
WEDNESDAY: Again, very warm weather 88 degrees. Same 2 spots (although we covered the whole lake several times). Mark caught 2 more on east end again with Copper Johns. I lost a really fat one on dry #14 Grey Adams with brown wings.
Evening fishing: Went back down to the flats that evening. I caught 2 more on Copper Johns 17" and 13". Mark caught 1 on Copper John flash back. Mark - 3; Kyle - 2 fish.
THURSDAY: Fished until noon, very hot with hardly any wind. Caught 2 back down at the flats.
Mark - 1 - 16"; Kyle 1 - 15" fish.
NOTE: We tried a lot of different nymphs and streamers every day we fished, but this is what produced.
Kyle and Mark, Folsom
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18 trout were caught.
3 were caught on flies. Total of 7 fishermen. Great vacation. We will be back.
Mark, Scotts Valley
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Saturday night I hooked 8 and landed 3 from 6:30 p.m. - 8:00 p.m. The biggest was an 18" rainbow.
Roy Gunter, Owner
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Great fishing with comfortable home. The crew always looks forward to our next time on the water.
This was our 4th fishout. We will be back.
David, Livermore
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- Our group of 5 fished the lake from 5/26 to 5/29. The main flows were off for the summer so water temps varied from 56 degrees below the upper dam to 59 down in the lower areas. Weather was great in the mid to high 80's each day although a fast moving front did come through on the 28th. Perfect in the a.m. and then a couple of hours of overcast with wind mid afternoon and bluebird conditions again in the evening.
- This was our 4th stay at Goodwin and the fish decided to get lockjaw this trip. While everyone seemed to get a few grabs, not many stuck. The "usual" haunts we had stored away from prior trips still looked very fishy and I saw fish on the finder, but whatever we were tossing wasn't what they wanted!
- Most fish caught were around 15" - 17" with a few smaller with "hot" flies (if one can use that term!) being dark bugger patterns, Rickard's Callibaetis and small pheasant tails.
- Big fish honors went to 2 buddies in the aluminum boat with a 20" and a 25" landed in shallow water around the tulles below the Mediterranean house.
- As always, a great trip to a special place with nice days and spectacular evenings.
John, San Luis Obispo
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Hi Daneen and Roy,
Just wanted to thank you and let you know Bill and I enjoyed Goodwin Lake. The accommodations were very comfortable (especially for two). It was nice having access to all the watercraft, although we stuck to the boat the most.
We took 3 fish among us - not a big number, but we were exploring the lake for the first time, and we did not fish the heat of the day. Bill took 1 on Sunday, on a rusty brown streamer, on the west end. On Monday night, we each had 1 on the east side. Mine was nice, 20" - 21", and took a Callibaetis dropper behind a rust streamer. Bill took about an 18" on a beadhead nymph. On both nights we fished from 6 - 9 p.m. and took a break mid-day.
All in all, a good introduction to Goodwin Lake.
Steve, Oakland
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Our first Open Fishout was held from 8:00 a.m. on June 26th through 2:00 p.m. on June 28th. To say the fishing was red hot would be an understatement. Each day peaked out at between 100̊ and 109̊. Top water temperatures were between 60̊ and 62̊, which are warm for Goodwin Lake. Last July, the top water temperature was 57̊.
All 6 of the participants utilized fish finders that indicated fish were most everywhere throughout Goodwin Lake from one end to the other, but it was difficult to get them to hit most flies. I fished two streamers on a 10' 8 lb. fluorocarbon P-Line leader to the first fly and then a 4' dropper off the eye of the first fly. Initially the first fly was a Rickards #10 grey Callibaetis nymph and the dropper a #10 Hale Bopp leach with a brown body and orange tail.
On Friday, I fished from 9:00 a.m. to noon. I hooked and landed two 16" rainbows between 9:30 and 10:00 on the Hale Bopp leach and then exchanged the Callibaetis for a black #10 Marabou leach around 11:00 and landed a 20" rainbow about 11:30. All of the fish were caught on the western end of the lake trolling and stripping a 50' Rio T-11 uniform sinking line that I assemble from bulk material.
I was back in the water at 7:00 p.m. fishing the middle of the lake between the lake house and pyramid rock. Halfway back to the lake house, when almost dark, within 15 minutes I landed two 16" rainbows on a 3" black leach and had two hard hits.
On Saturday, I fished from 11:00 a.m. to 2:00 p.m. on the east end of the lake, hooked 3 trout and landed a 17" and 20".
Saturday's dinner was the high point of the fishout as well as the slushy margaritas on Friday night. The menu was rack of pork, mozzarella raviolis, salad and fresh cherry pie with ice cream. Beer was the choice over wine after another hot day.
Sunday, the survivors went fishing on the Tuolumne River where we found cooler weather, but that's another fish story.
Roy Gunter, Owner
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Fishing multiple flies on the same leader has always intrigued me. I formerly believed it was the smorgasbord approach. The more different flies, the better the odds to catch a fish. While that opinion still holds true to a certain degree, I have refined my opinions and techniques in regard to fishing streamers as follows:
1. Whenever possible, multiple flies should be independent of each other. This means they should be different types and/or sizes. If you fish a leach pattern, then you might combine it with a Callibaetis or other nymph.
2. Large flies like leaches and minnow imitations are fished and stripped faster than nymphs, because nymph insects do not move as fast. If you have a large and small fly on the same leader, you can strip hard and fast for the large fly and also barely twitch or inch the nymph.
3. Flies should be tied so that they have the greatest movement. The dropper fly should not be tied to the turn of the hook of the first fly. Instead, tie the dropper leader to the eye of the first fly. Better yet, both flies should be tied with knots similar to a Duncan Loop which allows maximum movement.
4. I like to have the dropper tied 3 feet to 4 feet off the first fly.
5. If you are fishing one bead headed fly among multiple flies, then the bead headed fly should be the fly tied furthermost from your reel. This allows the terminal fly to move up and down between strips.
6. An exception to having the bead headed fly last is fishing the shallows with a dry fly line. The objective is to fish nymphs approximately 6" below the water surface. The first fly should be a bead head, such as a Copper John, and the dropper a bead head or non-bead headed nymph. The first fly will sink the leader with both flies stripped in slowly one inch at a time.
I hope this advice helps you catch more trout. Please telephone me with any questions or comments at 831-809-0316.
Roy Gunter, Owner
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During the months as noted, rainbows were reportedly caught by Roy Gunter or guests using these flies with either a heavy "sinking" line or with an "indicator" under a floating line.
July: Black Wooly Bugger/sinking
August: Black Wooly Bugger/sinking; Rickard's brown Seal Bugger/sinking; black Seal Bugger/sinking; black Zebra midge/indicator; Copper John/indicator
September: No reports.
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We offer a 20% discount to all fly fishing clubs that sponsor a fishout at Goodwin Lake. Discount is good year-round. Please have your fishout person contact us.
Also, please tell your fellow fishermen to sign up to receive this quarterly email Newsletter by texting the word "GOODWIN" to 22828 and following the prompts.
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Owner Roy Gunter is an avid fly fisherman. He and his wife Daneen purchased the Goodwin Lake property in Sept. 2010, renovated the home and property, and started renting the vacation home in 2011 focusing on renting to fellow fly fishermen and sponsoring Club fishouts.
Fishing on Goodwin Lake:
- No live bait
- Private waters
- OPEN YEAR ROUND
- Barbless hooks only
- Water 45 - 64 degrees
- Fishing license required
- Use float tubes/kick boats
- Catch and release all Trout
- COLD WATER YEAR ROUND
- Catch & keep Salmon & Bass
Public access to Goodwin Lake is only through Goodwin Lake Vacation Rental, a fully furnished 2-bedroom 2-bath home. The use of a 16' aluminum boat with trolling motor, canoe, 7' pontoon kick boat and 2 kayaks are included with the Rental.
WITH ADVANCE NOTICE, ROY GUNTER IS AVAILABLE ON THE WEEKENDS TO TEACH GUESTS HOW TO FISH GOODWIN LAKE FREE OF CHARGE --- He wants you to catch wild Rainbow Trout!
FOR ADD'L. DETAILS AND AMENITIES ON GOODWIN LAKE VACATION RENTAL, VISIT OUR WEBSITE AT:
daneengunter@yahoo.com
rgunteriii@yahoo.com
831-809-0316 Roy's cell
831-809-4155 Daneen's cell
831-484-2509 Home
831-648-8822 Office
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